Motion transmitting system for hybrid vehicles
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August 21, 2002
The hybrid drive motor vehicle transmission has an internal combustion engine (1) and an electric motor (2). The transmission has parallel primary and secondary transmission shafts (X,X',YY'). The drive has gears (21,42) to transmit drive from the electric motor to the main shaft, which is offset. The main shaft has a first driven shaft (3) driven by the engine and via a clutch, and a secondary driven shaft (4) driven by the electric motor via the gears. The two driven shafts are coaxial and mutually free for rotation.
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