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Vehicle with combustion engine and auxiliary power unit

US7464550B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

AMOVIS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Michael Hoetger · Berlin, DE
Detlef Wusthoff · Berlin, DE
Herbert Clemens · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 19, 2004
Grant date	Dec 16, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 10, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/12
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Motor vehicle comprises a combustion engine with internal combustion of fuel and/or cold-flame product for driving the motor vehicle and thereby producing exhaust gas and an auxiliary power unit comprising an external burner and an expansion machine. A fuel tank with fuel provides energy to the burner and the combustion engine. The motor vehicle has a cold-flame-reactor with means for feeding the fuel from the fuel tank to the cold-flame reactor, and at least a portion of the fuel is pre-combusted to a cold-flame product in the cold-flame reactor.

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