Patent ID: 8328674

Claim:
A hybrid powertrain for a vehicle comprising: an engine; a transmission having a transmission input member configured to receive power from the engine, a transmission output member, and a gearing arrangement operatively connecting the transmission input member with the transmission output member; a final drive arrangement having a final drive input member operatively connected to the transmission output member; a motor/generator operatively connected to the final drive input member downstream of the transmission gearing arrangement such that driving power for propelling the vehicle is deliverable to the final drive input member by the engine through the transmission gearing arrangement in at least one operating mode, by the motor/generator downstream of the transmission gearing arrangement in at least another operating mode, and by both the engine and the motor/generator in still another operating mode; wherein the transmission output member rotates about a first axis of rotation; wherein the final drive input member rotates about a second axis of rotation; wherein the motor/generator rotates about a third axis of rotation; and wherein the first axis of rotation, the second axis of rotation, and the third axis of rotation are offset from one another.