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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2002
Sameer Prabhu, Westland, MI (US);
Adam P. Shepperson, London, GB;
James J. Klocinski, Saline, MI (US);
Robert C. Borregard, Wyandotte, MI (US);
William C. Mammen, Jr., Commerce Township, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for providing electrical power for a hybrid vehicle includes an integrated starter-generator and an inverter connected to an electrical energy storage device such as a capacitor and a battery by first and second switches respectively. A control turns the switches on and off in accordance with selected modes of operation to provide power from the capacitor to the integrated starter-generator and the battery and to provide power from the integrated starter-generator to the capacitor and the battery.