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Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 23, 2010
Applicants:

Ryuji Ueno, Potomac, MD (US);

Misako Nakata, Takatsuki, JP;

Inventors:

Ryuji Ueno, Potomac, MD (US);

Misako Nakata, Takatsuki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In an electric vehicle, a power unit is installed in an internal space region of a tire of each of front and rear wheels. The unit has a plurality of power elements arranged on an inner peripheral surface of a ground contact portion of the tire. Each of the elements includes a core made of a permalloy, and a power coil wound around the core. When a periodically-changing magnetic field is generated in a region above a road by an electric supply arrangement installed in the road, each of the elements generates electric power. This electric power is supplied to a motor of the vehicle through a power distribution system. The motor drives front wheels. The electric vehicle can continuously run over long distances without charging a battery at a buttery station.


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