Invention Application
- Patent Title: PRIME MOVER SYSTEMS INCLUDING MULTI-ACCESSORY DRIVES AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING SAME
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Application No.: US17930437Application Date: 2022-09-08
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Publication No.: US20230003167A1Publication Date: 2023-01-05
- Inventor: Kieran J. Richards , David George Sharpe
- Applicant: Cummins Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Columbus
- Assignee: Cummins Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cummins Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Columbus
- Main IPC: F02B67/06
- IPC: F02B67/06 ; F16D27/112 ; F16D13/76 ; F16D27/04 ; F16D27/14 ; H02J7/14

Abstract:
One embodiment is a system comprising an internal combustion engine including an output shaft, a pulley system structured to be driven by the output shaft, a first alternator and a second alternator structured to be driven by the pulley system, and an electromagnetic clutch integrated within one of the pulley system, the first alternator and the second alternator and structured to selectably couple and decouple at least one of the first alternator and the second alternator from the output shaft. The system includes a controller in operative communication with the internal combustion engine system and structured to evaluate power demand and power production capability parameters of the system and to control the electromagnetic clutch to engage or disengage in response to the evaluation.
Public/Granted literature
- US11781475B2 Prime mover systems including multi-accessory drives and methods of controlling same Public/Granted day:2023-10-10
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