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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2007
Applicants:
Pietro Perlo, Orbassano, IT;
Renato Librino, Orbassano, IT;
Marco Ottella, Orbassano, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CRF Societa a Consortile per Azioni, Orbassano (Turin), IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62M 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The wheel device including a shaft, a reversible rotary electrical machine mounted coaxially about the shaft, an energy storage device coupled to the electrical machine, an electronic control unit for controlling the electrical machine and the energy storage device according to predetermined methods, and solar energy converters connected to at least one lateral portion of the wheel to convert the incident solar energy into electrical energy, and connectable to the energy storage device.