Flywheel-powered vehicle

摘要

A flywheel operated vehicle. The engine drives the flywheel using a differential axle, while also driving a pair of other differentials each of which is connected to a respective drive wheel. The rotation of half shafts of the pair of differentials are controlled to determine the extent of power transferred from the flywheel to the drive wheels during acceleration, and determines the power transferred from the drive wheels to the flywheel during deceleration of the vehicle. The flywheel can be tilted about a roll axis of the vehicle to counteract roll tendencies of the vehicle when turning a sharp corner.

主权项

1. Apparatus for a vehicle driven by a rotary power source, comprising:
a flywheel adapted for rotation, said flywheel rotating about a vertical axis so that left and right turns of the vehicle are not affected by gyroscopic effects of the rotating flywheel, where the flywheel is operatively coupled to the vehicle to accelerate the vehicle; a main multi-shaft mechanism having a pair of half shafts and a drive shaft, one said half shaft driven by the rotary power source, and another said half shaft for driving drive wheels of the vehicle; and a drive shaft of said main multi-shaft mechanism connected to said flywheel for driving said flywheel and for being driven by said flywheel.