Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Variable speed hybrid electric supercharger assembly and method of control of vehicle having same
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Application No.: US14388497Application Date: 2013-03-13
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Publication No.: US09751411B2Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Inventor: Robert P. Benjey , William N. Eybergen , Vasilios Tsourapas , Martin D. Pryor
- Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US OH Cleveland
- Assignee: Eaton Corporation
- Current Assignee: Eaton Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cleveland
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2013/030944 WO 20130313
- International Announcement: WO2013/148205 WO 20131003
- Main IPC: F02B33/44
- IPC: F02B33/44 ; F02B33/00 ; B60L11/18 ; B60K6/485 ; F02B33/34 ; F02B33/40 ; F02D23/00 ; F02B33/38 ; B60K6/48

Abstract:
A supercharger assembly includes a supercharger in series with an engine that has a crankshaft and has an air intake manifold defining a plenum through which air flow is provided to the engine. A supercharger is upstream of the plenum in air flow to the engine and has a first rotor rotatable with a first shaft and a second rotor rotatable with a second shaft. The supercharger assembly also includes an electric motor-generator that is selectively alternately operable as a motor and as a generator, and a planetary gearing arrangement having a first member operatively connected to the electric motor-generator, a second member connectable to be rotated by the engine crankshaft, and a third member operatively connected for rotation with the first shaft. The supercharger assembly has only two selectively engageable torque-transmitting mechanisms and a control system configured to control the electric motor-generator and the torque-transmitting mechanisms.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150047617A1 VARIABLE SPEED HYBRID ELECTRIC SUPERCHARGER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE HAVING SAME Public/Granted day:2015-02-19
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