Hybrid vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10179506-B2
Application number	US-201615335927-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 27, 2016
Priority date	Oct 19, 2012
Publication date	Jan 15, 2019
Grant date	Jan 15, 2019

Abstract

A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a motor, and a belt stepless speed changer device having a driving rotary body, a driven rotary body, a first shaft member supporting the driving rotary body with allowing rotation thereof in unison, a second shaft member supporting the driven rotary body with allowing rotation thereof in unison, and an endless belt wound around the driving rotary body and the driven rotary body. The vehicle further includes a transmission case configured to receive the powers from the engine and the motor via the belt stepless speed changer device and a centrifugal clutch incorporated in a power transmission line extending form the engine to the first shaft member. The motor is disposed on the side opposite the engine across the driving rotary body, and the driving power of the motor is inputted to the first shaft member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hybrid vehicle comprising:
an engine;
a motor;
a belt stepless speed changer device having a driving rotary body, a driven rotary body, a first shaft member supporting the driving rotary body with allowing rotation thereof in unison, a second shaft member supporting the driven rotary body with allowing rotation thereof in unison, and an endless belt wound around the driving rotary body and the driven rotary body, each of the motor and the engine being configured to supply driving power to the belt stepless speed changer device via the first shaft member;
a transmission case, the belt stepless speed changer device being configured to output speed-changed power to the transmission case via the second shaft member;
a centrifugal clutch incorporated in a power transmission line extending from the engine to the first shaft member; and
a case member for accommodating the belt stepless speed changer device and the motor,
wherein the motor is disposed on an opposite end of the first shaft member from the engine across the driving rotary body,
wherein the case member defines an intake portion arranged associated with the driving rotary body and an exhaust portion arranged associated with the driven rotary body,
wherein an air intake fin is formed on the driving rotary body for introducing cooling air into the case member through the intake portion,
wherein an air exhaust fin is formed on the driven rotary body for discharging the cooling air out of the case member through the exhaust portion, and
wherein the hybrid vehicle further comprises a support bracket for rotatably supporting an end of the first shaft member on the side of the motor, and the motor is mounted to the support bracket.

2. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a drive shaft of the motor is disposed coaxially with the first shaft member, so that the drive shaft and the first shaft member are rotated in unison.

3. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the driving rotary body is a drive pulley of the belt stepless speed changer device, and the air intake fin is a reinforcement rib formed on a sheave of the drive pulley; and
the driven rotary body is a driven pulley of the belt stepless speed changer device, and the air exhaust fin is a reinforcement rib formed on a sheave of the driven pulley.

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Yagyu Sumio
• Takaki Go
• Kawabata Shinichi
• Hayashi Shigeki
• Nakai Shohei
• Bessho Hiroki

Classifications

• B60Y2300/42

  Control of clutches · CPC title

• B60W10/04

  including control of propulsion units · CPC title

• Y02T10/6256

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y10S903/918

  Continuously variable · CPC title

• Y02T10/6265

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic