Battery powered vehicular power generation system

• US 20100084999A1
• Filed: 10/07/2008
• Published: 04/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Harry Wilson Jr. Atkinson
• Original Assignee: Harry Wilson Jr. Atkinson
• Inventors: Atkinson, Harry Wilson JR.
• Application Number:
  US12/285,478
• Publication Number:
  US 20100084999A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 318/139
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 1/00 Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units B60K7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K6/00; electric transmission arrangements B60K17/12; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles per se B60L; current-collectors for power supply lines of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L5/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/10 by alarm
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/30 using propulsion power stored mechanically, e.g. in fly-wheels
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/60 using power supplied by batteries in combination with fuel cells B60L50/75
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/66 Arrangements of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/18 of two or more battery modules
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0016 using shunting, discharge or bypass circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0018 using separate charge circuits
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries

Abstract

A battery powered system using a battery operated hydraulic pump to spin a weighted flywheel which is connected to a generator that generates electricity used to power all of the energy requirements for a vehicle. This system will use dual strings of batteries where one string of batteries can be recharging while the other string is supplying the power to the hydraulic pump.

Claims

1. In combination in a vehicle, either a land vehicle with a plurality of wheels or water vehicle using propeller(s) or water jet(s), a battery powered hydraulic pump that spins a weighted flywheel connected to a generator with sufficient speed to generate enough electricity to power all of the requirements for the vehicle including powering the wheels and/or the propeller or water jet.

2. The flywheel being encased in a shell to allow the fluid from the hydraulic pump to be captured and recycled.

3. The output of the generator to supply all power for the vehicle and provide electricity to recharge the stand-by string of batteries. The term generator for the purposes of this invention can be either a generator, a magneto or an alternator.

4. The string of batteries may be a singular battery or a plurality of batteries depending on the needs of the hydraulic pump. It is the intent of this invention to operate the system for a minimum of four hours continuously using only battery power.

5. The system will use an electronic controller to determine the level of charge for the operating string of batteries and automatically switch to the stand-by string when the level of charge sinks below a predetermined level. If in the use of this system the level of both the stand-by string of batteries and the active string of batteries falls below normal operating level, the electronic controller will configure the two strings to act as one and provide emergency power to allow the operator sufficient time to get to a source for recharging.

6. An external electrical connection will be provided to allow charging of the strings of batteries from a standard receptacle.