Electric vehicle torque-o-meter
First Claim
1. In an electric vehicle having a battery for supplying energy to a motor, a system for monitoring a usage of an available current of said battery, said system comprising:
- a battery energy measuring device in electrical communication with said battery, said battery energy measuring device adapted to measure conditions indicative of said available current of said battery, said battery energy measuring device adapted to generate a charge signal indicative of said available current of said battery;
a display responsive to said charge signal for displaying said available current of said battery;
a keyswitch in electrical communication with said battery, said keyswitch having on and off conditions for respectively enabling and disabling a supply of energy from said battery to said motor; and
an offset responsive to said keyswitch adapted to provide a keyswitch signal to said display representative of said on and said off conditions, said display responsive to said keyswitch signal by offsetting said charge signal when said keyswitch is in said on condition such that said display displays said on and said off conditions of said keyswitch.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system for monitoring usage of a electric vehicle'"'"'s battery which offsets the display when the vehicle is in an on condition. A battery energy measuring device is provided which measures the conditions indicative of the maximum available current of the battery and generates a charge signal indicative of the conditions indicative of the maximum available current of the battery. A display is provided which is responsive to the charge signal for displaying the maximum available current of the battery. An offset device is provided which is responsive to the keyswitch to provide a keyswitch signal to the battery energy measuring device representative of the on and off condition of the keyswitch. The battery energy measuring device offsets the charge signal when the keyswitch is in an on condition such that the display displays the on and off condition of the keyswitch.
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11 Claims
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1. In an electric vehicle having a battery for supplying energy to a motor, a system for monitoring a usage of an available current of said battery, said system comprising:
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a battery energy measuring device in electrical communication with said battery, said battery energy measuring device adapted to measure conditions indicative of said available current of said battery, said battery energy measuring device adapted to generate a charge signal indicative of said available current of said battery;
a display responsive to said charge signal for displaying said available current of said battery;
a keyswitch in electrical communication with said battery, said keyswitch having on and off conditions for respectively enabling and disabling a supply of energy from said battery to said motor; and
an offset responsive to said keyswitch adapted to provide a keyswitch signal to said display representative of said on and said off conditions, said display responsive to said keyswitch signal by offsetting said charge signal when said keyswitch is in said on condition such that said display displays said on and said off conditions of said keyswitch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An electric vehicle having a battery supplying energy to a motor, a system for monitoring a usage of an available current of said battery, said electric vehicle comprising:
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a battery;
a motor in electrical communication with said battery;
a battery energy measuring device in electrical communication with said battery, said battery energy measuring device adapted to measure conditions indicative of said available current of said battery, said battery energy measuring device adapted to generate a charge signal indicative of said available current of said battery;
a display responsive to said charge signal for displaying said available current of said battery;
a keyswitch in electrical communication with said battery energy measuring device, said keyswitch having on and off conditions for respectively enabling and disabling a supply of energy from said battery to said motor; and
an offset device in electrical communication with said battery energy measuring device, said battery energy measuring device responsive to said keyswitch to cause said offset device to emit a keyswitch signal to said display representative of said on and said off conditions, said keyswitch signal adapted to offset said charge signal when said keyswitch is in said on condition such that said display displays said on and said off conditions of said keyswitch. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. In an electric vehicle having a battery for supplying energy to a motor, a method for monitoring a usage of an available current of said battery, said method comprising the steps of:
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a. generating a charge signal representative of a maximum available current of said battery;
b. generating a keyswtich signal when said keyswitch is in an on condition;
c. offsetting said charge signal in a direction opposite to said offset signal when said battery is being charged;
d. displaying said charge signal combined with said keyswitch signal on a display for a vehicle operator. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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Specification