| US 7,463,966 B2 | ||
| Engine power storage device and method | ||
| Bruce Phelps Hollenbeck, Orefield, Pa. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Mack Trucks, Inc., Allentown, Pa. (US) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/587,081 PCT Filed Jan. 24, 2005, PCT No. PCT/US2005/002104 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jul. 21, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/072291, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 11, 2005. |
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| Claims priority of provisional application 60/537890, filed on Jan. 22, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0243353 A1, Oct. 02, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 19/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 701—102 | 31 Claims |
| 1. A device for utilizing stored power in a combustion engine, comprising:
an engine control unit (ECU) configured to receive measurements of one or more engine conditions and to calculate an amount
of unused engine power based upon said measurements and on a nominal power rating of the engine when the engine is operated
below said nominal power rating, and to store the calculated value of said amount of unused engine power in memory as data
representing unused engine power.
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