Self Sustaining Electric Engine Enhancement (SSEEE)
First Claim
1. Existing electric car functionality has three major components that power the electric vehicle. They are an Array of Batteries/Fuel Cells, a Controller and the Electric Engine. The Controller receives power from the batteries and uses that power to power the electric engine. This specification adds two new major components that work to power an electric vehicle. They are a computerized Access Manager and a Charger. The Access Manager grants access to the batteries/fuel cells, in a circular fashion, to the Controller for power consumption and to the new Charger device for power replenishment. The Controller no longer has direct access to the batteries as a fuel source.
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Abstract
The Self-Sustaining Electric Engine Enhancement (SSEEE) specification modifies the process by which electric car engines consume and replenish electric power and dramatically extends the distance a car can travel before the need for pit stops to recharge the energy source, i.e., batteries, fuel cells, etc. It introduces a hot swappable configuration of battery/fuel cells to allow for quick exchange for a charged fuel source. It changes the process by which batteries or any fuel source is utilized. It introduces an intelligent device that controls access to batteries for both consumption and replenishment. It adds a charging device to the electric vehicle for a self-sustained power source. It eliminates the need in hybrid engines to have the entire engine be fueled by gas or biofuel—only the Charger(s) will be powered by gas/biofuel. Finally, it adds high availability and scalability enhancements to the existing electric car power processes to allow for continuous operations of the vehicle in the case of some component failures. It'"'"'s a marriage of Information Technology and Electric Car paradigms.
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- 1. Existing electric car functionality has three major components that power the electric vehicle. They are an Array of Batteries/Fuel Cells, a Controller and the Electric Engine. The Controller receives power from the batteries and uses that power to power the electric engine. This specification adds two new major components that work to power an electric vehicle. They are a computerized Access Manager and a Charger. The Access Manager grants access to the batteries/fuel cells, in a circular fashion, to the Controller for power consumption and to the new Charger device for power replenishment. The Controller no longer has direct access to the batteries as a fuel source.
- 5. Further enhancements, designed to implement component redundancy, is to install redundant copies of both the new Access Manager computing device and new Charger device in the electric vehicle. The first Access Manager device serves as the primary device utilized by the vehicle. The second Access Manager device serves in a failover capacity when the primary device fails. Each Access Manager has built in functionality to test each other and to send alerts if either of the devices fail. The multiple Charger devices will be used in an active/active manner, meaning multiple Chargers can simultaneously charge multiple batteries in the event a single Charger cannot keep pace with battery consumption by the Controller.
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