Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid vehicle with compact driveline
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Application No.: US15350354Application Date: 2016-11-14
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Publication No.: US10259307B2Publication Date: 2019-04-16
- Inventor: Jonas Forssell , Mathias Jorgensson , Tobias Stalfors
- Applicant: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: SE Gothenburg
- Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: SE Gothenburg
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Priority: EP15194883 20151117
- Main IPC: B60K6/10
- IPC: B60K6/10 ; B60K6/28 ; B60K6/30 ; B60K6/24 ; B60K6/26 ; B60K6/36 ; B60K6/387 ; B60K6/48 ; B60K6/543 ; B60K1/00 ; B60K17/02 ; B60W10/02 ; F16D13/00 ; F16D13/22

Abstract:
A hybrid vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine, a transmission, at least one driving wheel rotationally connected to the transmission, and a coupling arrangement arranged between the internal combustion engine and the transmission, and controllable between a first state in which a drive shaft of the engine is rotationally connected to the transmission and a second state in which the drive shaft of the engine is rotationally disconnected from the transmission. The vehicle further comprises an energy recovery device connected to the coupling arrangement via a flexible driving member for allowing recovery and storage of energy recovered from deceleration of the at least one driving wheel. The vehicle may further comprise a sensor for sensing a parameter value indicative of desired deceleration, and a control unit for controlling the coupling arrangement to the second state when the sensed parameter value indicates desired deceleration of the hybrid vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170136866A1 HYBRID VEHICLE WITH COMPACT DRIVELINE Public/Granted day:2017-05-18
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