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Patent No.:

US 12734906 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 09, 2024

Vehicle equipped with at least one solar panel and a kinetic energy recovery system

Applicant:

Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;

Inventors:

Philemon Chavrier, Lyons, FR;

Olivier Poussin, Lyons, FR;

Cédric Mazaufroy, Genas, FR;

Sebastien Pesenti, Saint Priest, FR;

Assignee:

VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION, Gothenburg, SE;

Attorneys:

Jeffri A. Kaminski

Venable LLP

Primary Examiner:

Edwin A Young

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 8/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 20/00 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60L 50/40 (2019.01); H02S 10/40 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/2054 (2013.01); B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60K 20/00 (2013.01); B60L 8/003 (2013.01); B60L 50/40 (2019.02); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); H02S 10/40 (2014.12);
Abstract

A vehicle includes a prime mover, such as an internal combustion engine, driving a transmission shaft, a kinetic energy recuperation system, including an electric machine fitted on the transmission shaft and a supercapacitor for recovering the braking energy delivered by the electric machine, at least one solar panel, that is connected to the electric machine and to the supercapacitor, and a controller that is configured to direct the energy captured by the solar panel(s) either to the electric machine or to the supercapacitor as a function of the torque demand on transmission shaft.

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Chavrier, Philemon. (2026). Vehicle equipped with at least one solar panel and a kinetic energy recovery system (U.S. Patent No. 12734906). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12734906

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