"Turbine for the production of electricity by harnessing the force of air resistance in electric or hybrid means of transport".

The invention relates to the fields of aerodynamics and electromechanical technology.

The wind turbines used for wind power plants are known, the performance and spread of which is increasing more and more in the context of the transition from non-renewable resources and polluting processes to renewable resources for the production of electricity. Starting from the same principle, namely of harnessing the force of the wind, the purpose of the invention is to harness the force of air resistance, which occurs when the means of transport moves, producing electricity with the help of a turbine.

Starting from the fact that, until now, the force of air resistance to the advance of means of transport is not capitalized and that the energetic independence of electric and hybrid means of transport has not yet reached the level of motorized cars with fuel from non-renewable resources, the idea of this inventions is to use this force as an additional source of electrical energy for electric or hybrid means of transport, thus obtaining a lower consumption and implicitly a greater autonomy for the means of transport that will use this invention.

As shown in figure 1, the force of air resistance (2a) to the advance of the vehicle (1) with electric or hybrid propulsion, which in any case opposes the advance, will penetrate through a metal conical hole (2b) that captures air from a larger area and which increases the air velocity improving the efficiency of the system. At the exit from the metal conical hole we have a turbine (2c), consisting of a metal rotor with metal blades made of, for example, duralumin, which rotates on a horizontal axis, and the turbine is set in motion by the force of the air, given by speed of travel and amplified by the conical hole, and transforms kinetic energy into mechanical energy. The turbine will set in motion, with the help of the horizontal shaft equipped with two gears, an electric generator (2d) which produces electrical energy during the movement of the means of transport, and thus the mechanical energy is transformed into electrical energy. Next we have a voltage regulator (2e), from where the electrical energy obtained is transferred and stored, as a supplement, in the battery or batteries of the electric or hybrid means of transport. Depending on the size of the means of transport and the surface of its front part, one or more turbines can be mounted, so that the yield of the solution increases proportionally to the number of turbines used.

Figure 1 includes: 1. the means of transport (car) in motion; 2a. air resistance force; 2b. the metal conical hole; 2c. the turbine consisting of a metal rotor with metal blades; 2d. horizontal axis electric generator with two gears; 2e. voltage regulator.

Thus, the invention provides part of the electrical energy needed to drive the motor or electric motors of the means of transport, reduces electricity consumption, increases energetic independence and reduces the carbon footprint of the means of transport. The invention can be applied on an industrial scale to electric and hybrid means of transport for people and goods, regardless of whether they travel on land, on water or in the air, thus obtaining lower consumption and implicitly greater autonomy, as well as a reduction of the footprint of the means of transport. For example, the invention can be applied to the following electric and hybrid means of transport: scooters, bicycles, motorcycles, ATVs, cars, buses, coaches, transport means for goods, trains, boats, ferries, ships, drones, helicopters and airplanes.