A hybrid vehicle and a powertrain for a hybrid vehicle are disclosed. A hybrid powertrain may include an internal combustion engine configured to provide rotational power to a rotatable shaft in a first rotational direction, and an electric motor-generator configured to selectively provide rotational power to a rotational output. The motor-generator may include a rotor fixed for rotation with the rotational output. The powertrain may further include an engine disconnect device comprising a mechanical clutch linking the rotatable shaft with the rotational output. More specifically, the rotatable shaft may drive the rotational output in the first rotational direction, and the rotational output may freewheel with respect to the rotatable shaft when rotating faster in the first rotational direction than the rotatable shaft.
Hybrid powertrain engine disconnect device
2020-12-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Hybrid powertrain with centrifugally-actuated motor disconnect clutch and method of control
European Patent Office | 2015
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