Composite power unit
US6311495A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 6, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 6, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 6, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S903/96
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A composite power unit designed to permit the inertial moment of a flywheel to be positioned adjacent to one end of a crankshaft, thereby allowing the crankshaft to experience a reduced level of bending stress and torsional vibration. The composite power unit includes a flywheel mounted on a crankshaft at one end thereof, which flywheel is formed by a disk-like first flywheel and a second flywheel in which the former flywheel is positioned toward an engine while the latter flywheel is disposed toward a transmission. A rotational sensor and a dynamotor are both disposed between the first and second flywheels and are arranged in sequence from the side of the engine, a flange-like clutch-receiving surface is disposed on the second flywheel at an end thereof toward the transmission, and a clutch is attached to the clutch-receiving surface and covered by a transmission case of the transmission.
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