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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2015
Borgwarner Inc, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Brock Fraser, Asheville, NC (US);
Philip J Mott, Dryden, NY (US);
BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A drive system () for a vehicle includes an electric motor () and a gas turbine assembly (). The electric motor () includes a rotor () coupled to a drive shaft (). The gas turbine assembly () includes a turbine () including a turbine wheel () mounted on the drive shaft (), a burner () that burns fuel and provides exhaust gas to drive the turbine wheel (), and a compressor () that provides compressed air to the burner (). The gas turbine assembly () is coupled to the drive shaft () of the electric motor (). The drive system () also includes gear train unit () that has the drive shaft () as an input shaft, has an output shaft () connected to vehicle wheels (), and transmits power from one of the electric motor () or gas turbine assembly () to the wheels ().