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Power supply of installations driven by internal combustion engines, especially of motor vehicles

  • US 4,097,752 A
  • Filed: 07/08/1976
  • Issued: 06/27/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A power supply arrangement for installations driven by internal combustion engines, which comprises a generator means, a storage battery means and load means as well as switching means and means for operatively connecting the generator means, storage battery means, load means and switching means, at least one thermionic converter means acted upon by the hot exhaust gases of the internal combustion engine serving as generator means, characterized in that also at least one electric motor means is provided as load means which mechanically feeds into the power flow of the drive connection of the installation, the thermionic converter means being constructed and rated for power output in accordance with the utilizable thermal energy content of the exhaust gases of the internal combustion engine, the electric motor means including a rotor and a stator, the rotor being operatively connected with a rotating part in the power flow connection for the mechanical drive of the installation, and the stator being arranged non-rotatably about the rotor and being radially immovably supported with respect to the rotor, and the electric motor means being arranged within the area of a flywheel of the internal combustion engine the rotor serving at least as a part of the flywheel mass.

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