Battery-driven vehicle and recharging system

• US 4,498,551 A
• Filed: 09/29/1982
• Issued: 02/12/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dominic S. Arbisi
• Original Assignee: Dominic S. Arbisi
• Inventors: Arbisi, Dominic S.
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Application Number:
  US06/427,839
• Time in Patent Office: 867 Days
• Field of Search: 180/65.3, 180/65.4, 180/65.5, 180/65.2, 180/65.1, 180/2.2, 318/139, 318/144 X, 318/345 G
• US Class Current: 180/65.51
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 1/00 Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units B60K7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K6/00; electric transmission arrangements B60K17/12; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles per se B60L; current-collectors for power supply lines of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L5/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 1/04 of the electric storage means for propulsion exchanging batteries for electric propulsion of vehicles B60L53/80; for auxiliary purposes only B60R16/04; supplying batteries to, or removing batteries from, vehicles B60S5/06
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 7/0007 the motor being electric
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2220/42 with use of more than one motor
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2220/44 Wheel Hub motors, i.e. integrated in the wheel hub
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/40 using propulsion power supplied by capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 8/006 Converting flow of air into electric energy, e.g. by using wind turbines
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 9/25 the apparatus being an electrical generator F03D9/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F05B 2240/941 which is a land vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 2201/07 DC-DC step-up or step-down converter inserted between the power supply and the inverter supplying the motor, e.g. to control voltage source fluctuations, to vary the motor speed general aspects of plural converters in cascade H02M
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 25/102 Repulsion motors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/72 Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/64 Electric machine technologies in electromobility
• 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

Abstract

A battery-driven car which has an electrical system including a minimum number of electric storage batteries as the power source, a high-voltage converter with a high-voltage capacitor bank for driving a direct current impulse motor combined with a generator for supplying current to motor/generator sets respectively integrated with the wheels of the vehicle to drive the same or for recharging the batteries in accordance with a microprocessor control system, the wheel-actuated generators providing recharging current for the batteries whenever the motor component is not being energized and in addition, said electrical system also including an air-driven turbine generator component for recharging the batteries when the vehicle reaches a predetermined speed in accordance with the microprocessor controls.

Claims

1. A battery-driven vehicle comprising,

a wheeled vehicle,

at least one combination motor/generator set mounted on a wheel of the vehicle,

a battery pack and a DC to DC voltage booster component forming a basic power source,

an impulse motor,

a bank of capacitors with charge control switches and discharge switches providing a pulsating current to said impulse motor,

a generator driven by said impulse motor and supplying current to the motor of the wheel-mounted motor/generator set for driving the wheel,

a microprocessor controlling the current flow from said generator and to said battery pack during charging from the wheel mounted recharging generator, depending upon the position of the accelerator switch,

said accelerator control including means for converting the motor/generator unit to a generating mode through said microprocessor control system whenever the accelerator pedal is released and the battery pack requires charging.