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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8020659 | Hydrostatically driven vehicle and method therefor A hydrostatically driven vehicle has an engine operating a variable displacement propel pump, a displacement of which can vary based on an angle of a rotating swashplate, such that a fluid flow impelled by the pump transfers power to at least one propel motor rotati... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7841432 | Hydro-electric hybrid drive system for motor vehicle A hybrid electro-hydraulic drive system is provided for a vehicle and comprises a hydraulic transmission including a first hydraulic machine and at least one second hydraulic machine drivingly connected to drive wheels of the motor vehicle for driving thereof, an el... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7306063 | Power control unit for electric vehicle A power control unit for electric vehicle which can easily detach the high voltage cables even if the motor room is deformed, for example, by head-on collision and/or rear-end collision of the vehicle, which is difficult to be deformed, which can make small, and whi... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7216735 | Hybrid traction system for vehicles A hybrid drive system for vehicles. The system includes the connection of an engine and a motor, one as a combustion engine (1) and the other as a pneumatic motor (2), with this connection being made through a mechanical coupling (3) and, at onc... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7188475 | Starting and controlling speed of a two spool gas turbine engine Two spool gas turbine engines are often used to drive variable speed loads, such as an electric generator, or the fan/propeller of aircraft engines. The gas turbine engine must be designed to withstand transient speed and temperature conditions which are encountered... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185496 | Synchronizing stationary clutch of compression braking with a two spool gas turbine engine A synchronizing stationary clutch system for compression braking in a two spool gas turbine engine is provided by the present invention. The synchronizing stationary clutch system allows the two shafts of a two spool gas turbine engine to be reliably coupled at any ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7108093 | Rear mounted engine design with improved maintenance access for a military vehicle A military vehicle with a turbine engine mounted on an outer rear corner of the vehicle, with the engine being installed in a vertical orientation in order to save critical space. The vehicle is provided with access hatches which enable operators to easily work on t... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7056251 | Hybrid vehicle A Rankine cycle system for recovering a heat energy of an exhaust gas is mounted on a hybrid vehicle including an internal combustion engine as a drive source for the vehicle and an electric generator motor. An output from the Rankine cycle system is input to a tran... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058487 | Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle In a control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle which is able to travel under the driving force from at least one of an internal-combustion engine E and a drive motor connected to the internal-combustion engine, when an FI/AT/MGECU and a MOTECU execute motor damping whi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6907947 | Power control unit for electric vehicle A power control unit for electric vehicle which can easily detach the high voltage cables even if the motor room is deformed, for example, by head-on collision and/or rear-end collision of the vehicle, which is difficult to be deformed, which can make small, and whi... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6202782 | Vehicle driving method and hybrid vehicle propulsion system A vehicle driving method and hybrid propulsion system are disclosed. In the vehicle driving method and hybrid propulsion system, a heat engine is intermittently operated to provide a first power output and hot exhaust. A heat recovery unit containing ther... | 03/20/2001 |
| 5901809 | Apparatus for supplying compressed air A compressor including a chamber having a standing acoustical wave therein, the wave having at least first and second velocity nodes, the first velocity node having a smaller cross-sectional area than the second velocity node, a high pressure inlet adapte... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5826673 | Hybrid electric propulsion system using a dual shaft turbine engine An electric propulsion system for a vehicle having an electric drive motor. A generator supplies electric current to the motor. A dual shaft turbine engine having a compressor and a gasifier coupled with a first shaft and a power turbine, flywheel and gen... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5762156 | Hybrid electric propulsion system using a dual shaft turbine engine An electric propulsion system for a vehicle having an electric drive motor. A generator supplies electric current to the motor. A dual shaft turbine engine having a compressor and a gasifier coupled with a first shaft and a power turbine, flywheel and gen... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5191766 | Hybrid internal combustion/steam engine A hybrid engine is disclosed which utilizes the heat from the exhausted combustion gases of an internal combustion engine to generate steam externally of the cylinders of the engine. The steam is used to power turbines which may be effectively connected t... | 03/09/1993 |
| 4470261 | Gas turbine plant for automotive operation At a low part load, and at idling of a vehicle machinery it is difficult to obtain a good fuel economy and acceptable emission rates. The amount of work for driving the compressor and the auxiliary apparatuses is considerable in a gas turbine, and in view... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4349080 | Drive unit for land vehicles A drive unit for land vehicles, especially track-laying vehicles armored on all sides. The drive unit has a gas turbine consisting of a gas generator and a useful turbine connected subsequent thereto which acts upon a drive axle by way of a drive or trans... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4336856 | Turbo-flywheel-powered vehicle A turbo-flywheel-powered vehicle has as the flywheel the rotor of a gas driven drag turbine, which rotor has a mass distribution such that the radius of gyration is at least 0.7 times the radius of the rotor, a combustion can for producing propellant flui... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4294596 | Air-filter apparatus in combination with a turbine engine An air-filter apparatus for use with gas-turbine and like engines, wherein the filter is formed as a continuous moving blanket-like belt. There is also provided a continuous cleaning system which includes rotating brushes engaging the filter blanket to lo... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4290268 | Vehicle braking and kinetic energy recovery system An auxiliary kinetic energy recovery system is provided for a vehicle with a rotary sliding vane engine including a compressor, a combustion chamber and a motor in which the braking is done by connecting the rotor of the compressor to a wheel and braking ... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4183420 | Gas turbine engine control system A pump or generator is connected to the drive shaft of a vehicle to induce a braking effect not provided by the twin shaft gas turbine powering the vehicle. The output of the pump or generator is stored and used to drive the compressor of the turbine in p... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4157124 | Vehicular single shaft gas turbine engine power system A vehicular gas turbine engine power system includes an engine, an automatic clutch, a service clutch and an infinitely variable transmission coupled successively along a power train. A vehicle control system controls engine speed, transmission ratio and ... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4157011 | Gas turbine flywheel hybrid propulsion system A vehicle drive system includes a gas turbine engine having a compressor inlet control to reduce total engine air flow to between two and three percent of normal air flow during periods where fuel flow to the gas turbine engine combustor is terminated. An... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4121418 | Compact vehicular gas turbine power plant A low-cost, light-weight automotive power plant includes a turbine operating on a first shaft and a compressor operating on a second shaft, formed as an element separate from the first shaft. These shafts are arranged at an angle to the horizontal power t... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4047589 | Method and apparatus for closed loop acceleration control for vehicles The subject control applies to a vehicle having an engine with a throttle, a variable speed transmission, an axle with a housing, and drive wheels, there being a power responsive actuator for the transmission to change the power or speed ratio. The contro... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4037415 | Implosion rotary engine A rotary engine includes an outer body arranged to rotate on a stationary member, the outer body having an eccentric circular cavity cooperating with radial vanes from the stationary body which sequentially reciprocate so that a series of volumes sequenti... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4024926 | Energy system for self-propelled vehicles An energy system which provides the self-propulsion of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes wheels driven by a motor. As the wheels vibrate and bounce due to irregularities in the road surface, the vibrations and bouncing cause a piston to reciprocate ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 3986575 | Hybrid motor unit with energy storage An automotive engine unit comprises an internal combustion engine adapted to meet the power requirements of a vehicle under steady speed running conditions, a hot air turbine unit of higher power output than the internal combustion engine adapted to meet ... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3970163 | Automotive vehicle drive Poor torque characteristics especially at low and intermediate speeds of a single shaft gas turbine engine is compensated for by the motor torque of a motor-generator having its armature directly coupled with the turbine shaft of the engine. The turbine s... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3958655 | Gas turbine engine for vehicle propulsion In order to provide adequate space for bumpers and auxiliaries, the propulsion engine of a vehicle is arranged transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle. The engine is a gas turbine unit having its power take-off shaft parallel to ... | 05/25/1976 |
