IP Library Granted Patent US 8,922,035
Granted Patent B2
US 8,922,035 · App. 13/701,597 · Granted Dec 30, 2014

Leisure vehicle

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Patent No.
US 8,922,035
App. No.
13/701,597
Granted
Dec 30, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a leisure vehicle, the load applied to an engine is controlled so that a driving property and an output are improved. The leisure vehicle has a generator 30 to be driven by the engine for generating power, and a power generation control device 42 for controlling the generator 30 , wherein the power generation control device 42 increases or decreases a power generation amount of the generator 30 under a predetermined condition regarding the power generation amount of the generator 30 to be increased or decreased in accordance with an increase or a decrease in engine speed.

Claims (20)

1. A leisure vehicle comprising:

a generator to be driven by an engine for generating power; and

a power generation control device for controlling said generator, said power generation control device being configured to change a load applied to the engine by power generation of said generator;

wherein said power generation control device is configured to increase or decrease an amount of the load applied to the engine by the power generation of said generator based on a predetermined condition;

wherein said power generation control device is configured to change the load applied to the engine by the power generation of said generator by increasing and decreasing a phase number for connecting said generator and said power generation control device; and

wherein said generator and said power generation control device are connected by:

two phases when a speed of the vehicle is substantially constant

one phase when the vehicle accelerates; and

three phase when the vehicle decelerates.

2. The leisure vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said power generation control device is configured to decrease the phase number for connecting said generator and said power generation control device when a driving property of the vehicle is to be improved.

3. The leisure vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said power generation control device is configured to increase the phase number for connecting said generator and said power generation control device when a power generation efficiency of the vehicle is to be improved.

4. The leisure vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said power generation control device decreases the phase number for connecting said generator and said power generation control device at a time of constant-speed driving.

5. The leisure vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said power generation control device is configured to cut off a connection between said generator and said power generation control device in a region where an ignition property of the engine is inferior.

6. A leisure vehicle comprising:

a generator to be driven by an engine for generating power; and

a power generation control device for controlling said generator, said power generation control device being configured to change a load applied to the engine by power generation of said generator;

wherein said power generation control device is configured to increase or decrease an amount of the load applied to the engine by the power generation of said generator based on a predetermined condition; and

wherein said power generation control device is configured to decrease a phase number for connecting said generator and said power generation control device for a predetermined period of time when the vehicle accelerates after turning.

7. The leisure vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein said power generation control device is configured to decrease a power generation amount of said generator for a predetermined period of time when the vehicle accelerates after engine braking, and is configured to increase the power generation amount of said generator after the predetermined period of time elapses.

8. The leisure vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein said power generation control device is configured to increase or decrease a power generation amount of said generator to a particular amount of power generation of said generator for a predetermined time, and is configured to return the power generation amount of said generator from the particular amount to a normal amount after the predetermined time elapses.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jun 2, 2022
From: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 060300/0504 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2012
From: MATSUDA, YOSHIMOTO
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 029392/0506 →