Electric vehicle charging system and method
AssigneeVoltz Innovations LLC
InventorsAlexander Campbell, Jose Francisco Cardenas Lopez, Juan Adolfo Cantu Rodriguez, Joey Villareal
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Abstract
A battery charging system configured to be used with a vehicle and that includes an axle having at least a first wheel thereon, a first gear associated with the axle, and a second gear associated with a generator. The belt extends between the first gear and the second gear. The generator is electrically connected to a first battery. Rotation of the first wheel causes rotation of the first gear, the belt and the second gear. Rotation of the second gear causes the generator to charge the first battery. The battery charging system can be used win a method for charging batteries while cargo trucks move between locations to make deliveries.
Claims16
A method of charging batteries comprising the steps of:
- moving a first vehicle from a first location to a second location, wherein the vehicle includes at least a first charging battery associated therewith, wherein the first charging battery is charged via the rotation of at least a first wheel as the first vehicle moves from the first location to the second location,
- leaving the first charging battery at the second location, wherein the first charging battery is used at the second location to charge a first powering battery,
- associating a second charging battery with the first vehicle,
- moving the first vehicle from the second location to a third location, wherein the second charging battery is charged via the rotation of the first wheel as the first vehicle moves from the second location to the third location, and
- leaving the second charging battery at the third location, wherein the second charging battery is used at the third location to charge a second powering battery.
A battery charging system configured to be used with a vehicle, the charging system comprising:
- an axle having at least a first wheel thereon,
- a first gear associated with the axle,
- a second gear associated with a generator, wherein a belt extends between the first gear and the second gear, wherein the generator is electrically connected to a first battery, wherein rotation of the first wheel causes rotation of the first gear, the belt and the second gear, and wherein rotation of the second gear causes the generator to charge the first battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.