Pneumatic powertrain for an automotive vehicle Rolfe,BF, De Souza,T, Pitts,G, Hanafin,S, Agius,S, Adamson,B, Pereira,M, Black,T, Hurren,C and Miller,N 2013, Pneumatic powertrain for an automotive vehicle, United States (2) Patent US83242283. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Pneumatic powertrain for an automotive vehicle Creator(s) Rolfe,BF orcid.org/0000-0001-8516-6170 De Souza,T Pitts,G Hanafin,S Agius,S Adamson,B Pereira,M orcid.org/0000-0002-7885-5901 Black,T Hurren,C orcid.org/0000-0002-3274-4675 Miller,N Date 2013-01-01 Patent no. US83242283 Patent owner Deakin University Registry Office United States (2) Patent family name Pneumatic powertrain for an automotive vehicle Summary A pneumatic vehicle is provided with a chassis, wheels, a compressed air tank, a heat exchanger to heat the compressed air, and an air motor driven by the heated air and connected to at least one wheel. A pneumatic vehicle is provided with a chassis, wheels, a compressed air tank, and an air motor driven by the compressed air and connected to a wheel. The vehicle also has a ventilation system for the passenger compartment, a heat exchanger, and a restrictive solenoid valve for directing ventilation system air to the heat exchanger. A pneumatic vehicle is provided with a chassis, wheels, an aluminum compressed air tank, a carbon filament reinforced plastic layer over the tank, a fiberglass and aramid-fiber layer over the carbon filament reinforced plastic layer, and an air motor driven by the compressed air and connected to at least one wheel. Language eng Field of Research 091299 Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970109 Expanding Knowledge in Engineering HERDC Research category I.1 Patents Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30069159 Document type: Patent Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Architecture and Built Environment Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation (IISRI) School of Engineering Institute for Frontier Materials GTP Research Related Links Link Description Publisher URL Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 21 Jan 2015, 08:48:35 EST Wed, 21 Jan 2015, 08:51:16 EST Wed, 21 Jan 2015, 08:57:32 EST Wed, 21 Jan 2015, 10:24:19 EST Fri, 06 Feb 2015, 11:33:34 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 2626 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 21 Jan 2015, 08:48:35 EST