Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pneumatic powertrain for an automotive vehicle
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Application No.: US13705839Application Date: 2012-12-05
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Publication No.: US09227507B2Publication Date: 2016-01-05
- Inventor: Bernard Frank Rolfe , Timothy Ian De Souza , Gregory Ryan Pitts , Stuart James McFarlane Hanafin , Steven Lewis Anthony Agius , Benjamin Paul Adamson , Michael Pio Gordon Pereira , Timothy John Black , Christopher James Hurren , Noel Egan Miller
- Applicant: Deakin University
- Applicant Address: AU Vic
- Assignee: Deakin University
- Current Assignee: Deakin University
- Current Assignee Address: AU Vic
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent Frank A. MacKenzie
- Main IPC: B60K7/00
- IPC: B60K7/00 ; B60H1/32 ; B60K3/00 ; B60L1/00 ; B60L8/00 ; B60L11/00 ; B60L11/18

Abstract:
A pneumatic vehicle is provided with a chassis, wheels, a compressed air tank, a heat exchanger to heat the compressed air, and an air motor driven by the heated air and connected to at least one wheel. A pneumatic vehicle is provided with a chassis, wheels, a compressed air tank, and an air motor driven by the compressed air and connected to a wheel. The vehicle also has a ventilation system for the passenger compartment, a heat exchanger, and a restrictive solenoid valve for directing ventilation system air to the heat exchanger. A pneumatic vehicle is provided with a chassis, wheels, an aluminum compressed air tank, a carbon filament reinforced plastic layer over the tank, a fiberglass and aramid-fiber layer over the carbon filament reinforced plastic layer, and an air motor driven by the compressed air and connected to at least one wheel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140097030A1 PNEUMATIC POWERTRAIN FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2014-04-10
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