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US 2006/0076836 A1Published application
Electric or hybrid vehicle with a spare electric motor power source
AssigneePaul J. Plishner
InventorPaul Plishner
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Abstract
A secondary electric power source (19) for a motor vehicle having one or more electric motors (12) for driving respective wheels (10a) of the motor vehicle and having a main electric power source (14) for providing power to electric motors (12) driving the wheels (10a), and a selector (17) for selecting power from either the main electric power source (14) or the secondary electric power source (19) or both.
Claims17
An apparatus, comprising:
- a secondary electric power source for generating secondary electric power for a vehicle having an electric power source for providing main electric power to an electric motor used to provide drive power for at least one wheel of the vehicle;
- and
- means for selecting the secondary electric power either in replacement of or in addition to the main electric power, for use in powering the electric motor.
A method, comprising:
- a step of providing secondary electric power for a vehicle having an electric power source for providing main electric power to an electric motor used to provide drive power for at least one wheel of the vehicle;
- and
- a step of selecting the secondary electric power either in replacement of or in addition to the main electric power for use in powering the electric motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.