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US 12,735,022 B2Granted
Travel distance extender for electric vehicles
OwnerReginald V Maclininventor
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Abstract
One exemplary system includes at least one speed sensor for generating electrical power, wherein the at least one speed sensor is operatively coupled to a vehicle drivetrain of an electric vehicle; and an energy storage module, operatively coupled to the at least one speed sensor, for storing at least a portion of the electrical power generated by the at least one speed sensor; wherein the at least a portion of the electrical power is used to power the electric vehicle.
Claims24
A system comprising:
- a battery configured to power an electric vehicle;
- a charger configured to charge the battery;
- at least one speed sensor for generating electrical power, wherein the at least one speed sensor is operatively coupled to a vehicle drivetrain of the electric vehicle;
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- an energy storage module, operatively coupled to the at least one speed sensor, for storing at least a portion of the electrical power generated by the at least one speed sensor;
- wherein the at least a portion of the electrical power is fed to the charger in order to charge the battery used to power the electric vehicle when a voltage of the battery drops below a threshold.
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A method, comprising:
- generating electrical power from at least one speed sensor operatively coupled to a vehicle drivetrain of an electric vehicle;
- storing at least a portion of the generated electrical power in an energy storage module;
- and
- feeding the stored electrical power to a charger of the electric vehicle in order to charge a battery used to power the electric vehicle when a voltage of the battery drops below a threshold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.