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6644932 Hybrid electric/mechanical compressor with gear reducer  
A system for driving a compressor is disclosed. The system includes an internal combustion engine in communication with the compressor for selectively driving an input shaft of the compressor; an...
6644427 System and method for providing parallel power in a hybrid-electric vehicle  
A system and method for providing parallel power in a hybrid-electric vehicle. The system includes a compact motor coupled to the input shaft of the vehicle's transmission. Advantageously, the...
6640917 Power transmission mechanism  
A power transmission mechanism which is capable of employing one electric motor as a drive source for driving drive wheels and as a drive source for cranking an engine, thereby making it possible...
6637530 Hybrid vehicle control apparatus wherein battery is charged based on required charging amount and/or energy conversion efficiency of electric generator  
A control apparatus for controlling a hybrid automotive vehicle including an engine and an electric motor as drive power sources for driving the vehicle, and an electric generator operable by the...
6636788 Control apparatus for electric motor and control apparatus for hybrid vehicle  
A corrected torque command value P_TRQ which is produced by correcting a torque command value TRQ with a torque command correcting unit 34 is substantially proportional to the armature current of...
6634447 Control device for hybrid vehicle  
A control device for a hybrid vehicle that responds reliably to the assist requests of a driver from start-up to departure of the vehicle. The control system for a hybrid vehicle equipped with an...
6636787 Apparatus, method, and program for drivingly controlling hybrid vehicles  
A hybrid vehicle drive controller, to improve driving comfort during running control, that detects the position of the vehicle and road-condition information, calculates a required deceleration, an...
6632155 Drive system  
The invention relates to a drive system, especially for motor vehicles, with a first power source ( 10 ), especially an internal combustion engine, and a second power source ( 20 ), especially an...
6629026 Hybrid electric vehicle with motor torque fill in  
A post-transmission, parallel hybrid electric vehicle and method of control thereof is provided having an engine 200 joined to a differential 206 by an automated layshaft transmission 212 . A...
6625525 Vehicle drive system and controlling method thereof  
A controller ( 10, 11, 12 ) computes a virtual generated power, this being the power generated by a generator ( 2 ) when an engine ( 1 ) and the generator ( 2 ) are controlled so that the power...
6625534 Control apparatus and control method for a power train  
A control apparatus for a power train that includes an engine and a motor generator that generates power to a wheel. Furthermore, a clutch is disposed in a power transmission path from the engine...
6622804 Hybrid electric vehicle and method of selectively operating the hybrid electric vehicle  
A series type hybrid electric vehicle that controls an internal combustion engine, generator, and electric motor for reducing the load applied to the internal combustion engine when the internal...
6622805 Parallel hybrid electric vehicle  
In a parallel hybrid electric vehicle, when the difference in number of revolutions between an engine and a motor/generator is smaller than a predetermined value at starting of the vehicle, an ECU...
6619034 Method and apparatus for reducing vehicular emissions by selectively heating a catalytic converter  
A method and an apparatus 10 for reducing the amount of vehicular emissions during and shortly after a vehicle 12 has been started. The assembly includes at least one heater 80, 82 which is...
6621244 Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle  
Conditions for permitting operation of vibration control are that; a stored charge of a battery 17 for an electric motor detected by storage state monitoring devices 15 and 24 is larger than...
6616569 Torque control system for a hybrid vehicle with an automatic transmission  
A method of controlling a powertrain for a hybrid vehicle, the method including providing an internal combustion engine, providing a motor generator operatively coupled to the internal combustion...
6615578 HC-discharge suppressing device for vehicle and operational method of suppressing discharge of HC  
The invention provides an HC-discharge suppressing device and an operational method of suppressing the discharge of HC for a vehicle equipped with an engine that has an exhaust system including an...
6617703 Auxiliary drive and automobile equipped with the same  
There are included a first motor-generator; speed change device disposed between an engine and a first wheel drive shaft; demanded braking force detection device for detecting braking force...
6616059 Hybrid vehicle powertrain thermal management system and method for cabin heating and engine warm up  
A powertrain thermal management system for a hybrid vehicle having provisions for passenger cabin heating and engine warm up.
6612385 Method for starting a fuel cell system and fuel cell system  
A method for starting a mobile fuel cell system, in particular for a vehicle, includes conveying air to be supplied to the system during starting and operation of the system by a motor-powered...
6612386 Apparatus and method for controlling a hybrid vehicle  
A propulsion system for use in a hybrid vehicle, the propulsion system includes an internal combustion engine, an electric motor/generator operatively coupled to the internal combustion engine, an...
6607142 Electric coolant pump control strategy for hybrid electric vehicles  
This invention relates to a hybrid electric vehicle component coolant control system and method. The coolant system has an electric pump to move coolant through a closed system including engine and...
6607048 Motor assisting apparatus for vehicle  
A motor assist apparatus for a vehicle having a motor for assisting driving force of an internal combustion engine. The motor assist apparatus is built in a motor housing installed between a...
6604591 Electric drive motor axle with integrated reduction and differential gearset  
A drive axle adapted for use in hybrid vehicles and having an electric motor and a gearbox packaged within a common housing assembly. The gearbox includes a differential assembly driven by a...
6602164 Torque control system and torque control method for hybrid vehicle  
When the engine torque starts decreasing prior to disengagement of a clutch, the motor torque realMT is controlled to compensate for the deficiency in the engine torque tpsET due to the decrease in...
6599214 Approach to integrating a starter-generator with an automatic transmission  
A transmission having a starter/generator that is not mounted on the engine crankshaft is provided. The starter/generator is drivingly or directly connected to a transmission pump, and can...
6595308 Electric drive axle for hybrid vehicle  
An electric drive axle for use in hybrid vehicles has an electric motor driving a compact gearbox. The gearbox includes a planetary reduction unit and a differential assembly. The planetary...
6595307 Hybrid vehicle capable of reducing NOx emissions and method of operating same  
In a hybrid vehicle including an internal combustion engine, an electric motor, a generator, a battery, and a catalytic converter disposed in an exhaust system of the engine, a determination is...
6593713 Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle  
A control apparatus utilizes an electric motor to initially start-up an engine. In an engine restart under certain conditions, the control apparatus sets a motor output value for the electric motor...
6589130 Driving system for industrial trucks  
A driving system for an industrial truck, comprising: a combustion engine, an electric motor fed from a battery, a gear assembly the inputs of which are coupled to the shaft of the combusion engine...
6585066 Motor/alternator with integral wet clutch for use in hybrid vehicles  
A hybrid driveline for an automotive vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine and a power transmission mechanism for transferring torque to the traction wheels of the vehicle. An electric...
6583592 Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle  
A control apparatus enhances charge and discharge performance of a main battery in a low temperature environment, extends the life of the main battery and improves the reliability of the whole...
6581706 Propulsion unit for a self-propelled vehicle  
A propulsion unit for a tractor includes a diesel engine and two electrical machines. The diesel engine and the two electrical machines are connected mechanically to a device for subdividing and...
6581372 Compression ignition type engine  
A compression ignition type engine selectively switching between a first combustion where an amount of recirculated exhaust gas supplied in a combustion chamber ( 5 ) is greater than an amount of...
6581705 Method for starting an engine in a parallel hybrid electric vehicle  
The invention provides a strategy to start a parallel HEV powertrain engine while maintaining a smooth vehicle response to driver demand using the motor while simultaneously closing an engine...
6580188 Moving apparatus with drive force assist mechanism and movement control method  
A moving apparatus with a driving force assist mechanism traveled mainly by human power. This moving apparatus detects, in a non-contact manner, with respect to rotating portion such as traveling...
6578649 Hybrid vehicle  
A hybrid vehicle includes an engine for driving front wheels; a generator 6 for generating at 42V; a battery 11 adapted to be charged with a generated output from the generator 6 ; motors 8 ...
6575865 Driving apparatus  
A driving apparatus including electric motors and a differential device that are disposed in a relation of mutually parallel axes, a gear train that operatively couples these components through...
6575870 Driving force control system for front-and-rear wheel drive vehicles  
A driving force control system for a front-and-rear wheel drive vehicle, which is capable of charging a battery based on a traveling condition of the vehicle. The front-and-rear wheel drive vehicle...
6574535 Apparatus and method for active driveline damping with clunk control  
A propulsion system designed for hybrid vehicles utilizing a first torque path from a coupled motor generator system and internal combustion engine through and automatically shifted manual...
6573675 Method and apparatus for adaptive energy control of hybrid electric vehicle propulsion  
A series type hybrid electric vehicle and method including a generator set having an internal combustion engine and a generator, a battery array and at least one electric motor includes a...
6571895 Electrical machine, and a drive arrangement for a vehicle  
Electrical machine having an electrical component, which has a rotor component and a stator component and is arranged inside a housing. The housing has a first housing wall which surrounds the...
6569054 Parallel hybrid vehicle  
A parallel hybrid vehicle can achieve regeneration efficiency in a regenerating operation by employing an electromagnetic two-way clutch which is superior in engaging and disengaging, can shorten a...
6569055 Four-wheel drive hybrid vehicle  
A hybrid vehicle includes a first motor generator ( 1 ) and an engine ( 3 ) connected to first drive wheels ( 7 ) via a transmission ( 5 ), a second motor generator connected to a second drive...
6570265 Hybrid vehicle driven by composit torque generated by an internal-combustion engine and an electric motor, and method of operating same  
A hybrid vehicle driving system has a transmission means ( 22 ) for selectively transmitting the output torque of an internal-combustion engine ( 10 ), the output torque of an electric motor ( 19 )...
6568494 Cooling structure of motor-assist device for vehicle  
A first cooling system is formed in a motor-assist device for a vehicle such that a motor housing including a motor is provided with a cooling path communicating with a cooling path in an engine,...
6561296 Electrical-power generating apparatus for an automotive vehicle with hybrid drive  
An electric-power generating apparatus is designed for an automotive vehicle with a hybrid drive including a prime mover. The apparatus includes an electric device which operates as either a...
6561947 Drive assembly and method for controlling a gear shift operation in a drive assembly of a motor vehicle  
A method for controlling gear shifting in a motor vehicle which utilizes a drive assembly that includes an internal combustion engine having an output shaft, a multiple-gear transmission having a...
6561295 Control system and method of hybrid vehicle  
A control system and method applied to a hybrid vehicle by which an excessive decrease of the remaining battery charge can be prevented while driving in a traffic jam. In the method, the remaining...
6558283 Hybrid transmission, especially for motor vehicles  
A transmission ( 15; 15 a; 15 b; 15 c ), in particular for motor vehicles, has two planetary gears ( 16; 16 c, 17; 17 c ), whose ring gears ( 18; 18 c, 19 ) are connected by a crown gear ( 12 )...