Motor vehicles

• US 8,181,724 B2
• Filed: 01/04/2010
• Issued: 05/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yang Cong
• Original Assignee: Yang Cong
• Inventors: Cong, Yang
• Primary Examiner(s): OLSZEWSKI, JOHN
• Application Number:
  US12/651,917
• Publication Number:
  US 20100122856A1
• Time in Patent Office: 869 Days
• Field of Search: 180/2.1, 180/2.2, 180/301, 180/302
• US Class Current: 180/2.2
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 3/005 the axis being vertical
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 3/02 having a plurality of rotors
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 3/0427 with converging inlets, i.e. the guiding means intercepting an area greater than the effective rotor area F03D3/0463, F03D3/049 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 9/17 storing energy in pressurised fluids
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 9/25 the apparatus being an electrical generator F03D9/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 9/28 the apparatus being a pump or a compressor
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 9/32 on moving objects, e.g. vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: F05B 2240/215 of the panemone or "vehicle ventilator" type
• CPC Class Codes: F05B 2240/941 which is a land vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/728 Onshore wind turbines
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/74 Wind turbines with rotation axis perpendicular to the wind direction
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/16 Mechanical energy storage, e.g. flywheels or pressurised fluids
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 70/30 Systems combining energy storage with energy generation of non-fossil origin
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/90 Energy harvesting concepts as power supply for auxiliaries' energy consumption, e.g. photovoltaic sun-roof

Abstract

A wind-powered pneumatic engine including one or more impeller chambers and one or more impellers disposed in the impeller chambers is provided. One or more air inlets for receiving external wind resistance airflow are disposed on the impeller chambers, and the external wind resistance airflow entering the air inlets drives the impellers to operate to generate power output. The wind-powered pneumatic engine further includes an air-jet system for jetting HPCA into the impeller chambers, and the internal high-pressure compressed air jetted by the air-jet system in conjunction with the external wind resistance airflow entering the air inlets drives the impellers to operate to generate power output. In the present invention, the external resistance airflow around a motor vehicle moving at a speed is converted into power for use, which greatly reduces energy consumption and improves the moving speed of a motor vehicle. A motor vehicle equipped with wind-powered pneumatic engine is also provided.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle comprising a wind-air engine and an HPCA regeneration system, wherein the wind-air engine comprises:

at least one impeller chamber;

at least one impeller disposed within the impeller chamber; and

an air jet system for jetting a high-pressure compressed air (HPCA) into the impeller chamber, and the HPCA regeneration system comprises;

an air tank;

a compressor operably connected to the air tank; and

a transmission mechanism transiting power generated by the wind-air engine to initiate the compressor to operate,

wherein in operation, the compressor initiated by the transmission mechanism compresses air to be an HPCA which is transmitted into the air tank.

2. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the transmission mechanism is a conical gear.

3. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the air-jet system comprises a first controller, a distributor, a first air jet pipe set, and a first air-jet nozzle set operably connected in sequence, and wherein the HPCA stored in the air tank is input into the distributor through the first controller, and is then diverged by the distributor and input into each air-jet pipe of the first air jet pipe set, from which the HPCA is jetted into the impeller chamber by each air-jet nozzle of the first air-jet nozzle set connected to the air-jet pipe of the first air-jet pipe set.

4. The motor vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the air-jet system further comprises a second controller, a distribution controller, a second air-jet pipe set, and a second air jet nozzle set operably connected in sequence, and wherein the HPCA stored in the air tank is input into the distribution controller through the second controller to generate an intermittent burst HPCA which is distributed to each air-jet pipe of the second air-jet pipe set, from which the HPCA is then jetted into the impeller chamber by each air-jet nozzle of the second air-jet nozzle set connected to each air-jet pipe of the second air-jet pipe set.

5. The motor vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the air-jet system comprises a first controller, a distributor, a first air-jet pipe set, and a first air jet nozzle set operably connected in sequence, and wherein the HPCA stored in the air tank is input into the distributor through the first controller, and is then diverged by the distributor and input into each air-jet pipe of the first air-jet pipe set, from which the HPCA is jetted into the impeller chamber by each air-jet nozzle of the first air jet nozzle set connected to the air jet pipe of the first air jet pipe set.

6. The motor vehicle claim 5, wherein the wind-air engine comprises an impeller main shaft auxiliary power conical gear that transmits the compressor to operate by the conical gear of the HPCA regeneration system.

7. The motor vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the air-jet system further comprises:

a second controller operably connected to the air tank for controlling the high-pressure compressed air (HPCA) supplied from the air tank to the impeller chamber.

8. The motor vehicle according to claim 7, wherein the air-jet system further comprises:

a distribution controller, a second air-jet pipe set, and a second air-jet nozzle set operably connected in sequence, wherein the HPCA stored in the air tank is input into the distribution controller through the second controller to generate an intermittent burst HPCA which is distributed to each air-jet pipe of the second air-jet pipe set, from which the HPCA is then jetted into the impeller chamber by each air-jet nozzle of the second air-jet nozzle set connected to each air-jet pipe of the second air-jet pipe set.

9. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein at least one air inlet configured to receive external wind resistance airflow is disposed within the impeller chamber, wherein the HPCA jetted by the air-jet system in conjunction with the external wind resistance airflow entering the air inlets drives the impeller to operate to generate power output.