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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2008
Applicants:
Lev Pekarsky, W. Bloomfield, MI (US);
Mark R. Dobson, Howell, MI (US);
Inventors:
Lev Pekarsky, W. Bloomfield, MI (US);
Mark R. Dobson, Howell, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A drive system for a motor vehicle transmission includes a hydraulic pump including a shaft, an engine, a starter/alternator connected to the shaft, and a drive mechanism for transmitting torque from the engine to the shaft, and for amplifying torque produced by the starter/alternator and transmitting the amplified torque to the engine.