Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Steve Szwabowski

Brad Alan Boyer

Walt Joseph Ortmann

Robert Jay Natkin

Adam Denlinger

Jaswant-Jas S Dhillon

Arun Jaura

Bret Allen Oltmans

Yin Chen

Tony Grabowski

Edward Jih

A hydrogen-powered hybrid powertrain system includes a hydrogen-fuelled internal combustion engine operating at a lean air/fuel mixture, and a supercharger for boosting a primary drive torque produced by the engine primarily over a high operating speed range. An electric motor/generator generates a secondary drive torque for the vehicle, such that the secondary drive torque complements the boosted primary drive torque over at least a low operating speed range of the powertrain. A disconnect clutch disposed between the engine and the motor/generator engages and disengages the engine from the motor/generator, and serves to transfer the boosted primary driver torque through the motor/generator and to a power transmission system. The input at the power transmission is thus a combination of the boosted primary drive torque and the secondary drive torque having an enhanced torque characteristic over at least the low operating speed range.

Hydrogen fuelled hybrid powertrain and vehicle

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Northville, MI, United States of America

Steve Szwabowski