Login| Sign Up| Help| Contact|

Patent Searching and Data


Title:
HYBRID VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2002/031334
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine (1) as a drive source for traveling and a generator-motor (2), comprising a Rankine cycle device (9) for recovering the heat energy of exhaust gas, wherein the output of the Rankine cycle device (9) is input into a transmission (4), and used to assist the drive force of the internal combustion engine (1) or converted into an electric power to use for charging a battery (8), the heat energy of the exhaust gas is recovered by the Rankine cycle device (9) while the vehicle is being accelerated and cruising, and the kinetic energy of a body is recovered as a regenerative power of the generator-motor (2) while the vehicle is being decelerated to save the fuel consumption of the internal combustion engine (1), whereby, even if the vehicle comes in any operating state, an energy recovering efficiency can be maximized to save the fuel consumption of the internal combustion engine.

Inventors:
IBARAKI SHIGERU (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2001/008823
Publication Date:
April 18, 2002
Filing Date:
October 05, 2001
Export Citation:
Click for automatic bibliography generation   Help
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO LTD (JP)
IBARAKI SHIGERU (JP)
International Classes:
B60K6/20; B60K6/22; B60K6/28; B60K6/48; B60K6/54; B60L50/16; F01N5/02; F01K23/02; F01K23/06; F01K23/10; F02B61/00; F02B75/02; F02D29/02; F02G5/02; F02G5/04; (IPC1-7): F02D29/02; F01K23/00; F02G5/02; B60L11/14; B60K6/02
Foreign References:
JPH05111101A1993-04-30
JPS59221409A1984-12-13
Other References:
See also references of EP 1326017A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Ochiai, Takeshi (Taito 2-chome Taito-ku, Tokyo, JP)
Download PDF: