Patent ID: 7834478

Claim:
A mobile hybrid-power generation and conversion apparatus for integration with a framework of an independently powered vehicular conveyance, the apparatus comprising: a power generation portion comprising an internal combustion engine-driven generator, the power generation portion configured to output an alternating current (AC) voltage; a power storage portion comprising one or more storage batteries providing a direct current (DC) voltage; a power conversion portion comprising an inverter portion and a rectifier portion, the power conversion portion configured operatively to couple the power generation portion with the power storage portion; and a control portion operatively coupled with each of the power generation portion and the power storage portion, the control portion including a battery power level monitoring means configured to detect a battery power level condition and automatically to initiate and terminate power generation to substantially maintain a collective battery power level within an operative range, the inverter portion being coupled with the power storage portion, the inverter portion including dual inverter circuits including a first digitally-simulated sinewave inverter circuit configured to convert the DC voltage from the power storage portion and to supply a relatively low-power AC voltage containing moderate sinewave harmonics to an air conditioner/heater characterized by lesser sensitivity to sinusoidal harmonics and a second digitally-synthesized sinewave inverter circuit configured to convert the DC voltage from the power storage portion and to supply relatively high-power AC voltage containing relatively less sinewave harmonics to one or more electrical appliances characterized by greater sensitivity to sinusoidal harmonics.