Patent ID: 9688264
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60L,B60W,H02K,H02P,Y02T,Y10S,Y10T

Claim:
1. A vehicular system comprising: a crankshaft; a drive shaft; a plurality of electromagnetic machines coupling the crankshaft to the drive shaft; a power controller electrically coupled to the plurality of electromagnetic machines and configured to control power flowing through each electromagnetic machine of the plurality of electromagnetic machines; a supervisory controller communicatively coupled with the power controller and configured to establish an operational mode for the power controller; and a storage device electrically coupled to the power controller to store energy captured by the power controller; wherein the supervisory controller is configured to direct the power controller to operate the plurality of electromagnetic machines in a vibration suppression mode in which one or more of the electromagnetic machines lower, suppress, or isolate torsional vibrations on the crankshaft.