Vehicle weight estimation system and related methods

    公开(公告)号:US10906406B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-02

    申请号:US16596685

    申请日:2019-10-08

    Applicant: Hyliion Inc.

    Abstract: A through the road (TTR) hybridization strategy is proposed to facilitate introduction of hybrid electric vehicle technology in a significant portion of current and expected trucking fleets. In some cases, the technologies can be retrofitted onto an existing vehicle (e.g., a truck, a tractor unit, a trailer, a tractor-trailer configuration, at a tandem, etc.). In some cases, the technologies can be built into new vehicles. In some cases, one vehicle may be built or retrofitted to operate in tandem with another and provide the hybridization benefits contemplated herein. By supplementing motive forces delivered through a primary drivetrain and fuel-fed engine with supplemental torque delivered at one or more electrically-powered drive axles, improvements in overall fuel efficiency and performance may be delivered, typically without significant redesign of existing components and systems that have been proven in the trucking industry.

    ON-VEHICLE CHARACTERIZATION OF PRIMARY ENGINE WITH COMMUNICATION INTERFACE FOR CROWDSOURCED ADAPTATION OF ELECTRIC DRIVE CONTROLLERS

    公开(公告)号:US20190202431A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-04

    申请号:US16237078

    申请日:2018-12-31

    Applicant: HYLIION INC.

    CPC classification number: B60W20/12 B60W10/08 B60W20/13

    Abstract: Through-the-road (TTR) hybrid designs using control strategies such as an equivalent consumption minimization strategy (ECMS) or adaptive ECMS are implemented at the supplemental torque delivering electrically-powered drive axle (or axles) in a manner that follows operational parameters or computationally estimates states of the primary drivetrain and/or fuel-fed engine, but does not itself participate in control of the fuel-fed engine or primary drivetrain. Crowdsourced distributions of adaptations and/or selections of BSFC type data allow ECMS implementations (or other similar control strategies) employ efficiency curves for a particular paired-with fuel-fed engine and/or operating conditions and to improve overall efficiencies of the TTR hybrid configuration. In some cases, signatures are used to identify appropriate BSFC type data for crowdsourced dissemination.

    ELECTRIC VEHICLE ENERGY STORE WITH FUEL TANK FORM FACTOR AND MOUNTING CONFIGURATION

    公开(公告)号:US20190202312A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-04

    申请号:US16237533

    申请日:2018-12-31

    Applicant: HYLIION INC.

    Inventor: Phil Aufdencamp

    Abstract: An energy store tank assembly includes a tank adapted for mounting to a frame of a tractor-trailer vehicle by a mounting bracket. The mounting bracket is coupled to the frame, and the mounting bracket extends around, and in contact with, a circumference of the tank to secure the tank to the frame. The energy store tank assembly further includes an energy store disposed within the tank, the energy store configured to supply electrical power to the tractor-trailer vehicle in a first mode of operation and further configured to receive energy from the tractor-trailer vehicle in a second mode of operation. In some embodiments, the tank includes an electrical interface through which the energy store supplies the electrical power to the tractor-trailer vehicle in the first mode of operation and through which the energy store receives energy from the tractor-trailer vehicle in the second mode of operation

    Motor vehicle accessory to increase power supply and reduce fuel requirements

    公开(公告)号:US10118505B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-06

    申请号:US15797536

    申请日:2017-10-30

    Applicant: Hyliion Inc.

    Abstract: A power control system may include at least one of batteries, a motor, and a data logic analyzer that can interpret certain variable conditions of a transport, such as a tractor trailer, moving along a road or highway. The data can be used to determine when to apply supplemental power to the wheels of a trailer to reduce fuel usage. One example device may include at least one of: a power creation module that generates electrical power, a battery which store the electrical power, a motor affixed to a trailer axle of a trailer which provides a turning force to the trailer axle when enabled to operate from the stored electrical power of the battery, and a motor controller configured to initiate the motor to operate according to a predefined sensor condition.

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