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US 12,687,149 B2Granted
Land vehicle for transporting people and/or goods
AssigneesFabio Colletta, Rodolfo Danielli
InventorFabio Colletta
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Abstract
A land vehicle for transporting people and/or goods comprising a device for transforming kinetic wind energy into electrical energy, positioned in a front housing of the vehicle exposed to the wind against the direction of travel.
Claims17
A land vehicle for transporting people and/or goods, comprising:
- an electronic control unit,
- a vehicle advancement speed sensor operatively connected to the electronic control unit,
- one or more atmospheric sensors operatively connected to the electronic control unit and configured to sense conditions external to the vehicle, the one or more atmospheric sensors comprising at least one temperature sensor,
- a device configured to transform the kinetic energy of the wind into electric energy, said device comprising at least one variable geometry wind turbine with orientable blades, positioned in a front housing of the vehicle exposed to a wind against the direction of travel, said electronic control unit being configured to communicate with said speed sensor and with said one or more external atmospheric condition sensors and to control said device in real time on the basis of said advancement speed of the vehicle detected by said speed sensor and said environmental conditions external to the vehicle detected by said one or more external atmospheric condition sensors, and
- a conveyor of the flow of wind against the direction of travel connecting said turbine to an outer front suction mouth of said housing communicating with the atmospheric environment external to the vehicle, wherein said outer front suction mouth is positioned at a vertical front wall of said vehicle in a grille of a hood of said vehicle.
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