2192 results about "Idle speed" patented technology

One embodiment relates to a hybrid vehicle drive system for a vehicle including a first prime mover, a first prime mover driven transmission, a rechargeable power source, and a PTO. The hybrid vehicle drive system further includes a hydraulic motor in direct or indirect mechanical communication with the PTO and an electric motor in direct or indirect mechanical communication with the hydraulic motor. The electric motor can provide power to the prime mover driven transmission and receive power from the prime mover driven transmission through the PTO. The hydraulic motor can provide power to the prime mover driven transmission and receive power from the prime mover driven transmission through the PTO.

A powertrain includes a diesel compression engine and an electric machine operatively coupled thereto and effective to rotate the engine during engine cranking. Cold engine cranking is accomplished in a staged manner including a first stage wherein the engine is cranked to a first speed below the resonant speed of the coupled engine and electric machine combination for a first duration and thereafter cranked to a second speed above the resonant speed for a second duration. Transition out of cranking at the first and second speeds is accomplished when relative combustion stability is demonstrated. Cranking at the first or second speed is aborted when excessive crank times or if low battery voltages are observed. A third stage is included wherein the engine is cranked to a third speed below the engine idle speed. Transition out of cranking at the third speed is accomplished when relative combustion stability is demonstrated, whereafter normal engine control takes over.

A start-stop or idle-stop method for a heavy-duty hybrid vehicle that turns off the fuel supply while maintaining the crankshaft rotation of the internal combustion engine when the vehicle stops or, optionally, when the vehicle travels downhill, travels in a noise sensitive location, travels in an exhaust emissions sensitive location, or operates in an emergency situation. The stop-start or idle-stop method automatically turns on the engine fuel supply to restart combustion when the vehicle starts accelerating, is no longer traveling downhill, is no longer traveling in a noise sensitive or exhaust sensitive location, is no longer in an emergency situation, or has dropped below the minimum energy storage restart level.

The invention discloses a remote automatic control system of a fracturing pump skid used in an oil field. The system is used for remote automatic control of a well service pump skid and a truck-mounted skid used in the oil field; the remote automatic control system consists of a field control system which consists of Siemens S7-315 series PLCs which are taken as a core, a Siemens MP370 which is taken as a remote control human-machine interface, and Ethernet which is taken as a transmission media; the system can achieve remote control functions such as start, stop and emergency stop of an engine, gear shifting, braking, turning back to a neutral position and idle speed of a gearbox and the like, and the system can modify field running parameters in a remote manner, thus realizing bidirectional transmission between the pump skid and the human-machine interface (HMI); the Ethernet is taken for communication so that the pump skid can transmit the field data to a remote controller or a server at the speed of 100MB/S; an industrial exchanger is taken to connect the devices such as the PLC, the HMI and the like to achieve more group controls; the exchanger can convert the field data into the data formats such as a standard *.CSV format and the like, and directly transmit the data to the server for data processing.

A system for starting a gas turbine engine of an aircraft is provided. The system includes a pneumatic starter motor, a discrete starter valve switchable between an on-state and an off-state, and a controller operable to perform a starting sequence for the gas turbine engine. The starting sequence includes alternating on and off commands to an electromechanical device coupled to the discrete starter valve to achieve a partially open position of the discrete starter valve to control a flow from a starter air supply to the pneumatic starter motor to drive rotation of a starting spool of the gas turbine engine below an engine idle speed.

A method of and system for enabling pursuing police cruisers or the like to remotely and safely stop the engine of an appropriately equipped stolen or improperly operated vehicle, wherein the cruiser transmits a control signal to a receiver pre-provided in the vehicle, to initiate, preferably through modified engine control modules, a forced and over-riding multiple-stage reduction in fuel supplied to the engine, first to slow down the vehicle below idling speed, and then to stall the engine by total fuel shut off.

An engine start system which may be employed in automotive idle stop systems. The engine start system includes a pinion gear to be pushed to a ring gear coupled to an engine for achieving meshing engagement with the ring gear. After the pinion gear engages the ring gear, the engine start system starts to rotate the pinion gear using a starter motor to crank the engine. Specifically, when an engine restart request is made following an engine stop request, the engine start system waits until after the speed of the engine drops below a preselected gear engageble speed and then moves the pinion gear toward the ring gear without rotating the pinion gear. This minimizes the consumption of fuel in the vehicle in supplying electric power to the starter motor and a maximum level of mechanical noise arising from the engagement of the pinion gear with the ring gear.

One embodiment relates to a hybrid vehicle drive system for a vehicle including a first prime mover, a first prime mover driven transmission, a rechargeable power source, and a PTO. The hybrid vehicle drive system further includes a hydraulic motor in direct or indirect mechanical communication with the PTO and an electric motor in direct or indirect mechanical communication with the hydraulic motor. The electric motor can provide power to the prime mover driven transmission and receive power from the prime mover driven transmission through the PTO. The hydraulic motor can provide power to the prime mover driven transmission and receive power from the prime mover driven transmission through the PTO.

An object of the present invention is to operate the working machine etc. with satisfactory responsiveness as intended by the operator while enhancing engine efficiency, pump efficiency, and the like, where a first engine target revolution ncom1 adapted to a current pump target discharge flow rate Qsum is set, and when determined that the current pump target discharge flow rate Qsum is greater than a predetermined flow rate (10 (L/min)), a revolution nM (e.g., 1400 rpm) greater than an engine low idle revolution nL is set as a second engine target revolution ncom2 determining that operation levers 41 to 44 switched from a non-operation state to an operation state. The engine revolution is controlled so that the second engine target revolution ncom2 is obtained if the second engine target revolution ncom2 is equal to or greater than the first engine target revolution ncom1.

Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a fleet management computer system for assessing vehicle efficiency. According to various embodiments, the fleet management computer system is configured for receiving and assessing vehicle telematics data in order to determine an idle percentage of engine run time value representing the percentage of the vehicle's engine run time during which the vehicle's engine was idling during the one or more time periods. In addition, the fleet management computer system may be configured for assessing vehicle telematics data in order to identify segment of engine idle time and generate a graphical display indicating various attributes of the identified idle time segments. The idle time percentage and idle time segments generated by the system can be used to assess the efficiency of vehicles and/or vehicle operators in an associated fleet.

A low-cost vehicle air-conditioning apparatus for idle stopping vehicles is capable of performing both cooling and heating operations throughout the year. The air-conditioning apparatus includes an engine-driven compressor and engine-driven pump for a heating unit. The air-conditioning apparatus includes a motor-driven compressor and pump. A control unit drives the motor such that the motor-driven compressor is operated when there is a need for cooling and the motor-driven pump is operated when there is a need for heating when the engine is stopped. Battery power is conserved through various methods.

An HVAC control system for a passenger compartment of an over the road vehicle comprises a controllable air conditioner for directing cooled air flow through the passenger compartment and a controllable heater for directing heated air flow through the passenger compartment. A battery selectively powers the air conditioner and the heater. A sensor senses battery energy. A control panel includes user input devices for manually selecting operating parameters of the HVAC system and a battery remaining time display. A controller is operatively connected to the air conditioner, the sensor and the user control panel, the controller determining estimated battery remaining time based on battery energy and the manually selected operating parameters, and displaying the estimated battery remaining time on the battery remaining time display.

In at least one embodiment, a system for controlling a vehicle climate control system in response to starting an engine with a remote start operation is provided. The system includes a first sensor for generating a cabin temperature signal indicative of a temperature within the vehicle. The system further includes a controller for controlling idle speed of the engine in response to the cabin temperature signal such that the controlled idle speed enables the climate control system to achieve a desired temperature.

A speed change system for work vehicle having a continuously variable transmission device selects a first change gear ratio which is set larger than a smallest change gear ratio, when an engine rotational speed is a first set rotational speed which is set equal or close to an idling rotational speed of an engine; retains the change gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission device at the smallest change gear ratio, when the engine rotational speed is equal to or above a second set rotational speed set on a high-speed side relative to the first set rotational speed; and makes the change gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission device larger between the first change gear ratio and the smallest change gear ratio, as the engine rotational speed at that moment becomes lower, when the engine rotational speed is between the first and second set rotational speeds.

A hand held orbital sander has a housing having an electronically commutated motor disposed therein and an orbit mechanism disposed beneath the housing. A motor controller is coupled to the motor. The motor controller changes the speed of at which it runs the motor from an idle speed to a sanding speed upon the motor speed dropping from idle speed to an idle speed threshold value and changes the speed at which it runs the motor from sanding speed to idle speed upon the motor speed increasing from sanding speed to a sanding speed threshold value. The sander may have a mechanical brake that brakes the orbit mechanism and the motor controller also dynamically brakes the motor.

An alternator system having an alternating current (ac) voltage source includes a switched-mode rectifier (SMR) coupled to the ac voltage source and having an output port coupled to an output of the alternator system, and a controller coupled to said switched-mode rectifier so as to provide a controlled pulse sequence synchronized with an angular rotor position of the (ac) voltage source to activate and deactivate the switched-mode rectifier. The controller further includes a PWM generator having a first input to receive a total duty ratio signal synchronized with an angular rotor position of the (ac) voltage source. The switched mode rectifiers are controlled to increase power output levels at lower speeds near idle. The controller combines improved idle speed power output levels with load matching improvements from PWM control for more efficient operation when compared to circuits using conventional control or PWM load matching control alone.

A power system for dual-motor hybrid vehicle is a combined driving unit fed with fuel and electric power, comprising: an internal combustion engine, a motor, a clutch, a transmission, a power battery, a braking system and an entire vehicle controller, wherein the system further comprises: a main motor, an auxiliary motor, and a mechanical stepped transmission, a rotor shaft of the main motor being connected with the output shaft of the transmission, a rotor shaft of the auxiliary motor being connected with the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine; the main motor and the auxiliary motor being electrically connected with the power battery. With the control of the entire vehicle controller, the vehicle can be driven automatically by the hybrid power system in the follow modes: pure motor driving mode, series driving mode, parallel driving mode, hybrid driving mode, idling stop mode of the internal combustion engine, braking energy recovery mode, independently driving mode of the internal combustion engine, and motor auxiliarily driving mode during shifting. The present invention provides a new power system for hybrid vehicle, with simple structure, lower cost, less energy consumption and less exhaust gas emissions.

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.

A hydraulic control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle, which enables a smooth torque transmission when an engine of the vehicle is started from an idling stop state. The hydraulic control apparatus includes an engine and a motor as power sources, a transmission having a torque converter, a clutch for a starting gear, an engine automatic stop and start device which is associated with the engine, a motor-driven oil pump for supplying oil pressure to the transmission, a brake pedal sensor, an accelerator pedal sensor, an engine revolution rate sensor. The oil pressure applied to the clutch is controlled to a level corresponding to a creeping torque when the engine is automatically stopped. When the brake pedal is released, the engine is automatically started, the accelerator pedal is not depressed, and the engine revolution rate is less than an idling revolution rate, the oil pressure applied to the clutch is maintained to the level corresponding to the creeping torque.