Wind Based Load isolated Electrical Charging System

WIND BASED LOAD ISOLATED ELECTRICAL CHARGING SYSTEM

  

Indian invention allows battery-operated vehicle to charge itself

It took the Chennai-based inventor 19 years of struggle to perfect his invention

Chennai, October 2012: An Indian inventor has received a patent grant from the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) for a technology that, when fully realised, will enable us to re-charge electric vehicles whilst driving above 45 kmh. 

Similar patents have been filed in 120 countries, including the USA.  Singapore is the first country to issue the patent and it was given within five months of application.

“I have been told that Singapore has a leading patent administration system, and the granting of my patent certainly proves this,” says Mr Rajendra Babu, the inventor of this new technology.  Mr Babu has dedicated his life since 1993 to the realisation of the invention with the filing of his first patent application on 1 April 1993 (patent application number 232/MAS/93) with the Government of India Patent Office in Chennai. 

  

The patented technology is known as a “Wind Based Load Isolated Electrical Charging System”, and was originally filed with the India Patents Office on 2 December 2009 and subsequently filed internationally in about 12 countries.  The technology works on the premise that a wind-based charging unit can make a battery unit re-charge whilst driving.

  

It allows, for example, a car's battery to simultaneously charge and discharge using a wind-based concept mounted on the vehicle.  One of the tests conducted on the technology was the “Wind Tunnel Test” carried out in April 2008 by the Structural Engineering Research Centre in Chennai, an authorised research centre under the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Government of India.

“With limited source of funds, I built a prototype motor-cycle which weighed 350 kg and was 7 ft long – almost the size and weight of a small car” says Mr Babu.  The test results showed positively that the invention is capable of re-charging the batteries at speeds of above 45 kmh under wind tunnel conditions. 

  

The new technology claims to remove current weakness of fully-battery operated vehicles.  In such vehicles, once the battery charge is less than say 50 per cent, the torque power is substantially reduced.  And there are added advantages with the vehicle being silent and pollution-less. 

  

The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has confirmed that there are no prior patents similar to this technology and it has also confirmed that the key elements of novelty, inventiveness and industrial applicability have been met.

  

Mr Babu says: “Using my invention, it is possible for electric vehicles to match the performance of fuel operated vehicles with much reduced costs.  I use one main battery and make it work like 4 batteries which results in less weight and more power.”

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