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US 12,179,612 B2Granted
Caravan having electrical comfort functions
AssigneeThor Tech, Inc.
InventorsMarcus Metzler, Rainer Buck, Günter Dorn, Wilhelm Müller
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Abstract
In a camper having a battery and electric comfort functions, the battery has a great capacity for supplying electricity to a travel drive of a towing vehicle, and/or is designed for an optional travel drive of the camper during trailer operation in road traffic, and the electric comfort functions are supplied with electricity from the battery.
Claims11
A camper comprising a camper travel drive, a rechargeable battery, electric comfort functions, further electricity consumers, and a controller, wherein:
- the rechargeable battery has a capacity of greater than 50 kWh for supplying electricity to a towing vehicle travel drive and the camper travel drive during trailer operation in road traffic;
- the rechargeable battery supplies electricity to the electric comfort functions through a voltage transformer and to the further electricity consumers;
- the controller enables autarchic operation of the electric comfort functions under power supplied by the rechargeable battery;
- the electric comfort functions and the further electricity consumers are divided into different electrical circuits;
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- the controller prioritizes certain of the electric comfort functions by turning on, turning off, or reducing power to the different electrical circuits to extend an autarchic operation period of the electric comfort functions.
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