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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2010
Tim James Bowman, Bexley, GB;
Robert Helle-lorentzen, Chelmsford, GB;
Don Andreas Josephine Kees, Billericay, GB;
Tim James Bowman, Bexley, GB;
Robert Helle-Lorentzen, Chelmsford, GB;
Don Andreas Josephine Kees, Billericay, GB;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A hybrid vehicle has an internal combustion engineand a flywheel. Storage and release of energy by the flywheelis enabled by a continuously variable transmissionand clutchunder the control of an electronic module. The amount of energy transferred from the vehicle one to the flywheelduring a deceleration manoeuvre is maximized by increasing the engine speed. As a result, the engine does more work against the braking force of the accelerating flywheel and causes the flywheel to spin up to a higher rotational speed.