A fuel to electric reusable conversion kit and a method of converting and reusing the conversion kit
AssigneeServices Automobiles GranTuned Inc.
InventorsDuy-An TA, Noël GIGUÈRE, François-Nicolas LANCIAULT
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Abstract
Suitable for frame vehicles, the kit provides a frame to be mounted on the chassis with attachment devices at a head section and at a middle section of the frame that supports an electric motor, a transmission and at least one battery system. Replacement of the conventional engine and transmission by the frame-mounted unit can be fast. The frame can be attached at the middle section using shear bolts to avoid impeding a crumple of the chassis during a front impact.
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A kit for converting an internal combustion vehicle into an electric vehicle, the combustion vehicle having a chassis originally adapted to support an original engine at a head section of said chassis and originally adapted to support an original transmission connected to said original engine at a middle section of said chassis, the chassis further adapted to support a fuel tank and an exhaust system at a tail section, the kit comprising:
- a frame adapted to be mounted on the chassis with vehicle model specific attachment devices at the head section of the chassis and at the middle section of the chassis;
- an electric motor and an electric motor mounting for attaching the electric motor to said frame;
- a replacement transmission adapted to the electric motor and a transmission mounting for attaching the transmission to said frame and connectable to the electric motor;
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- at least one battery system adapted to feed the electric motor and attachable to the frame.
A frame for converting an internal combustion vehicle into an electric vehicle, the internal combustion vehicle having a chassis originally adapted to support an engine at a head section, to support a transmission at a middle section and to support a fuel tank and an exhaust system at a tail section, the frame comprising:
- a rear portion adapted to support an electric motor and attachable to the chassis at the middle section;
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- a frontal portion adapted to support at least one battery system and attachable to the chassis at the head section.
A method of converting an internal combustion engine vehicle into an electric vehicle, the internal combustion engine vehicle having a chassis, the method comprising:
- removing a combustion engine, a transmission and an obsolete part of associated components from said vehicle;
- providing a frame having a frontal portion and a rear portion and to be used with different models of said chassis;
- mounting on the rear portion an electric motor;
- mounting on the frontal portion at least one battery;
- connecting the battery to the electric motor;
- installing replacement associated components in the vehicle to replace said obsolete part of associated components;
- providing different brackets for different models of said chassis and using said brackets to mount said frame to said chassis in said different models of said chassis;
- mounting said frame to said chassis using said brackets for a desired model of said chassis;
- connecting said electric motor to a drivetrain of said vehicle;
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- connecting said replacement associated components in the vehicle to a non obsolete part of associated components in said vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.