Motor vehicle driven device for operating a portable electric generator
AssigneeDHLMC, Inc.
InventorLester F. McCauley
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Abstract
An electric generator device powered by a driving wheel of a motor vehicle. The device includes a base for supporting an electric generator. An idler roller assembly includes at least one load bearing idler roller mounted rotatably to the base for circumferentially engaging and supporting a driving wheel of a motor vehicle. A drive roller is mounted rotatably to the base for maintaining non-bearing circumferentially tangential interengagement with the driving wheel such that rotation of the wheel causes the drive roller to axially rotate. The drive roller is operably connected to the generator such that axial rotation of the drive roller is transmitted to the generator and the generator is operated to produce electricity.
Claims17
A device for powering an electric generator, said device comprising:
- a base for supporting the generator:
- an idler roller assembly including at least one load bearing idler roller mounted rotatably within said base for circumferentially engaging and supporting a driving wheel of a motor vehicle;
- and
- a drive roller mounted rotatably to said base for maintaining non-load bearing circumferentially tangential interengagement with the driving wheel of the motor vehicle such that rotation of the wheel causes said drive roller to axially rotate;
- said drive roller for operably connecting to the generator such that axial rotation of said drive roller is transmitted to the generator and the generator is operated to produce electricity;
- said idler roller assembly including a carriage that is movably supported in said base and further including an adjustment mechanism that is operated to adjust said carriage within said base and position said idler roller assembly a selected distance away from said drive roller that permits a driving wheel of a corresponding size to operably engage and rotate said drive roller.
An electric generator device powered by a driving wheel of a motor vehicle, said device comprising:
- an electric generator;
- a base for supporting the generator:
- an idler roller assembly including at least one load bearing idler roller mounted rotatably within said base for circumferentially engaging and supporting a driving wheel of a motor vehicle;
- and
- a drive roller mounted rotatably to said base for maintaining non-load bearing circumferentially tangential interengagement with the driving wheel of the motor vehicle such that rotation of the wheel causes said drive roller to axially rotate;
- said drive roller for operably connecting to the generator such that axial rotation of said drive roller is transmitted to the generator and the generator is operated to produce electricity;
- said idler roller assembly including a carriage that is movably mounted in said base and further including an adjustment mechanism that is operated to adjust said carriage within said base and position said idler roller assembly a selected distance from said drive roller that permits a driving wheel of a corresponding size to operably engage and rotate said drive roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.