F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons – 16 – H
Patent
F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons
16
H
F16H 39/02 (2006.01) F02B 75/06 (2006.01) F16F 15/30 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2111636
RECIPROCATING ENGINE Abstract of the disclosure A reciprocating engine has a disk flywheel on the crankshaft for smoothing the unevenness of the torque. A second flywheel, mounted in a freely rotatable manner on the crankshaft, is coupled by a friction clutch to the disk flywheel. The clutch is operated by an actuator controlled by a control device which processes signals from sensors. In steady state operation of the engine in the low speed range the second flywheel is engaged. Upon acceleration and in the range of high speeds the second flywheel is disengaged. The engine thus runs smoothly at low speed. However, it accelerates faster than a comparable conventional engine and has a better braking action. In driving operations in a vehicle after braking, part of the kinetic energy of the flywheel can be used to accelerate the vehicle.
Grebe Uwe D.
Tholl Manfred
General Motors Corporation
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
Grebe Uwe D.
Tholl Manfred
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