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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas Ganz, Stockdorf, DE;
Josef Appel, Gauting, DE;
Assignee:
Webasto Karosseriesysteme GmbH, Stockdorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 9/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 9/08 ;
Abstract
An arrangement for supplying power to a motor vehicle electrical system (,) by means of a motor driven vehicle generator (,) and a solar generator (,). To efficiently save fuel, for power generation the arrangement compares the output or energy balance of the solar generator (,) relative to the vehicle generator (,) and reduces the vehicle generator output in proportion to the solar current supplied when a positive energy balance exist in favor of the vehicle generator (,) and separates the vehicle generator (,) from the vehicle engine (,) when a positive energy balance exists in favor of the solar generator (,).