Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130581 | Method for the Automatic Control of Wheel Brake-Slip and Wheel Brake-Slip Control System for a Motor Vehicle With an Electric Drive The invention relates to a system and method for the automatic control of wheel brake-slip in a motor vehicle with an electric drive (2), including the following steps: detecting a brake signal (14) by means of a slip control device (9), at which po... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130575 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTING A STARTING GEAR IN A HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE In a method and device for selecting a starting gear in a hybrid electric vehicle, a first driving sequence is registered during which a parameter indicates that an electric motor energy source has been drained past an energy level limit and/or no gear ratio shift from ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130576 | WORKING MACHINE Provided is a working machine capable of decreasing a voltage of a DC busbar (DC bus) with a configuration suppressing a degradation in reliability. A hybrid type construction machine as a working machine includes: a DC bus which is connect... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130577 | VEHICULAR CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICULAR CONTROL METHOD In a vehicular control apparatus mounted on a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a rotating electrical machine, and a storage device that is supplied with a power from the rotating electrical machine, the vehicle can be decelerated through stoppage of inje... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130574 | ELECTRICALLY ASSISTED VARIABLE-K CONTROL A vehicle includes a transmission, a motor configured to provide a motor torque to the transmission, and an engine configured to provide an engine torque to the transmission. A torque converter is operably disposed between the transmission and the motor, the engine, or ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130579 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE BEGINNING OF A START PHASE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE IN A HYBRID VEHICLE A method for determining the beginning of a start phase of an internal combustion engine in a hybrid vehicle, in which a second drive unit drives the hybrid vehicle, the internal combustion engine being started upon reaching a certain drive torque of the second drive un... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130580 | ARTIFICIAL ENGINE SOUND CONTROL UNIT, APPROACHING VEHICLE AUDIBLE SYSTEM, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE HAVING THEM An artificial engine sound control unit which controls an artificial engine sound which is emitted from a sounding body which is provided at an electric vehicle whose at least a part of drive power is generated by an electric motor, to outside; comprising a speed region... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130573 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE DURING TRAILER SWAY Systems and methods for stabilizing a hybrid electric vehicle (“HEV”) towing a trailer. One system includes a regenerative braking system, a non-regenerative braking system, and a stabilization system. The stabilization system determines a direction of rotation and ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130578 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling the Drive System for Mobile Equipment such as a Mobile Construction and/or Mining Machine The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling the drive system for mobile equipment, when the operator's drive commander is kept constant, electric traction motors are controlled by a torque controller to provide uniform torque, deviations i... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130572 | VEHICLE DECELERATION RATE CONTROL DURING DECELERATION FUEL CUTOFF BY VARYING GENERATION ELECTRIC LOAD A vehicle control system for controlling a vehicle deceleration rate that includes a dynamo (e.g. generator/motor) coupled to the vehicle to provide a dynamo deceleration force to the vehicle corresponding to an electric load, an internal combustion engine coupled the v... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120109432 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ENGINE IN A HYBRID VEHICLE A method is provided for controlling a hybrid electric vehicle. The vehicle includes at least one motor-generator, an internal combustion engine employing a camshaft and a camshaft phaser, and an energy-storage device operatively connected to the engine and to the at le... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109433 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE TARGET THERMAL CONDITIONING VALUE TO CONTROL A RECHARGEABLE ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM Systems and methods for determining the target thermal conditioning value to control a rechargeable energy storage system. Target thermal conditioning values are determined using a required thermal power value and a heat generation value in order to appropriately condit... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109431 | ROBUST MOTOR TORQUE PERFORMANCE DIAGNOSTICS ALGORITHM FOR ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEMS IN HYBRID VEHICLES A method to control a powertrain having an electric motor includes monitoring a torque command to the motor, predicting a motor torque for the motor based upon the torque command, monitoring an actual motor torque of the motor, comparing the actual motor torque to the p... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109430 | Method for the fail-safe operation of a hybrid vehicle for the controlled initiation of a substitute measure allowing an operation of the vehicle under emergency conditions, and device for implementing this method A method for the fail-safe operation of a hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine, an electric motor, and additional vehicle assemblies. A substitute measure that then still allows the vehicle to be operated under emergency running conditions is initiated if... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109442 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME A power supply system for a hybrid vehicle includes a main power storage device and a plurality of sub power storage devices used selectively. When SOC of each power storage device decreases to an SOC control target, the running mode transitions from a CD mode of runnin... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109444 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF SAME Provided are a fuel cell system and a control method thereof capable of inhibiting the occurrence of problems caused by surplus electrical power even in cases where the torque able to be generated by the motor is limited due to a low motor drive voltage. A fuel cell sys... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109443 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF VEHICLE A hybrid vehicle (1) includes a battery (10-1), a motor-generator (32-2) operable to produce driving force using electric power of the battery (10-1), a charger (28) operable to charge the battery (10-1 | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109440 | CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRIC MOTORS OF UTILITY VEHICLES Electronic control systems and related control methods for controlling electric auxiliary motors for performing work, such as electric deck motors for mower blades. The apparatus is shown in use with a vehicle that includes a mowing deck. Features of the control systems... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109441 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE TORQUE APPLIED TO THE WHEELS OF A VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE ELECTRIC MOTOR A method for controlling torque applied to wheels of a vehicle including at least one electric motor connected to a battery and connected to at least one driving wheel. The motor is capable of operating as a generator for recharging the battery when the vehicle slows do... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109434 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING BATTERY OF HYBRID VEHICLE A method for protecting a battery of a hybrid vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention for a hybrid vehicle which selectively drives a motor by electricity of the battery and selectively charges the battery by electricity generated by drivin... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109436 | BICYCLE MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM A bicycle motor control system is configured to control a drive assistance motor that can be installed on a bicycle having a drive force transmitting body. The bicycle motor control system comprises a memory device, a pedaling force detecting device, a propulsion force ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109437 | INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE An industrial vehicle having a vehicle body includes a battery, an electric motor, an electrolyte level sensor, a vehicle operating with lowered electrolyte level, a vehicle operating time calculator, a data-storing device storing data of the vehicle operating time, an ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109439 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR In control apparatus and method for a vehicle, the vehicle including a traveling mode (a WSC traveling mode) in which a slip control is performed for a clutch (second clutch CL2) and a revolution speed control is performed for the driving source such that a revol... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109435 | CONTROL UNIT, IN PARTICULAR FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE, HAVING AN ELECTRIC DRIVE AND AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING A HYBRID VEHICLE A control unit for a hybrid vehicle is described, having an electric drive, and an internal combustion engine, and a method for operating a control unit, in particular for a hybrid vehicle. The hybrid vehicle has an electric drive, an internal combustion engine, a tract... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109438 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD A hybrid electric vehicle has a first mode in which slippage of a clutch between an electric motor and a driving wheel is allowed and controlled by rotational speed control of the electric motor and a second mode in which the slippage of the clutch is allowed and contro... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083958 | SYSTEM FOR SIMULATING MANUAL TRANSMISSION OPERATION IN A VEHICLE An embodiment of a method for simulating manual transmission operation in a vehicle having an automatic transmission includes receiving a selection of a transmission model profile which includes a simulated manual transmission model. The method further includes receivin... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083951 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN EV MODE TRANSITION IN A TWO-MODE HYBRID VEHICLE A method of executing an electric-only (EV) mode transition in a vehicle includes determining vehicle operating values using a control system, processing the values to identify the transition, and executing the transition to or from the first or second EV mode. The tran... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083950 | ENHANCED STABILITY CONTROL FOR AN ELECTRIC POWERTRAIN A vehicle having an electric powertrain includes a control system for executing a driveline stability control method. A host machine determines vehicle speed prior to an electric-only (EV) mode or EV mode shift/transition, filters an initial motor torque command to the ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083957 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR MOTOR-ASSISTED BICYCLE A control apparatus for a motor-assisted bicycle detects a pedaling torque applied to a crankshaft with a pedaling force sensor, controls a motor unit in a regenerative control process to charge a battery if the torque value of the detected pedaling torque is equal to o... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120080249 | FRONT WHEEL ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM A kinetic energy recovery system (“KERS system”) and motorcycle equipped with the same is disclosed. The KERS system may be mechanical, hydraulic, or a combination thereof. In an embodiment, motorcycle includes a rear wheel, an electric motor, a motor shaft, and a f... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082536 | HYBRID EXCAVATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING HYBRID EXCAVATOR A motor generator control unit controls operation of a motor generator which generates power using a driving force transmitted from an engine. A charge/discharge control unit electrically connects a first capacitor and a second capacitor and controls charging/dischargin... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083949 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR OF A HYBRID VEHICLE The invention provides a method for controlling the motor of a hybrid vehicle comprising the steps of detecting states of a plurality of motors and planetary gear sets; deciding total demand torque of the motors in a case that the plurality of motors operates under a pr... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083952 | CONTROL OF ENGINE START FOR A HYBRID SYSTEM A powertrain includes an electric motor providing propulsion torque to a transmission input shaft, an internal combustion engine, and an engine disconnect clutch selectively providing torque transfer between the engine and the motor. A method to control a flying engine ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083956 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR MOTOR-ASSISTED BICYCLE A control apparatus for a motor-assisted bicycle detects a pedaling torque applied to a crankshaft with a pedaling force sensor, controls a motor unit of the motor-assisted bicycle in a regenerative control process to charge a battery, if the torque value of the detecte... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083953 | CONTROL DEVICE A control device capable of executing damping control of outputting a damping torque command that suppresses vibration of a rotational speed of a rotating electrical machine caused at least by elastic vibration of a power transmission mechanism. This is accomplished by ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083955 | FRONT-AND REAR-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLE One embodiment provides a vehicle including: a first drive system configured to drive first wheels; and a second drive system configured to drive second wheels, wherein the first drive system includes: an electric motor; a motor controller; an engagement/disengagement u... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083948 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING MULTIPLE BATTERY PACKS IN A HYBRID OR ELECTRIC VEHICLE A vehicle includes first and second battery packs having respective first and second banks of contactors. The packs are wired in electrical parallel. A propulsion system is driven using electrical power from the packs. A controller determines which pack has the highest ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083954 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR MOTOR-ASSISTED BICYCLE A control apparatus for a motor-assisted bicycle detects a pedaling torque applied to a crankshaft with a pedaling force sensor, controls a motor unit of the motor-assisted bicycle in a regenerative control process to charge a battery if the torque value of the detected... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072066 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF In the case that the motor travel priority mode is set and the restriction mode is set as the control mode because of the request of the operation of the engine, the threshold value Peg that is smaller value between the obtained value (kw·Wout) from multiplying the out... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072065 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICULAR POWER TRANSMITTING SYSTEM A control apparatus for a power transmitting system of a vehicle provided with a transmission portion having a plurality of speed ratios to be established in steps, and an electric motor operatively connected to an input-side rotary member of said transmission portion a... | 03/22/2012 |
