Electric vehicle and on-board battery charging apparatus therefor
AssigneeSwissauto Powersports LLC
InventorsUrs Wenger, Beat Rene Kohler, Hans-Rudolph Jenni
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Abstract
An electric vehicle and a range extender engine are shown including the controls to operate the same.
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A serial hybrid electric vehicle with coupled combustion engine which serves to extend the operating range, wherein the combustion engine is coupled to a generator of the range extender by a self-centering spur gearing.
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A serial hybrid electric vehicle with coupled combustion engine which serves to extend the operating range, comprising:
- a crankshaft of the engine being fixedly connected to a shaft of a generator wherein the generator acts as a flywheel for the combustion engine.
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A serial hybrid electric vehicle with coupled combustion engine which serves to extend the operating range, comprising:
- a crankshaft of the engine being fixedly connected to a shaft of a generator wherein a fixed bearing and a first floating bearing are located on a side of the generator and a plurality of bearings on a side of the engine are configured as floating bearings in order to absorb length extensions of the shafts caused by temperature influence.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.