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Motor vehicle having a latent heat accumulator and method of charging the accumulator

  • US 5,938,114 A
  • Filed: 09/05/1997
  • Issued: 08/17/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A motor vehicle comprising:

  • a drive shaft;

    an internal combustion engine for driving said motor vehicle via said draft shaft;

    a latent heat accumulator;

    an electrical machine;

    said drive shaft being mechanically connected to said electrical machine so as to permit said electrical machine to convert the mechanical energy of said drive shaft into electrical energy;

    means for conducting said electrical energy from said electrical machine to said latent heat accumulator; and

    ,means for converting said electrical energy into thermal energy and for transferring said thermal energy to said latent heat accumulator.

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