Patent ID: 8485292

Claim:
A cooling apparatus for a hybrid vehicle in which a driving apparatus having a generator that is driven by an engine, a motor for driving the vehicle, and a differential apparatus is provided, said driving apparatus is attached at a side portion in a vehicle width direction of said engine which is mounted in an engine compartment, said generator is coupled with an edge portion of the engine, said motor is arranged behind the generator in a vehicle front-to-rear direction, an inverter for converting electric power which is supplied to said motor for driving the vehicle is arranged in spaces over the generator and the motor through attaching brackets in each of which an edge portion of the attaching brackets is coupled with a side frame of the vehicle, a radiator is arranged in a front of said driving apparatus, said inverter and said driving apparatus are coupled by a cooling circuit for motor equipment, and an electric water pump for circulating cooling water in said cooling circuit is arranged behind the radiator in the vehicle front-to-rear direction, wherein a mounting apparatus for supporting said driving apparatus to a vehicle body is arranged laterally in the vehicle width direction of the driving apparatus, said mounting apparatus has a mount bracket in which one end is coupled with the generator and the other end is elastically supported to said vehicle body, and said electric water pump is arranged under said mount bracket.