Transaxle device

Inventor: Sumio Motoyama (Okazaki, JP)

Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

F16H37/0806 F16H61/0403 Y10S903/919 F16H2200/0008 F16H2061/0407 B60K6/36 B60K6/48 B60K2006/4816

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Patent No.: US 9,057,428
App. No.: 14/456,109
Granted: Jun 16, 2015
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A center distance D1 from a motor shaft connected to an electric motor and a generator shaft connected to a generator to a clutch shaft including a wet multiple disc clutch is set longer than a distance Dm from the axial center of the electric motor, that is, the axial center of the motor shaft to the outermost circumference of a housing, which houses the electric motor.

Claims (43)

1. A transaxle device comprising:

a first driving shaft arranged coaxially with a crankshaft of an engine, which is mounted on a vehicle, and connected to the crankshaft;

a first output shaft arranged in parallel to the first driving shaft and configured to transmit power to a traveling driving shaft of the vehicle via a differential gear;

a second output shaft arranged in parallel to the first output shaft and configured to transmit the power to the traveling driving shaft via the differential gear;

a second driving shaft arranged in parallel to the first output shaft and configured by an inner shaft and an outer shaft including the inner shaft to be capable of relatively rotating;

a first electric motor arranged coaxially with the inner shaft and connected to the inner shaft;

a second electric motor arranged coaxially with the outer shaft and connected to the outer shaft;

a first gear set configured by meshing a plurality of gears and configured to transmit the power between the first driving shaft and the inner shaft;

a second gear set configured by meshing a plurality of gears and configured to transmit the power between the outer shaft and the first output shaft;

a third gear set configured by meshing a plurality of gears and configured to transmit the power between the first driving shaft and the second output shaft; and

a power connecting and disconnecting device provided in the second output shaft and configured to connect and disconnect the power transmitted by the first driving shaft, wherein

a center distance between the second driving shaft and the second output shaft is set longer than a distance from an axial center of the second electric motor to an outermost circumference of a housing that houses the second electric motor.

2. The transaxle device according to claim 1 , wherein

the power connecting and disconnecting device is provided further on the second electric motor side than the third gear set of the second output shaft, and

the power connecting and disconnecting device and the second electric motor are arranged to overlap each other when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the second output shaft.

3. The transaxle device according to claim 2 , wherein the second gear set and the third gear set are arranged to overlap each other when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the first driving shaft.

4. The transaxle device according to claim 3 , wherein the power connecting and disconnecting device is a synchronous meshing device.

5. The transaxle device according to claim 4 , further comprising an actuating mechanism configured to actuate the power connecting and disconnecting device, wherein