Hybrid Types ...for dummies

This image shows the current look of this brand new one-page document for us.

[Broken External Image]:http://john1701a.com/prius/images/Hybrid-Type_Full.jpg

As of this initial message, only the illustrations for the "FULL" hybrid type has been completed. Next will be to fill in the text... just a few simple paragraphs to provide the basics. Please feel free to contribute ideas about what it should say.

Later, I would like to do the same for the "ASSIST" hybrid type ...to objectively show why we prefer the greater flexibility that the "FULL" design provides.

http://john1701a.com/prius/hybrid-type_full.htm is a link to the webpage that will host the final document. Currently, it provides a draft copy of the PDF available for downloading.

 

Here's the second document (still a work-in-progress as of the timestamp of this post, but the image will automatically update as revisions are published)...

[Broken External Image]:http://john1701a.com/prius/images/Hybrid-Type_Assist.jpg

http://john1701a.com/prius/hybrid-type_assist.htm ...is the webpage for the download.

 

The "Assist" document has text added now.

Both have the image & arrow for the tire now.

Documents to note GM hybrids may be created later. The one for the current "hybrid" would be rather interesting. There would be no arrow connecting the electric motor to the transmission... clearly showing how it isn't really a hybrid. The other would be to note their "two-mode" design. But based on the only image published on it so far, I cannot figure out exactly how the 3 clutches and 2 planetary gear-sets interact with each other. Of course, that would help point out the elegant simplicity of HSD.

 

If you have a better way of encouraging offline reuse rather than redownloading the same copy again, please suggest it.

 

If you have suggestion about the webpage interface, please provide it via a personal message or start another thread.

This thread should only be used to help develop the content of the "Hybrid Types" documents.

 

And yes, I did notice how your advice was exactly the opposite of what I asked for. My request was for a way to *PREVENT* downloading the same copy again. You responded with a way to *FORCE* a download every time, the very thing I didn't want to happen.

Remember, you were the one that encouraged the creation of these documents... http://priuschat.com/index.php?showtopic=11170&st=42 ...so don't sabotage that effort by cluttering the thread with off-topic chatter.

 

Because there is no direct connection from the tire to the motor. All motion passes through the PSD.

I sure wish I would have created those illustrations sooner.

Makes you wonder what other perception discoveries we'll end up making, eh?

 

That "connection" reference bad wording on my part... hence asking for word-smithing on this thread.

Consulting with the repair manual (page 976 of 4007), I can see that step-up gear. However, MG2 is still tied directly to PSD activity anyway... which is what I am trying to show in the most "for dummies" way.

In other words, since both the PSD & MG2 are moved by the tires identically when braking, how would I show that logical flow without showing a physical connection?

Also, keep in mind the need to be consistent between two documents. All diagrams have some degree of simplification for better understanding... which is why I left out the Inverter and Booster and ECUs and 12-volt and MG3 and A/C. And of course, I'm trying to avoid infringing any copyrights too.