Patent · US Expired

Motor vehicle with electrical generator

US6278196A · kind A · utility

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21References

36Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Magnet-Motor Gesellschaft fuer magnetmotorische Technik mbH · DE

Inventors

Peter Ehrhart · Birkenfeld, DE
Manfred Heeg · Starnberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 14, 1998
Grant date	Aug 21, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 14, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/62
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle with a combustion engine (2), a transmission (8) and a mechanical drive line (6) comprises a coaxially disposed electric generator (10) for providing power to electric loads, said generator being coupled directly with the crankshaft (4) of the combustion engine. The rotor of the generator serves as a flywheel in particular when the generator is designed in outside rotor construction. Stator and rotor of the generator are each formed as hollow cylinders and have a small axial length in comparison to the mounting diameter of the generator. The generator can also be used as a starter motor when operated as a motor. An additional possibility of application is for damping the torsional vibration of the crankshaft of the combustion engine, the transmission and the mechanical drive line.

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