Patent ID: 8290653

Claim:
A control system for a hybrid engine for an automotive vehicle comprising: an electrical storage power supply; a motor/generator unit; a primary fuel powered engine module; a secondary fuel powered engine module; a kinetic energy storage device; a first controllable coupler activated to connect the motor/generator unit to said kinetic energy storage device; a second controllable coupler activated to connect said primary engine module to said kinetic energy storage device; a third controllable coupler activated to connect said secondary engine module to said kinetic energy storage device; a power take-off connectable to said kinetic storage device for providing rotational torque forces to the drive-train of said vehicle; a fourth controllable coupler activated to connect said first kinetic energy storage device to said power take-off; and a controller programmed to react to various predetermined inputs from said vehicle for activating or deactivating said couplers during the operation of said vehicle; wherein a first predetermined condition is the level of electrical charge in said electrical storage power supply, wherein at a predetermined low charge said electric motor is decoupled from said kinetic energy storage device and at a predetermined high charge said electric motor is coupled to said kinetic energy storage device.