Patent ID: 6058916
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: F02B,Y02T

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:a diesel engine, including one of an accelerator pedal and an accelerator lever;a governor which is interlocked with said one of an accelerator pedal and an accelerator lever;a fuel injection pump, which is controlled by said governor, for providing fuel to said diesel engine;a mechanical supercharger for supplying pressurized air to said diesel engine;a planetary gear train;a wet and multiple disc hydraulic clutch, said planetary gear train and said hydraulic clutch being between said diesel engine and said mechanical supercharger so that said diesel engine can drive said mechanical supercharger via said hydraulic clutch and said planetary gear train, said hydraulic clutch being provided with a torque variance buffering means at a fixed side thereof;a detector for detecting a position of said one of an accelerator pedal and an accelerator lever and for providing a signal representative thereof;a hydraulic pump which is driven by said diesel engine; anda solenoid valve, which is actuated responsive to said signal from said detector, and which provides or stops a supply of pressurized oil from said hydraulic pump to said hydraulic clutch to couple or decouple said hydraulic clutch responsive to said signal.