Moving object

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024327007-A1
Application number	US-202418621782-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 29, 2024
Priority date	Mar 30, 2023
Publication date	Oct 3, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A moving object includes equipment disposed in a first area and including an engine and a power generator driven by the engine, equipment disposed in a second area located forward of the first area in a traveling direction of the moving object and including an electric power device supplying electric power from the power generator to a battery, and equipment disposed in a third area located forward of the second area in the traveling direction and including the battery.

First claim

1 . A moving object comprising: equipment belonging to a first group; equipment belonging to a second group; and equipment belonging to a third group, wherein
the equipment belonging to the first group is disposed in a first area, the equipment belonging to the second group is disposed in a second area, the second area being located forward of the first area in a traveling direction of the moving object, the equipment belonging to the third group is disposed in a third area, the third area being located forward of the second area in the traveling direction, the equipment belonging to the first group includes an engine and a power generator driven by the engine, the equipment belonging to the third group includes a battery, and the equipment belonging to the second group includes an electric power device configured to supply electric power from the power generator to the battery.

2 . The moving object according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a passenger compartment located forward of the third area in the traveling direction, wherein an air conditioner configured to perform air conditioning of the passenger compartment using heat generated from the battery is disposed in a fourth area, the fourth area being located between the passenger compartment and the third area.

3 . The moving object according to claim 1 , wherein
the equipment belonging to the second group includes an inverter configured to drive a motor configured to generate thrust for the moving object.

4 . The moving object according to claim 3 , wherein
the equipment belonging to the second group includes a radiator configured to cool the motor.

5 . The moving object according to claim 4 , wherein
the equipment belonging to the second group includes a duct through which outside air is supplied to the radiator.

6 . The moving object according to claim 1 , wherein
a plurality of the electric power devices are arranged in the second area so as to be separated from each other.

7 . The moving object according to claim 1 , wherein
the first area includes a pair of the engines and a pair of the power generators.

8 . The moving object according to claim 1 , wherein
the equipment belonging to the third group further includes a power distribution device configured to distribute electric power output from the battery and electric power output from the power generator.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ichikawa Azuki
• Fukuchi Yuichi
• Tomimatsu Masaru
• Kubota Takuya
• Hirayanagi Hikari

Classifications

• B64D27/35

  Arrangements for on-board electric energy production, distribution, recovery or storage · CPC title

• B64D27/33

  Hybrid electric aircraft · CPC title

• B64D33/10

  Radiator arrangement · CPC title

• B64D27/357 Primary

  using batteries · CPC title

• B64D13/06 Primary

  the air being conditioned (pressurising B64D13/02) · CPC title