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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2013
Applicant:
U.s.a. As Represented BY the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Larry M. Trase, Litchfield, OH (US);
Ralph H. Jansen, Westlake, OH (US);
Peter E. Kascak, Cleveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/10 (2006.01); B60K 6/30 (2007.10); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60K 6/442 (2007.10); B60K 6/485 (2007.10); B60K 6/48 (2007.10); B60W 10/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/10 (2013.01); B60K 6/105 (2013.01); B60K 6/30 (2013.01); B60K 6/442 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60K 6/485 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 30/18127 (2013.01); B60L 2240/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
A prime mover is combined with a flywheel storage device and a control system to implement a flywheel pulse and glide system in a vehicle. In one embodiment, the control system is configured to cycle power delivery between the prime mover and the flywheel storage device to power the vehicle. The prime mover, when activated by the control system, is configured to power the vehicle and spin up the flywheel storage device to capture a sufficient amount of energy.