Hybrid module including integrated hydraulics and controls

1. A hybrid module configured for arrangement in a torque path upstream from a transmission and downstream from an internal combustion engine, the hybrid module comprising:

a housing;

an electric motor including a stator non-rotatably fixed to the housing and a rotor rotatable within the stator;

a shaft configured for non-rotatably connecting to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine;

a clutch having a clutch output non-rotatably fixed to the rotor, the clutch configured for being actuated between an engaged orientation for drivingly connecting the shaft to the clutch output and a disengaged orientation for drivingly disconnecting the shaft from the clutch output; and

an actuator fixed to the housing, the actuator being configured for hydraulically actuating the clutch between the engaged orientation and the disengaged orientation, wherein:

the housing includes:

an engine side radially extending section extending radially outward from the shaft; and

a housing fluid channel extending from the actuator to an inner circumferential surface of the engine side radially extending section;

the shaft includes a shaft fluid channel therein; and

the housing fluid channel is configured to direct fluid from the actuator into the shaft channel.

2. The hybrid module as recited in claim 1 wherein the actuator is an electronic pump actuator including a pump, an actuator electric motor configured for driving the pump and an electronic controller configured for controlling driving of the pump by the actuator electric motor.

3. The hybrid module as recited in claim 1 further comprising a further fluid channel in fluid communication with the actuator, the further fluid channel supplying fluid from the actuator for cooling or lubricating a part of the hybrid module.

4. The hybrid module as recited in claim 3 wherein the part is the stator and the further fluid channel has an outlet radially outside of the stator.

5. The hybrid module as recited in claim 3 further comprising a pressure reducing valve configured to generate a pressure in the further fluid channel that is below a pressure in the housing fluid channel.

6. The hybrid module as recited in claim 1 wherein the actuator is configured to pump fluid from a reservoir integrated into a bottom of the housing.

7. The hybrid module as recited in claim 1 further comprising a second actuator fixed to the housing, the actuator and the second actuator configured to pump fluid from a same reservoir in the housing, the second actuator configured to pump fluid for cooling or lubricating a part of the hybrid module.

8. The hybrid module as recited in claim 1 further comprising a fluid cooler integrated into the housing for cooling fluid in the housing.

9. A hybrid module configured for arrangement in a torque path upstream from a transmission and downstream from an internal combustion engine, the hybrid module comprising:

a housing;

an electric motor including a stator non-rotatably fixed to the housing and a rotor rotatable within the stator;

a shaft configured for non-rotatably connecting to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine;

a clutch having a clutch output non-rotatably fixed to the rotor, the clutch configured for being actuated between an engaged orientation for drivingly connecting the shaft to the clutch output and a disengaged orientation for drivingly disconnecting the shaft from the clutch output; and

an actuator fixed to the housing, the actuator being configured for hydraulically actuating the clutch between the engaged orientation and the disengaged orientation, wherein:

the housing includes:

an engine side radially extending section extending radially outward from the shaft; and

a housing fluid channel extending from the actuator to an inner circumferential surface of the engine side radially extending section; and

an axially extending section extending axially from the engine side radially extending section;

the axially extending section defines an outer circumferential surface of the housing; and

the actuator is integrated into the axially extending section.

10. The hybrid module as recited in claim 9 further comprising a torque converter including a cover, the rotor being non-rotatably fixed to the cover, the axially extending section being radially outside of the cover.

11. The hybrid module as recited in claim 10 wherein the housing includes a transmission side radially extending section extending radially inward from the axially extending section, the transmission side radially extending section being positioned on a transmission side of the torque converter.

12. The hybrid module as recited in claim 11 wherein the torque converter includes an impeller hub rotatably supported at an inner circumferential surface of the transmission side radially extending section.

13. A hybrid module configured for arrangement in a torque path upstream from a transmission and downstream from an internal combustion engine, the hybrid module comprising:

a housing;

an electric motor including a stator non-rotatably fixed to the housing and a rotor rotatable within the stator;

a shaft configured for non-rotatably connecting to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine;

a clutch having a clutch output non-rotatably fixed to the rotor, the clutch configured for being actuated between an engaged orientation for drivingly connecting the shaft to the clutch output and a disengaged orientation for drivingly disconnecting the shaft from the clutch output;

an actuator fixed to the housing, the actuator being configured for hydraulically actuating the clutch between the engaged orientation and the disengaged orientation; and

an accumulator arranged for being charged with fluid by the actuator to store the fluid at a pressure; and a check valve arranged to prevent fluid from flowing from the accumulator back into the actuator.

14. The hybrid module as recited in claim 13 further comprising a directional control valve fluidically between the accumulator and the clutch.

15. The hybrid module as recited in claim 7 wherein the part is the stator and/or a bearing of the hybrid module.