Vehicle equipped with a wind power electricity generator
AssigneePrata Bruno Design
InventorBruno Prata
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Abstract
A vehicle has a drive device to move the vehicle and a cooling device to cool the drive device. A duct is arranged to catch air flow striking a front of the vehicle and cool the cooling device with the air flow. A wind power electricity generator is configured to produce power. A control circuit connected to a blanking plate controls the value of the useful cross-section of the duct at least according to an electric power produced by the electricity generator and a speed of the vehicle. The control circuit reduces the useful cross-section of the duct so that the electric power generated by the electricity generator does not exceed a maximum power. The control circuit prevents rotation of the at least one blade when a speed of the air flow in the duct is lower than a threshold minimum speed.
Claims7
A vehicle having:
- a drive device configured to move the vehicle;
- a cooling device configured to at least partially cool the drive device;
- a duct arranged to catch an air flow striking a front part of the vehicle, the duct opening out facing the cooling device to cool the cooling device by means of the air flow, the air flow being able to flow in the duct in a first direction from the front part to the cooling device;
- a wind power electricity generator having at least one blade, the wind power electricity generator producing electric power when the at least one blade is struck by the air flow, the wind power electricity generator being arranged in the duct upstream from the cooling device in the first direction;
- a control circuit configured to limit power produced by the electricity generator to a maximum power;
- wherein the control circuit is further configured to prevent rotation of the at least one blade when a speed of the air flow in the duct is lower than a threshold minimum speed or when a speed of the vehicle is lower than a threshold minimum speed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.