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7255188 Hybrid vehicle  
In order to do away with the need for a power source switching operation, and to improve motor regeneration charge efficiency in a hybrid vehicle, a one-way clutch is provided between an internal...
7255186 Hybrid drive system and vehicle equipped therewith  
An output of an internal combustion engine is transmitted to an output shaft by controlling a control motor to change a rotation speed output from the engine without speed steps via power...
7252165 Hybrid electric vehicle  
A hybrid electric propulsion system for powering a vehicle using a natural fuel engine and an electric motor. The hybrid electric vehicle is comprised of a drive train; an electric motor for...
7252166 Industrial truck with an electrical drive and a fuel cell system and method for the operation of an industrial truck  
An industrial truck ( 1 ) is provided that includes an electrical drive and a fuel cell system ( 8 ). A method for the operation of an industrial truck ( 1 ) with an electrical drive and a fuel...
7243748 Startup interlock for vehicle electric drive system  
A vehicle electric drive system has an internal combustion engine which drives an electric generator. The generator powers a motor which drives the wheels. The system has operator controls...
7240750 Method for improving fuel economy in hybrid vehicles  
The present invention provides a method for improving fuel economy in hybrid vehicles. More precisely, the method of the present invention includes a selectable “learn mode” in which the...
7240751 Dual rotor motor for a hybrid vehicle transmission  
A hybrid electric vehicle powertrain has an engine and a motor at the torque input side of a power transmission. The motor has a single stator and dual rotors. A selectively engageable rotor clutch...
7234552 Method for heating a battery in a hybrid electric vehicle  
A method for heating a battery in a hybrid electric vehicle. The hybrid electric vehicle has an engine, a battery, a motor generator powered by the engine or the battery, and a control module. The...
7235322 Hybrid power system including an engine and a fuel cell module  
A mixture of a fuel gas obtained by vaporizing hydrocarbon and air is burned in an engine 11 to generate mechanical power. The fuel gas obtained by reforming the hydrocarbon is supplied to a fuel...
7231994 Hybrid vehicle with integral generator for auxiliary loads  
A hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine coupled to a combined starter/motor/generator which is, in turn, coupled to a transmission of the vehicle. The starter/motor/generator is...
7228926 Apparatus for controlling hybrid vehicle  
A control unit for a vehicle including a controller that determines whether shifting of a stepped transmission is necessary, and increases output torque of a first drive unit and decreases output...
7226675 Very low emission hybrid electric vehicle incorporating an integrated propulsion system including a fuel cell and a high power nickel metal hydride battery pack  
A very low emission hybrid electric vehicle incorporating an integrated propulsion system which includes a fuel cell, a metal hydride hydrogen storage unit, an electric motor, high specific power,...
7219758 Small vehicle having fuel cell with damage protection  
An electric motor-driven vehicle comprises a seat disposed centrally on a vehicle body, a loading platform located over a loading platform receiving frame and behind the seat, and a plurality of...
7220199 Infinitely variable power branching transmission with two operating modes  
An infinitely variable power branching transmission with first and second operating modes, whereof the components are distributed between two power paths connecting in parallel an engine to vehicle...
7219497 Hybrid car and control method of the same  
A hybrid car capable of stably ensuring the bad road running property, obtaining large acceleration in a satisfactory road surface state, and simultaneously when no large acceleration is required,...
7219757 Mode transfer control apparatus and method for hybrid vehicle  
In mode transfer control apparatus and method for a hybrid vehicle, in a state in which the vehicle is in at least one of a start state and a travel state and in one steady-state mode of a...
7220516 Bipolar battery with flexible insulation film  
A bipolar battery comprises a bipolar electrode having a positive electrode layer on one side of a collecting foil and a negative electrode layer on the other side of the collecting foil, and a...
7211905 Vehicle-mounted generator  
A vehicle-mounted generator is powered by relative wind produced by the combination of ambient wind and motion of the vehicle, or by movement of water when mounted on the hull of a water-borne...
7207405 Hybrid power supply apparatus for battery replacement applications  
This application relates to a hybrid power supply apparatus including a fuel cell and an energy storage device for use in off-road electric vehicles, such as lift trucks. The apparatus is a...
7208894 Electric vehicle motor and control system with high efficiency regeneration  
The present invention is an electric vehicle power system that uses multiple permanent magnet motor/generators connected in series or parallel and multiple battery step switching. Motor, torque and...
7205731 Control of vehicle motor  
A motor control device for controlling an electric motor ( 1,6 ) installed in a vehicle, is disclosed. The motor has a field winding ( 101,601 ). The motor control device has a battery ( 4 )...
7200472 Control device and method for fuel cell powered vehicle  
A system controller 100 controlling an electric power generation system of a fuel cell powered vehicle realizes functions as a fuel-cell power-generation response time estimation section 101 ,...
7195088 Bicycle drive unit and bicycle chain stay  
A bicycle drive unit comprises a frame main unit, first and second cover members, a rear hub, a rear gear shift apparatus, an electric driving mechanism and a power supply unit. The frame main unit...
7191858 Thermal management system  
A thermal management system has a high temperature heat transfer circuit and a low temperature heat transfer circuit for modulating the temperature of heat-generating components having different...
7190133 Energy storage system and method for hybrid propulsion  
A hybrid propulsion system. The system comprises one or more hybrid propulsion traction drives having an electric motor operable to produce mechanical power for propulsion. A hybrid propulsion...
7183746 Cart charge system  
A charging mechanism includes means for generating electrical current and means connected to the generating means for distributing the generated current. At least one battery bank formed from a...
7178617 Hybrid vehicle  
A hybrid vehicle having an engine and a motor to be controlled independently of each other for running the vehicle. This hybrid vehicle is given a braking demand detecting function to detect a...
7178616 Power generation system and method  
An extended rich mode engine configured and operated extremely rich of stoichiometric to produce a substantially continuous hydrogen rich engine exhaust. Oxygen enrichment devices further optimize...
7176385 EMI protection and fuel cell systems employing the same  
A scheme is provided for reducing the degree to which EMI from high voltage components of a fuel cell system or a fuel cell powered vehicle is induced in low voltage components of the system or...
7174977 Vehicle with electric motor mounted thereon  
A fuel cell system incorporated in a vehicle has a main electric motor, a drive power transmitting mechanism for engaging and disengaging a fuel gas pump, a coolant fluid pump, a supercharger, and...
7174979 Hybrid vehicle  
There is provided a hybrid car which includes an internal combustion engine; an electric motor disposed coaxially with a rotary shaft of the internal combustion engine; a planetary gear mechanism...
7174093 Wheel chair drive apparatus and method  
A control system for a powered wheel chair drive modulates a pulse power delivery signal such that power is delivered gradually at throttle positions corresponding to a low speed, and power is...
7172042 Vehicle power cables retaining structure  
High-tension cables 7 U, 7 V, 7 W connect an inverter 6 disposed outside an engine compartment with a motor/generator 3 disposed in the engine compartment, the high-tension cables 7 U, 7...
7160640 Fuel cell stack with passive end cell heater  
A fuel cell system comprising a passive end cell heater for heating an end cell or cells within a fuel cell stack is disclosed. The fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell stack and a resistive...
7152395 Method and apparatus for controlling internal combustion engine  
A method and apparatus controls an internal combustion engine of a vehicle in which an exhaust purifying catalyst capable of storing oxygen is provided in an exhaust system of the engine. The...
7150333 Vehicle control apparatus and method  
A controller is provided for implementing a line pressure control for controlling a line pressure for an automatic transmission and a motor assist control for controlling an assist amount by an...
7147953 Dual fuel cell stacks connected in series electrically and in parallel for gas flow  
A fuel cell assembly comprising a plurality of individual fuel cells, especially a solid-oxide fuel cell assembly. The cells are organized into a plurality of stacks, preferably two stacks,...
7147069 Wind turbine driven generator system for a motor vehicle  
The invention relates to a vehicle including a body having a one or more openings. The body is configured, such as through the use of air guides, to receive an airflow through the one or more...
7147070 Motorized semi-trailer  
An improved tractor trailer having a tractor unit and a trailer unit and wherein the tractor unit includes an internal combustion engine, the improvement comprising an electrical drive arranged to...
7147072 Method and apparatus for providing hybrid power in vehicle  
A hybrid powertrain system includes a combustion engine, a battery buffer for storing electric energy by converting it onto chemical energy, which can be converted back into electrical energy when...
7143851 Method for controlling a wheel drive system of a hybrid vehicle  
A method for operating a hybrid vehicle when starting a power source. The method includes initiating a start sequence that includes driving the power source at a target speed, determining a speed...
7144644 Mass flow metering air supply for a solid-oxide fuel cell stack  
In a solid-oxide fuel cell assembly, at least one positive displacement air supply (PDAS) pump supplies at least a portion of the air required for various functional air streams through the...
7144647 Fuel cell stack  
A fuel cell stack capable of giving improved impact resistance and vibration resistance without causing the space occupied by the fuel cell stack to be increased. In a fuel cell stack for mounting...
7141321 System and method for enabling the real time buying and selling of electricity generated by fuel cell powered vehicles  
The present invention relates to a network communication system and method to enable the real time buying and selling of electricity generated by fuel cell powered vehicles between a fuel cell...
7137344 Hybrid energy off highway vehicle load control system and method  
A system and method for managing electrical power generated by an engine for use in connection with operating a hybrid energy off highway vehicle load control system. A load control circuit...
7137466 Arrangement structure for fuel cell system in vehicle  
An arrangement structure for a fuel cell system in a vehicle including a fuel cell box which holds a fuel cell, a sub-frame which holds a fuel gas tank, and a fuel gas dilution box. The sub-frame...
7134261 Hybrid type working machine  
In the working machine wherein the output of an engine generator is directly supplied to a motor for travel without using the intermediary of a battery, preventing the engine from slowing down. The...
7134516 Method for setting a desired operating condition of a hybrid drive for a vehicle  
A method is described for adjusting a setpoint operating state of a hybrid drive in a motor vehicle, the hybrid drive including an internal combustion engine and at least two electric motors as the...
7121084 Device for controlling an internal combustion engine  
In elevating the exhaust gas temperature for conducting the sulfur contamination-removing operation for a NO x occluding and reducing catalyst, a motor/generator is driven by the electric power...
7121366 Fuel cell vehicle  
A fuel cell vehicle is provided in which a fuel cylinder and a fuel cell stack are arranged so that the barycentric position is kept low and load is appropriately shared between the front and rear...