Hybrid drive arrangement

Patent · Tue Feb 19 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5694612

Oetting, H; Heidemeyer, P

The invention concerns a hybrid drive arrangement for vehicles, with an engine drive and with a flywheel storage drive, which includes a storage flywheel supported concentrically relative to the crankshaft for storing kinetic energy during such operations as braking operations of the vehicle. Both drives can be connected with the driving wheels of the vehicle by means of a common, preferably continuously variable, transmission. In order to obtain a faster response of the engine drive on suddenly occurring power demands and in order to achieve a more favorable design of the storage flywheel, there is to be provided in accordance with the invention, in addition to a storage flywheel, an engine flywheel associated with the reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine, which compensates for torque irregularities of the engine. The engine flywheel can be connected with a crankshaft by means of a first clutch and with the storage flywheel by means of at least one further clutch.

• Assignee: Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft (Germany, Federal Republic Of)
• Patent Number(s): US 4499965
• OSTI ID: 5694612
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330500* -- Advanced Propulsion Systems-- Flywheel Propulsion
BRAKES
ENERGY STORAGE
ENGINES
FLYWHEEL ENERGY STORAGE
FLYWHEEL-POWERED VEHICLES
FLYWHEELS
FUNCTIONS
HEAT ENGINES
HYBRID SYSTEMS
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MACHINE PARTS
MECHANICAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT
RESPONSE FUNCTIONS
STORAGE
VEHICLES