Patent ID: 8230956

Claim:
A drive train for a motor vehicle provided with an internal combustion engine, comprising: a first housing containing said engine; a second housing containing a transmission; a third housing interconnecting said first and second housings; an electric motor including a stator and a rotor disposed in one of said first and second housings, disposed coaxially relative to an output shaft of said engine; means for transferring torque from said engine output shaft to said rotor; a clutch selectively operable for transferring torque from said rotor to an input shaft of said transmission; a differential mounted in an exterior side of said third housing, having laterally protruding shafts connectable to a set of wheels, one of said laterally protruding shafts extending through said third housing, disposed below said means for transferring torque from said engine output shaft to said rotor; and means for transferring torque from said transmission to said differential.