Patent ID: 7654355
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: B60K,B60L,H02K,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
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.