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A system used in conjunction with a hybrid flywheel drive. The hydraulic service brake system is conventional. The continuously variable transmission, flywheel, and control system for hybrid operation is super-imposed on the hydraulic system. A pressure transducer added to the master cylinder provid

A system used in conjunction with a hybrid flywheel drive. The hydraulic service brake system is conventional. The continuously variable transmission, flywheel, and control system for hybrid operation is super-imposed on the hydraulic system. A pressure transducer added to the master cylinder provides a voltage control signal. A solenoid valve added to the hydraulic circuit for the front service brakes, activated by the hybrid control system, may be closed during regenerative braking to trap the front hydraulic brake pressure, thereby enhancing energy recovery by regeneration. The flywheel clutch is closed to begin regeneration.

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In a vehicle brake system having front and rear hydraulic brake circuits and front wheel brakes and rear wheel brakes actuatable by hydraulic brake actuating pressures respectively in said front and rear hydraulic brake circuits, means including a master cylinder for generating hydraulic brake actua

In a vehicle brake system having front and rear hydraulic brake circuits and front wheel brakes and rear wheel brakes actuatable by hydraulic brake actuating pressures respectively in said front and rear hydraulic brake circuits, means including a master cylinder for generating hydraulic brake actuating pressures, and a brake actuator movable to actuate said master cylinder; a combined service brake and regenerating braking system comprising: said front wheel brakes when activated selectively driving an energy storage and releasing means through a continuously variable transmission; means generating information signals including at least one information signal indicating at least one operational condition in said vehicle brake system and another information signal from said continuously variable transmission indicating an operational condition of said continuously variable transmission; and control means receiving said at least one information signal and said another information signal and generating one or more control signals, one such control signal controlling said continuously variable transmission in accordance with said information signals received by said control means to control regenerative braking of said front wheel brakes and storage of front wheel braking energy in said energy storage means.