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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brian Robert Kelm, Northville, MI (US);
Robert John Mohrmann, Pinckney, MI (US);
Richard Eric Luken, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Stephen Kempfer, Canton, MI (US);
Shawn Harold Swales, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 4/900 ; B60K 1/00 ; B60K 4/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 4/900 ; B60K 1/00 ; B60K 4/102 ;
Abstract
A system for driving a compressor is disclosed. The system includes an internal combustion engine in communication with the compressor for selectively driving an input shaft of the compressor; an electric motor in communication with the compressor for selectively driving the compressor when the compressor is not being driven by the engine; and a gear assembly operatively connected to a motor output of the electric motor shaft for changing a rotational speed of the motor output shaft.