Device utilising energy from vehicle head wind and slipstream - uses wind turbine at front of vehicle with mechanical transmission from output shaft to appropriate axle

摘要

A small vehicle is propelled against the wind by means of a turbine driving a rotor shaft which is geared with a transmission ratio of 6:1 to an output shaft rotating a bevel gear to turn the driven axle. In another embodiment featuring a larger vehicle, the conventional drive to the rear axle is backed-up with a wind turbine drive through a cardan shaft to the front axle. USE/ADVANTAGE - On bicycles and heavy goods vehicles, a relatively simple and inexpensive system is self-adjusting with no energy storage or losses from gearing-down.