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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:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2000
Todd R. Teasdale, Westland, MI (US);
Guy R. Desrochers, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Cornel Ivanescu, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
An auxiliary heat source for a vehicle having a driving source is provided. The auxiliary heat source includes a drive mechanism, an auxiliary machine and a heat generating unit. The drive mechanism is adapted for receiving a rotational driving force from the driving source and includes a first drive structure and a second drive structure. The auxiliary machine for the vehicle includes a first shaft, which is coupled for rotation with the first drive structure and which is operable for providing a power input to the auxiliary machine. The heat generating unit using a shearing force to generate heat. The heat generating unit includes a rotor and a second shaft. The second shaft is coupled for rotation with the second drive structure and operable for providing a power input to the rotor. The drive mechanism is configured to rotate the first shaft at a first rotational speed based on an input speed of the rotational driving force and to rotate the second shaft at second rotational speed which is selectively controllable.
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