US 11,912,133 B2
Vehicle drive unit
Shoji Tanizawa, Tokyo (JP); Shinsuke Horibe, Tokyo (JP); Masaharu Yamagishi, Okazaki (JP); Chika Takaba, Tokyo (JP); Toshihiko Ando, Tokyo (JP); Kohei Higashitani, Tokyo (JP); and Kenji Umemura, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/761,937
Filed by MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/041651
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/111809, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-220920 (JP), filed on Dec. 6, 2019; application No. 2020-035969 (JP), filed on Mar. 3, 2020; and application No. 2020-035970 (JP), filed on Mar. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0371529 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 6/46 (2007.10); B60L 50/61 (2019.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 9/18 (2006.01); B60K 6/26 (2007.10); B60K 6/28 (2007.10); B60K 6/40 (2007.10); B60K 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); B60R 16/03 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 6/46 (2013.01) [B60K 6/26 (2013.01); B60K 6/28 (2013.01); B60K 6/40 (2013.01); B60K 11/04 (2013.01); B60L 1/003 (2013.01); B60L 9/18 (2013.01); B60L 50/61 (2019.02); B60R 16/0207 (2013.01); B60R 16/03 (2013.01); B60L 2210/40 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle drive unit, comprising:
an internal combustion engine disposed in an engine compartment of a vehicle;
an electromotive unit disposed on one side of the internal combustion engine in a vehicle left-right direction, the electromotive unit having a first electric motor that generates electricity by driving the internal combustion engine and a second electric motor that is driven by electric power supplied from a driving battery of the vehicle;
an inverter disposed above the electromotive unit;
a first harness that electrically connects the inverter and a first terminal block of the first electric motor; and
a second harness that electrically connects the inverter and a second terminal block of the second electric motor,
wherein the first electric motor and the second electric motor are disposed in a vehicle front- rear direction, and, with respect to one electric motor, another electric motor is offset upward in the up-down direction, the one electric motor being disposed on the front side in the front-rear direction out of the first electric motor and the second electric motor, the other electric motor being disposed on the rear side in the front-rear direction out of the first electric motor and the second electric motor,
the electromotive unit has a predetermined space formed in a region above the one electric motor and in rear of a front end of the one electric motor and a region in front of the other electric motor and below an upper end of the other electric motor, and
the first terminal block and the second terminal block are located in the predetermined space.