Hybrid transport vehicle

• US 20040216636A1
• Filed: 03/02/2004
• Published: 11/04/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Mito Engineering Co. Ltd. (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Mito Engineering Co. Ltd. (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Masato, Emori, Akihiko, Shimada, Motomi, Miyauchi, Tsutomu, Toyota, Eiichi
• Application Number:
  US10/790,014
• Publication Number:
  US 20040216636A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 105/26.05
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2200/26 Rail vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/54 Energy consumption estimation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/15 with additional electric power supply with capacitors charged by engine-driven generators B60L50/40; with batteries charged by engine-driven generators B60L50/61
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/30 using propulsion power stored mechanically, e.g. in fly-wheels
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/61 by batteries charged by engine-driven generators, e.g. series hybrid electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/75 using propulsion power supplied by both fuel cells and batteries
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/40 for controlling a combination of batteries and fuel cells
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 9/18 fed from dc supply lines
• CPC Class Codes: B61C 7/04 Locomotives or motor railcars with two or more different kinds or types of engines, e.g. steam and IC engines
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0278 using satellite positioning signals, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 30/00 Transportation of goods or passengers via railways, e.g. energy recovery or reducing air resistance
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/40 Application of hydrogen technology to transportation, e.g. using fuel cells

Abstract

A hybrid transport vehicle, which needs an overhead wire and/or a railway and has a plurality of kinds of energy supply systems and/or driving apparatuses, is provided with a condition detection device for detecting an energy supply condition of the energy supply systems and/or an operation condition of the driving apparatuses, and an informing device for informing the energy supply condition and/or the operation condition, detected by the condition detection device.

Claims

1. A hybrid transport vehicle using an overhead wire and/or a railway and having a plurality of kinds of energy supply means and/or driving means, comprising:

a condition detection means for detecting an energy supply condition of said energy supply means and/or an operation condition of said driving means; and

an informing means for informing the energy supply condition and/or the operation condition, detected by said condition detection means.

2. A hybrid transport vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising energy recovery means of at least one of the overhead wire, battery means and flywheel, wherein said informing mean further informs energy recovery condition that said energy recovery means recovers energy.

3. A hybrid transport vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said informing means has a display means for displaying an image.

4. A hybrid transport vehicle according to claim 1, comprising a traction vehicle having said driving means arranged therein and a towed vehicle towed by said traction vehicle, wherein said informing means is arranged in each of said traction vehicle and towed vehicle.

5. A hybrid transport vehicle according to claim 4, wherein said condition detection means is made so as to detect further a composition condition of said traction vehicle and said towed vehicle, and said informing means is made so as to inform the composition condition detected by said condition detection means.

6. A hybrid transport vehicle according to any one of claims 1, further comprising information memory means in which operation route information of said hybrid transport vehicle is memorized and stored or means for obtaining the operation route information, wherein said condition detection means detects a running position of said hybrid transport vehicle on the basis of information from said information memory means or said means for obtaining the operation route information, and said informing means informs the position information of the operation route of said hybrid transport vehicle, based on the detected running position.

7. A hybrid transport vehicle constructed so as to run on a predetermined railway and having a plurality of energy supply means of an overhead wire, battery, fuel battery , engine, generator driven by said engine, etc. and at least one of running-drive means of a motor, said engine, etc, comprising:

a condition detection means for detecting an energy supply condition of said energy supply means and/or an operation condition of said driving means; and

an informing means for informing the energy supply condition and/or the operation condition, detected by said condition detection means.

8. A hybrid transport vehicle according to claim 7, further comprising energy recovery means of at least one of the overhead wire, battery means and flywheel, wherein said informing mean further informs energy recovery condition that said energy recovery means recovers energy.

9. A hybrid transport vehicle according to claim 7, wherein said informing means has a display means for displaying an image.

10. A hybrid transport vehicle according to claim 7, comprising a traction vehicle having said driving means arranged therein and a towed vehicle towed by said traction vehicle, wherein said informing means is arranged in each of said traction vehicle and towed vehicle.

11. A hybrid transport vehicle according to claim 10, wherein said condition detection means is made so as to detect further a composition condition of said traction vehicle and said towed vehicle, and said informing means is made so as to inform the composition condition detected by said condition detection means.

12. A hybrid transport vehicle according to claim 7, further comprising information memory means in which operation route information of said hybrid transport vehicle is memorized and stored or means for obtaining the operation route information, wherein said condition detection means detects a running position of said hybrid transport vehicle on the basis of information from said information memory means or said means for obtaining the operation route information, and said informing means informs the position information of the operation route of said hybrid transport vehicle, based on the detected running position.