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US 12,606,033 B2Granted
Power generating arrangement
AssigneeVolvo Construction Equipment AB
InventorsFredrik Larsson, Fredrik Rahm
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Abstract
A power generating arrangement, including a power generator, a housing and a supporting structure, wherein the housing is attached to the supporting structure, and a center of gravity of the power generator is arranged between at least one of a first and second geometric rotation axes and a downward facing side of the housing.
Claims14
A power generating arrangement for a vehicle, the power generating arrangement comprising:
- a power generator configured to contain a fluid in liquid, humid and/or moisturized form,
- a housing comprising an upward facing side and a downward facing side, wherein the power generator is arranged in the housing, the housing comprising an outlet configured to drain the fluid, wherein the outlet is arranged at the downward facing side, and
- a supporting structure comprising a first pivot joint rotatable about a first geometric rotation axis, and a second pivot joint rotatable about a second geometric rotation axis, wherein the first and second geometric rotation axes are non-parallel to each other, the supporting structure being connectable to a frame structure of the vehicle at the first pivot joint,
- wherein the housing is rotatably connected to the supporting structure, and wherein a center of gravity of the power generator is arranged between at least one of the first and second geometric rotation axes and the downward facing side of the housing.
1 more element
A method of controlling a power generating arrangement of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining an inclination of the vehicle, and in response to the inclination being non-perpendicular to a direction of gravity,
- rotating at least one of a first and second pivot joints of a supporting structure connected to a housing of the power generating arrangement such that a first geometric rotation axis about which the first pivot joint is rotatable, and a second geometric rotation axis about which the second pivot joint is rotatable, are arranged perpendicular to the direction of gravity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.