Flywheel system for use with electric wheels in a hybrid vehicle
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1. A hybrid vehicle system comprising:
- a first internal combustion engine;
a second internal combustion engine;
a first flywheel coupled to said first internal combustion engine;
a second flywheel coupled to said second internal combustion engine;
a plurality of motorized wheels electrically interconnected to said first and second flywheels; and
a controller means connected to said first and second internal combustion engines and to said first and second flywheels and to said plurality of motorized wheels for transferring energy therebetween, said first internal combustion engine having a shaft extending therefrom, said first flywheel being electromagnetically coupled to said shaft of said first internal combustion engine, said second internal combustion engine having a shaft extending therefrom, said second flywheel being electromagnetically coupled to said shaft of said second internal combustion engine.
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Abstract
A hybrid vehicle system having first and second internal combustion engines, first and second flywheels respectively coupled to the first and second internal combustion engines, a plurality of motorized wheels electrically interconnected to first and second flywheels, and a controller connected to the internal combustion engines and to the flywheels and to the plurality of motorized wheels for transferring energy therebetween. Each of the flywheels has permanent magnets affixed to a side of a housing thereof. Each of the flywheels is vacuum sealed within anon-ferrous housing.
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1. A hybrid vehicle system comprising:
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a first internal combustion engine; a second internal combustion engine; a first flywheel coupled to said first internal combustion engine; a second flywheel coupled to said second internal combustion engine; a plurality of motorized wheels electrically interconnected to said first and second flywheels; and a controller means connected to said first and second internal combustion engines and to said first and second flywheels and to said plurality of motorized wheels for transferring energy therebetween, said first internal combustion engine having a shaft extending therefrom, said first flywheel being electromagnetically coupled to said shaft of said first internal combustion engine, said second internal combustion engine having a shaft extending therefrom, said second flywheel being electromagnetically coupled to said shaft of said second internal combustion engine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A hybrid vehicle system comprising:
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a first internal combustion engine; a second internal combustion engine; a first flywheel coupled to said first internal combustion engine; a second flywheel coupled to said second internal combustion engine; a plurality of motorized wheels electrically interconnected to said first and second flywheels; a controller means connected to said first and second internal combustion engines and to said first and second flywheels and to said plurality of motorized wheels for transferring energy therebetween; a bus being connected to said first and second flywheels and to said plurality of motorized wheels; a rectifying means cooperative with said first and second flywheels for converting an AC output of said first and second flywheels into DC power, said rectifying means connected to said bus; and an inverting means interposed between said bus and said plurality of motorized wheels for converting the DC power of said bus into said AC power to said plurality of motorized wheels. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A hybrid vehicle system comprising:
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a first internal combustion engine; a second internal combustion engine; a first flywheel coupled to said first internal combustion engine; a second flywheel coupled to said second internal combustion engine; a plurality of motorized wheels electrically interconnected to said first and second flywheels; a controller means connected to said first and second internal combustion engines and to said first and second flywheels and to said plurality of motorized wheels for transferring energy therebetween; a first set of permanent magnets cooperative with said first flywheel; and a second set of permanent magnets cooperative with said second flywheel, said first set of said permanent magnets embossed into a housing of said first flywheel, said second set of permanent magnets embossed into a housing of said second flywheel, each of said first and second sets of permanent magnets being electrically cooperative with said plurality of motorized wheels, each of said first and second sets of permanent magnets for transferring energy from said first and second flywheels respectively to said plurality of motorized wheels and for transferring braking energy from said plurality of motorized wheels to said first and second flywheels. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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