Electric vehicle with cleaning device
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorShinji MAESHIRO
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Abstract
An electric vehicle with a cleaning device includes a electric motor, a cleaning device connected with a pipe installed in a vehicle cabin, a first clutch that connects and disconnects the electric motor with an axle of wheels of the vehicle, a second clutch that connects and disconnects the electric motor with the cleaning device, a control unit that controls one of the first clutch and the second clutch to selectively connect one of the cleaning device and the axle with the electric motor and activate the cleaning device.
Claims20
An electric vehicle with a cleaning device comprising:
- an electric motor,
- a cleaning device connected with a pipe installed in a vehicle cabin,
- a first clutch that connects and disconnects the electric motor with an axle of wheels of the vehicle,
- a second clutch that connects and disconnects the electric motor with the cleaning device,
- a control unit that controls one of the first clutch and the second clutch to selectively connect one of the cleaning device and the axle with the electric motor and activates the cleaning device.
A method for cleaning a cabin of an electric vehicle comprising:
- disconnecting an electric motor with an axle of wheels of the electric vehicle through a first clutch,
- connecting the electric motor with a cleaning device through a second clutch, and
- activating the cleaning device connected with a pipe installed in the cabin of the electric vehicle.
A cleaning system for a cabin of an electric vehicle comprising:
- a cleaning device connected with a pipe installed in the cabin,
- a clutch that connects and disconnects an electric motor of the electric vehicle with the cleaning device, and
- a cleaning control unit that controls the clutch to connect or disconnect the electric motor with the cleaning device and sends a signal to a vehicle control unit to connect or disconnect the electric motor with an axle of the electric vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.