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US 6,651,760 B2Granted
Thermionic automobile
AssigneeBorealis Technical Limited
InventorsIsaiah Watas Cox, John Eric Reaves
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Abstract
A combustion chamber-thermionic device-electric motor is provided in an automobile. The combustion chamber of the present invention provides a heat output which is transformed to electricity by the thermionic device and a motor converts the electrical energy to motive power for the wheels.
Claims36
An engine comprising:
- a combustion chamber, in which fuel is combusted to release heat;
- a thermionic converter, which converts said heat into electrical energy;
- an electric motor powered by said electrical energy;
- an energy storage system;
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- an energy controller;
- wherein said controller takes an input from a throttle controlled by a human operator;
- an input representative of a load on said electric motor;
- an input representative of the amount of energy stored in said energy storage system;
- and computes and controls the intake of fuel and air into said combustion chamber.
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