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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:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bernd Dietzel, Syrgenstein, DE;
Assignee:
Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG, Heidenhein, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180 654 ; 290 / ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for operating a drive installation unit for a vehicle which reduces environmentally harmful gases while improving drive acceleration and deceleration performance by integrating an electric motor and power converter with an internal combustion engine.