A laterally deployable photovoltaic device and a solar vehicle are provided. The photovoltaic device includes at least one movable plate on which a solar cell module is arranged, a rotation drive apparatus which fixedly connects the movable plate to a vehicle body and a flipping apparatus. The rotation drive apparatus includes a fixed end and a drive end, and is secured to the vehicle body via the fixed end, the drive end of the rotation drive apparatus is fixedly connected to the movable plate, and the movable plate is driven by the rotation drive apparatus to rotate to a side of the vehicle body. A fixed end of the flipping apparatus is fixedly connected to the vehicle body, and a flipping adjusting end of the flipping apparatus is fixedly connected to the movable plate, for adjusting an angle of the movable plate relative to the vehicle body.

A vehicle comprises a motor, a power supply, a load, and a fuel system. The power supply system comprises a DC bus, a turbine generator operatively connected to the DC bus, and a battery system operatively connected to the DC bus. The load is operatively connected to the DC bus. The fuel system supplies fuel to the motor and the turbine generator. The turbine generator supplies a power signal to the DC bus based on fuel from the fuel system. The motor operates based on fuel from the fuel system.

A power control device for a power supply mounted on a vehicle is provided, which includes a generator mounted on the vehicle and configured to regenerate power from kinetic energy of the vehicle, a high-voltage battery configured to accumulate the power regenerated by the generator, a low-voltage battery of which a nominal voltage is lower than the high-voltage battery, a voltage converter configured to lower an output voltage from the high-voltage battery and charge the low-voltage battery at the lower voltage, and a controller configured to control the voltage converter. The controller operates the voltage converter to start the charging of the low-voltage battery after the vehicle is powered ON and before an engine mounted on the vehicle is started.

A bracket for a power module of a transport refrigeration unit is provided. The bracket includes a body portion including: an opening for receiving a shaft of an electric machine of the power module; a plurality of first mounting holes extending through the body portion and spaced around the opening for connecting the bracket to the electric machine; and a plurality of second mounting holes for connecting the bracket to an engine of the power module.

An AC electrical system for a vehicle and methods of operating the same are provided. In one aspect, an AC electrical system includes a first electric machine mechanically coupled with a first spool of a gas turbine engine and a second electric machine mechanically coupled with a second spool of the gas turbine engine. The system also includes a first AC bus and a second AC bus. A first electrical channel electrically couples the first electric machine to the first AC bus and a second electrical channel electrically couples the second electric machine to the second AC bus. The system also includes one or more connection links and one or more power converters for selectively electrically coupling the first and second electrical channels so that electrical power generated by one electric machine can be converted and shared with the other electric machine and electrical loads of the other channel.

A car jump start power source comprises a casing assembly having an accommodating chamber as well as a press key, an optical condenser, a light guide bar, an electrical device assembly and a battery pack provided in the accommodating chamber; the casing assembly comprising a top casing, a bottom casing, a rubber cover covering a three-hole socket, a top aluminum casing and a bottom aluminum casing; and the top casing being mounted on the bottom casing in a non-detachable manner, and the accommodating chamber being collectively surround by the top casing and the bottom casing. One first mounting hole is provided in a top of the bottom casing, and the rubber cover is mounted at the first mounting hole. A separation plate is provided on the bottom casing, and the separation plate separates the accommodating chamber into a front chamber in which the press key, the optical condenser, the light guide bar and the electrical device assembly are mounted and a rear chamber in which the battery pack is mounted. Power from the battery pack is led out via a three-hole socket to an electric accumulator of a motorcar through an intelligent cable for a jump start.

The present invention provides a vehicle having a battery control device comprising: a power generating device for generating power by receiving energy from an energy source; a main battery for charging the power generated from the power generating device; first and second secondary battery sets for charging auxiliary power remaining from the main battery, including at least two secondary batteries; a power consumption device for receiving power charged from any one of the first or second secondary battery sets, wherein a secondary battery set with a higher battery charge amount between the first and second secondary battery sets is connected to the power consumption device and the other secondary battery set is connected to the power generating device, by comparing the battery charge amount of the first and second secondary battery sets.

A bracket for a power module of a transport refrigeration unit is provided. The bracket includes a body portion including: an opening for receiving a shaft of an electric machine of the power module; a plurality of first mounting holes extending through the body portion and spaced around the opening for connecting the bracket to the electric machine; and a plurality of second mounting holes for connecting the bracket to an engine of the power module.

A method for operating a motor vehicle is provided, having, as a prime mover, a permanently-excited synchronous machine with windings. The synchronous machine is connected to a vehicle electrical system of the motor vehicle via a converter having a switching arrangement and a capacitor in an intermediate circuit. The switching arrangement can be controlled via a control device connected to the vehicle electrical system. The permanently-excited synchronous machine is operated as a generator while being driven by external means. Energy generated by the synchronous machine and stored in the capacitor for operating the control device and the switching arrangement is provided when a first threshold value for the voltage in the intermediate circuit is exceeded. When a second threshold value for the voltage in the intermediate circuit is exceeded, the switching arrangement is activated for short-circuiting the windings of the synchronous machine.

A vehicle power supply apparatus includes first and second power supply systems, an electrical conduction path, first and second switches, and an abnormality determination unit. The first power supply system includes a first electrical energy accumulator and an electric load. The second power supply system includes a generator and a second electrical energy accumulator. The first switch is provided on the electrical conduction path between the first and second power supply systems. The second switch is provided in the second power supply system. The abnormality determination unit determines whether or not the generator is in an abnormal state, on the basis of a current of the first or second electrical energy accumulator, with the first switch or the second switch, or both turned on, and with a power generation command outputted to the generator.