US 11,766,944 B2
Mutli-fuel, range extending power generation propulsion system, method and apparatus
Matthew D. Van Steenwyk, Las Vegas, NV (US); Kenneth Losch, Las Vegas, NV (US); Chuck Coppa, Chelmsford, MA (US); Lyle Jensen, Prole, IA (US); Mike Schiltz, Algona, IA (US); and Don Wilkins, Geneva, IL (US)
Assigned to American Power Group Corp., Chelmsford, MA (US)
Filed by American Power Group Corp., Chelmsford, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/513,706.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/113,110, filed on Nov. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0144103 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 50/62 (2019.01); F02B 69/04 (2006.01); B60L 50/10 (2019.01); F02B 63/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 50/62 (2019.02) [B60L 50/10 (2019.02); F02B 69/04 (2013.01); F02B 63/04 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-fuel, range extending power generation propulsion system, comprising:
a processor disposed in a vehicle and in electronic communication with a diesel fuel supply subsystem and a natural gas fuel supply subsystem, wherein the processor instructs one or more control components configured for selecting between based on measurements obtained from one or more sensors and preprogrammed range and torque logic;
the diesel fuel supply subsystem and the natural gas fuel supply subsystem in selective fluid communication with at least one generator, based on selections made by the processor;
the at least one generator configured to compress a fluid fuel comprising diesel fuel or natural gas to create combustion used to generate electricity by actuating a dynamo or alternator in electrical communication with a rectifier or inverter, then transmit electrical power comprising voltage and current to one or more energy storage components or one or more motor controllers; and
the one or more motor controllers in electronic communication with, and receiving electrical voltage and current from, the at least one generator or the one or more energy storage components, and configured to control operation of one or more electric motors configured to propel a vehicle in response to instruction from the processor or input from user controls.