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Linear Motor Charged Electric Vehicle

  • US 20100200316A1
  • Filed: 02/12/2009
  • Published: 08/12/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An all-electric vehicle for movement along a roadway, wherein the roadway has at least one power segment with a three-phase winding imbedded therein, the vehicle comprising:

  • an undercarriage;

    an electric motor mounted on the undercarriage;

    a battery mounted on the undercarriage for running the electric motor;

    a magnet array mounted on the undercarriage for movement between a retracted configuration and a deployed configuration;

    an electrical system mounted on the undercarriage for alternately operating in a motor mode to move the vehicle along the roadway with power from the motor, and in a generator mode to recharge the battery; and

    a control system for operating the vehicle in the generator mode, to recharge the battery, by selectively moving the magnet array into its deployed configuration to establish a Linear Synchronous Motor (LSM) between the magnet array and the three-phase winding in the power segment of the roadway for moving the vehicle along the roadway.

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