Abstract: A system for creating a work of art that commemorates a significant life event may include an art kit having a plurality of design elements and a mounting board to which the design elements are affixed to create an art scene. The art kit may further include special note tags for event attendees to write sentiments about a celebrated guest. The special note tags may then be secured to the mounting board to cover portions of the art scene and thereby complete the work of art.

Abstract: A device for cleaning a paint roller or other device is provided. The device includes an outer ring wall and an inner ring wall integrally connected to and located within the outer ring wall defining an opening for receiving an object. A plurality of holes is arranged in a circle on the inner ring wall for propelling liquid in a forward direction into the object. The device further includes a handle member integrally connected to and extending perpendicularly outward from the outer ring wall, the handle member adapted to be matingly engaged with a hose, the hose supplying the liquid to the plurality of holes. The handle member includes a hand grip portion and a trigger portion pivotally attached or coupled to the hand grip portion, the trigger portion adapted for movement between a no flow position and an open position.

Abstract: A caster wheel comprising a wheel mount and a bearing plate, both having a pivot pin extending through them such that the wheel mount may pivot relative to the bearing plate. The wheel mount and bearing plate both have at least two magnets each, arranged such that pivoting movement of the wheel mount may position the magnets in registry with one another. The magnetic attraction between the magnets further attracts the wheel mount and bearing plate into registry with one another, aligning an article to which the caster wheel mounts in a straight direction.

Abstract: An axle housing for a machine may comprise a center housing configured to accommodate a differential housing and bevel gears, and arm portions fixedly attached to the center housing and configured to accommodate an axle. The center housing may be formed from solution strengthened ferritic (SSF) ductile iron.

Abstract: An elastomer composition, having an excellent flexibility and low temperature durability, a method for producing the same and a pneumatic tire using the same are provided. An elastomer composition (C) comprising a matrix of a thermoplastic resin (A), in which a dispersed phase of an elastomer component (B) is finely dispersed to form an island-in-sea structure, wherein volume ratios of the thermoplastic resin (A) and the elastomer component (B) satisfy the following formula (I): ?d/?m>?d/?m ??(I) wherein ?d and ?d, respectively, indicate a volume ratio and a melt viscosity of the elastomer component (B), and ?m and ?m, respectively, indicate a volume ratio and a melt viscosity of the thermoplastic resin (A)), a method for producing the same and a pneumatic tire using the same.

Abstract: A tire has a tread, wherein: provided that a position distanced from the tread center position A on each side in the tire width direction by ¼ of the entire peripheral length of the tread surface is position B, a length of a straight line lA between the center position A and the tire rotation axis P is LA, a length of a straight line between the position B and the tire rotation axis P is LB, an intersection of the straight line lA and a straight line drawn from the position B to the straight line lA is position C, and a length between the position B and the position C is X, (LA?LB)/X is in the range of 0.277 to 0.350; and the rubber composition of the tread has specific content ranges of a filler and a resin having softening point?145° C.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition capable of producing a pneumatic tire with both satisfactory heat build-up reduction and excellent wet skid performance, and a pneumatic tire comprising the rubber composition. The rubber composition of the present invention contains a diene-based rubber containing from 5 to 40 mass % of a modified butadiene rubber and a white filler. The modified butadiene rubber is a modified polymer obtained by modifying an unmodified butadiene rubber (A) with a nitrone compound (B) having a carboxy group.

Abstract: A Solid Vacuum Wheel and Tire Assembly incorporating a vacuum to adhere a solid vacuum tire in place against a vacuum wheel using the application of a vacuum pressure seal, allowing for safe and reliable operation without flat tires, deflated tires or punctures. Several new configurations of the assembly are possible as well as a new retrofit assembly for existing pneumatic wheel systems. The method of applications and installations are also included.

Abstract: A guide wheel (33) for guiding a vehicle along a track is equipped with an annular tread section (61) that comes into contact with a guide rail extending along the track and a pair of sidewall sections (62) that are formed continuing from both edges of the tread section (61) in the axial direction and extend inward in the radial direction, said guide wheel (33) being characterized in that protrusions (63a, 63b) are formed over the entire circumference of each of the sidewall sections (62).

Abstract: A tire marking apparatus for performing marking in a tire includes a printing part capable of performing printing in a tire; a rotational position adjusting roller that abuts against a portion of the tire, and rotates the tire around an axis of the tire when the rotational position adjusting roller rotates; and a rotational driving unit that rotates the rotational position adjusting roller.

Abstract: This printing device includes a first supply roller and a second supply roller that supply the pair of ink ribbons; a first winding roller and a second winding roller that are pulled out from the first supply roller and the second supply roller and wind the pair of ink ribbons passing through a printing position; and a roller driving unit that rotates the first winding roller and the second winding roller. The roller driving unit includes one rotational driving device in which a rotating shaft is rotatable in a normal direction and a reverse direction, a first transmission mechanism that transmits only the rotation of the rotating shaft in the normal direction to the first winding roller, and a second transmission mechanism that transmits only the rotation of the rotating shaft in the reverse direction to the second winding roller.

Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire by which productivity and handling stability are improved. A pneumatic tire comprises: a carcass that spans from a tread section, through a side wall section, and to a bead core of a bead section; a bead apex rubber that has a roughly triangular cross-sectional shape and extends in a tapered shape from the bead core toward the tire radial outer side; and a bead reinforcement material that is wound in a spiral shape around the bead apex rubber or a composite of the bead apex rubber and the bead core.

Abstract: A TPM sensor is programmed. The TPM sensor is configured with a TPM identifier and makes transmissions according to a current transmission protocol or protocols. A low frequency (LF) signal is received and the LF signal was transmitted according to a predetermined transmission protocol or language. An identity of the predetermined transmission protocol or language associated with the LF signal is determined. Based upon the identity of the predetermined transmission protocol or language, at least one of the TPM identifier or the current transmission protocol or protocols are adjusted, and the TPM sensor subsequently makes transmissions according to the predetermined transmission protocol associated with the LF signal.

Abstract: A suspension tower has: a top plate at which an upper end side of a front suspension is fixed at a fixing portion that is disposed apart from a stroke axis of the suspension; and a gradually changing rib that is provided upright from the top plate and extends from the stroke axis side toward an outer peripheral side at the top plate. The gradually changing rib has a constant level portion whose height from the fixing portion is constant, and a gradually changing portion whose height from the fixing portion is gradually decreased from the constant level portion toward the outer peripheral side. A boundary between the constant level portion and the gradually changing portion is disposed adjacent to the fixing portion.

Abstract: A component connection for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle, with a control arm having a mounting, in particular a rubber mounting, at least at one of its ends. An inner sleeve and a connection component, in particular a wheel carrier, are fixed to one another by a fixing element. The fixing element presses a first contact surface of the inner sleeve, in the axial direction, toward the connection component against an abutment surface of the connection component. The connection component has a supporting surface against which a second contact surface of the inner sleeve rests.

Abstract: A replacement ball joint assembly (10) adapted to be pressed into a previously used and possibly distorted receiving hole (26) in a suspension component such as a control arm (28). A socket housing (12) of the assembly (10) includes a plurality of generally annular, concentric knurls (36) each having a respective crest portion (38) and separated one from another by intervening relief grooves (40). The crest portions (38) of the knurls (36) may be tapered so as to provide a lead-in feature to minimize misalignment during a press-in installation operation. The knurls (36) are preferably softer than the control arm material so that they yield during press-in rather than further disfiguring or enlarging the receiving hole (26). Displaced material from the crest portions (38) of the knurls (36) flows into the relief grooves (40).

Abstract: Temperature control systems and methods can be designed for controlling the interior climate of a vehicle or other the climate of another desired region. The temperature control system for a vehicle can have a thermoelectric system providing heating and/or cooling, including supplemental heating and/or cooling. The thermoelectric system can transfer thermal energy between a working fluid, such as liquid coolant, and comfort air upon application of electric current of a selected polarity. The thermoelectric system can supplement or replace the heat provided from an internal combustion engine or other primary heat source. The thermoelectric system can also supplement or replace cold energy provided from a compressor-based refrigeration system or other primary cold energy source.

Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system for an electrically-powered vehicle (EV) having an electric motor powered by at least one battery is described. The HVAC system may comprise a blower, a conduit configured to carry air from the blower to vents leading to a passenger cabin of the EV, and an electric heater positioned in the conduit and configured to heat the air. The HVAC system may further comprise a thermal reservoir heater positioned in the conduit and including a thermal storage component configured to heat the air without using power from the battery.

Abstract: The invention relates to a suction pulser (1) intended for a heating, ventilation and/or air-conditioning device of a motor vehicle, including a turbine (2), separation means (14) capable of defining a first air-flow channel enabling the flow of a first air stream intended to pass through a first axial portion (5) of the turbine (2) and a second air-flow channel enabling the flow of a second air stream intended to pass through a second axial portion (6) of the turbine (2). The separation means comprise a tubular member (14) defining an inner space forming at least one portion of the first air-flow channel, the second air-flow channel extending outside of the tubular member (14). A filter (35) is mounted upstream from the turbine and the tubular member in a housing (21).

Abstract: An air distribution system for the distribution of air to a rear portion of a vehicle includes a housing extending between a first and second end. The housing defines a plurality of first direct air outlets disposed adjacent the first end, a plurality of second direct air outlets disposed adjacent the second end, and a plurality of indirect air outlets disposed between the first and second direct air outlets. An airflow control assembly is configured to interchange airflow of the air distribution system between a first mode in which airflow is open through the direct air outlets but blocked from the indirect air outlets for guiding air directly to occupants situated in the rear portion of the vehicle and a second mode in which airflow is restricted through the direct air outlets and open through the indirect air outlets to create a bloom of air over the rear vehicle occupants.

Abstract: An air extraction system is provided for a motor vehicle. That air extraction system includes a trim air discharge outlet, an extractor and an extractor duct extending between the trim air discharge outlet and the extractor. The extractor duct is tuned to dissipate duct noise at at least one particular duct noise frequency characteristic of the extractor duct.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle may include a cooling module including a cooling duct, a cooling inlet formed at one side of the cooling duct, a cooling interior outlet and a cooling exterior outlet formed at an opposite side of the cooling duct, and an evaporator provided in an interior of the cooling duct, a heating module including a heating duct, a heating inlet formed at one side of the heating duct, a heating interior outlet and a heating exterior outlet formed at an opposite side of the heating duct, and a condenser provided in an interior of the heating duct, and a cooling blower and a heating blower provided in the respective interiors of the cooling duct and the heating duct.

Abstract: A windshield assembly includes a laminated windshield provided with a cutout and a motor mounting plate secured to the laminated windshield over the cutout. The motor mounting plate includes a mounting hole, and a wiper motor is secured to the motor mounting plate via the mounting hole. The structure distributes forces encountered by the wiper and motor over a large area on the glass. Also, due to a small footprint, the view through the windshield is less obstructed. The structure also eliminates the need for drilling/aligning holes in laminated glass.

Abstract: A vehicle sun visor includes a sun visor body supported with respect to a vehicle ceiling so as to be freely rotated between a storage position and a use position, and a mirror mounted in a mounting part provided in the sun visor body. If an area that is a part below the mounting part of the surface of the sun visor body located in the use position is designated a lower surface area, a plurality of reinforcement ribs extending in a short-axis direction of the sun visor body are provided in the lower surface area in parallel with one another at a predetermined interval in the long-axis direction of the sun visor body. The predetermined interval is shorter than a distance in a short-axis direction of the lower surface area.

Abstract: A glass run for guiding a door glass in a frame includes: a body having a substantially U-shaped cross-section including an outer-cabin side wall, an inner-cabin side wall longer than the outer-cabin side wall in cross section and a connecting wall which connects the side walls; an outer lip and an inner lip which are slidably brought into contact with the door glass; and a holding lip which extends from an end part of the inner-cabin side wall for fastening an inner-cabin side part of the frame together with the inner-cabin side wall. A noise insulation wall protrudes at least on the end part of the inner-cabin side wall for closing a concave space between an inner-cabin side surface of the door glass and the inner-cabin side wall.

Abstract: A transmitted sound insulating member is for a vehicle including a door in which a wire harness extends through a space defined between a door inner panel and a door trim. The transmitted sound insulating member includes a first sealing portion disposed between the door inner panel and the door trim to close an opening of the space. The first sealing portion includes a first lip having flexibility, and an insertion hole through which the wire harness is inserted. The first lip is provided on one side of the first sealing portion, which is brought into contact with the door trim. The first lip has a slit extending toward the door inner panel. The insertion hole is communicated with the slit of the first lip. The first sealing portion is configured such that a space of the slit is closed when the first lip is pressed against the door trim.

Abstract: A vehicle canopy comprises a stationary support bar that has substantially vertical base sections, tilted vertical sections tilted at an angle with respect to the respective base sections. A horizontal section extends between the tilted vertical sections. The horizontal section or the stationary support bar has a first peak height. A set of subsidiary stationary support bars is connected to the vertical base sections of the stationary support bar. The subsidiary stationary support bar has a second peak height less than the first peak height. A first support member has a set of mounting plates mounted above corresponding vertical base sections of the stationary support bar for supporting the first support member. A set of mounting flanges is on the subsidiary stationary supports. A second support member is supported by the mounting flanges.

Abstract: A tonneau cover system for a vehicle having a cargo box includes a striker which is adapted to be fixed to the cargo box along with a cover disposed over the cargo box when the cover is in a closed position. Moreover, the cover includes a latch mounted to the frame. The latch engages the striker when the cover is in the closed position. The cover further includes a link which extends from the latch along the frame and a handle coupled to the latch in order to move the latch into a released position which disengages the striker. Finally, the cover includes a coupler which is coupled to the handle. The coupler moves from a first position to a second position and responds to movement of the handle with the link moving relative to the frame in order to facilitate movement of the latch into the released position.

Abstract: Embodiments of a window visor which can be attached to a vehicle to at least partially cover a window of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the window visor can contain a series of grooves on its outer surface which can direct droplets of water so that they do not collect on the window.

Abstract: A main frame includes a pair of left and right first frame pieces which extends rearwardly from above an engine, a pair of left and right second frame pieces each extending from a front portion in a direction slantwise downwardly and rearwardly of the associated first frame piece, and a pair of left and right third frame pieces each extending rearwardly from a lower end of the associated second frame piece through laterally of a cylinder block. The first mount section for supporting the front portion of the engine is constituted by a rubber mount in which a pair of left and right support portions, provided at respective joints between the second frame pieces and the third frame pieces, and a pair of first to-be-supported portions are connected together. The support portions are connected together through a connecting member that extends in a leftward and rightward direction.

Abstract: A hybrid drive system for a motor vehicle, and a method for operating a motor vehicle. The hybrid drive system includes an amplidyne-type generator and a counterpoise engine to provide the power required for charging the storage batteries and providing supplemental drive energy (acceleration) to the motor vehicle.

Abstract: An automatic manual transmission for a hybrid vehicle provided with an internal combustion engine and with an electrical machine. The automatic manual transmission has: a servo-assisted mechanical gearbox; a differential gear, which transmits the motion to driving wheels; a clutch; a servo-assisted drive device with a variable gear ratio; an auxiliary shaft, along which the electrical machine is mounted; a drive shaft connecting the differential gear to the servo-assisted drive device, which is arranged immediately downstream of the gearbox and directly receives the motion from a secondary shaft of the gearbox; a first connectable/disconnectable and servo-assisted connection device, which is suited to connect the auxiliary shaft to the drive shaft; and a second connectable/disconnectable and servo-assisted connection device, which is suited to connect the auxiliary shaft to the secondary shaft of the gearbox.

Abstract: An in-wheel motor drive device includes: a motor part; a speed reduction part; a wheel bearing part; and a casing, the motor part including: a stator, which is fixed to the casing; a rotation shaft of a motor, which is rotatably supported on the casing through intermediation of a plurality of rolling bearings; and a rotor, which is mounted to the rotation shaft of the motor, the rotation shaft of the motor being configured to rotationally drive an input shaft of a speed reducer, the speed reduction part being configured to reduce a speed of rotation of the input shaft of the speed reducer to transmit the rotation to an output shaft of the speed reducer, the wheel bearing part being connected to the output shaft of the speed reducer, the rotation shaft of the motor being made of case hardening steel and subjected to carburizing, quenching, and tempering.

Abstract: The wheel drive motor according to the invention includes a motor shaft (35) having a large diameter portion (35d) located at a central part in the axial direction and a small diameter portion (35b) located on a first side in the axial direction, a bearing (36b) rotatably supporting the small diameter portion (35b), and a rotor (24) secured to an outer circumferential surface (35j) of the large diameter portion (35d). An end part (24p) of the rotor (24) located on the first side in the axial direction projects over an end face (35e) of the large diameter portion (35d) located on the first side in the axial direction toward the side on which the small diameter portion (35b) is.

Abstract: A valve device includes a float and a case storing the float. The valve device forms a part of a ventilation passage of a fuel tank. The case includes a partition wall which divides inside the case into an upper chamber and a storage chamber to house the float. The partition wall includes a rising portion opened and closed by the float, and a rising portion which surrounds the opening in the upper chamber. A dividing portion is formed in the rising portion to guide liquid to flow downward, and an upper surface of the partition wall outside the rising portion is formed with a gradient such that a side of the dividing part is a low part of an inclined portion thereof.

Abstract: A clutch control device is provided for a four-wheel drive vehicle for transmitting drive force to the rear wheels. The clutch control device includes a dog clutch and a friction clutch, and a controller that controls the engagement and disengagement of the dog clutch and the friction clutch. In this clutch control device, when there is a request to engage the dog clutch from a disengaged state, the controller, during the engagement control of the friction clutch, first controls the engagement of the friction clutch, monitors the change gradient of the clutch rotational speed difference of the dog clutch and starts engagement of the dog clutch upon determining that the gradient of the clutch rotational speed difference is no longer decreasing.

Abstract: A straddled electric vehicle includes a power transmission mechanism that transmits driving power from a motor to a rear wheel. The power transmission mechanism includes a rear wheel shaft including spline grooves on its shaft surface, the spline grooves being inclined relative to an axial direction, a second gear including spline grooves engageable with the spline grooves, the second gear being capable of exchanging a rotating force with the rear wheel shaft, and an elastic member capable of biasing the second gear attached to the rear wheel shaft to the right. The spline grooves are inclined so as to move the second gear to the left when the rear wheel is rotating in the direction causing the straddled electric vehicle to advance and the second gear works to maintain the speed of rotation of the rear wheel as the speed of rotation is decreasing.

Abstract: A drive force distribution device for an automobile is provided in which a hydraulic clutch includes an annular oil groove opposing a clutch piston in an inner all face of a clutch oil chamber, and a hydraulic oil supply port and a hydraulic oil discharge port communicating with the oil groove. Since when the hydraulic oil supply port of the oil groove is a starting end and the hydraulic oil discharge port of the oil groove is a finishing end, a cross-sectional area of a longer oil groove section of the annular oil groove is set to be larger than a cross-sectional area of a shorter oil groove section, the flow path resistance of the oil groove sect of the respective hydraulic clutches made to be uniform. This enables smooth operation, improvement of the engagement responsiveness and uniformization of the engagement responsiveness of the hydraulic clutches to be achieved.

Abstract: A clutch control device is provided for a four-wheel drive vehicle for transmitting drive force to the rear wheels. The clutch control device includes a dog clutch and a friction clutch, and a controller that controls the dog clutch and the friction clutch. The controller starts the engagement of the dog clutch, after placing the dog clutch in a rotationally synchronized state by engaging the friction clutch and increasing an output rotation thereof, when there is a request to engage the dog clutch. In this clutch control device, the controller sets the engagement start timing of the friction clutch when a transition is made to the connected, four-wheel drive mode to an earlier timing compared to when a transition is made to the standby two-wheel drive mode, when there is a request to engage the dog clutch while in a state in which the disconnected, two-wheel drive mode is selected.

Abstract: There is provided an information notification device that is able to encourage a driver to drive in such a way that water condensate inside an exhaust pipe is discharged. The information notification device includes a notification unit that notifies a driver about a blockage in an exhaust pipe or about a possibility of a blockage occurring in an exhaust pipe, and a control unit that, based on output results from various sensors, predicts a blockage caused by water condensate freezing inside the exhaust pipe, and when it has predicted such a blockage, controls the notification unit such that the driver is notified.

Abstract: Disclosed is a bar type display apparatus which is capable of providing various information without obstructing a front view of a driver, and a vehicle comprising the same, wherein the bar type display apparatus may include a display module provided on a dashboard and disposed adjacent to a lower portion of a front glass of a vehicle, wherein the display module extends from one edge of the dashboard to the other edge of the dashboard.

Abstract: A vehicle body structure of an autonomous vehicle that travels on wheels attached to a chassis, includes: a first driver integrally configured of a drive portion for driving a first wheel, a drive shaft for driving the first wheel and a first shaft support that rotatably supports the drive shaft; a second driver integrally configured of an axle for supporting a second wheel and a second shaft support that rotatably supports the axle; and, a pair of side frames arranged on each side in a width direction of the chassis and each extended in a front-to-rear direction of the chassis to support the first driver and the second driver. The first shaft support and the second shaft support each have an attachment part to be fixed to a flank of the side frame from an outside. Each of the first and second drivers can be integrally attached to, and detached from, the side frame, by access from the flank of the side frame.

Abstract: An alignment assembly includes a first track, a first shield, a first positioning device, a second track, a second shield, a second positioning device and an induction coil. The first track defines a first axis. The first shield is movable along the first track and the first axis. The first positioning device is configured to move the first shield along the first track. The second track is fixedly attached to a second side of the first shield opposite the first side of the first shield. The second track defines a second axis transverse to the first axis. The second shield has a first side mounted to the second track for movement along the second track. The second positioning device is coupled to the first shield, and is configured to move the second shield along the second track. The vehicle-side induction coil is fixedly attached to the second shield.

Abstract: A power receiving system that receives power supplied wirelessly to a power receiving circuit on a bottom portion of a vehicle via a magnetic field includes a power-receiving-side antenna coil unit including a power-receiving-side antenna coil and a first shield plate that is made of a magnetic material and arranged on a non-transmission direction side, and a second shield plate made of a magnetic material, the second shield plate having a shape that conforms to a recessed and protruding shape of a target region including a recessed portion of a vehicle body bottom surface of the vehicle and being arranged in the target region. The power-receiving-side antenna coil unit is arranged at a position overlapping with the recessed portion in a view in a direction along a reference axis.

Abstract: A wireless power supply system includes a power transmission device having a power transmission coil and a power receiving device having a power receiving coil. The power receiving device calculates a first efficiency based on a transmission power command value and the electric power supplied to the battery. The power transmission device calculates a second efficiency based on a phase difference between a voltage and a current supplied to the power transmission coil. The power transmission device controls electric power supplied to the power transmission coil according to the transmission power command value, and regulate the electric power supplied to the power transmission coil when the first efficiency falls to a predetermined first threshold efficiency or less or when the second efficiency falls to a predetermined second threshold efficiency or less.

Abstract: An energy supply system for supplying at least first and second components of a motor vehicle with electrical energy. The energy supply system is arranged in the motor vehicle and has a charging socket (60). At least the first component an energy store and at least the second component is a consumer. The at least one first component has a first electrical voltage and the at least one second component has a second electrical voltage. To carry out a charging mode, the motor vehicle is connected via the charging socket (60) to a charging station with which current which either has the first or the second electrical voltage is to be made available. A first charging mode, a second charging mode and a travel mode of the motor vehicle can be carried out with the energy supply system (52).

Abstract: An alignment method for a vehicle wireless charging system, that includes detecting reception of electromagnetic radiation received by a vehicle-side coil from a transmitter coil with the vehicle-side coil at a current position relative to the transmitter coil. Other steps include determining efficiency of electromagnetic radiation reception by the vehicle-side coil, and determining whether or not the efficiency of electromagnetic radiation reception by the vehicle-side coil achieves a predetermined level of reception efficiency. Further steps include repositioning the vehicle-side coil in response to determining that the efficiency of the electromagnetic radiation reception is less than the predetermined level of reception efficiency, and repeating the determining of the efficiency of electromagnetic radiation reception and the repositioning the vehicle-side coil until the determined efficiency is equal to or greater than the predetermined level of reception efficiency.

Abstract: A vehicle charge control device includes a charge unit and a correction unit. The charge unit is configured to perform a charge operation for suppressing a deterioration in a battery by charging the battery until a charge end phase in which an acceptance current of the battery is smaller than a predetermined current value, the battery being mounted on a vehicle. The correction unit is configured to correct a charge rate of the battery based on a behavior of the acceptance current. In addition, the correction unit is configured to correct the charge rate based on the behavior in the charge end phase, in synchronization with the charge operation.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a power supply device for an electrically operable vehicle having an electric drive motor. The power supply device comprises an electric energy accumulator device, a range-extender with an internal combustion engine and a generator producing alternating current. The generator is mechanically connectable to the internal combustion engine, and the energy accumulator device is configured to be charged during driving with the alternating current from the generator. The energy accumulator device comprises several power supply connections on which respectively one of several controllable potentials can be provided, and several power supply branches having several serially connected power cell modules. Several power supply branches are interconnected on one end to the neutral point and each power supply connection is connectable to one end of a power supply branch.

Abstract: A vehicle power device includes a front battery module, a rear battery module, a battery case, and a cooling circuit. The cooling circuit includes a cooling pump, a front battery module cooler, a rear battery module cooler, and cooling internal piping. The battery case houses the front and rear battery modules and the cooling internal piping. Coolant from the cooling pump flows to outside of the battery case via the cooling internal piping. The cooling internal piping includes a branched section and a flow path. The branched section is provided between the front battery module and the rear battery module to branch the flow of the coolant to the front battery module cooler and to the rear battery module cooler. The flow path has one end connected to the branched section and another end passing through to outside of the battery case.