Method of and means for utilizing rechargeable batteries in the operation of electric vehicles
OwnerBernd Muller-Werthinventor
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Abstract
The engine of an automotive vehicle is powered by an assembly of electric batteries which are recharged from time to time, on standstill or during driving, from various sources including a set of solar cells on the vehicle body, braking generators driven by the vehicle wheels on deceleration, and external power supplies. Both the batteries and the solar cells can be selectively connected in series and in parallel, the former particularly during recharging. The batteries are grouped in thermally insulated blocks of molded resin with channels, left from the injection-molding operation, accommodating ancillary equipment such as electronic switches mounted on cooling bars.
Claims7
In an energizing circuit for an electric motor driving an automotive vehicle, in combination:
- an assembly of rechargeable batteries;
- an enclosure accommodating a block of said batteries and forming an injection channel above said block, said enclosure comprising a symthetic-resin-impregnated glass-fiber mat, said channel being occupied by a mass of molded resin;
- at least one cooling bar in said injection channel;
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- a heat-generating component mounted on said cooling bar within said mass, said cooling bar having significant surface portions projecting from said mass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.