Mercedes has been doing this for years, and not just the engines..
Every patentapplication inside PCT becomes an official document after 18 months from application date,autogyro wrote:I have now patented my ESERU.
Congratulations.autogyro wrote:I have now patented my ESERU.
Congrats. Looking forward to seeing some sketches at least.autogyro wrote:I have now patented my ESERU.
Patented, so now in the public domain? Does that mean you can share a little more with us?autogyro wrote:The electric shift energy recovery unit I have patented, is both parallel and series in operation, mainly because it IS the 7 speed stepped gearbox.
I was assuming it was something along these lines. I like the idea of the concentric rings providing the "gearing". I suppose the outer most ring would be "first", so to speak. It's this concept of torque selection which confused me the most, but I don't know much about electric machines, so I'm not surprised. Electric generators are pretty efficient converters, no? 95%+, perhaps. How does this system compare for efficiency to a standard gearbox? It's all heat losses from one of those, right?HungryHebbo wrote:My pie in the sky thinking goes along the lines of input shaft enters the box, on the end of which is a plate or disc or whatever. Opposing this would be the output plate, composed of possibly segmented (probably concentrically) conducting rings that can be individually controlled with respect to a current passing through. If the currents are high enough, induced force in the output plate could cause it to turn.
Congratulations on the patent! =Dautogyro wrote:Sorry horse, my ESERU uses planetary gear sets, however in top gear there is absolutely NO gears driving and the input and output are completely mechanicaly linked together running on only one suppoert bearing.
That bearing in top is the ONLY torque loss and the system is also an integral Kers harvesting and energy applying system.
It has seven stepped ratios in the F1 application that can have the stepped ratios chosen just like current layshaft and twin shaft (torque sapping) gearboxes.
The difference is it is 21st century and not 19th in concept.
People say F1 is the pinnacle of current technology, I do not.
jaxxtec wrote:Congratulations on the patent! =Dautogyro wrote:Sorry horse, my ESERU uses planetary gear sets, however in top gear there is absolutely NO gears driving and the input and output are completely mechanicaly linked together running on only one suppoert bearing.
That bearing in top is the ONLY torque loss and the system is also an integral Kers harvesting and energy applying system.
It has seven stepped ratios in the F1 application that can have the stepped ratios chosen just like current layshaft and twin shaft (torque sapping) gearboxes.
The difference is it is 21st century and not 19th in concept.
People say F1 is the pinnacle of current technology, I do not.
Definitely agree that F1 is not the pinnacle of current technology, especially after the rules and regs are aimed at handicapping the teams. High end aerodynamics.
Ah well, autogyro, I was just taking a punt, as is common on here (long may it continue).autogyro wrote:Sorry horse, my ESERU uses planetary gear sets, however in top gear there is absolutely NO gears driving and the input and output are completely mechanically linked together running on only one support bearing.
It's a bit harder than that, boss. A computer chip doesn't contain an aerodynamicist and you can't trust CFD unless it's validated. I doubt you'll ever see anything "new" on a CFD only car.autogyro wrote:If Nick Wirth manages to build a competitive F1 car without a wind tunnel, then aero will take its place where it belongs, as a set of formulae and math available to anyone with a good computer