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Autonomous portable range extender

  • US 20050279542A1
  • Filed: 06/22/2004
  • Published: 12/22/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A portable range extender system capable of supplying energy to a vehicle, the system comprising:

  • an internal combustion engine;

    a dynamoelectric machine having a rotor coupled to the engine by a shaft, the dynamoelectric machine connectable to a power source for driving the shaft during a starting mode of the engine and for being driven by the engine via the shaft during a running mode of the engine;

    a controller for operation of the dynamoelectric machine and engine; and

    a portable enclosure containing the engine, dynamoelectric machine and controller, the enclosure containing a partition that divides the enclosure into two sections, a first section housing the dynamoelectric machine and the second section housing the engine;

    wherein the dynamoelectric machine operates as a motor to drive the engine during a warm-up period of the engine and the dynamoelectric machine operates as a generator driven by the engine during a running mode of the engine.

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