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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2007
Applicant:
John Jerwick, Hagerstown, PA (US);
Inventor:
John Jerwick, Hagerstown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Mack Trucks, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A parallel hybrid vehicle launches from rest or near rest with its electric motor and blends in its internal combustion engine at a vehicle speed such that the electrical energy provided to the motor from an energy storage device is only as much energy as can be recovered during deceleration of the vehicle to rest or near rest.