Apparatus and method for combined electrical and mechanical utilization of the energy of an expansion machine

US10174714B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MAN Truck &Bus AG · DE

Inventors

• Heribert Moller · Sachsen bei Ansbach, DE
• Gottfried Raab · Ansfelden, AT
• Josef Klammer · Steyr, AT
• Götz Freiherr Von Esebeck · Mittenwalde, DE
• Stefan Robausch · Steyr, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 22, 2016
• Grant date: Jan 8, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 28, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S903/903
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus V and a method, preferably for a motor vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle. The apparatus V includes an internal combustion engine, an expansion machine and a generator. The expansion machine and the generator can be operatively connected both to one another and in each case to the internal combustion engine via a transmission, in order to make selective electrical utilization and mechanical utilization of the energy of the expansion machine possible.