Patent ID: 6582333
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: B60K,F02N,F16D,F16G,F16H,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
A power train, for use in motor vehicles, comprising:a variable-speed prime mover machine having a rotary element; at least one electrical machine; and means for transmitting torque between said rotary element and said at least one electrical machine, including a planetary, and at least one engageable and disengageable freewheel between said planetary and said at least one electrical machine and including an elongated band having a first friction surface engageable with a first complementary surface provided on a rotary component of one of said planetary and said one machine and a second friction surface engageable with a second complementary surface on a component of the other of said planetary and said one machine, one of said components being rotatable relative to the other of said components when at least one of said friction surfaces is disengaged from the respective complementary surface.