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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177005 | Vehicle, driving device and control method thereof When a gear of a transmission for transmitting torque of a motor to a drive shaft is shifted while an accelerator is off or an accelerator pedal is slightly stepped on, an upper limit rotation speed is set using a fluctuation rate of a value smaller than a value whe... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7950485 | Control device for hybrid vehicle The control device for the hybrid vehicle is mounted on the hybrid vehicle including the engine and the motor generator as the driving source and capable of switching at least two modes, i.e., the infinite variable speed mode and the fixed gear ratio mode. When the ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7938211 | Brake structure for wheel rotating device A brake structure for a wheel rotating device is disclosed, which comprises a motor provided in a wheel and is driven for rotating the wheel, and a braking mechanism for actuating brake to brake the wheel. The motor includes: a motor housing; a stator positioned in ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7748481 | Hybrid powertrain for homogeneous charge compression ignition engine operation A hybrid powertrain is provided including an internal combustion engine sufficiently configured for operation in a homogeneous charge compression ignition mode of operation. An electric motor and an electric storage device are provided in parallel hybrid combination... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7690454 | Hybrid drive, in particular, for a motor vehicle A hybrid drive, in particular, for a motor vehicle, includes: an internal combustion engine and a transmission disposed on the output side of the internal combustion engine, which transmission is drivable by the internal combustion engine; and an electric motor asso... | 04/06/2010 |
| 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 speed stage for start-up of the vehicle has been selected. On a request f... | 11/17/2009 |
| 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 information from a north marker when the rotation speed thereof is high. If th... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7441618 | Electrical drive system for a vehicle with skid steering An electrical drive system for a vehicle with a skid steering element exhibits a homogeneous electrical drive engine and a homogeneous gear unit (16, 18) on the left and on the right side in each case, which are propelled by a drive engine (2,4), assig... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7392995 | Driving device for wheels A driving device for a wheelbarrow includes a motor assembly which has a shaft and a driving gear is connected to the shaft. The driving gear is engaged with planet gears of a gear set to drive a collar which is connected to a rim with a tire connected to the rim. T... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7387585 | Electrically variable transmission having three planetary gear sets, two fixed interconnections and a stationary member The electrically variable transmission family of the present invention provides low-content, low-cost electrically variable transmission mechanisms including first, second and third differential gear sets, a battery, two electric machines serving interchangeably as ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7371201 | Hybrid transmissions having three motor/generators and three interconnected planetary gear members The electrically variable transmission family of the present invention provides low-content, low-cost electrically variable transmission mechanisms including first, second and third differential gear sets, a battery and three electric machines serving interchangeabl... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371203 | Electrically variable transmission having three planetary gear sets and two fixed interconnections and a stationary interconnection The electrically variable transmission family of the present invention provides low-content, low-cost electrically variable transmission mechanisms including first, second and third differential gear sets, a battery, two electric machines serving interchangeably as ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367911 | Electrically variable transmission having three planetary gear sets, clutched input, two fixed interconnections and a stationary member The electrically variable transmission family of the present invention provides low-content, low-cost electrically variable transmission mechanisms including first, second and third differential gear sets, a battery, two electric machines serving interchangeably as ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360616 | Method for controlling and regulating a power train of a hybrid vehicle and power train of a hybrid vehicle A method for controlling and regulating a power train of a hybrid vehicle and a power train of a hybrid vehicle having one internal combustion engine, one electric machine, one shifting element and one output in a power flow of the power train and designed with cont... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357743 | Hub motor Provided herein is a hub motor, which includes: a motor shaft, which is non-rotational (e.g., fixed), a hub housing, which is connected to the motor shaft via bearings, a stator of the motor with winding, which is fixedly connected to the motor shaft, wherein, the h... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356398 | Synchronous shift control in an electrically variable transmission Synchronous shift control in a multi-mode, hybrid transmission utilizes motor torques to control clutch synchronizations and torque conditions thereacross for substantially torque disturbance free shifting from one mode to another. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353895 | Vehicle transmission with selectively-engageable electric motor A vehicle having a transmission for transmitting a torque from a drive machine to drive wheels, with the transmission having an transmission output shaft and a transmission input shaft, in which the torque can be transmitted from the drive machine to the transmissio... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7331897 | Active shift transmission, transmission control unit and automobile The object of the invention is to provide a less expensive active transmission control system for an automobile, capable of disconnecting an engine, without increasing the number of dog clutches. In an active shift transmission, a second intermediate shaft is... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7294079 | Electrically variable transmission having three planetary gear sets and two fixed interconnections and a stationary interconnection The electrically variable transmission family of the present invention provides low-content, low-cost electrically variable transmission mechanisms including first, second and third differential gear sets, a battery, two electric machines serving interchangeably as ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293621 | Vehicle drive system with energy recovery system and vehicle mounting same A drive system with at least one power storage device and at least one motor intermittently energized and de-energized through coupling to the at least one power storage device. The drive having at least one weighted drive member coupled to the at least one motor. A... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287612 | Drive system for vehicles A drive system for vehicles, especially for commercial vehicles such as agricultural or industrial tractors, the vehicle having at least one first wheel that is driven by an associated axle or single-wheel drive motor and at least one second wheel, in the drive trai... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7282003 | Powertrain including input disconnect and accessory drive system for an electrically variable transmission A vehicle powertrain includes an engine connected to an input torque device including a torque isolator. A plurality of intermeshed accessory drive gears are connected to the torque device for driving accessories. A hybrid electromechanical transmission is connected... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278940 | Powertrain with electrically variable transmission providing improved gradeability A powertrain includes an engine with an engine output member and a transmission with two motor/generators and a transmission input member operatively connected to the engine output member. A control unit is configured to selectively cause a device to resist or preve... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276008 | Drive system A drive system includes an output shaft of an engine connected to a sun gear of a planetary gear assembly. An electric motor is connected, via gears, to a carrier rotatably supporting a planetary pinion gear that rotates around the outer circumference of the sun gea... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261660 | Electrically variable transmission arrangement with transfer gear between gear sets and clutches An electrically variable transmission is provided including an input member to receive power from an engine about a primary axis; an output member connected to a transfer member for transmitting power to a secondary axis; first and second motor/generators; and first... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7238132 | Electrically variable transmission arrangement with transfer gear between motor/generators An electrically variable transmission includes an input member to receive power from an engine about a primary axis; an output member connected to a transfer member for transmitting power to a secondary axis; first and second motor/generators; first and second torqu... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7226379 | Active shift transmission, transmission control unit and automobile The object of the invention is to provide a less expensive active transmission control system for an automobile, capable of disconnecting an engine, without increasing the number of dog clutches. In an active shift transmission, a second intermediate shaft is... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219757 | Mode transfer control apparatus and method for hybrid vehicle In mode transfer control apparatus and method for a hybrid vehicle, in a state in which the vehicle is in at least one of a start state and a travel state and in one steady-state mode of a continuously variable transmission gear ratio mode and a fixed transmission g... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216730 | Driving system for an industrial truck Driving system for a an industrial truck with a combustion engine, a two-branch gear transmission whose first shaft is coupled to the combustion engine, whose second shaft is coupled to a change-over transmission, whose outlet acts on the driven wheels of the indust... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7217211 | Two mode electrically variable transmission with equal forward and reverse input-split modal performance An electrically variable transmission includes a power source, three differential gear sets, first and second motor/generators each connected to at least one of the gear sets, and torque-transmitting mechanisms. An input member transfers power from the power source ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7192373 | Electrically variable transmission having two planetary gear sets with one fixed interconnection The electrically variable transmission family of the present invention provides low-content, low-cost electrically variable transmission mechanisms including first and second differential gear sets, a battery, two electric machines serving interchangeably as motors ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191859 | Driving apparatus for an electric vehicle A driving apparatus comprises an electric generator driven by an engine and a motor for driving driving-wheels by using electric power from the electric generator, wherein an engine-side input axle is linked to a crankshaft and an motor-side input axle is linked to ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185722 | Power transmission apparatus of motor vehicles Disclosed is a power transmission apparatus of motor vehicles which has an engine, a gear change apparatus, an electric rotary machine to which a power is transmitted via the gear change apparatus, and a clutch provided between an input shaft and an output shaft of ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178617 | Hybrid vehicle A hybrid vehicle having an engine and a motor to be controlled independently of each other for running the vehicle. This hybrid vehicle is given a braking demand detecting function to detect a braking demand through an idle ON of the engine while the vehicle is runn... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174978 | Hybrid drive unit, and front-engine/rear-drive type automobile having the hybrid drive unit mounted thereon A hybrid drive unit including a first motor, a first planetary gear and a second motor, wherein the first planetary gear distributes and transmits a drive force transmitted from an input shaft to the first motor and an output shaft, a power output from the output sh... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7169077 | Gear change method for a traction chain comprising a gear change mechanism for each driving wheel A vehicle has at least two driving wheels, each driven by an electric motor M via a gear change mechanism having at least two reduction gears. A sensor senses the rotation speed of the driving wheels. The gear change on the two driving wheels is carried out in an in... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169074 | Electrically variable transmission having two planetary gear sets with one stationary member The electrically variable transmission family of the present invention provides low-content, low-cost electrically variable transmission mechanisms including first and second differential gear sets, a battery, two electric machines serving interchangeably as motors ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166050 | Powertrain with an electrically-variable transmission A powertrain incorporates two electrical units, two planetary gearsets in a radially-stacked package to provide a shortened length of the transmission. The output members of the electrical units are interconnected by a gear mechanism, which is drivingly connected wi... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7150698 | Power transmission apparatus for automobile In a control unit for an automobile power transmission apparatus which includes a gear-type transmission and several of the motors are controlled so as to suppress thrust or push-up on the torque of the output shaft of the transmission due to inertia torque or to su... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7137920 | Transmission arrangement, use of said transmission arrangement and a vehicle provided with said transmission arrangement Transmission method and arrangement for distributing tractive force in a vehicle between a first transmission branch (28a) and a second transmission branch (30). The transmission branches are connected to one another by way of a fork (28 | 11/21/2006 |
