Electrically Propelled Vehicle
OwnerRomano Artioliinventor
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Abstract
A propulsion apparatus for a vehicle comprising an electric motor for rotationally actuating at least one driving wheel of the vehicle; a power source comprising a storage battery for supplying a current to the electric motor; an internal-combustion engine operationally connected to a reversible electric machine; the reversible electric machine being electrically connected to the electric motor and/or to the storage battery so as to supply the current to the electric motor and/or recharge the storage battery, respectively, wherein it does not have a movement transmission for connecting the internal-combustion engine to the driving wheel of the vehicle.
Claims25
A propulsion apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
- an electric motor for rotationally actuating at least one driving wheel of said vehicle;
- a power source comprising a storage battery for supplying a current to said electric motor;
- an internal-combustion engine operationally connected to a reversible electric machine;
- said reversible electric machine being electrically connected to said electric motor and/or to said storage battery so as to supply said current to said electric motor and/or recharge said storage battery, respectively;
- wherein propulsion apparatus does not have movement transmission means for connecting said internal-combustion engine to said driving wheel of said vehicle.
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The propulsion control method according to claim 25, wherein it comprises a step involving:
- continuously monitoring the voltage at the terminals of said storage battery and the voltage at the terminals of said reversible electric machine, when said electric motor is powered by said current supplied by said storage battery and when said electric motor is powered at least partially by said reversible electric machine, respectively.
The propulsion control method according to claim 25, wherein it comprises a further step involving:
- interrupting the electrical connection between said storage battery and said reversible electric machine, if the voltage at the terminals of said storage battery is lower than a predetermined threshold voltage value.
A method for controlling the propulsion of a vehicle, said method comprising the steps of:
- rotationally actuating at least one driving wheel of said vehicle with an electric motor;
- supplying a current from a power source comprising a storage battery to said electric motor;
- operationally connecting an internal-combustion engine to a reversible electric machine;
- electrically connecting said reversible electric machine to said electric motor and/or to said storage battery so as to supply said current to said electric motor or recharge said storage battery, respectively;
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- permanently and kinematically disengaging said internal combustion engine from said driving wheel of said vehicle in any operating condition of said vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.