Patent · US Expired

Variable speed AC electric drive vehicle

US5293947A · kind A · utility

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38Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 3, 1991
Grant dateMar 15, 1994
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Expiry dateSep 3, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/7072
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An externally powered electric vehicle with an on-board variable speed AC drive motor drawing power from an overhead trolley line. The vehicle may include an auxiliary power source in the form of a battery or internal combustion engine for powering the vehicle when the vehicle is disconnected from the trolley line.

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