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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431005 | Engine start/stop control for multiple engine ohv based on operating conditions Operation of a second or additional engine is initiated based on throttle position, vehicle speed and output level of the operating engine or engines. A second or additional engine is stopped based on throttle position and operation of the first engine when the seco... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7354367 | Electrically variable transmission having three planetary gear sets, four fixed interconnections and clutched input 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 ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7322896 | Hybrid transmission A hybrid transmission for a four-wheel drive hybrid vehicle. A simple planetary gearset as a front planetary gearset and a double-pinion planetary gearset as a rear planetary gearset are mounted in a rear section of a transmission housing. A pair of motor/generators... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7260947 | Air conditioning system operating on vehicle waste energy A waste energy-based vehicle air conditioning system includes efficient compression driving means coupled to refrigeration means. In one implementation, the compression driving means includes a controller (e.g., magnetic clutch) that couples mechanical waste energy ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259493 | Stator of two rotor single stator type electric motor A stator for a two rotor single stator type electric motor is described. The electric motor has inner and outer rotors that are rotated independently within and around a stator upon application of current to the stator. The stator comprises a stator core including a... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254468 | Multi-network control system for a vehicle A vehicle is described herein which includes a first communication network, a second communications network and a router which is used to facilitate communication between the first and second networks. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7232401 | Method of compensating torque at cylinder switching on a DOD engine with electric parallel hybrid A method for managing torque in a hybrid electric vehicle uses a displacement on demand (DOD) internal combustion engine (ICE), an electric machine and a battery. The method includes smoothing disturbances in ICE torque during a DOD transition using the electric mac... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228841 | Fuel switching for dual fuel engine An internal combustion engine combusts a first fuel or a second fuel. A method for controlling the engine comprises supplying first fuel to at least one combustion chambers of the internal combustion engine, stopping the supply of the first fuel to the combustion ch... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7216495 | Air conditioning system Implementations of the present invention include systems, methods, and apparatus for improving the fuel efficiency (mpg/kpl) of a motor vehicle during those times when the vehicle air conditioning system is operating. Whenever the driver takes his foot off the gas, ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207915 | Hybrid transmission In a hybrid transmission, input and output side motor/generators (MG1, MG2) and input and output portions (In, Out) are coupled to two sets of the differential units (G1, G2) in such a manner that, under a selection of a first predetermin... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207177 | Position control device for an electrical-fluid power drive and a method of positioning A method and a position control device for an electrical-fluid power drive comprising a fluid power and an electrical actuator for driving a force output point. The invention contemplates the following steps: of derivation of a target overall drive force, to be prov... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7153174 | Outboard motor engine speed control system An outboard motor engine speed control system includes two outboard motors, sensors which detect a travel speed of the boat and the engine speeds of the outboard motors, and a controller which controls the engine speeds of the outboard motors to be synchronized with... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7148656 | Capacity adjustment apparatus for battery pack and capacity adjustment method for battery pack A control unit calculates target power to be generated based upon a bypass engaging voltage used as a reference voltage at which a capacity adjustment circuit executes a capacity adjustment, and issues a power generation command for an inverter so as to generate the... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7110871 | Method for determining preferred input operating points for a vehicle transmission Preferred operating points for a vehicle powertrain including an engine and a transmission are determined in accordance with a comprehensive operational mapping of input and output conditions and corresponding aggregate system losses corresponding to engine and tran... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7096098 | Traction chain for a series hybrid vehicle Traction chain for a series hybrid vehicle comprising an engine (10) which drives an alternator (11), an electric traction motor (21), a inverter which enables the electric traction motor to be operated at a torque set value CCset, an... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090607 | Hybrid transmission A hybrid transmission connected with a prime power source, including an input member for receiving power input from the prime power source, a two degree-of-freedom gear mechanism having a first axis and including at least four rotating members that are associated to... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7076356 | Optimal selection of input torque with stability of power flow for a hybrid electric vehicle An preferred input torque for a hybrid powertrain is determined within a solution space of feasible input torques in accordance with a plurality of powertrain system constraints that results in a minimum overall powertrain system loss. Aggregate powertrain system lo... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063637 | Hybrid transmission A hybrid transmission for variably producing a transmission ratio is comprised of first and second motor/generators and a differential mechanism constructed by two double-pinion planetary gearsets. The two double-pinion planetary gearsets are coaxially arranged and ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062916 | Power output apparatus and control method of the same When an actual output power level of an engine is greater than a preset engine power demand due to the higher density of intake air in a cold environment, the control procedure of the invention controls a motor to raise a rotation speed of the engine with a throttle... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7047745 | Method for operating a hybrid engine According to a prepared program and the signal from a crank angle sensor, a computer switches two operation modes A and B in which an electric motor operates, and the computer creates a pair or pairs of different operation mode phases during the period from an ignit... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7017348 | Control device for a hybrid vehicle A control device for a hybrid vehicle, the hybrid vehicle including a motor, connected to an engine output shaft, to which an engine output is transmitted, and an automatic transmission, the automatic transmission including an input shaft, connected to the engine ou... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7007464 | Catalyst warming control-apparatus The catalyst warming control apparatus of the present invention is provided for a hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine, a generator for generating electric power from the output from the internal combustion engine, a power storage unit for storing ele... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7005830 | Rechargeable battery pack with adaptive regenerative energy control and method thereof A charging strategy for a rechargeable battery pack is disclosed. The battery pack is used in an application that includes a dynamoelectric machine that may operate as a motor, drawing power from the battery pack, or as a generator, delivering regenerative energy to... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7001296 | Hybrid transmission In a hybrid transmission, a two-degree of freedom differential unit includes four or more rotary members and is structured in such a way that, when revolution states of two rotary members from among the four or more rotary members are determined, the revolution stat... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6995480 | Power supply equipment for motor vehicle with inverter for controlling motor generator Power supply equipment for a motor vehicle, includes a motor generator, an inverter for driving the motor generator, a battery and a capacitor of an electrical double layer, wherein the capacitor is directly connected to a DC side of the inverter and the battery is ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6981379 | Power supply system To provide a power supply system that allows the current maximum power generation capability to be easily recognized, this power supply system includes a plurality of fuel cells for generating power and supplying the power to loads; a performance storage section for... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6957137 | Real-time operating parameter selection in a vehicular transmission Preferred operating points for a vehicle powertrain including an engine and a transmission are determined in accordance with a comprehensive operational mapping of input and output conditions and corresponding aggregate system losses corresponding to engine and tran... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6911274 | Fuel cell system A fuel cell system is described which comprises a power source and a fuel storage unit. A flowable fuel is contained with the fuel storage unit. A first flow path delivers fuel from the fuel storage unit to the power source. Some or all of this fuel is deposited int... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6895754 | Vehicle control system A vehicle control system is capable of precisely estimating an auxiliary machine motive power without increasing a processing load of an engine control means. An engine ECU 13 is provided with a first auxiliary machine motive power estimating section 16 | 05/24/2005 |
| 6898506 | Braking force control apparatus for vehicle and method thereof The braking force control apparatus for a vehicle which has a function of applying a braking force to the vehicle by rotational resistance of the engine, by stopping the fuel supply to the engine during coasting of the vehicle and by controlling a torque capacity of... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6892541 | Vehicle control device and control method of the same A vehicle control device is installed in a hybrid vehicle which can run by a driving force of at least one of an engine and a motor, and charges a battery by driving the engine when an amount of electric power stored in a battery which supplies the electric power to... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6868674 | Control apparatus for variable-cylinder engine, and control apparatus for vehicle Providing a control apparatus for a variable-cylinder engine or a vehicle control apparatus, which permits a further improvement in the fuel economy of the vehicle. Decompression-state setting means 102 is arranged to place appropriate ones of non-operating c... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6751960 | Control system of hybrid transmission A control system for controlling a hybrid transmission including a two-degree-of-freedom differential mechanism is arranged to change a target prime-mover revolution speed of a prime mover so as to decrease an electric power output of first and second motor/generato... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6732526 | Hybrid automatic transmission In a hybrid automatic transmission of a hybrid electric vehicle equipped with a differential device having two-degree-of-freedom and at least four rotating members respectively connected to a prime mover as an input element, a drive train as an output element, and f... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6718782 | Functional combined equipment for a motor vehicle A power distributing mechanism distributes a power at a first axis from the engine to a second axis coupled to a motor generator, and a third axis coupled to a compressor for air conditioning. A clutch mechanism provides the connection/disconnection of the second ax... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6694741 | Electronic engine synchronizer A control system for use with a master engine and one or more slave engines. The master engine produces a master torque and the slave engines produce slave torques. The master engine and the slave engines have computers that control fueling to the engines... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6694232 | Control device for hybrid vehicle A control device for a hybrid vehicle which comprises an engine and a motor-generator that is capable of generating electrical power as power sources, and in which the power of at least one of the engine and the motor-generator is transmitted to an output... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6568186 | Hybrid expansible chamber engine with internal combustion and pneumatic modes A hybrid engine, having a plurality of coupled expansible chamber devices, preferably a piston in a cylinder, each capable of operating in any one of an internal combustion mode, an air pump/compressor mode and an air motor mode. The modes are controlled ... | 05/27/2003 |
