Patent · US Expired

Power train having an internal combustion engine, energy converter, clutch, and accessory

US6668953B1 · kind B1 · utility

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32References

31Claims

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Assignee

LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Reik · Bühl, DE
Thomas Pels · Achern, DE
Dierk Reitz · Baden-Baden, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 1, 2000
Grant date	Dec 30, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 1, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S903/951
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A power train for a motor vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a power transmission, and an energy converter positioned between the engine and the transmission. A first clutch is positioned between the engine and the energy converter and a second clutch is positioned between the power transmission and the energy converter. The energy converter is operatively connected with at least one accessory for driving the accessory by energy derived either from the rotational motion of the engine crankshaft or from rotational motion transferred from the vehicle's drive wheels through the transmission.

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