GB2566530A

GB2566530A - Vehicles driven by electric motors powered by onboard rechargeable batteries

Info

Publication number: GB2566530A
Application number: GB1714997.2A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Dunmore Joseph
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2017-09-15
Filing date: 2017-09-15
Publication date: 2019-03-20
Also published as: GB201714997D0; GB2568573A; GB2568573B; GB201814908D0; WO2019053434A1

Abstract

A system for recharging batteries of an electric vehicle, comprising: an electric vehicle powered by batteries; a battery charging unit; and, a plurality of turbines 8 within channels 3 of a housing; wherein the housing captures air that the vehicle moves into, this captured air rotates the turbines which produce power to charge the batteries. The system may include a strong mesh which is position at an open end of the housing to prevent debris. The housing may include deflectors 5 to direct the flow of air towards turbines.

Description

Vehicles driven by electric motors powered by on-board rechargeable batteries.

This invention relates to a means of recharging the on-board batteries, whilst the vehicle is in motion, on vehicles driven by electric motors that are powered by on-board batteries which are recharged by an on-board battery charging unit. Presently vehicles driven by electric motors powered by on-board batteries are limited in distance travel in accordance to the energy capacity of the on-board batteries.

To overcome this problem the present invention proposes a means of generating electricity to be supplied to the on-board battery charging unit, thereby continually recharging the onboard batteries whilst the vehicle is in motion. Consequently vehicles using this system would not have restrictions in distance travel.

The generating means is preferably provided with a housing case in which to contain the components of the system, the front section of the housing case is of a particular design in order to capture air that the vehicle moves into, the design of that section of the housing case may vary according to where the vehicle designer chooses to site the system on the vehicle. Sited at the front of the housing case, is provided three channels connected together in order to provide a housing for a panel to be inserted into the channels during snow fall thereby preventing the system being blocked with snow. Behind these channels a strong mesh will be provided in order to prevent debris entering the system, two deflector panels are provided set behind the mesh to divide the captured air into two portions and to deflect each portion into each of two long boxes one long box is positioned inside the housing case on the left and one is positioned on the right, each long box has installed within a number of turbines, the centre shaft of each turbine is directly connected to the centre shaft of an alternator, said alternators to be positioned in the area between the long boxes, set inside each long box will be a number of deflectors in order to maximise the power being extracted from the captured air, the said long boxes are provided with an outlet at the rear in order to provide an exit for the captured air and rainwater By using this system of generating electricity with which to continually recharge the on-board batteries whilst the vehicle is in motion, vehicles such as most road vehicles, trains and tramcars will travel without cost for fuel, plus no restrictions on distance travel, furthermore it would eliminate carbon emissions from such vehicles.

An example of the invention will now be described by referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 shows a side view of the system housing case mounted above the passenger area of a car,

Figure 2 shows a plan view of the system housing case with the upper panel removed in order to illustrate the layout of some of the components of the system,

Figure 3 shows a sectional view of the system positioned in the front area of a car,

Figure 4 shows a view from the front of a car having the system set in the front of a car,

Fig 5 shows a sectional view of the housing case that houses the systems components,

Fig 6 shows the layout of components in the long boxes,

Fig 7 shows a deflector that is set inside the entrances of the long boxes,

Fig 8 shows a deflector that is set between each pair of turbines as illustrated in figure 6,

Fig 9 shows a deflector that is set between each pair of turbines to be positioned on the opposite side of the long boxes in relation to deflector 13,

Fig 10 shows the system mounted on a goods carrying vehicle,

Fig 11 shows the layout of the deflector panels in a system for large road vehicles,

Fig 12 shows a goods vehicle with the casing containing the long boxes turbines, alternators, and deflectors 7,13, &14 positioned below the load carrying area of the vehicle,

Fig 13 shows the system mounted on the top of an electrically driven railway engine,

Fig 14 shows the system mounted on the top of a tender for the electrically driven railway engine in the event that this tender would be require to house rechargeable batteries.

A housing casing figure 1 wherein is contained all of the components of the on-board battery recharging system can be mounted on the roof of a car or alternatively positioned in the bonnet area as shown in figure 3. The front portion of the housing case has a raised forward leaning section 2 in order to capture air that the vehicle moves into. The front area of the housing case is preferably provide with three interlinked channels 3 for which to provide a housing for a panel which would be positioned within the channels during snow fall, positioned behind the three channels is provided a strong mesh ( not illustrated), in order to prevent debris entering the system, set behind the mesh is provided two deflector panels 5, the purpose of which is to firstly divide the incoming air into two portions, then to deflect the captured air into each of two long boxes 6, the said long boxes are positioned one to the left side of the housing case and one to the right side of the housing case as shewn in figure 2, within each of the long boxes is provide a plurality of turbines 8, the number of which is dependent upon the size and weight of the vehicle that the system is being installed on, each of the aforementioned turbines with be directly connected via the centre shaft to the centre shaft of an alternator 10, the said alternators will be positioned in the housing case in the area between the long boxes, at the entrance to the long box to the left of the housing case is provided deflector 7, to be positioned on the lower side of that long box, the purpose of this deflector is to direct the incoming air upwards onto the driving side of the turbines blades, alternatively the deflector 7, set in the entrance of the long box set to the right of the housing case will be positioned on the upper side of the long box. The reason being that the alternators driven by the turbines face the opposite way to the alternators connected to the turbines on the left side of the housing case, in each of the long boxes and positioned between each pair of turbines and set on the same side of the long boxes as deflector 7, will be deflector 13, the purpose of which is to prevent air escaping past the outer edges of the turbine blades, in addition in each long box and positioned opposite deflector 13, js deflector 14, the purpose of which it to prevent air escaping past the outer edges of the turbine blades and in addition to deflect air onto the driving side of the turbines, at the rear end of the long boxes is provide an aperture in order to provide an exit for the captured air an rainwater which enters the system. An alternative embodiment of the system when sited in the bonnet area of a car, requires additional deflectors in order to deflect the air captured by the lower section of the catchment aperture into the two long boxes, these deflectors would be positioned at the side of the air separator/deflector panels. When the system is applied to large goods carrying vehicles that carry goods on a platform, the air catchment means of the system could be sited above the driver cab, the housing case could be positioned above the load carrying area, with support means provided at the rear of the vehicle as shown in figure 10 An alternative embodiment of the system for goods vehicles, wherein the air catchment means is positioned above the driver cab and the section of housing case wherein is contained the turbines deflectors 7,13 & 14 and the alternators is separated and positioned below the load carrying platform as shown in figure 12, figures 13 &14 illustrate that the system could be sited on the roof of an electrically driven railway engine and the probability that a tender would be required to house the required quantity of batteries.

Claims

1. An on-board battery recharging charging system for road and rail vehicles driven by electric motors that are powered by on-board batteries, rechargeable via an onboard battery charging unit, creates electricity with which to recharge the on-board batteries, by capturing air that the vehicle moves into, and to use the said captured air to enter each of two long boxes in order to rotate a number of turbines, positioned within each of the long boxes the said turbines being coupled to alternators thereby creating A.C. electricity with which to power the on-board battery charging unit whilst the vehicle is in motion.

2. An on-board battery recharging system according to claim 1, has provided a housing case wherein to contain the components of the system.

3. An on-board battery recharging system according to claims 1 & 2 has provided at the front of the system an open area for to capture air that the vehicle moves into.

4. An on-board battery recharging system according to claims 1, 2, & 3, in which the open area has a means provided to house a panel with which to close off the open area during snowfall.

5. An on-board battery recharging system according to claims 1, 2, & 3, in which the open area is provide with a strong mesh, in order to prevent debris entering the system.

6. An on-board battery recharging system according to claims 1, 2, 3, in which two deflector panels are provided, set behind the strong mesh and positioned in the centre of the open area, and set at an angle, one to the left, and one to the right, the purpose of these deflectors is firstly to divide the captured air into two portions, secondly to deflect the captured air into each of the two long boxes.

7. An on-board battery recharging system according to claims 1, 2, & 6, in which are provide two long rectangular boxes one set inside to the left of the housing case and one set inside to the right of the housing case each extending to the rear of the housing case, positioned inside the said long boxes are set certain components of the system.

8. An on-board battery recharging system according to claims 1, 3, & 7, is provided in each of the two long boxes a plurality of turbines the quantity of which will be related to the size of the system according to the size of the vehicle the system is being installed in, the said turbines will be rotated by the captured air as in claims 1, &, 3.

9. An on-board battery recharging system according to claims 1, 2, & 8, wherein is provided in the housing case, a number of alternators equal to the number of turbines, each of the said alternators will be directly connected to the centre shaft of a turbine, the rotation of the turbines and alternators by the captured air thereby producing A.C. electricity.

10. An on-board battery recharging system according to claim 1,2,& 7, has provided Inside the entrance of each of the two long boxes a deflector 7, the purpose of which is to deflect the incoming eif opto the driving side of the turbines in order to rotate the alternators in the require clockwise direction, the defector 7 s$t in the long box on the left of the housing case will be positioned on the lower face of the long box, consequently the deflector 7 set in the long box on the right side of the housing case will be positioned on the upper face of the long box.

11. An on-board battery recharging system according to claims 1, 7, & 10, in which the deflector 13 will be positioned between each pair of turbines in order to prevent air escaping past the outer edges of the turbine blades thereby reducing the pressure of air onto the following turbine, this deflector will be set on the same side of the long boxes as deflector 7.

12. An on-board battery recharging system as claimed in claims 1, 7, 8, & 11 in which a plurality of deflector 14 are positioned in the two long boxes set on the opposite face of the long boxes to deflectors 7, & 13 to be positioned in front of each turbine, the purpose of deflector 14 is twofold firstly to deflect air onto the turbine blades, and secondly to prevent air escaping past the outer edges of the turbine blades.

13. An on-board battery recharging system according to claims 1, & 9 wherein the said alternators will be provided with electric cables whereby the electricity produced by the system will be conducted to the on-board battery recharging unit, thereby being available to recharge the on-board batteries as required.

14. An on-board battery recharging system according to claims 6, & 7, wherein the two long boxes are provided to the rear of the long boxes an outlet for the captured air and rainwater that enters the system to exit the long boxes.