Assembly Or Relative Location Of Components (epo/jpo) Patents (Class 903/951)
  • Patent number: 7290629
    Abstract: To provide desired shaft torque to a drive wheel without increasing the number of parts or increasing the size of a motor, to improve cooling capability of a generator housed inside a transmission case, and to improve energy transmission efficiency and electrical generation efficiency in an engine unit of a hybrid vehicle. A power unit structure for a hybrid vehicle is provided with an engine, a continuously variable transmission, a driven shaft, a drive motor and a reduction gear mechanism. The drive motor is attached to the reduction gear mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Ozeki, Yoshiaki Tsukada, Yutaka Inomoto, Kazumi Shibata
  • Patent number: 7174978
    Abstract: A hybrid drive unit including a first motor, a first planetary gear and a second motor, wherein the first planetary gear distributes and transmits a drive force transmitted from an input shaft to the first motor and an output shaft, a power output from the output shaft and the second motor are synthesized and the first motor and the first planetary gear are housed in a transmission case with the second motor spaced from the transmission case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Taniguchi, Kazumasa Tsukamoto, Kozo Yamaguchi, Kazuhisa Ozaki, Takeshi Inuzuka, Satoru Wakuta
  • Patent number: 7108089
    Abstract: A walk-behind self-propelled working machine includes an engine disposed with a crankshaft extending vertically in a downward direction and a cylinder disposed horizontally, and a generator having a drive shaft disposed vertically downward. The drive shaft of the generator and the crankshaft of the engine have respective axes that are disposed on a line perpendicular to an axis of the cylinder, as viewed in plan. The crankshaft and the drive shaft are connected together via a power transmitting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jitsumi Hanafusa, Kenji Kuroiwa
  • Patent number: 6994178
    Abstract: A motor for driving an axle shaft of a vehicle, a fuel cell, and a power control unit are arranged in the same space of a vehicle body in an electric vehicle. The motor is mounted on a suspension frame. The fuel cell and power control unit are mounted on a FC frame provided on the suspension frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Minobu Mizuno