Electrically Propelled Vehicle
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1. A propulsion apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
- an electric motor for rotationally actuating at least one driving wheel of said vehicle;
a power source comprising a storage battery for supplying a current to said electric motor;
an internal-combustion engine operationally connected to a reversible electric machine;
said reversible electric machine being electrically connected to said electric motor and/or to said storage battery so as to supply said current to said electric motor and/or recharge said storage battery, respectively;
wherein propulsion apparatus does not have movement transmission means for connecting said internal-combustion engine to said driving wheel of said vehicle.
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Abstract
A propulsion apparatus for a vehicle comprising an electric motor for rotationally actuating at least one driving wheel of the vehicle; a power source comprising a storage battery for supplying a current to the electric motor; an internal-combustion engine operationally connected to a reversible electric machine; the reversible electric machine being electrically connected to the electric motor and/or to the storage battery so as to supply the current to the electric motor and/or recharge the storage battery, respectively, wherein it does not have a movement transmission for connecting the internal-combustion engine to the driving wheel of the vehicle.
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25 Claims
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1. A propulsion apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
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an electric motor for rotationally actuating at least one driving wheel of said vehicle; a power source comprising a storage battery for supplying a current to said electric motor; an internal-combustion engine operationally connected to a reversible electric machine; said reversible electric machine being electrically connected to said electric motor and/or to said storage battery so as to supply said current to said electric motor and/or recharge said storage battery, respectively; wherein propulsion apparatus does not have movement transmission means for connecting said internal-combustion engine to said driving wheel of said vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
wherein said vehicle does not have movement transmission means for connecting said internal-combustion engine to said driving wheel of said vehicle 2.
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16. The vehicle according to claim 15, wherein said storage battery is housed inside a box-shaped container associated with said chassis.
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17. The vehicle according to claim 15, wherein said internal-combustion engine is powered by gas, said gas being contained inside tanks.
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18. The vehicle according to claim 17, wherein said tanks are arranged so as to be aligned in a predefined longitudinal direction in which the vehicle extends from the front end to the rear end with reference to the direction of forward rectilinear travel of the said vehicle.
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19. The vehicle according to claim 15, wherein said driving wheel is a rear driving wheel.
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20. The vehicle according to claim 15, wherein it comprises two rear driving wheels.
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21. The vehicle according to claim 15, wherein it comprises four driving wheels.
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22. (canceled)
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25. A method for controlling the propulsion of a vehicle, said method comprising the steps of:
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rotationally actuating at least one driving wheel of said vehicle with an electric motor; supplying a current from a power source comprising a storage battery to said electric motor; operationally connecting an internal-combustion engine to a reversible electric machine; electrically connecting said reversible electric machine to said electric motor and/or to said storage battery so as to supply said current to said electric motor or recharge said storage battery, respectively; and permanently and kinematically disengaging said internal combustion engine from said driving wheel of said vehicle in any operating condition of said vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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