Battery-driven vehicle and recharging system
OwnerDominic S. Arbisiinventor
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Abstract
A battery-driven car which has an electrical system including a minimum number of electric storage batteries as the power source, a high-voltage converter with a high-voltage capacitor bank for driving a direct current impulse motor combined with a generator for supplying current to motor/generator sets respectively integrated with the wheels of the vehicle to drive the same or for recharging the batteries in accordance with a microprocessor control system, the wheel-actuated generators providing recharging current for the batteries whenever the motor component is not being energized and in addition, said electrical system also including an air-driven turbine generator component for recharging the batteries when the vehicle reaches a predetermined speed in accordance with the microprocessor controls.
Claims1
A battery-driven vehicle comprising,
- a wheeled vehicle,
- at least one combination motor/generator set mounted on a wheel of the vehicle,
- a battery pack and a DC to DC voltage booster component forming a basic power source,
- an impulse motor,
- a bank of capacitors with charge control switches and discharge switches providing a pulsating current to said impulse motor,
- a generator driven by said impulse motor and supplying current to the motor of the wheel-mounted motor/generator set for driving the wheel,
- a microprocessor controlling the current flow from said generator and to said battery pack during charging from the wheel mounted recharging generator, depending upon the position of the accelerator switch,
- said accelerator control including means for converting the motor/generator unit to a generating mode through said microprocessor control system whenever the accelerator pedal is released and the battery pack requires charging.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.