Fuel to electric reusable conversion kit and a method of converting and reusing the conversion kit
AssigneeServices Automobiles GranTuned Inc.
InventorsDuy-An Ta, Noël Giguère, François-Nicolas Lanciault
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Abstract
Suitable for frame vehicles, the kit provides a frame to be mounted on the chassis with attachment devices at a head section and at a middle section of the frame that supports an electric motor, a transmission and at least one battery system. Replacement of the conventional engine and transmission by the frame-mounted unit can be fast. The frame can be attached at the middle section using shear bolts to avoid impeding a crumple of the chassis during a front impact.
Claims16
A kit for converting an internal combustion vehicle into an electric vehicle, the combustion vehicle having a chassis originally adapted to support an original engine at a head section of said chassis and originally adapted to support an original transmission connected to said original engine at a middle section of said chassis, the chassis further adapted to support a fuel tank and an exhaust system at a tail section, the kit comprising:
- a frame adapted to be mounted on the chassis with vehicle model specific attachment devices at the head section of the chassis and at the middle section of the chassis;
- an electric motor and an electric motor mounting for attaching the electric motor to said frame;
- a replacement transmission adapted to the electric motor and a transmission mounting for attaching the transmission to said frame and connectable to the electric motor;
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- at least one battery system adapted to feed the electric motor and attachable to the frame;
- wherein the kit further comprises a universal controller adapted to connect to an original vehicle control system communication port and adapted to control the electric motor according to an encoded event flag activated by a safety subsystem module of said original vehicle control system without decoding the encoded event, the safety subsystem module being connected to the original communication port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.