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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2020
Man Truck & Bus SE, Munich, DE;
Alexander Schydlo, Munich, DE;
Thomas Landsherr, Munich, DE;
MAN Truck & Bus SE, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a device for energy recovery for an electrically driven motor vehicle. The device includes an electric drive unit for driving the motor vehicle and a permanent brake deice which is designed as a hydrodynamic retarder and is or can be drivingly connected to the electric drive unit. A waste heat recovery device has an expansion machine which is or can be connected to the permanent brake device for energy recovery of a waste heat resulting from the braking of the permanent brake device. The present disclosure also relates to a method for energy recovery in an electrically driven motor vehicle.