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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2019
Applicant:

Benjamin Yeung, Monrovia, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yung Yeung, Bradbury, CA (US);

Bo Ruan, Pasadena, CA (US);

Junhua Chen, Pasadena, CA (US);

Robert McKeirnan, Pasadena, CA (US);

Junwen Hou, Pasadena, CA (US);

Artur Bagumyan, Pasadena, CA (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60L 50/13 (2019.01); B60L 50/12 (2019.01); B60L 50/61 (2019.01); B60L 50/51 (2019.01); F01D 15/10 (2006.01); F02C 3/04 (2006.01); F02C 7/10 (2006.01); B60L 50/52 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/20 (2013.01); B60L 50/12 (2019.02); B60L 50/13 (2019.02); B60L 50/51 (2019.02); B60L 50/52 (2019.02); B60L 50/61 (2019.02); F01D 15/10 (2013.01); F02C 3/04 (2013.01); F02C 7/10 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2220/764 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a vehicle power system, which includes an electric motor, a primary power source that energizes the electric motor, wherein the primary power source employs a turbine to generate electricity, a second power source that supplements the primary power source to energize the electric motor, and a control component that monitors power provided to the electric motor by the primary power source, that determines that additional power needs to be provided to the electric motor in order to meet a driving requirement, and that directs additional power from the second power source to the electric motor.


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