Patent ID: 7537070
Filing Date: 2009-05-26
Classification: B60K,B60L,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A portable range extender system capable of supplying energy to a vehicle, the system comprising: an internal combustion engine; a dynamoelectric machine having a rotor coupled to the engine by a shaft, the dynamoelectric machine connectable to a power source for driving the shaft during a starting mode of the engine and for being driven by the engine via the shaft during a running mode of the engine; a controller for operation of the dynamoelectric machine and engine, the controller having a user input permitting a user to select between a manual operating mode and one of a plurality of operating modes of the range extender; and a portable enclosure containing the engine, dynamoelectric machine and controller, the enclosure containing a partition that divides the enclosure into two sections, a first section housing the dynamoelectric machine and the second section housing the engine; wherein the dynamoelectric machine operates as a motor to drive the engine during a warm-up period of the engine and the dynamoelectric machine operates as a generator driven by the engine during a running mode of the engine.