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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2002
Kazuaki Takizawa, Utsunomiya, JP;
Tatsuya Fukushima, Utsunomiya, JP;
Katsuya Minami, Utsunomiya, JP;
Masato Fujioka, Kawachi-gun, JP;
Kazuo Ooyama, Tokyo, JP;
Eijiro Shimabukuro, Utsunomiya, JP;
Junya Tachikawa, Utsunomiya, JP;
Kazuaki Takizawa, Utsunomiya, JP;
Tatsuya Fukushima, Utsunomiya, JP;
Katsuya Minami, Utsunomiya, JP;
Masato Fujioka, Kawachi-gun, JP;
Kazuo Ooyama, Tokyo, JP;
Eijiro Shimabukuro, Utsunomiya, JP;
Junya Tachikawa, Utsunomiya, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is made to operate auxiliary machine while an engine is stopped, to start an engine and to charge a battery by providing a single motor and a simple construction and by providing a simple control operation. An engine system comprises an engine, a motor, and auxiliary machine, and further comprises a planetary mechanism having three elements comprising a sun gear, a carrier and a ring gear, to which any one of an output shaft of the engine, an output shaft of the motor and a drive shaft of the auxiliary machine are respectively connected, a uniting connection device capable of uniting two or more elements of the planetary mechanism, and a rotation direction restriction device which restricts a rotation direction of the drive shaft of the auxiliary machine to one direction.