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Electric vehicle drive system

  • US 4,629,947 A
  • Filed: 04/03/1985
  • Issued: 12/16/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electric vehicle drive system, comprising:

  • a vehicle drive wheel, a reversible electric motor-brake connected with said wheel, a battery source of stored electrical energy in circuit with said motor, controller means in said circuit, a motor-generator in circuit with said controller means, a flywheel connected in drive relation with said controller means, accelerator and brake means in circuit with said controller means, said controller means being operable to control current flow between said battery source and said motor generator and said motor-brake to limit the current supplied to said motor-brake from said battery source in response to the current demand to drive said drive wheel and to supply current from said motor-generator to said drive wheel, and mounting means supporting said flywheel for angular movement on an axis transverse to the axis of rotation of said flywheel, said mounting means supporting said flywheel on a horizontal axis and being angularly moveable on a vertical axis.

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