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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2002
Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shoichi Sasaki, Okazaki, JP;
Sumikazu Shamoto, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroshi Sugiura, Kariya, JP;
Yukio Inaguma, Aichi, JP;
Kazunari Moriya, Aichi, JP;
Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shoichi Sasaki, Okazaki, JP;
Sumikazu Shamoto, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroshi Sugiura, Kariya, JP;
Yukio Inaguma, Aichi, JP;
Kazunari Moriya, Aichi, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An accessory drive apparatus includes a power source, an accessory system that provides an input to the power source, an accessory driving source that drives the accessory system, and a power combination/distribution mechanism that is connected to the power source and the accessory system to transmit power from both the power source and the accessory driving source to the accessory system. With this arrangement, the accessory system is driven by a combination of power received from the accessory driving source and the power source.