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7617896 Control device for an electric vehicle  
An electric vehicle is provided with an electric motor and a transmission capable of being shifted by a shift mechanism from a neutral state to a start-up speed stage selected state in which a...
7617893 Method and system for determining final desired wheel power in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain  
A control method and system for a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain is disclosed. A filtered, profiled battery power modifier is used in calculating a final desired wheel power. Unstable battery...
7617027 System for failure safety control between controllers of hybrid vehicle  
The present invention provides a system for failure safety control between controllers connected to an HCU via CAN communication. The system includes an ECU, an MCU, a TCU, a BMS and an HCU. The...
7617025 Electric oil pump control system in hybrid vehicle  
An electric oil pump control system for a hybrid vehicle which has an engine and a first electric motor as driving sources; a hydraulic automatic transmission connected between the engine and drive...
7611440 Propulsion system  
An apparatus comprising an engine, a drive shaft, a first electric motor, and a fly wheel assembly. The engine may be positioned in a vehicle. The drive shaft may be configured to rotate an axle....
7610738 Greens mower data display and controller  
A turf maintenance vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes a traction drive system structured and operable to provide movement of the vehicle across a ground surface, and an electric motor structured...
7610124 Control device for motor-driven vehicle  
A control device for a motor-driven vehicle, the control device includes: a zone determining unit that determines at least a normal use zone, a discharge zone, an over-discharge zone, a charge...
7607499 Hybrid vehicle controller  
A hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine and a motor. A power split means splits a crankshaft power of the internal combustion engine into two drivelines to drive traction wheels of...
7604076 System and method for reducing throttling losses during regenerative braking  
A control system for a hybrid vehicle includes a regenerative braking module that controls regenerative braking of the hybrid vehicle. Regenerative braking is controlled when an accelerator device...
7603211 Vehicle preferential treatment system, electrically powered vehicle, server used for vehicle preferential treatment system, and vehicle preferential treatment method  
A vehicle preferential treatment system includes a controller mounted in a hybrid vehicle, and a server performing wireless communications with the controller. The controller estimates an SOC of an...
7600593 Robotic vehicle with dynamic range actuators  
A robotic vehicle including a chassis having front and rear ends, an electric power source supported by the chassis, and multiple drive assemblies supporting the chassis. Each drive assembly...
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...
7591335 Children's ride-on vehicles having ground detection systems  
Children's ride-on vehicles having a drive assembly that is selectively configured between a plurality of drive configurations, such as responsive to user inputs via user input devices, and a...
7587263 Driving controller for a vehicle  
A type of driving controller for a vehicle that makes use of a combination of a generator and an AC motor to perform stable motor torque control. Target output electric power that should be output...
7586290 Battery state of charge detection  
A state of charge of a battery ( 1 ) that drives a motor ( 6 ) is computed based on a discharge current measured by a current sensor ( 3 ) when the discharge current of the battery ( 1 ) does not...
7583052 Supply of power utilizing fuel cell and rechargeable storage portion  
In a vehicle having a motor as the drive power source, a fuel cell and battery are on board as the power source for the motor. A target output value for the fuel cell is set within a range such...
7582979 Electric power supply system  
Vehicles are connected to respective receptacles of houses and are capable of generating commercial AC power to supply the generated electric power to a power transmission line. The vehicles...
7580779 Method for operating a hybrid vehicle and hybrid vehicle  
In a method for operating a hybrid vehicle with an electric motor coupled with a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder that can be switched off, with a first...
7578364 Engine start control device and method for a hybrid vehicle  
An engine start control device for a hybrid vehicle equipped with an electric motor and an engine with an induction system, including a hybrid controller that performs an engine start determination...
7577507 Driveline lash estimation and clunk management using multivariable active driveline damping  
Driveline lash and clunk are controlled in a powertrain system having multiple torque-generative and torque control devices using a multivariable feedback control approach to provide active...
7577505 Electric power steering apparatus  
A first restrict value calculating unit obtains a first restrict value Im 1 on the basis of the integration value (Id 2 +Iq 2 ) of a d-axis current detection value and a q-axis current detection...
7576501 Method for controlling a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain with divided power flow paths  
A method is disclosed for enhancing reverse driving torque in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain in which an electric motor is used for providing forward driving torque as well as reverse driving...
7576500 Method and system for operating a motor to reduce noise in an electric vehicle  
Methods and systems for operating a motor coupled to an electrical bus in a vehicle are provided. Selected resonant frequencies of the electrical bus are determined. The selected resonant...
7575080 Telematic method and apparatus with integrated power source  
Telematic method and apparatus adaptively uses fuel cell power source in vehicle with integrated power system, electrical system, telematic system, and body/powertrain system. Telematic...
7575079 Power output device, and hybrid vehicle equipped with the power output device  
A motor-generator is feedback-controlled by adopting the rotation speed information from a resolver when the rotation speed of a motor-generator is low, and by adopting the rotation speed...
7565937 Electric vehicle  
An electric vehicle includes a vehicle body, a front wheel supported on the vehicle body for steering motion in accordance with motion of the vehicle body, a pair of rear wheels supported on the...
7561949 Split serial-parallel hybrid dual-power drive system  
A split serial-parallel hybrid dual-power drive system, comprised of two or more than two separation drive systems allowing independent operation to respectively drive the load, or all loads driven...
7539562 Hybrid vehicle powertrain control method and apparatus  
A method is provided for controlling a hybrid vehicle powertrain, including recording a starting and ending point of a desired route, determining an optimally fuel efficient route, and executing a...
7533744 System and method for operating an electric motor by limiting performance  
A method and system for limiting motor performance in a hybrid electric vehicle system. During a condition in a primary drivetrain, the method limits performance of an electric motor used in an...
7532961 Power output apparatus, method of controlling the same, and automobile  
The technique of the invention sets an upper limit torque Tm 1 max and a lower limit torque Tm 1 min output from a motor generator, based on input and output restrictions Win and Wout of a battery,...
7529608 Vehicle drive control device  
A drive control device is provided with a determining section and a voltage increasing section. The determining section determines if the actual acceleration is deficient in comparison with the...
7522981 Method for charging battery of a hybrid vehicle and a hybrid vehicle using the same  
The present invention relates to a method for charging battery of a hybrid vehicle at neutral shift range and a hybrid vehicle using the same which enable generating and charging battery at a...
7520353 Hybrid vehicle configuration  
A hybrid vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine, a traction motor, a starter motor, and a battery bank, all controlled by a microprocessor in accordance with the vehicle's instantaneous...
7520351 Power control unit  
A hybrid vehicle includes an engine and a drive motor which adds power to power generated by the engine in a superimposed manner to assist the engine. A power control unit includes: a fourth rotor...
7519462 Crowd force control in electrically propelled machine  
A method of operating an electrically propelled machine includes the steps of, operating an electrical power source for the machine, and limiting an output torque of an electrical propulsion motor...
7516007 Anti-rollback control for hybrid and conventional powertrain vehicles  
An anti-rollback vehicle control system reduces vehicle rollback by restarting an engine based on a grade, a brake signal, and a calculated brake release rate. In a hybrid vehicle, the control...
7513325 Method for operating a hybrid motor vehicle  
In a method for operating a hybrid vehicle, which includes an internal combustion engine and an electric machine as the propulsive drive, the electric machine operates in both motor and generator...
7512466 High-torque, low power reaction wheel array and method  
Methods and apparatus are provided for reaction wheel (RW) assemblies for spacecraft. The apparatus comprises a M/G coupled to an inertia wheel and a controller coupled to the M/G that, in response...
7509193 Method and device for limiting the driving speed of a motor vehicle  
A method and a device are provided for limiting the driving speed of a motor vehicle that allow a selectable, fixed fuel consumption per distance traveled to be maintained without limiting...
7496435 Drive control system for electric vehicle and method of drive control of electric vehicle  
A drive control system for an electric vehicle and a method of drive control of the electric vehicle. The drive control system for the electric vehicle includes a drive motor target torque...
7493205 Brake control system for an electric drive vehicle  
A method is provided for controlling braking in a vehicle having a motor and a brake. The method includes sensing an actual operating parameter of the motor and receiving a desired operating...
7490000 Fuel economy control system and control strategy  
An alternative fuel vehicle having a fuel economy control module with associated logic that allows the vehicle to operate in a fuel economy mode based on a desired fuel economy preference. The fuel...
7486036 Power control apparatus, electrically powered vehicle and power control method of power system  
When surplus power not charged to an electric storage is generated at the time of regenerative braking of a vehicle, a voltage is generated across first and second neutral points using a...
7484583 Auxiliary power unit for moving a vehicle  
A power system is provided having at least one traction device and a primary power source configured to power the at least one traction device. In addition, the power system includes an auxiliary...
7482910 Apparatus, system, and computer program product for presenting unsolicited information to a vehicle or individual  
A system for providing directed advertising or informational messages specific to individual persons or vehicles. The system encompasses a sensing and evaluation mechanism to detect persons or...
7482769 Control apparatus for electric motor and abnormality detection method for electric motor control  
A high-level ECU generates a torque command value T 1 according to an output request to an electric motor. A low-level ECU calculates a torque command value T 2 for correcting the original torque...
7480549 Electrical control unit for an automobile  
An electrical control unit for an automobile of which standby current is smaller. In an electrical control unit for an automobile having a microcomputer, an input circuit, a driver circuit, and a...
7478692 Electric vehicle  
In an electric vehicle driven by a drive motor with electric power generated by an engine-driven generator and with electric power from a battery, the electric vehicle includes a residual battery...
7478691 Hybrid vehicle and control method of same  
A delay time for delaying starting of an internal combustion engine in a hybrid vehicle is set to a predetermined time based on an engine coolant temperature and a state of an air conditioner...
7477031 Control device for hybrid electric vehicle  
A hybrid electric vehicle is arranged such that a driving force of an engine and a driving force of an electric motor can be transmitted to driving wheels through a transmission and that the engine...