Method of converting vehicle into hybrid vehicle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8596391
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12882006

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A method of converting a vehicle having an internal combustion engine, a transmission, an alternator and a battery into a hybrid vehicle is disclosed. The method comprises installing an electric motor to the vehicle that is configured to assist the internal combustion engine in rotating a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, installing an energy storage element configured to provide power to the electric motor, installing a motor control unit configured to control the amount of power delivered from the energy storage element to the electric motor and replacing an existing pulley on a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine with a new pulley configured to receive a first belt extending between the new pulley and an alternator pulley and a second belt extending between the new pulley and an electric motor pulley.

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KPIT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDPLOT NO 35 & 36 RAJIV GANDHI INFOTECH PARK PHASE 1 MIDC HINJEWADI PUNE 411057

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Kshatriya, Tejas Krishna Pune, IN 10 229

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