Mobile range extender
AssigneeTransportation IP Holdings, LLC
InventorGladys Anyenya
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Abstract
A mobile energy supply system may include a fuel source, an energy converter, and a transfer device. The fuel source may be disposed onboard a vehicle chassis and may hold a supply of a fuel. The energy converter may be disposed onboard the vehicle chassis and may convert at least a portion of the supply of the fuel from the fuel source into electric energy. The transfer device may be disposed onboard the vehicle chassis and be electrically couplable to a propulsion vehicle. The transfer device may transfer the electric energy from the energy converter offboard of the vehicle chassis and to the propulsion vehicle for powering a propulsion system of the propulsion vehicle.
Claims22
A mobile energy supply system, comprising:
- a fuel source configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle chassis and hold a supply of a fuel;
- an energy converter configured to be disposed onboard the vehicle chassis and to convert at least a portion of the supply of the fuel from the fuel source into electric energy;
- and
- a transfer device configured to be disposed onboard the vehicle chassis and electrically couplable to a propulsion vehicle, and configured to transfer the electric energy from the energy converter offboard of the vehicle chassis and to the propulsion vehicle for powering a propulsion system of the propulsion vehicle.
A method comprising:
- converting at least a portion of a supply of fuel held in a fuel source onboard a vehicle chassis into electric energy using an energy converter also onboard the vehicle chassis;
- transferring the electric energy from the vehicle chassis to a propulsion vehicle;
- and
- powering a propulsion system of the propulsion vehicle using the electric energy.
A mobile energy supply system, comprising:
- a vehicle chassis;
- a fuel source disposed onboard the vehicle chassis and configured to hold a supply of a fuel;
- an energy converter disposed onboard the vehicle chassis and configured to convert at least a portion of the supply of the fuel from the fuel source into electric energy;
- and
- a transfer device disposed onboard the vehicle chassis and configured to transfer the electric energy from the energy converter to an energy storage device of a propulsion vehicle for powering a propulsion system of the propulsion vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.