Mechatronics system for recovering braking energy conceived for the medium and heavy motor vehicles

The paper presents a mechatronics system used to recovering of the lost braking energy, which is made by a hydro-mechanic module, connected in a parallel with the existing thermo-mechanic driving system of the vehicle, the both representing a thermo-hydraulic hybrid driving system, for the motor vehicle, in order to capture and store the kinetic energy of vehicle in the braking phase. All the system is conceived like a mechatronics system for the medium and heavy motor vehicles and contains a hydro-mechanic subsystem, an electronic subsystem and an informational subsystem. There is presented a Romanian technical solution for a regenerative braking drive system, based on a hybrid solution containing a mechano-hydraulic module and an existing thermal motor drive system. The mechatronics system is suitable both for the new motor vehicle and, also, for the existing cars which can be upgraded in the rehabilitation phase.