Patent ID: 11872867
Assignee: ENOW SYSTEMS LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A transport vehicle, comprising:
a plurality of passive vehicle sources configured to produce electric power from sources incidental to transport of the transport vehicle and provide the electric power to an electric load on the transport vehicle,
wherein at least one of the plurality of passive vehicle sources is a generative axle assembly configured to passively generate the electric power from motive transport of the transport vehicle, the generative axle assembly comprising a generator centrally disposed between opposed wheels and substantially coplanar with a horizontal plane of a rotational axis of the opposed wheels;
a storage element configured to store at least a portion of the electric power;
a refrigeration unit powered by the electric power;
a converter configured to transform electrical characteristics of the electric power to correspond to electrical characteristics of the refrigeration unit; and
a controller configured to distribute the electric power from the plurality of passive vehicle sources to one of the storage element and the refrigeration unit, the controller configured to prioritize transmission of the electric power for supporting minimum requirements of the refrigeration unit and transmit an excess of the electric power to the storage element upon satisfaction of the minimum requirements of the refrigeration unit.