A distributed generator system is provided having an alignment hub to assist in the alignment and securement of an engine and a generator of the system. The system comprises a distributed generator system having an engine and a single bearing generator, and an alignment hub for defining an alignment position between the engine and the generator and maintaining the alignment within a predetermined tolerance.

An electric motor for driving a wheel of a vehicle may be arranged to be supplied with electric power, through a chopper control system using controlled rectifiers, from an electric battery group connected in parallel with an electric generator driven by a driving machine such as a prime mover. The efficiency of the driving system can be increased and the temperature rise of the electric battery can be kept low by providing an inductor which permits discharging D.C. current to flow from the elec...

A method of operating a vehicle having an electric hybrid power system comprising a battery powered electric motor connected to drive the wheels of the vehicle and a combustion engine which may be releasably coupled mechanically to the electric motor. When so coupled the combustion engine may drive the vehicle and the electric motor may act as a generator to maintain a desired charge level in the batteries. In operation the power train is automatically controlled by a process controller to produ...

A generator apparatus has a main shaft with an electric generator motor in driven connection therewith. A weight element is coupled to an end of the shaft and is supported radially outward of the longitudinal axis of the shaft. Leveraged movement of the end of the shaft in a cyclical motion imparts a tangential force on the weight element creating angular momentum which carries the weight element about a generally circular path relative to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, thereby rotating the...

The control method concerns a reversible electrical machine capable of working either as a generator (alternator) or as a motor intended for a motor vehicle, this machine comprising an armature winding (4) and an inductor winding (1), the inductor (1) being controlled by a regulator (2a) during operation in the alternator mode. During operation in the motor mode the supply voltage for the armature (4) and or the excitation (1) is controlled so as to obtain the desired torque-speed characteristic...

A liquid fuel dispenser having a vapor recovery pump mounted within the dispenser on a wall to protect the vapor recovery pump from weather damage and intentional or accidental mischief. The vapor recovery pump having a bulkhead attached thereto with a vapor recovery passage and a fuel supplying passage being positioned thereon. Both passages extending from an outlet in the bulkhead to their respective pump or motor chambers in said vapor recovery pump. The outlet being in fluid communication wi...

A method of recovering vapor emitted in a liquid dispensing installation comprising: liquid dispensing means (P.sub.L) adapted to cause said liquid to flow with a liquid flowrate Q.sub.L ; vapor recovery means (P.sub.V) adapted to cause said vapor to flow with a vapor flowrate Q.sub.V along a pipe (120), said vapor flowrate Q.sub.V being controlled by a parameter G. According to the invention, the method includes the following steps: establishing an equation G=F (Q.sub.V, {p.sub.i }) relating th...

An apparatus for converting the energy of the ocean's surf into electricity, which comprises a buoyant body that floats on the surface of the water and rises and falls with the waves, at a fixed and predetermined distance from the shore. Fixed securely to the buoyant body, is a horizontally extending shaft, in such a manner that it bears a constant height above the water's surface, regardless of water amplitude variation, and/or height of tide. Connected to the shaft are blades which are rotably...

A hybrid motor vehicle includes a storage battery providing motive power to an electric motor under the control of a microprocessor. A generator with an internal combustion engine may be used to charge the storage battery. The motor is operated either in an actuated mode in which current flows from the battery and a dynamic braking mode in which regenerated current flows from the motor to the battery. Electronic circuitry is used to insure that regenerative current is generated even if the motor...

An operating method for a hybrid car which has an electric motor for driving the vehicle and an internal combustion engine for power generation. Using an operational expression including a motor output correction factor whose value is variably adjusted to different values depending on whether the engine is operated for battery charging or the engine is stopped, a required motor current supply that matches the vehicle operating state represented by an actual vehicle speed and an accelerator pedal...