Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Martin Lutz

Kai Sebastian Kuhlbach

Jan Mehring

Stefan Quiring

Richard Fritsche

Jens Dunstheimer

Moritz Klaus Springer

Oliver Berkemeier

Georg Louven

Carsten Weber

Jan Linsel

Kay Hohenboeken

Guenter Bartsch

Maziar Khosravi

Krystian Dylong

Rainer Kiehn

Ingo Lenz

Frank Haubner

Markus Reith

Christoph Holbach

Markus Hermanns

Guenther Bartsch

Markus Hermann

Embodiments for a hybrid drive are provided. In one example, a hybrid module for arrangement on an internal combustion engine, which is configured for starting the internal combustion engine, includes an electric motor, for generating a torque, and an output element connected in a torque-transmitting manner to the electric motor and positioned on an output axle, for transmission of the torque to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine. According to the disclosure, the hybrid module has a magnetic transmission, wherein the torque of the electric motor is transmitted via the magnetic transmission to the output element.

Hybrid module, hybrid unit and motor vehicle as well as starting process for an internal combustion engine

Methods and systems are provided for an engine crankshaft including an un-balanced mass coupled to a planetary gear set driven by the engine crankshaft. In one example, a system may include an engine crankshaft as a sun gear for a planetary gear set, with a single un-balanced mass coupled to an outer ring of the planetary gear set. In another example, a method may include driving an engine crankshaft in a first direction and driving an un-balanced mass coupled to an outer ring of a planetary gear set in a second direction opposite to the first direction, with rotation of the outer ring being driven by the engine crankshaft.

Engine crankshaft including a planetary gear balance unit

A folding bicycle has a main-frame with a bottom bracket, crank, pedals, and a seat post. A front is attached to the main-frame by a front hinge having an axis parallel to the crank axis, and has a mono-fork suspension. The front frame rotates about the front hinge to a folded position wherein the mono-fork is behind the front hinge axis. A rear swingarm suspension has a rear sprocket and is attached to the main-frame by a rear hinge that preferably is coincident with the crank axis. The swingarm is of a single-stay configuration and is rotatable about the rear hinge to a folded position wherein the rear sprocket is forward of the crank axis. The main-frame may consist of left and right sidewalls spaced apart from one another, and the mono-fork lies at least partially between the sidewalls when the front frame is in the folded position.

Folding bicycle

An internal combustion engine is provided. The internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block having a cooling jacket and a cylinder head having two cooling jackets. In one example, the internal combustion engine may be operated so as to reduce engine friction and emissions during cold engine starts.

Coolant jackets for an internal combustion engine and method of control

A cylinder head has at least three cylinders each coupled to at least one exhaust port, individual exhaust ducts coupled to each of the exhaust ports, and a combined exhaust duct coupling all individual exhaust ducts. The combined exhaust duct emerges from the cylinder head at a location displaced longitudinally from a center of the cylinder head.

Cylinder head for an internal combustion engine

A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine has at least two cylinders, each cylinder having an outlet opening for discharging the exhaust gases out of the cylinder, an assembly end side for connection to a cylinder block of the engine, an exhaust-gas line adjoining each outlet opening, the exhaust-gas lines of the at least two cylinders merging within the cylinder head to form a combined exhaust-gas line, and a coolant jacket interior to and at least partially integrated in the cylinder head, the coolant jacket made up of a lower coolant jacket and an upper coolant jacket, and at least one connection between the lower coolant jacket and the upper coolant jacket immediately adjacent the combined exhaust-gas line for allowing the passage of coolant.

The invention relates to a cooling strategy for an internal combustion engine () which has at least one cylinder head () and an associated cylinder block (). A coolant flows in a coolant circuit (), with at least one control element () being assigned to the coolant circuit (). During a warmup of the internal combustion engine, in successive phases, the coolant flow is conducted to separate cooling regions by the control elements (), wherein in an operating mode at operating temperature which follows the warmup, the coolant flow is conducted to separate cooling regions by the control elements () taking into consideration the operating states of the internal combustion engine.

Integrated engine thermal management

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Cologne, Germany

Martin Lutz