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- Patent Title: Powertrain with torque converter-mounted generator for multiple voltage electrical power and method for assembling same
- Patent Title (中): 用于多电压电力的变矩器安装发电机的动力总成及其组装方法
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Application No.: US11856755Application Date: 2007-09-18
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Publication No.: US07863764B2Publication Date: 2011-01-04
- Inventor: Robert Franklin Combs , David J. Sagers , Leroy K. Johnson
- Applicant: Robert Franklin Combs , David J. Sagers , Leroy K. Johnson
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Quinn Law Group, PLLC
- Main IPC: H02P9/04
- IPC: H02P9/04

Abstract:
A torque converter-mounted generator is provided that, along with power electronics, offers at least two types of electrical power output and may be attached to a transmission without impacting the axial length of a powertrain in comparison to a powertrain with an identical transmission and a torque converter not having a generator mounted thereto. Different torque-converter mounted generators and power electronics configurations providing different combinations of electrical power voltages may be offered for use with a given transmission type, thus allowing flexibility in meeting customer needs without unduly impacting assembly of the powertrains. A method of assembling transmissions is also provided.
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