| 摘要 |
Turbocompound engines recover power from the exhaust exiting a turbocharger. Turbocompounding of known engines feed the power back into the flywheel at the rear of the engine requiring new and expensive regearing of the starter gear or ring gear on the flywheel. Maintenance or servicing of the compound components at the rear of the engines is difficult. The invention comprises a turbocompound engine (10) in which power is fed into the timing gears (16, 18, 20) of the engine (10). The mechanism for transmitting power (30) includes a driving mechanism (32), a fluid coupler mechanism (34) and a connecting mechanism (36) attached to the timing gears (16, 18, 20). Thus the disclosed invention uses existing timing gears (16, 18, 20) which are already machined and designed for continual load carrying capacity. The compound portion of the turbocompound engine (10) is located near the front and top of the engine allowing for excellenty maintenance and serviceability. |
