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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:
Jul. 01, 1980
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Geoffrey D Woodhouse, Phoenix, AZ (US);
George B Mattson, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
The Garrett Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C / ; F02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60 3904 ; 60 3 / ; 60 3925 ; 60 3 / ;
Abstract
A free turbine engine for driving ground vehicles with various deceleration or braking actions including power feedback braking wherein the turbine compressor is selectively interconnected with the power output shaft only in such a manner whereby compressor inertia assists in decelerating the vehicle.