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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2008
Applicant:
Hirofumi Wada, Kodama-gun, JP;
Inventor:
Hirofumi Wada, Kodama-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Sanden Corporation, Gunma, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for utilizing waste heat from a vehicle has a Rankine circuit, and the Rankine circuit includes a fluid machine. A generating unit of the fluid machine has a third rotating body that is disposed coaxially with a first rotating body of a pump unit and a second rotating body of an expansion unit. The fluid machine has a drive shaft that is integrally connected at least to the first rotating body, among the first, second and third rotating bodies, and a power transmission unit that is connected to the drive shaft and transmits external power to the drive shaft.