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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Randy M. Vondrell, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Glenn Crabtree, Oregonia, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A propulsion system includes a propulsor having a driveshaft, an electric machine coupled to the driveshaft of the propulsor, and a combustion engine having an output shaft. The propulsion system additionally includes a one-way clutch operable with at least one of the driveshaft of the propulsor and the output shaft of the combustion engine. The one-way clutch allows for a differential angular velocity of the driveshaft relative to the output shaft in a first circumferential direction and prevents a differential angular velocity of the driveshaft relative to the output shaft in a second circumferential direction.