Motor vehicles – With fluid or mechanical means to accumulate energy to power...
Patent
1983-09-13
1986-12-30
Love, John J.
Motor vehicles
With fluid or mechanical means to accumulate energy to power...
180 22, B60K 900
Patent
active
046322051
ABSTRACT:
A generator and brake systems for use with land vehicles. A freewheeling device is provided that allows a driven shaft to rotate at a speed greater than that of a driving shaft. A generator is associated with the drive shaft directly or with a shaft operatively associated with a driven shaft, and is selectively engageable with the driven shaft to generate electricity for operating components of the vehicle. A flywheel accumulates energy during braking or downhill coasting of the vehicle and a linkage is provided so that the flywheel is rotated when it is desired to brake rotation of the axle. Subsequently, the flywheel is disengaged from the shaft and rotates a generator that produces electricity to run components of the vehicle. Another generator is provided that is driven by air pressure encountered during movement of the vehicle and also when the vehicle is parked facing in the direction of a relatively strong wind. When it is desired to brake movement of the vehicle, a plate is extended to both oppose movement of the vehicle and to direct air into a passageway. Air directed into the passageway turns a generator. The generators can be used alone or in combination.
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Camby Richard M.
Love John J.
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