Electric vehicle with cleaning device
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorShinji Maeshiro
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Abstract
An electric vehicle with a cleaning device includes an electric motor, a cleaning device connected with a pipe installed in a vehicle cabin, a first clutch that connects and disconnects the electric motor with an axle of wheels of the vehicle, a second clutch that connects and disconnects the electric motor with the cleaning device, a control unit that controls one of the first clutch and the second clutch to selectively connect one of the cleaning device and the axle with the electric motor and activate the cleaning device.
Claims19
An electric vehicle comprising:
- an axle;
- an electric motor;
- a cleaning device;
- a heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit;
- and
- a clutch that connects the electric motor to the cleaning device while disconnecting the axle, wherein ducting for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit is manipulated for the cleaning device when connected with the electric motor.
A cleaning system for a cabin of a vehicle comprising:
- a motor;
- a heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit installed in the cabin;
- and
- a cleaning device providing pressure within ducting for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit;
- wherein the cleaning device is actuated when a clutch within the vehicle switches a connection from the motor to an axle to the motor to the cleaning device.
A method for cleaning a cabin of a vehicle comprising:
- connecting a motor with a cleaning device, and
- providing negative or positive pressure within ducting for a heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit through the cleaning device to clean the cabin of the electric vehicle;
- wherein connecting the motor with the cleaning device comprises actuating a clutch to switch from a connection from the motor to an axle to the motor to the cleaning device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.