Apparatuses, systems and methods are disclosed for vehicle-charged supplemental power and its concomitant energy collection, storage, and distribution. In one implementation, an apparatus is provided including a battery configured to be portable and a vehicle component including an electrical vehicle connection system to connect the battery to the alternator of a vehicle, and a control unit coupled to the electrical vehicle connection system and configured to isolate the battery from supplying charge to a vehicle system when the battery is connected to the electrical vehicle connection system, and further configured to connect or disconnect the battery to the alternator of the vehicle. In another aspect, an apparatus is provided including one or more batteries connected to a vehicle engine and configured to be charged by the engine, wherein the batteries are configured to be selectively disconnected from the vehicle engine and selectively connected to an electric wiring system.
VEHICLE-CHARGED SUPPLEMENTAL POWER SYSTEM
2015-07-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen |