2235 results about "Hybrid electrical vehicle" patented technology

An apparatus and method for sequentially charging multiple electric vehicles. The apparatus including an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) having an electrical plug connected to a power cord. The power cord is connected to a housing containing a number of electrical components configured to control the power flow to an electric vehicles to recharge the vehicles' batteries. The power cord is divided into multiple power cords that extend from the housing and connect to standard electric vehicle connectors compatible with battery electric vehicles (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). The EVSE determines, based on a number of possible criteria, which of the multiple electric vehicles to charge at a given time.

A system for optimizing electrical power management in a vehicle. The system includes a HVAC device and a thermal storage device, both configured to provide heating and cooling to an occupant compartment of the vehicle. The system further includes a controller connected to an electrical storage device and an electrical generating device. The controller receives electrical power generated by the electrical generating device and directs the electrical power to satisfy the vehicle's power requirements and/or stores the electrical power in at least one of the electrical storage device and the thermal storage device. Furthermore, the controller directs at least one of the HVAC device and the thermal storage device to provide heating and cooling to the occupant compartment of the vehicle, depending on the available storage of the thermal storage unit or occupant compartment demands.

A method of operating a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is provided including the steps of: A) determining whether the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is receiving power from an external power source; B) disabling the operation of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and executing a thermal program if the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is receiving power from the external power source, wherein the thermal program includes charging a high voltage battery and monitoring the state of charge of the high voltage battery; C) determining if the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle continues to receive power from the external power source; and D) enabling operation of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle if the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is no longer receiving power from the external power source.

The invention discloses a hybrid vehicle powertrain test system capable of simulating working condition and inertia, which comprises an operating console, a bench control and measuring centre manger, a test mode controlling system unit, a dynamic simulating system unit, a driving function controller unit, a dynamometer, a dynamometer controller unit, a data acquisition system unit and a test condition controlling system unit. The system can be used in the hybrid vehicle powertrain performance development tests; the bench test can replace most of the road tests and the vehicle rotating hub tests in the process of developing the products; meanwhile, assembly parts of the powertrain can be combined flexibly to form different coupling modes of motors and engines to carry out the development and research in the early stage of the development of the hybrid vehicle powertrain; compared with traditional research and development testing means, the test system can greatly improve the hybrid vehicle powertrain and the research and development test level of the key technologies thereof and greatly shorten the research and development period of the powertrain and the relative parts.

A modular hybrid electrical vehicle system may comprise an electric vehicle and a detachable power plant. The detachable power plant may be operable to externally attach to and provide power for the electric motor vehicle.

A drive control device is mounted to a hybrid electric vehicle that has an engine and a motor as a running power source, wherein the hybrid electric vehicle runs under a plurality of running modes that is switched in accordance with accelerator operation. The drive control device specifies a present position of the vehicle. The drive control device defines a schedule of the accelerator operation for each of a plurality of sections in a route from an origin to a destination in order to achieve an enhanced fuel efficient running of the vehicle. The drive control device displays a recommended accelerator operation for a present section of the plurality of sections, in which section the vehicle is presently located, in accordance with the schedule of the accelerator operation and the present position of the vehicle.

This disclosure relates to a hybrid electrical drive system for a vehicle, and in particular, to a conversion kit for converting a vehicle with a standard internal combustion engine into a hybrid electrical vehicle. The conversion kit is designed to increase the fuel efficiency and travel range of the vehicle so converted, and to provide additional horse power upon acceleration. The system utilizes a novel arrangement to intercept kinetic energy that would normally be wasted as the vehicle is decelerating or braking. The system converts the kinetic energy to electrical energy to recharge an on board electrical energy supply source for use in assisting with the acceleration of the vehicle.

The invention relates to a dual-clutch transmission applied to a hybrid electric vehicle, wherein an output shaft of a motor/generator is connected with a first driving gear and a second driving gear through a double clutch respectively; an engine shaft of an engine is connected with an engine driving gear through an engine clutch; a second driven gear is meshed with the second driving gear and the engine driving gear respectively and connected with a first driven gear and a main reduction driving gear respectively through a synchronizer; the first driven gear is meshed with the first driving gear; the main reduction driving gear is meshed with a main reduction driven gear; the main reduction driven gear is mounted on a differential mechanism; a first gear clutch starter and a second gear clutch starter are connected with the double clutch respectively; and an engine clutch starter is connected with an engine clutch. The invention further relates to an application method of the dual-clutch transmission. The dual-clutch transmission applied to the hybrid electric vehicle has the advantages of unique design, simple structure, environmental friendliness, high driving range, economical efficiency, and good dynamic property, and generates enormous social and economic benefits.

The system of safe torque monitor for mixed power automobile is one four layer structure including one functional layer for completing various controls, one limiting layer for limiting the extreme values of functional layer signals, a redundant monitoring layer for detecting the functional layer signals and one physical detection layer for detecting the normal operation of the memory areas and the program flows. The present invention can control the output torque of the mixed power automobile and monitor the operation state of the power units to raise the safety and reliability of the mixed power automobile. The present invention also discloses one kind of safe torque monitoring system for mixed power automobile, and the system includes an engine controller module, a multiple power source controller module, a motor controller module, etc and can raise the reliability of mixed power automobile.

A control device for a hybrid vehicle, the hybrid vehicle comprising an engine and a motor as power sources, the control device including: a battery device sending energy to and receiving energy from the motor, a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the battery device; a control section which is adapted to execute a warming control operation for the battery device when the temperature of the battery device is low; and a determination section for determining whether a cylinder deactivation operation is permitted for the engine depending on the running state of the engine. The control section executes a vibration control operation for the engine by operating the motor so as to reduce vibration of the engine when it is determined by the determination section that the partial cylinder deactivation operation is permitted for the engine, and to perform the warming control operation for the battery device by executing a vibration control operation for the engine.

The invention enables a novel single-motor and double-clutch type hybrid electric vehicle to be a study object and provides a control method of the process of utilizing a motor to start an engine during vehicle running. First a structure and a working mode of the hybrid electric vehicle are analyzed, a system dynamics model is established, a working range of the hybrid electric vehicle is divided, corresponding torque management strategies are formulated; then in the practical application process, whether the conditions for utilizing the motor to start the engine are achieved is judged by calculating demand torque, value of state of charge (SOC) of a battery, a rotating speed of the motor; and when the conditions for utilizing the motor to start the engine are achieved, model switch is performed, a moment-limiting clutch jointing instruction is sent out, and the processing of utilizing the motor to start the engine is achieved by controlling oil pressure of a moment-limiting clutch hydraulic cylinder and utilizing the formulated torque coordination-control strategies to perform coordination control of motor torque, engine torque and transmission torque of a moment-limiting clutch. By utilizing the advantage that the motor responds fast and timely increasing or reducing the motor torque according to the control strategies, the control method provides the demand torque for starting the engine during the vehicle running or compensates the insufficiency of the engine torque, reduces impact degree in the switching process and improves ride comfort of the hybrid electric vehicle.

The present disclosure provides a power split transmission with two Electric Variable Transmission (EVT) modes and four fixed gears for use in hybrid electrical vehicles (HEV). The present disclosure utilizes two electric motors (“E-motors”), an engine, three planetary gear sets, and four selectively engageable clutches. The clutches are engaged in different combinations to engage the different gears and EVT modes. In the four fixed gears, power is transmitted only on the mechanical path for the highest transmission efficiency. In the two EVT modes, a part of the power is transmitted electrically. Alternatively, the E-motors can be located in the middle integrated with the transmission design. Advantageously, the present invention works with lower component speeds than existing two-mode hybrid transmissions. This can be achieved with a front E-motor design enabling modularity and also with a center E-motor design.

A system and method is provided for controlling operation of an electric oil pump in a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV). The HEV includes an engine and a transaxle including an electric motor coupled to a traction battery. A commanded speed for the electric oil pump is determined and whether the engine in the HEV is in an off state is determined. When the engine is in the off state, the electric oil pump is controlled to operate at the commanded speed.

The invention discloses a battery pack thermal management system for a hybrid automobile. The battery pack thermal management system comprises a path control valve, a battery pack, a primary cooling circuit, a secondary cooling circuit, a preheating device and a thermal management controller, wherein the path control valve comprises an inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet; the battery pack comprises a power battery module, a battery cooling plate, an electronic water pump, a temperature sensor and a first coolant pipeline; the primary cooling circuit comprises a battery heat radiator and a second coolant pipeline; the secondary cooling circuit comprises a third cooling circuit, a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator and a battery cooler, and the battery cooler is positioned on a third coolant pipeline; the preheating device has a charging preheating mode and a driving preheating mode; the thermal management controller is respectively and electrically connected with the path control valve, the electronic water pump, the temperature sensor and the battery cooler. The battery pack thermal management system disclosed by the invention can realize two-stage cooling of the battery pack and solves the problems that a battery cannot discharge at a low temperature and is low.

A drive device for a hybrid electric vehicle includes a power splitting gear set including a first planetary gear set having three rotatable elements of a first sun gear, a first ring gear and a first pinion carrier, a first and second motor/generator. The input shaft is connectable with the first ring gear. The output shaft is connected with the first pinion carrier. The first motor/generator is connected with the first sun gear. The second motor/generator is connectable with the output shaft and the first ring gear. The first ring gear is capable of being fixed to a stationary part.

The present invention relates to engine on-off control method for mixed power automobile. In condition of engine coolant temperature higher than preset value, automobile speed lower than the preset idle speed, air conditioner in off state, no treading on the accelerator pedal, auxiliary braking vacuum pump with certain vacuum degree, etc., the engine will be in idle stop state and may be re-started only after the EMS receiving starting signal. The present invention realizes the idle stop of the engine by means of the EMS, controls the fast starting of the engine with the EMS to control the motor, and makes the engine to jet oil and ignite after the motor drives the engine to certain rotation speed. The said control method can start the engine fast and raise the starting exhaust performance of the engine.

This invention relates a control strategy for a hybrid electric vehicle having an electric motor, a battery and an internal combustion engine. The control strategy improves fuel economy and reduces emissions while providing sufficient acceleration over a varying set of driving conditions through an adaptive control unit with an artificial neural network. The artificial neural network is trained on a pre-processed training set based on the highest fuel economies of multiple control strategies and multiple driving profiles. Training the artificial neural network includes a training algorithm and a learning algorithm. The invention also includes a method of operating a hybrid electric vehicle with an adaptive control strategy using an artificial neural network.

A driving power control device for a hybrid vehicle controls the engagement state of a lockup clutch so that high efficiency in regeneration is obtainable. The driving power control device for a hybrid vehicle includes an engine and a motor-generator as power sources, an automatic transmission disposed between the power sources and driving wheels with an intervening torque converter having a lockup clutch, and an ECU for controlling selection of the power sources and for controlling a slip ratio of the torque converter. In this control device, a target slip ratio of the torque converter, which corresponds to a target amount of regeneration that is retrieved using regeneration amount determining factors, is obtained by executing a feedforward control operation using friction torque determining factors, and the slip ratio is controlled in a feedback manner based on the difference between the target slip ratio and the actual slip ratio.

The invention discloses a gear-shifting control method of a hybrid electric vehicle. The gear-shifting control method comprises the following steps of detecting operating parameters of the hybrid electric vehicle, judging the working modes of the hybrid electric vehicle, and carrying out speed governing gear-shifting control over a first electric motor generator according to the current working mode of the hybrid electric vehicle and the operating parameters of the hybrid electric vehicle so that the hybrid electric vehicle can achieve gear-shifting control, wherein the operating parameters of the hybrid electric vehicle comprise the speed, the accelerator pedal signals and the current gear of the hybrid electric vehicle, and the working modes comprise the pure electric mode and the hybrid power mode. According to the method, speed governing gear-shifting of motors in various working conditions is taken into consideration, the smoothness and the comfort of the whole vehicle are improved, and the application range is expanded. The invention further discloses a power transmission system and the hybrid electric vehicle.

In a powertrain that includes wheels for driving a vehicle, a crankshaft, a machine driveably connected to the crankshaft and able to operate alternately as an electric motor and electric generator, a transmission including an input clutch driveably connected to the crankshaft and an output driveably connected to the wheels, a method for controlling idle speed including producing a desired magnitude of input clutch torque capacity, producing a desired wheel torque, using an error represented by a difference between a desired crankshaft idle speed and a current crankshaft speed to determine a desired change in torque produced by the machine, using the magnitude of input clutch torque capacity and the desired change in torque produced by the machine to determine a desired magnitude machine torque, and using the machine to produce said desired magnitude of machine torque.

The present invention provides a torque control method for an HEV, the method comprising: detecting an operation failure of an integrated starter-generator (ISG); calculating a driver demand torque based on a current accelerator position sensor (APS); controlling the hydraulic pressure and operation of a clutch so as to increase an engine speed to convert the driving mode of the vehicle from electric vehicle (EV) mode to hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) mode in the event that an operation failure of the ISG is detected and the driver demand torque is out of a predetermined range; and compensating the driver demand torque to a desired level based on a transfer torque from the clutch to a motor. The method can improve driving performance and power performance of HEV, in the event of ISG failure, by performing a hydraulic control for a clutch and calculating a driver request torque and a transfer torque from the clutch to a motor to compensate the drive request torque to a desired level.

The invention aims to provide an extended range hybrid electric vehicle power system with modes switched by a synchronizer. The system comprises a first motor and a second motor, an engine, a planetary gear train, the synchronizer, a fixed canine tooth ring which is fixedly connected with a box, a shaft gear canine tooth ring which is fixedly connected with a gear of an output shaft of the first motor, and a battery and an inverter; the engine is connected with a planet carrier of the planetary gear train; the second motor is connected with a sun gear of the planetary gear train through a sleeve; annular internal gears of the planetary gear train can be fixed on the box through the synchronizer and can also be connected with the output shaft of the first motor through the synchronizer, and the output shaft of the first motor is connected with a main change gear; the synchronizer is positioned between the fixed canine tooth ring and the shaft gear canine tooth ring; the annular internal gears of the planetary gear train are connected with a shaft sleeve spline of the synchronizer; the extended range hybrid electric vehicle power system can run in a pure motor-driven way to realize zero oil consumption and emission, and if the extended range hybrid electric vehicle power system needs to run for a long distance, the extended range hybrid electric vehicle system can run in an extended range mode, and the motor controls the position of the synchronizer to realize mode switching.