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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7520354 | Hybrid vehicle with combustion engine/electric motor drive A vehicle including a prime mover, a generator mechanically coupled to the prime mover, a first multi-input drive unit having at least first and second rotational inputs and at least one rotational output wherein the first rotational input is coupled to the prime mo... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7478692 | Electric vehicle In an electric vehicle driven by a drive motor with electric power generated by an engine-driven generator and with electric power from a battery, the electric vehicle includes a residual battery power detecting module for detecting a residual power capacity of the ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7475747 | Electric or hybrid vehicle with a spare electric motor power source A secondary electric power source (19) for a motor vehicle having one or more electric motors (12) for driving respective wheels (10a) of the motor vehicle and having a main electric power source (14) for providing power to electri... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7469761 | Continuously variable transmission system with power boost A method is provided of boosting power to a continuously variable transmission having a motor. The continuously variable transmission is powered by an engine. The method includes selectively adjusting a power output of the engine above a steady state power output ra... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7448459 | Method for detecting abnormality in a hybrid vehicle A method for detecting an abnormality in a hybrid vehicle. The hybrid vehicle includes an engine that can run in a cylinder cut-off state where intake and exhaust valve lifts are made zero, and a motor/generator that functions as both a motor and a generator. The ve... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7441617 | Hybrid car By a lean burn operation, a highly efficient operation region is enlarged, the proportion of engine operation in a low torque condition is increased, and the proportion of motor operation using a battery is decreased. It is possible to provide a hybrid car of an eng... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7434641 | Control apparatus of hybrid vehicle A control apparatus of a hybrid vehicle having a first drive unit, a second drive unit, a HV battery, a shift control element, a battery state detection element, and a shifting-time drive control element. Furthermore, in the control apparatus, a battery balance cont... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7426972 | Control device for vehicular drive system A control device for a vehicular drive system including (a) a differential mechanism operable to distribute an output of an engine (8) to a first electric motor and a power transmitting member, (b) a second electric motor disposed in a power transmitting path... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426973 | Hybrid power unit A first reduction section of a hybrid power unit reduces an output of a motor when a transmission is shifted. A charge determining section determines whether charging of a battery is permitted. If the charge determining section determines that charging of the batter... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7413827 | Car power source apparatus A car power source apparatus is provided with a driving battery which drives an electric motor, heaters which heat the driving battery, a control circuit which controls power to the heaters, a temperature sensor which detects battery temperature and issues a detecte... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410436 | Transmission system and method for driving a vehicle A vehicle (1) has an epicyclic gearing (3) with three rotational members (5, 7, 9). Rotational member (9) is connected to a load formed by the wheels (17) of a vehicle. Rotational member (5) is connected to a flywheel (11... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7404289 | Vehicular control device An engine ECU executes a program including the steps of: if it is necessary to take an anti catalytic odor approach and the engine should be warmed up, resetting an engine warm up request flag to cut fuel for the approach; cutting the fuel and determining whether th... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7395889 | Hybrid drive unit for vehicles A hybrid drive unit for vehicles, in which a power distribution device is arranged in a power transmission route between an engine and a wheel, in which the power distribution device has a first to fourth rotary elements capable of rotating differentially with one a... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395888 | Vehicle drive device A vehicle drive device comprises an actuator located between an electric motor and axles for driving the vehicle, a built-in power source for supplying electric power to the actuator, and a control means for controlling the drive of the actuator. The built-in power ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395887 | Complementary regenerative torque system and method of controlling same A complementary regenerative torque system exists for a vehicle including an engine having an accelerator pedal position sensor; a transmission unit; and a drive shaft for driving a pair of wheels for propelling the vehicle. The regenerative torque system selectivel... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395143 | Transmission system with a continuously variable transmission ratio The system (CVT) includes a first electrical machine (M1) with a first rotor (R1) provided with a multiphase winding (W1) and fixed firmly to the shaft (1) of the internal combustion engine (ICE) and a second rotor (R2) or intermed... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7383902 | Hybrid car and control apparatus therefor, and hybrid four-wheel-drive car and control apparatus therefor In a hybrid car, or an electric motor-driven four-wheel-drive vehicle, in which an electric motor is driven directly by an output from a generator, vehicle running performance is enhanced. The output from the generator is controlled so as to maintain a generator tor... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7380621 | Hybrid system An hybrid system (10) of the invention includes a fuel cell unit (20) that generates electricity upon being supplied with reaction gases, a secondary battery (40) that stores electric power generated by the fuel cell unit (20), and an ele... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380586 | Climate control system for hybrid vehicles using thermoelectric devices The present invention provides a system for controlling the climate of a hybrid vehicle. The system includes a thermoelectric module, a heat exchanger, a pump, and a valve. The thermoelectric module includes thermoelectric elements powered by electric energy. The th... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7374000 | Electric generating system for automobiles and its control method To provide a vehicle driving apparatus capable of providing a sufficient driving force. A driving high-power generator is driven by an engine. A DC motor is driven directly by energy from the generator. A driving generator output voltage control circuit controls out... | 05/20/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7367179 | Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine having a catalytic converter A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine having a catalytic converter are described making it possible to heat the catalytic converter more quickly. An additional load of the internal combustion engine is applied to heat the catalytic conver... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367414 | Hybrid vehicle and method of controlling the same In a constant speed drive (in an auto cruise), the procedure of the invention executes proportional control to set an accelerator opening Acc corresponding to an observed vehicle speed and a target vehicle speed. When the accelerator opening Acc is less than a prese... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365519 | Excitation system having inner loop voltage regulator with by-pass capability An excitation system that includes an exciter for generating a field voltage for a rotor, a first automatic voltage regulator and a second automatic voltage regulator. The first regulator receives an output voltage of the power generation system as an input, and the... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365504 | Motor having multiple independent armature winding sets A motor is provided that includes multiple sets of independent stator windings that are not magnetically coupled, which allows the motor to be driven by multiple independent current drivers, and thereby increases the overall torque generated by the motor. In one emb... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357213 | Starter with electric oil pump for hybrid vehicle The present invention provides a hybrid vehicle, which has both the function of supplying hydraulic oil to a transmission when the idle operation of an engine is stopped, and the function of providing start force when the engine is cold started, thus reducing space ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7356391 | Drive controlling apparatus and method for automotive vehicle In drive controlling apparatus and method for an automotive vehicle, at least one couple of road wheels constitutes one pair of parallel road wheels with respect to a vehicular width direction, a plurality of motors driving independently and separately each road whe... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350611 | Method for controlling an electric drive machine A method is provided for controlling an electric drive work machine including an engine and an electric motor that provides power to enable the work machine to travel across a surface terrain at certain ground speeds. In one embodiment, the method may include detect... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351265 | Hybrid drive assembly for a vehicle, in particular a scooter A hybrid drive assembly (1) for a vehicle having at least one drive wheel (2), the drive assembly including an internal combustion engine (3); a transmission unit (5) interposed between a drive shaft (4) of the internal combustion ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347294 | Power system for electrically powered land vehicle The power system for an electrically powered land vehicle extracts electrons from ambient air to generate adequate electrical power to operate the land vehicle electrical energy production and propulsion system. The extracted electrons generate enough electrical pow... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343994 | Working machine A working machine has a machine body, a working unit attached to the machine body, an internal combustion engine for driving the working unit, a traveling unit mounted on the machine body 11 for displacing the working unit over a ground surface to perform a w... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343993 | Power system for dual-motor hybrid vehicle 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 sy... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346449 | Driving evaluation apparatus, driving evaluation program, and driving evaluation method There are provided a driving evaluation method for evaluating a fuel consumption rate of driving a vehicle in certain driving interval on the basis of driving data acquired at time of driving in the driving interval, including: calculating an energy consumption effi... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341535 | Hybrid transmissions having three motor/generators and a stationary planetary gear member The electrically variable transmission family provides low-content, low-cost electrically variable transmission mechanisms including first, second and third differential gear sets, a battery and three electric machines serving interchangeably as motors or generators... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338335 | Hybrid electric heavy-duty vehicle drive system A hybrid electric system designed to lower fuel consumption in heavy-duty long-haul vehicles, and in medium and light duty vehicles (trucks, buses, vans, SUVs, recreational vehicles, and the like), utilizing a multiplicity of thermal engines, regenerative power road... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328763 | Hybrid drive system of vehicle A hybrid electric drive system for a vehicle comprises a combustion engine (1), a transmission (2), a first clutch (3) disposed between the engine (1) and the transmission (2), a rotating electric machine (4) which serves as... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329960 | System and method for propelling a large land-based vehicle using a dual function brushless dynamoelectric machine A propulsion system for a relatively large land-based vehicle, such as a locomotive or off-highway vehicle, is provided. The system may include a brushless dynamoelectric machine made up of a main alternator having a main rotor and a main stator, and an auxiliary al... | 02/12/2008 |
