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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2011
Applicant:
Duane D. Kruger, Westfield, IN (US);
Inventor:
Duane D. Kruger, Westfield, IN (US);
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 3/72 (2006.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for operating a hybrid vehicle that includes a chargeable energy storage device, a single dynamo (motor/generator combination) an internal combustion engine, and a torque coupling device configured to variably couple the engine to the dynamo. The torque coupling device is such that using only a single dynamo, the system is able to operate in different modes expected of hybrid vehicles, such as: electric drive only, engine drive only, electric and engine drive combined, and charging of the chargeable energy storage device.