Patent ID: 8267208

Claim:
A drive unit for a hybrid vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft; a friction clutch comprising: a pressure plate; and an actuating arrangement configured to move the pressure plate in an axial direction; a clutch plate; a clutch disk arrangement positioned between the pressure plate and the actuating arrangement, the clutch disk arrangement nonrotatably coupled to and a portion of which is fixed in axial position with respect to the crankshaft; a clutch hub configured to couple the clutch disk arrangement to the crankshaft; and an electric machine arranged between the internal combustion engine and the friction clutch, the electric machine comprising: a stator attached to a stator carrier; and a rotor, wherein the clutch hub is detachably connected to the clutch disk arrangement at a plurality of points axially of an inner diameter and outer diameter of inward the pressure plate and the clutch plate.