3907results about "Trucks" patented technology

A Level IV fuel-saving robot system for ACE HDTs of the present disclosure focuses on the minimization of actual fuel consumption (L / 100 km) for long-haul freight at first based on an electrical power split device (ePSD) and a mixed hybrid powertrain architecture. A basic model Level I fuel-saving robot realizes a longitudinal L1 automatic driving function through a predictive adaptive cruise (PACC) technology within an Operational Design Domain (ODD) for highways and reduces the actual fuel consumption of an ACE HDT by more than 20% compared with modern diesel HDTs, and the energy-saving and emission-reducing effect of the basic model Level I fuel-saving robot is decoupled from both the technical level of a vehicle engine and the driving level of a driver; an advanced Level IV fuel-saving robot has a L4 automatic driving function within the ODD for highways, operates in a “shadow mode” or “detached mode”, automatically generates a discrepancy report or detachment report, completes the “3R” batch validation for an L4 system on a billion mile scale quickly with high cost effectiveness on the premise of ensuring the traffic safety of existing road users and reduces the total validation expense by more than 65% compared with the modern HDT with internal combustion engine equipped with the L4 system, promoting the early commercialization of the Level IV fuel-saving robot.

The application provides an autonomous refueling vehicle for a hydrogen-electric aircraft, which includes two or more wings. The wings are provided with one or more removable electric propulsion pods. The autonomous refueling vehicle includes a hydrogen refueling module adapted to connect to the propulsion pods and to a hydrogen source. The autonomous refueling vehicle includes also includes a propulsion pod handling device, which is adapted to remove the propulsion pod from the wings and to position the propulsion pods on the hydrogen refueling module such that the propulsion pods are connected to the hydrogen refueling module. The autonomous refueling vehicle is also adapted to autonomously move itself to the hydrogen source to allow the hydrogen refueling module to removably connect to the hydrogen source for refueling of the propulsion pods.

One variation of a system includes a modular kit. The modular kit includes: a driven axle configured to install on a bogie chassis supporting a trailer chassis of a trailer; a motor coupled to the driven axle; a battery assembly; a set of electrical cables; and a cable carrier. The battery assembly includes a set of retention features configured to transiently engage a set of engagement features on the trailer chassis to couple the battery assembly to the trailer chassis and is configured to: supply electrical energy to the motor to drive the driven axle; and receive electrical energy from the motor to regeneratively brake the driven axle. The set of electrical cables are configured to electrically couple the motor and the battery assembly. The cable carrier is configured to: locate between the bogie chassis and the battery assembly; and support the set of electrical cables over a range of longitudinal positions.

Embodiments herein relate to a battery support structure for an electric vehicle, assemblies with the same, and methods of manufacturing, integrating, and using the same, among other things. In embodiments, a support structure for use on an electric vehicle includes a pair of frame rails and a battery case with a bottom coupled to the frame rails. The battery case is coupled to the frame rails at a location below the frame rails, e.g., with resilient bushings held between the battery case and the frame rails by brackets extending below the frame rails, and away from the battery case.

An electric vehicle may comprise a chassis extending between a front and a rear and having a steering axle coupled to the chassis and arranged near the front. The electric vehicle may further comprise a first drive axle and a second drive axle coupled to the vehicle chassis and arranged near the rear. The first drive axle may comprise a first axle housing, a first drive wheel rotatably supported by the first axle housing, and a first electric machine operably coupled to the first drive wheel through a first power path, the first power path including a first gear reduction. The second drive axle may comprise a second axle housing, a second drive wheel rotatably supported by the second axle housing, and a second electric machine operably coupled to the second drive wheel through a second power path, the second power path having no speed change.

The invention provides a collaborative optimization scheduling method and system for an integrated energy system comprising an electric heavy truck. The method comprises the following steps: randomly generating key driving characteristics of the electric heavy truck; by analyzing the key features, the charging demand, the schedulable time period and the charging power range of the electric heavy truck are evaluated so as to construct an adjustable potential model of the electric heavy truck; based on the adjustable potential model and the current running state of the electric heavy truck, a daily charging load curve is generated by establishing a load prediction model of the electric heavy truck; establishing a power output model of photovoltaic power generation and a charging and discharging model of an energy storage system; an upper-layer optimization model of electric heavy truck charging scheduling based on IGDT and a lower-layer optimization model of energy storage system and power grid combined scheduling are established to generate a double-layer optimization model; and solving the double-layer optimization model by adopting an iterative solving method so as to generate a collaborative optimization scheduling strategy of the integrated energy system. According to the invention, the energy supplement problem of the new energy heavy truck is effectively solved, and the peak load shifting capability of the power grid is improved.

A modular structure supports elevated rail segments for delivering electrical power to a moving work machine, such as a hauler at a mining site. Opposite ends of a roadside barrier contain complementary tubular couplers arranged vertically, one having a first diameter supported by an arm and the other having a larger second diameter and a vertical slot. Couplers on adjacent barriers can be mated together concentrically along a central axis. The mated couplers help restrict longitudinal displacement, lateral displacement, slope change, and lateral rotation between adjacent barriers during placement. One barrier may be used as a temporary alignment structure to position barriers spaced alternatingly along a haul route for the work machine.

An electrified vehicle include a chassis, a front axle coupled to the chassis, a rear axle coupled to the chassis, an electric motor supported by the chassis, and a trailer coupled to a rear end of the chassis and configured to be towed by the electrified vehicle. The electric motor is configured to drive at least one of the front axle, the rear axle, or a component of the electrified vehicle. The trailer includes a trailer frame, a trailer axle coupled to the trailer frame, and an energy storage device supported by the trailer frame. The energy storage device includes a plurality of batteries. The energy storage device configured to power the electric motor.

The present disclosure relates to a battery system for a hybrid or an electric vehicle. Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a battery assembly designed for easy and quick exchange of battery assemblies enabling a vehicle to resume driving much more quickly than traditional charging permits.

A low floor electric bus includes a frame extending longitudinally from a front end to a rear end, the frame having two sidepieces and a plurality of crossmembers extending between and coupled to the sidepieces, wherein the frame has a central section positioned at a lower height relative to the front and / or rear sections. The bus further includes a battery pack mounted to the central section of the frame; a powertrain having an electric motor and a driveshaft, wherein the electric motor is mounted to the rear section of the frame behind a rear axle coupled to the frame and the driveshaft extends from the electric motor to the rear axle; and a cradle coupled to the front section of the frame. A mixed-material cabin is also provided. The cabin includes a passenger cabin with a floor, sidewalls, and ceiling having steel, ceramic, and composite components.

An electric vehicle battery control system including a first electric motor configured to propel a vehicle in a drive mode in response to a drive current, a second electric motor operative to generate a back electromotive force voltage in a fault mode, a battery, having an open circuit battery discharge voltage, for generating the drive current for coupling to the first electric motor, and a vehicle controller for limiting the drive current in response to a difference between the back electromotive force voltage and the open circuit battery discharge voltage being less than a threshold voltage difference.

A method for powering at least one Power Electronics Controller included in a first EV. The method including step of:i) supplying electrical energy from a Powered Watercraft EV's battery pack to the first EV's at least one Power Electronics Controller.

Methods of performing a dispatched logistics operation for delivery / pickup of items using a modular autonomous bot apparatus assembly (with a modular autonomy module, cargo storage system, auxiliary power module, and mobility base) and a dispatch server. The modular autonomy control module receives a dispatch command from the dispatch server and authenticates that each of the modular components in the assembly are compatible with the particular dispatched logistics operation. The bot assembly receives the transported item, autonomously moves from an origin location to a destination per the dispatch command using the mobility base autonomously controlled by the modular autonomy control module, receives authentication input that at least correlates to authentication information in the dispatch comment to allow selective access to the modular cargo storage system of the bot assembly, and then autonomously returns to the origin after the item is detected removed from the cargo storage system.

Described is a telehandler (1) equipped with at an electric propulsion motor and with several containment compartments (100) for housing means (200, 300) for powering the motor. A compartment (100) is provided with an access opening to allow a user to insert or extract a source of electricity (200, 300) included in the power supply means. A plurality of electric batteries (200) is made available, each designed to be inserted in one of the compartments (100). An electricity generator apparatus (300) is provided for insertion in one of the compartments (100). The telehandler (1) is equipped with the following alternative power supply configurations: a fully electrical configuration wherein the power supply means comprise only one or more electric batteries (200); and a hybrid configuration wherein the power supply means include the electricity generator apparatus (300).

Dynamic route generation and charger discovery is provided. A system identifies a drive route for a vehicle. The drive route includes a first charger at a first location along the drive route configured to charge a battery of the vehicle. The system receives an indication of an amount of power output by the battery of the vehicle and an indication of a speed of the vehicle as the vehicle traverses the drive route. The system receives the indication via a battery management system of the vehicle. The system predicts, via a model trained with machine learning, a characteristic of the vehicle based on the amount of power and the speed. The system updates, responsive to the characteristic predicted via the model based on the amount of power and the speed, the drive route to include a second charger at a second location to charge the battery of the vehicle.

A sensor device comprises an advanced antenna array radar transceiver configured to measure motion of the sensor device relative to an external surface in a reference frame of the sensor device and provide corresponding radar data, and an inertial measurement unit, IMU, configured to measure motion of the sensor device in a reference frame of the sensor device and provide corresponding IMU data. The advanced antenna array radar transceiver and the IMU are fixedly mounted relative each other. Processing circuitry is configured to determine an orientation of the sensor device relative an inertial reference frame (e.g., in terms of one or more Euler angle(s)) based on joint processing of the radar data and the IMU data.

A direct current fast charging (DCFC) control system for a range extended electrified vehicle (REEV) includes a set of DCFC connectors electrically connecting a high voltage battery system of an electrified powertrain of the REEV to a charging port of the REEV and a control system configured to determine an ambient temperature external to the REEV, access a temperature model configured to model a temperature associated with the set of DCFC connectors, wherein the temperature model accounts for heat energy generated by an engine of the electrified powertrain, determine, using the temperature model, a modeled temperature associated with the set of DCFC connectors, and control, based on the ambient temperature and the modeled temperature associated with the set of DCFC connectors, a DCFC current provided by an external DCFC station to a high voltage battery system via a charging port and the set of DCFC connectors.

A slide-out arrangement (10) for a vehicle (100) allows a slide-out box (20) to be extended for the purpose of enlarging the vehicle interior. A slide-out arrangement (10) comprises a vehicle-side assembly (40) for mounting on the chassis of the vehicle (100) and a slide-out-side assembly (50) for mounting on a slide-out box (20), and further includes a drive system (60) by means of which the vehicle-side assembly (40) and the slide-out-side assembly (50) are movable relative to each other. It is proposed that the drive system (60) comprise a push chain drive with at least one double chain set (64) which has at least two chain strands (66A, 66B) that are independently fed to a contact area when the double chain set is extended, and which are each designed as unidirectionally articulated chain strands (66A, 66B).The at least two chain strands (66A, 66B) come into contact with each other in the contact area (62) when the chain strands (66A, 66B) are extended, in such a way that they can be extended as a common chain assembly (68) supporting or holding each other.

The invention relates to a motor holder (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4) for fastening an electric motor (1) to a support frame (2) of a vehicle (10), wherein the support frame (2) preferably comprises two longitudinal members (2bj, 2b2) which are spaced apart from each other and are interconnected via a plurality of cross members (2aj, 2a2, 2a3, 2a4). The invention further relates to a vehicle (10) having a motor holder (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4) of this type. It is provided here that the motor holder (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4) comprises a first fastening region (3a) which is fastened to one of the longitudinal members (2bj, 2b2); a second fastening region (3b) which is fastened to the electric motor (1) or to a support structure of the electric motor (1); and a spacer (3c) connecting the first and second fastening region (3a, 3b), wherein the spacer (3c) spaces the second fastening region (3b) from the first fastening region (3a) in such a manner that the second fastening region (3b) is arranged below the longitudinal members (2bj, 2b2) in the vertical direction H of the vehicle.

A Level IV fuel-saving robot system for heavy-duty trucks (HDT) focuses on the minimization of actual fuel consumption (L / 100 km) for long-haul freight based on an electrical power split device and a mixed hybrid powertrain architecture. The Level IV fuel-saving robot has an L4 autonomous driving function within the Operational Design Domain (ODD) of expressways, operates in a “shadow mode” or “Disengagement Mode,” automatically generates a discrepancy report or detachment report, completes the “3R” (Real Vehicle, Real Road, Real Payload) batch validation for an L4 system on a billion mile scale quickly with high performance to cost ratio under the condition of ensuring the traffic safety of existing road users and reduces the total validation expense by more than 65% compared with the modern HDT with internal combustion engine equipped with the L4 system, promoting the early commercialization of the fuel-saving robot.

A fixing device for a vehicle configured to connect the vehicle's cabin unit and loading unit of loading cargo at the rear of the cabin unit includes a coil transmitting an electromagnetic force to a drive pulley, an assembly module including a drive pulley and mechanically fixing the cabin unit and the loading unit together through a driving force of the drive pulley via the coil when the loading unit moves and aligns with the cabin unit, and a magnetic module enclosing the assembly module on an external side of the assembly module and magnetically fixing the cabin unit and the loading unit together by changing a magnetic circuit through a rotation force of a magnetic body while the cabin unit and the loading unit are mechanically connected to each other.

Provided discloses an integrated axle assembly and structural assembly. The integrated axle assembly comprises an axle tube assembly extending in a first direction; a front support arm extending circumferentially from the axle tube assembly in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction for attachment to the frame; a rear support arm extending circumferentially from the axle tube assembly in a third direction away from the second direction for mounting a resilient assembly; and a brake base plate extending in a peripheral direction from the circumference of the axle tube assembly; the axle tube assembly, front bracket arm, rear bracket arm and brake base plate are molded in one piece, which improves the assembly efficiency.

Methods and systems are provided for an electric heavy-duty vehicle. In one example, the vehicle includes a battery pack for supplying current to an electric motor of the vehicle, the battery pack arranged in a chassis of the vehicle and configured to form part of a floor of the vehicle. The vehicle also includes a motor coupled to front wheels of the vehicle, the front wheels having hub assemblies housing drive shaft adapters configured to permanently couple the hub assemblies to drive shafts of the front wheels, and a cradle configured to be mounted with electrical sub-systems of the vehicle.

A control system (202) can directly or indirectly measure force applied between a trailer (112) and a prime mover vehicle (102) coupled to the trailer. Based on the measured force, the control system can determine an operational state of one or more features of the trailer. For example, static resistance, rolling resistance, and / or acceleration rate of the trailer can be measured while applying a specific braking actuation level to the service air brakes of the trailer. Based at least in part on the measured static resistance, rolling resistance, and / or acceleration rate, an operational model (206) for actuation of the service air brakes can be applied. In some examples, the control system can be part of the prime mover vehicle, for example, an autonomous vehicle.

Vehicles and systems for modular power source storage. A vehicle may include a power source detachable from the vehicle. The power source may supply power to the vehicle and a remote device. The vehicle may further include a cargo bed that stores the power source. The cargo bed or a portion of the cargo bed may be removable from rest of the vehicle along with the power source.

A drive system for a vehicle includes a frame, an electric motor, and an energy storage unit suspended from the frame of the vehicle. The energy storage unit includes at least two energy modules including a first energy module having a first cuboid fuel tank and a first cuboid energy storage device including at least one battery. The at least two energy modules further include a second energy module having a second cuboid fuel tank. The at least two energy modules are connected to each other such that the first cuboid fuel tank and the second cuboid fuel tank are connected to opposite sides of the first cuboid energy storage device.

The invention discloses a support, a support assembly and a vehicle. The support is used for being installed on a frame, a plurality of sets of hanging parts are arranged on the support, and each set of hanging parts is used for being detachably connected with a battery. According to the technical scheme provided by the invention, the battery replacement cost can be effectively reduced.

An energy storage arrangement for a vehicle, the energy storage arrangement comprising a first energy storage module comprising a first surface, and at least one hook member arranged on the first surface, and a second energy storage module comprising a first wall and a second wall, the first and second walls being transversally offset from each other, and a first chassis connecting member arranged on the first wall, wherein the second energy storage module is suspendable to a frame of the vehicle by the first chassis connecting member, wherein the at least one hook member is hooked on a portion of the first wall of the second energy storage module to suspend the first energy storage module to the second energy storage module.

The invention discloses a battery mounting rack, a frame assembly and a vehicle, the battery mounting rack is used for mounting a battery to a vehicle beam, the battery mounting rack comprises a main body part and an extension part, the main body part is used for being connected to the vehicle beam and extending in the length direction of the vehicle, and the extension part forms an included angle with the extension direction of the main body part and extends in the direction deviating from the main body part; and a mounting structure is arranged on the extension part and is used for mounting a battery. According to the battery mounting rack, the battery mounting space in the width direction of the vehicle can be enlarged, the size of the battery in the width direction of the vehicle can be increased, the distribution position, number, structural form and the like of the mounting structures on the extension part can be flexibly arranged, the mounting strength of the large-size battery can be improved, and the mounting efficiency of the large-size battery can be improved. Therefore, the endurance mileage of the vehicle during single battery replacement is improved.