Motor vehicles – Power – Electric
Patent
1998-01-20
1999-04-06
Camby, Richard M.
Motor vehicles
Power
Electric
477 9, B60K 100
Patent
active
058905553
ABSTRACT:
An electric vehicle that includes a drive train system that propel the electric vehicle, an electrical system that powers the drive train system, and a steering system that steers the electric vehicle. The electrical system includes a battery charger that is at least one of an off board A.C. charger in which the battery pack is selectively plugged into a socket in the off board A.C. charger by a plug, and wheel generators in which the battery pack is in selective electrical communication therewith by a brake switch that is operatively connected to a brake system so as to only activate the battery charger when the brake system is applied. The wheel generators that are operatively connected to the rear wheels comprise stator portions that are fixedly mounted in the axle housing and rotor portions that are fixedly mounted on for rotation with the drive axle and which are in electrical communication with the associated stator portions. The wheel generators that are operatively connected to the front wheels comprise stator portions that are fixedly mounted on the spindles and rotor portions that are fixedly mounted in for rotation with the front wheels and which are in electrical communication with the associated stator portions.
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Camby Richard M.
Miller, P.E Richard L.
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