Motor vehicles – With fluid or mechanical means to accumulate energy to power...
Patent
1978-10-27
1981-02-24
Love, John J.
Motor vehicles
With fluid or mechanical means to accumulate energy to power...
74859, 192 0077, B60K 904
Patent
active
042522080
ABSTRACT:
A motor vehicle and a method of operation thereof. The method and apparatus relate to motor vehicles having an internal combustion engine for driving the vehicle and a flywheel coupled to the engine for equalizing the non-uniformity of the engine output torque. In accordance with the invention, at operating conditions wherein both the engine does not drive the vehicle and the flywheel rotates above a predetermined minimum speed, the coupling between the engine and the flywheel is automatically interrupted and the engine is stopped. Upon termination of these operating conditions, the flywheel is re-coupled to the engine to restart the engine. The coupling is preferably a controllable clutch arranged between the engine and flywheel, and the interruption of the coupling between the engine and flywheel is controlled as a function of one or more parameters representative of the operating state of the vehicle.
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Heidemeyer Paulus
Hofbauer Peter
Love John J.
Mar Michael
Volkswagenwerk AG
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