Abstract:
A battery module pair includes a first battery module having a first mounting element, and a second battery module having a second mounting element. Each of the mounting elements comprises a mounting flange. The mounting flanges extend outwards from a side surface of each of said battery modules, and each of the mounting flanges has a mounting hole. The first battery module, and the second battery module are arranged such that the mounting holes of the first mounting element and the second mounting element are in alignment. The first battery module and the second battery module are configured to be fixed in relation to each other at the mounting holes by a fastener such that the mounting flange of the first mounting element and the second mounting element are mechanically coupled.
Abstract:
A method is provided for determining a position of at least one actuator of an internal combustion engine arrangement, the method including the steps of: receiving parameter values for engine performance parameters of the internal combustion engine arrangement at a first point in time; predicting at least one engine performance parameter value at an at least one second, future point in time; and determining an actuator position for the at least one actuator by an optimization using the parameter values at the first point in time and at the at least one second point in time as input.
Abstract:
A method and software are provided for estimating a travel time for a vehicle including the steps of determining a route for which the travel time is to be estimated, dividing the route into route sections, wherein each route section has substantially constant road characteristics, selecting a vehicle configuration for the vehicle, retrieving, from a database, an estimated travel time for each route section based on each route section for the selected vehicle configuration, aggregating the estimated travel times for each route section from the database into a total travel time for the determined route. Furthermore a method for creating, and using, the database is provided.
Abstract:
A method and internal combustion engine system are provided for keeping an exhaust gas aftertreatment system within its working temperature range during an idle or motoring engine operation mode of an internal combustion engine. The method includes sensing the temperature of the gas at the gas intake side of the internal combustion engine and/or of the exhaust gas; determining whether or not the sensed temperature value is in a predetermined temperature interval or below a predetermined temperature threshold; determining whether the internal combustion engine is in idle or motoring engine operation mode; in case the internal combustion engine is determined to be in an idle or motoring engine operation mode, controlling the temperature of the gas at the gas intake side of the internal combustion engine to be within the predetermined temperature range or below the predetermined temperature threshold by recirculating exhaust gas through a connecting duct by controlling at least one valve.
Abstract:
System and method for optimizing the efficiency of base-to-vehicle communication. The method includes beginning a call initiation step for establishing a wireless communication between a base station and a remotely located vehicle. Conditions are sensed at which a prospective wireless communication would be conducted. The sensed conditions are analyzed to determine whether predetermined criteria are met for initiation of the prospective wireless communication. It is then chosen to initiate a wireless communication when the predetermined criteria for initiation of the prospective wireless communication is satisfied based on the analysis of sensed conditions. It may be required that from the sensed conditions it be determined that the remotely located vehicle is traveling below a predetermined threshold speed. Alternatively, the determining condition may be transmission quality for the prospective wireless communication. Based on these and other suitable criteria, variable amounts of electronic data may be sent from the remotely located vehicle to the base station. In another instance, it may be required that from the sensed conditions it be determined that the calculated cost of the prospective wireless communication meets predetermined parameters.