Battery driven vehicle and recharging system

Patent · Tue Feb 12 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5429651

Arbisi, D S

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.

• Assignee: EDB-85-132570
• Patent Number(s): US 4498551
• OSTI ID: 5429651
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330300* -- Advanced Propulsion Systems-- Electric-Powered Systems
BATTERY CHARGERS
CAPACITORS
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTRIC GENERATORS
ELECTRIC MOTORS
ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLES
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
EQUIPMENT
MOTORS
VEHICLES