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Backup power generator for battery powered transport refrigeration units

  • US 9,415,660 B2
  • Filed: 11/04/2015
  • Issued: 08/16/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A backup power generator for battery powered transport refrigeration units comprising in combination:

  • i. a first support housing, said first support housing having at least a top, an open front, and an open bottom;

    ii. said support housing containing and supporting therein, a jackshaft, said jackshaft having a first pulley on one end and a second pulley on an opposite end;

    iii. said first pulley being connected by a V-belt to a drive pulley, said drive pulley being located between two wheels of a semi-truck trailer, any tension on said V-belt being regulated by a spring loaded idler wheel impinging on said V-belt;

    iv. a second support housing supporting a generator therein, said generator having a wide pulley on one end thereof, said wide pulley and said second pulley of said jackshaft being connected by a cog belt;

    v. surmounted on said first support housing, a voltage regulator, wherein said voltage regulator is electrically connected to said generator;

    vi. said voltage regulator being electrically connected to at least one battery.

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