Vehicle

US10427528B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Mahle International GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Boris Lerch · Stuttgart, DE
• Rolf Mueller · Ingolstadt, DE
• Thomas Riemay · Bad Marienberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 2, 2016
• Grant date: Oct 1, 2019
• Expiry date: May 3, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/72
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle may include an internal combustion engine configured to drive a plurality of wheels of the vehicle via a drive train. A waste heat utilization device may drive an electric generator by converting the waste heat generated by the internal combustion engine. The generator may be electrically connected to an on-board electrical system comprising an electric energy store and at least one electric consumer. An electric motor may be coupled to the drive train to provide an additional drive. The generator may convert kinetic energy generated by the waste heat utilization device into electrical energy and to provide the electrical energy to the on-board electrical system and/or to the electric motor. The electric motor may convert electrical energy provided by the electric energy store of the on-board electrical system and/or by the generator into kinetic energy and may couple the same into the drive train.