Hybrid automotive vehicle with closed-circuit battery charging

• US 20080111519A1
• Filed: 11/13/2006
• Published: 05/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael M. Vasilantone
• Original Assignee: Michael M. Vasilantone
• Inventors: Vasilantone, Michael M.
• Application Number:
  US11/598,285
• Publication Number:
  US 20080111519A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/109
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2016/003 solar power driven
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/48 Parallel type
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/16 Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 8/00 Electric propulsion with power supply from forces of nature, e.g. sun or wind
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2207/40 adapted for charging from various sources, e.g. AC, DC or multivoltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/48 for electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/35 with light sensitive cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/90 Energy harvesting concepts as power supply for auxiliaries' energy consumption, e.g. photovoltaic sun-roof
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

A male coupler at an outside location of a hybrid automotive vehicle joins with a female coupler at a nesting site where the vehicle parks, and is there connected to an underground source of charging power for the vehicle'"'"'s battery.

Claims

1. A closed-circuit battery charging system comprising:

an underground source of electrical energy providing electrical power at one of a female and male connector located above ground;

a hybrid automotive vehicle having a gasoline engine, an energy storage device fuel tank for the engine, an electric motor, energy storage batteries for the motor, and a generator, all interacting for the electric motor to draw energy from the batteries when accelerating the vehicle, and to return energy to the batteries when slowing the vehicle;

one of a male and female connector on the vehicle positioned to mate with the above ground connector of said electrical energy source when parked;

and means within the vehicle coupled between the connector on the vehicle and the batteries thereof to automatically begin charging the batteries when the vehicle is positionally parked to mate with the above ground connector.

2. The closed-circuit battery charging system of claim 1 in which a male connector on the vehicle is located to mate with an above ground female connector of the electrical energy source.

3. The closed-circuit battery charging system of claim 2 wherein the male connector on the vehicle is located on a front bumper of the vehicle.

4. The closed-circuit battery charging system of claim 1 wherein said male connector is included on said vehicle adjacent a front tire thereof.