HYBRID ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION FOR INERTIAL AND NON-INERTIAL LOADS

An industrial power system includes a hybrid electric transmission assembly to transfer power from an internal combustion engine to an industrial load. The transmission assembly includes a first driveshaft coupled to the engine and a second driveshaft coupled to the load with a primary drivetrain gear assembly coupling the first driveshaft to the second driveshaft. An electric drive gearset is disposed between the primary drivetrain gear assembly and the load. An electric motor is couplable to the electric drive gearset, thereby allowing power to be passed from the electric motor to drive the load and bypass the primary drivetrain gear assembly during the gear change. The system may include a plurality of electric motors each having an electric motor axis and an output gearset coupled to the electric drive gearset, where each of the electric motor axii are spaced radially outward from the first and second driveshafts.