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7621835 In-wheel drive unit  
An in-wheel drive unit basically has a motor, a motor casing member, a planetary gear set, a hub flange and a pair of bearings. The motor includes a rotor that is rotatably driven. The motor casing...
7618343 Control apparatus for vehicular drive system  
A control apparatus for a vehicular drive system provided with a continuously-variable transmission portion operable as an electrically controlled continuously variable transmission, and a...
7614973 Infinitely-variable transmission with double mode power transmission controlled by a sliding dog for a motor vehicle  
An infinitely-variable transmission with double mode power transmission for a motor vehicle, provided with a combustion engine, including a first power transmission path with a composite epicyclic...
7612461 Integrative combined vehicle power allotment mechanism  
An integrative combined vehicle power allotment mechanism includes an electric energy unit, an electric power control unit, an electric power unit, a heat power unit, an one-way clutch unit, a...
7611433 Dual clutch hybrid powershift transmission  
A dual-clutch transmission for use in a motor vehicle having an engine and a driveline includes an output shaft adapted for connection to the driveline and a planetary gearset in constant driving...
7611432 Hybrid powertrain  
A powertrain is provided, comprising: an internal combustion engine and an electro-mechanical transmission. The internal combustion engine has two torque output nodes operatively connected to two...
7609011 Electric force transmission device  
In an electric force transmission device employing two motor generators and a differential device having at least three rotating members and having two degrees of freedom, the first rotating member...
7601086 Vehicle with a drive engine arranged in the transverse direction of the vehicle  
A vehicle is described, with a drive engine arranged in the transverse direction of the vehicle, with vehicle cross-shafts of a vehicle axle that can be driven by the drive engine and with a...
7597648 Input brake providing electric only fixed gear  
A vehicle powertrain for a hybrid vehicle includes an electronically variable transmission (EVT) with an input member to receive mechanical rotary power from the engine, an output member to provide...
7597165 Hybrid vehicle and control method of the same  
In response to the driver's gearshift operation from a parking position to a drive position, the control procedure of the invention controls a motor connected to a transmission to output a center...
7594869 Torque-transmitting assembly with dog clutch and hydrostatic damper and electrically variable transmission with same  
A torque-transmitting assembly is provided that includes a dog clutch isolated by a device such as a rotary hydrostatic damper from relative loading on the torque input member and torque output...
7594868 Split-power transmission with mode shift  
An operating system for a vehicle having an engine that provides an input shaft into a split-power transmission to actuate an output shaft that drives an axle and wheels of the vehicle. The...
7591750 Electrically variable transmission having three interconnected planetary gear sets and clutched input  
The electrically variable transmission family of the present invention provides low-content, low-cost electrically variable transmission mechanisms including first, second and third differential...
7591749 Electrically variable transmission with one or more off-axis motor/generators  
The present invention provides an electrically variable transmission for a hybrid vehicle. The electrically variable transmission includes a transmission input shaft defining a first axis of...
7591748 Electrically variable transmission with a compound motor/generator  
An electrically variable transmission has a differential gear set with first, second and third members operatively connected between an input member and an output member. The input member is also...
7591747 Electrically variable transmission having three planetary gear sets, two fixed interconnections and clutched input  
The electrically variable transmission family of the present invention provides low-content, low-cost electrically variable transmission mechanisms including first, second and third differential...
7588511 Differential gear unit with controllable torque and rotational speed distribution  
A differential gearing unit with controllable torque and rotational speed distribution, composed of a housing ( 1 ), a differential gearing ( 6 ), a superposition gearing ( 7 ) and an auxiliary...
7588508 Auxillary drive system for motor vehicles having axle assembly and electric drive unit  
A vehicle with an axle assembly, which has a housing, a differential, an input shaft, a pair of shafts and a pair of wheel hubs, and an auxiliary drive unit that includes an electric motor and an...
7586225 Hybrid transmission motor module with integral wire connections  
A hybrid transmission includes two electric motor modules and a plurality of planetary gear sets operatively connectable to the motor modules and to an engine. The motor modules each include...
7582980 Drive apparatus for hybrid vehicle  
A drive apparatus for a hybrid vehicle is provided with a first motor generator, a power splitting mechanism portion, and a second motor generator. The first motor generator functions mainly as a...
7582034 Variable speed accessory drive system for a hybrid vehicle  
The present invention provides an accessory drive system for a hybrid vehicle. The accessory drive system includes a planetary gear set having a first, second, and third planetary member. A torque...
7582033 Infinitely variable transmission with power branching, with electric selector  
An infinitely variable transmission with power shunting having at least two operating modes, whereof the components are distributed between two power paths connecting in parallel the heat engine to...
7578765 Drive apparatus for vehicle and method of controlling drive apparatus for vehicle  
When a vehicle condition is in a region where limitation of the differential action of a differential portion should be stopped, for example in a CVT control region or a motor-driven region, a...
7578761 Hydraulic circuit control device  
A hydraulic circuit control device that selectively supplies oil to a first oil passage and a second oil passage by an oil pump, the control device includes: an oil passage switching unit adapted...
7575529 Hybrid electrically variable transmission with geared reverse mode using single motor/generator  
An electrically variable transmission having a single motor/generator provides electrically variable power flow along dual power paths and provides an electrically variable reverse operating mode....
7572201 Electric hybrid powertrain system  
A hybrid electric vehicle powertrain having an engine and an electric motor and generator sub-system, which establish mechanical and electric power flow paths. Multiple-ratio gearing in a power...
7568990 Method and apparatus to control operation of a hydraulic control circuit for an electro-mechanical transmission  
There is provided a control system for electro-mechanical transmission that is selectively operative in a plurality of fixed gear modes and continuously variable modes comprising first and second...
7559871 Power output apparatus, motor vehicle equipped with power output apparatus, and control method of power output apparatus  
In a reverse drive with power output from an engine, the control procedure of the invention selects a drive point of the higher rotation speed corresponding to the higher accelerator opening among...
7559864 Engine starting device and engine starting method for hybrid motor vehicle  
A hybrid motor vehicle includes a differential having a differential mechanism equipped with a first rotating element that is connected to an engine, a second rotating element that is connected to...
7549945 Control apparatus and control method for vehicular drive apparatus  
A torque control selection portion selects one of a first torque control portion and a second torque control portion as a control portion that controls a torque output from an automatic...
7549939 Continuously variable transmission  
A continuously variable transmission has a drive shaft, a power takeoff shaft and a power branching device disposed therebetween and has a continuously variable power branch containing a variator,...
7547264 Starter alternator accessory drive system for a hybrid vehicle  
The present invention provides an alternator starter accessory drive system for a hybrid vehicle. The starter alternator accessory drive system includes a planetary gear set having a first, second,...
7544141 Transmission device with selectable motor connections  
A transmission device for a powertrain system comprising a compound planetary gear set having four coaxial elements and a plurality of input nodes and an output node is described. The first input...
7544140 Control device for vehicular drive system  
A control device for a vehicular drive system including continuously-variable transmission portion 11 and step-variable transmission portion 20, wherein an emergency transmission control device...
7537534 Hybrid electric drive system for a motor vehicle  
A system for driving the wheels of a motor vehicle includes an engine or another prime mover, a transmission for transmitting rotary power to and from the engine, an electric machine, a clutch...
7534183 Conveying device for adjusting scanning resolution  
A conveying device for adjusting scanning resolution includes a planetary gear transmission a belt and a scanning device. The planetary gear transmission has a base, a first stepping motor and a...
7533754 Hybrid motor vehicle driveline  
A hybrid motor vehicle ( 10 ) has a four wheel drive arrangement in which the front wheels ( 12 and 13 ) are driven by the engine ( 11 ) in two wheel drive mode and all four wheels ( 12 - 15 ) in...
7530912 Driveline motor with planetary gear system  
A switched reluctance motor includes a stator, a rotor, and a planetary gear assembly. The rotor defines an internal cavity that houses the planetary gear assembly. The switched reluctance motor...
7527573 Drive train compromising an internal combustion engine and two electric drive units  
In a drive train that includes an internal combustion engine and two electric drive units, drive torque of the internal combustion engine is superimposed on drive torque of an electric drive unit...
7508100 Electric motor/generator and method of cooling an electromechanical transmission  
An electromechanical transmission includes a rotor supported by a rotor hub that has at least one passage formed therein for providing cooling fluid flow to the rotor. Preferably, cooling fluid is...
7507173 Hybrid architecture incorporating three motor generators and planetary gear sets with two fixed interconnections  
The electrically variable transmission family of the present invention provides low-content, low-cost electrically variable transmission mechanisms including first, second and third differential...
7503870 Control apparatus for vehicular drive system  
A control apparatus for a vehicular drive system including a continuously-variable transmission portion, and a step-variable transmission portion, the continuously variable transmission portion...
7503865 Infinitely-variable power-branching transmission with two operating modes, comprising three planetary trains  
An infinitely-variable power-branching transmission with two operating modes. The transmission components are distributed between two power paths connecting in parallel a heat engine to vehicle...
7500931 All-wheel drive vehicle  
A vehicle with a drive engine, with at least two vehicle axles and a transmission unit for variable distribution of drive torque from the drive engine in the vehicle's longitudinal direction...
7500930 Electrically variable transmission with multiple interconnected gearsets  
The electrically variable transmission family of the present invention provides low-content, low-cost electrically variable transmission mechanisms including first, second, third and optional...
7500929 Hybrid drive system comprising a hydrodynamic clutch particularly for motor vehicles  
A drive system for a motor vehicle is provided. The drive system has a drive assembly, at least one power transmission unit that is coupled with the drive assembly and an electrical machine coupled...
7497798 Hybrid power train structure using toroidal variator  
A hybird power train structure having a toroidal variator. The hybird power train structure is constructed such that drive force generated by an engine and drive force generated by a motor are...
7497797 Electrically variable transmission having at least three planetary gear sets and one fixed interconnection  
The electrically variable transmission family of the present invention provides low-content, low-cost electrically variable transmission mechanisms including first, second and third (and possibly...
7497796 Electro-mechanical transmission  
A hybrid electromechanical transmission for a tracked vehicle includes a drive motor and a steer motor with separate propulsion paths to output members of the transmission. A two-speed range...
7494436 Hybrid architecture incorporating three interconnected gear sets and brakes  
The electrically variable transmission family provides low-content, low-cost electrically variable transmission mechanisms including first, second and third differential gear sets, a battery, three...