Patent ID: 8359145
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A flywheel driveline and control arrangement for a hybrid vehicle including, a rotatable flywheel, an energy conversion device operably connected with the flywheel and capable of accelerating and decelerating the flywheel, a continuously variable transmission having an operating ratio range and being connectable with a driveline of the hybrid vehicle, a clutch for connecting and disconnecting the continuously variable transmission to and from the flywheel, an electronic control module for generating a control signal for said energy conversion device, wherein, in response to said control signal, the energy conversion device either accelerates the flywheel or decelerates the flywheel in order to bring the flywheel's rotational speed within the operating range of the continuously variable transmission.