Hybrid electric/mechanical compressor with gear reducer
AssigneeVisteon Global Technologies, Inc.
InventorsBrian Robert Kelm, Robert John Mohrmann, Richard Eric Luken, Stephen Kempfer, Shawn Harold Swales
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Abstract
A system for driving a compressor is disclosed. The system includes an internal combustion engine in communication with the compressor for selectively driving an input shaft of the compressor; an electric motor in communication with the compressor for selectively driving the compressor when the compressor is not being driven by the engine; and a gear assembly operatively connected to a motor output of the electric motor shaft for changing a rotational speed of the motor output shaft.
Claims19
A system for driving a compressor, the system comprising:
- an internal combustion engine connected to the compressor for selectively driving an input shaft of the compressor;
- an electric motor connected to the compressor for selectively driving the compressor when the compressor is not being driven by the engine;
- a gear assembly operatively connected to a motor output shaft of the electric motor and to the input shaft of the compressor for changing a rotational speed of the motor output shaft;
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- a clutch positioned between the pear assembly and the compressor for decoupling the compressor from the motor when the engine is driving the compressor.
A system for driving a compressor, the system comprising:
- an internal combustion engine connected to the compressor for selectively driving an input shaft of the compressor;
- an electric motor connected to the compressor for selectively driving the compressor when the compressor is not being driven by the engine;
- a means for changing a rotational speed of the motor output shaft operatively connected to a motor output shaft of the electric motor;
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- a means for decoupling positioned between the means for changing a rotational speed and the compressor for decoupling the compressor from the motor when the engine is driving the compressor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.