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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2018
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jifei Yan, Wuhan, CN;
Andrew Frank, Davis, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/10 (2006.01); B60K 6/543 (2007.10); B60K 6/26 (2007.10); B60K 6/30 (2007.10); B60K 6/24 (2007.10); B60K 17/22 (2006.01); B60W 20/15 (2016.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/101 (2012.01); B60W 10/24 (2006.01); H02K 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/105 (2013.01); B60K 6/24 (2013.01); B60K 6/26 (2013.01); B60K 6/30 (2013.01); B60K 6/543 (2013.01); B60K 17/22 (2013.01); B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/101 (2013.01); B60W 10/24 (2013.01); B60W 20/15 (2016.01); H02K 7/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hybrid vehicle powertrain with a flywheel-based short-term energy storage system (SESS), including control and design optimization for a hybrid electric vehicle with the flywheel as a third energy storage system. The powertrain comprises three different propulsion systems including: an internal combustion engine (ICE); an electric motor (EM) with battery; and a flywheel and continuously variable transmission (CVT) that comprise the SESS.