公开(公告)号：US20210083337A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-18

申请号：US17107804

申请日：2020-11-30

Applicant: Hyliion Inc.

Inventor： David Scott Thomas ,  Alex Ho Yang ,  Timothy Hughes

IPC: H01M10/613 ,  H01M10/6572 ,  H01M10/6556 ,  H01M2/02 ,  H01M2/04 ,  H01M10/625 ,  H01M10/6551 ,  H01M10/6555

Abstract: A battery pack for an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle may include a housing, a stack of battery cells disposed within the housing, and a cooling subassembly. The housing typically holds the cell stack together, and the cooling subassembly typically cools the cell stack to prevent damage to the battery cells and to maintain the performance of the battery cells. The cooling subassembly may include a cold plate defining a liquid flow channel and one or more thermoelectric devices (TEDs) that are operable to cool the cell stack when current is supplied thereto. Heat spreaders may be employed within the battery pack, and exemplary configurations of components to thermally and mechanically couple the cooling subassembly are described.

公开(公告)号：US20210016678A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-21

申请号：US17061382

申请日：2020-10-01

Applicant: Hyliion Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Joseph HEALY ,  Wilson SA ,  Morgan CULBERTSON ,  Eric SCHMIDT ,  Roger RICHTER

IPC: B60L58/13 ,  B60W20/12 ,  B60K11/06 ,  B62D59/04 ,  B60K6/40 ,  B60W20/14 ,  B60K6/52 ,  B62D53/06 ,  B60L1/00 ,  B60L50/15 ,  B60L58/24 ,  B60L1/02 ,  B60L58/26 ,  B60K17/356 ,  B60K17/36 ,  B60K6/448 ,  B60L7/18 ,  B60L50/16 ,  B60L50/40 ,  B60W10/06 ,  B60W10/08 ,  B60W30/18 ,  B60W20/10 ,  B60L50/60 ,  B60L50/70

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.

公开(公告)号：US20200171961A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-04

申请号：US16781721

申请日：2020-02-04

Applicant: Hyliion Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Joseph Healy

IPC: B60L15/20 ,  B62D63/08 ,  B62D59/04 ,  B60L7/10 ,  B60L58/10 ,  B60L53/00 ,  B60L50/53 ,  B60L50/50 ,  B60K17/356 ,  B60L1/02 ,  B60L8/00 ,  B60L7/18

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 source affixed to a trailer to capture energy from movement of an axle of the trailer, and a motor powered by the power source to operate and provide movement assistance to the axle.

公开(公告)号：US10654369B2

公开(公告)日：2020-05-19

申请号：US16545033

申请日：2019-08-20

Applicant: Hyliion Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Joseph Healy

IPC: B60K1/02 ,  B60L15/20 ,  B60L7/18 ,  B60L8/00 ,  B60L1/02 ,  B60K17/356 ,  B60L50/50 ,  B60L50/53 ,  B60L53/00 ,  B60L58/10 ,  B60L7/10 ,  B62D59/04 ,  B62D63/08 ,  B60K1/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US20190291593A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-26

申请号：US16371597

申请日：2019-04-01

Applicant: HYLIION INC.

Inventor： Thomas Joseph Healy ,  Eric F. Weber

IPC: B60L15/20 ,  B62D63/08 ,  B60L50/53 ,  B62D59/04 ,  B60L53/00 ,  B60L58/10 ,  B60K1/04 ,  B60L1/02 ,  B60L8/00 ,  B60L7/18 ,  B60K17/356 ,  B60L7/10

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 trailer, a tractor-trailer configuration, 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.

公开(公告)号：US10384560B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-20

申请号：US16174795

申请日：2018-10-30

Applicant: HYLIION INC.

Inventor： Thomas Joseph Healy

IPC: B60K1/00 ,  B60L15/20 ,  B62D59/04 ,  B60L8/00 ,  B60L1/02 ,  B60K17/356 ,  B62D63/08 ,  B60L50/50 ,  B60L7/10 ,  B60L53/00 ,  B60L58/10 ,  B60L7/18 ,  B60L50/53

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.

公开(公告)号：US20190202436A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US16237064

申请日：2018-12-31

Applicant: HYLIION INC.

Inventor： Roger Richter ,  Jamie Noland ,  Morgan Culbertson

IPC: B60W20/20 ,  B60W20/10 ,  B60W10/08 ,  F02D41/00

CPC classification number: B60W20/20 ,  B60W10/08 ,  B60W20/10 ,  F02D41/0025

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. On vehicle adaptation of BSFC type data for paired-with fuel-fed engine allows an ECMS implementation (or other similar control strategy) to refine efficiency curves for the particular fuel-fed engine and/or operating conditions in a manner that can improve overall efficiencies of a TTR hybrid configuration.

公开(公告)号：US20190202421A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US16237519

申请日：2018-12-31

Applicant: HYLIION INC.

Inventor： Thomas Joseph Healy

IPC: B60T8/17 ,  B60T15/02

CPC classification number: B60T8/1708 ,  B60T15/027

Abstract: Systems and methods for immobilization of a vehicle include a remote device coupled to a network, the remote device including a transceiver, and a vehicle including a communication interface coupled to the network, the communication interface configured to provide telematics data to, and receive commands from, the transceiver. The system further includes an energy store on the vehicle, the energy store configured to supply electrical power to the communication interface. In some embodiments, at least one of the commands received from the transceiver is configured to immobilize the vehicle. In some cases, the at least one command received from the transceiver is configured to release air pressure in an air line of the vehicle to actuate a plurality of air brakes on the vehicle, or to actuate a wheel-lock mechanism within an electrically powered drive axle on the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20160318421A1

公开(公告)日：2016-11-03

申请号：US15144775

申请日：2016-05-02

Applicant: Hyliion Inc.

Inventor： Thomas Joseph Healy

IPC: B60L15/20 ,  B60L1/02 ,  B60L11/18 ,  B60L7/18 ,  B60L8/00

CPC classification number: B60L15/2045 ,  B60K1/00 ,  B60K17/356 ,  B60K2001/001 ,  B60L1/02 ,  B60L7/10 ,  B60L7/18 ,  B60L8/003 ,  B60L11/18 ,  B60L11/1801 ,  B60L11/1809 ,  B60L11/1851 ,  B60L15/2009 ,  B60L15/2018 ,  B60L2200/28 ,  B60L2240/10 ,  B60L2240/423 ,  B60L2240/642 ,  B60L2260/24 ,  B60Y2200/148 ,  B60Y2200/91 ,  B60Y2300/181 ,  B60Y2300/18125 ,  B60Y2300/182 ,  B60Y2300/52 ,  B60Y2300/60 ,  B60Y2400/216 ,  B60Y2400/301 ,  B60Y2400/304 ,  B60Y2400/61 ,  B62D59/04 ,  B62D63/08 ,  Y02T10/645 ,  Y02T10/7005 ,  Y02T10/705 ,  Y02T10/7072 ,  Y02T10/7083 ,  Y02T10/7283 ,  Y02T10/7291 ,  Y02T90/14 ,  Y02T90/16

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 source affixed to a trailer to capture energy from movement of an axle of the trailer, and a motor powered by the power source to operate and provide movement assistance to the axle.

Abstract translation: 功率控制系统可以包括电池，电动机和数据逻辑分析器中的至少一个，其可以解释沿着道路或高速公路移动的诸如拖拉机拖车的运输的某些可变状况。 数据可用于确定何时向拖车的轮子施加补充功率以减少燃料使用。 一个示例性设备可以包括固定到拖车上的电源中的至少一个，以捕获来自拖车的轴的移动的能量，以及由动力源供电的电动机，以对车轴进行运动辅助。

公开(公告)号：US12179738B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-31

申请号：US17868686

申请日：2022-07-19

Applicant: Hyliion Inc.

Inventor： Patrick Sexton ,  Jay Kevin Neutzler

IPC: B60W20/13 ,  B60W10/06 ,  B60W10/08 ,  B60W10/26 ,  B60W10/30

Abstract: Systems and methods of providing a configurable powertrain in a vehicle are disclosed. The powertrain is capable of operating in a plurality of powertrain configurations and includes one or more reversible generators, a battery system, a motor/generator (M/G), and one or more drive axles. The generators generate and supply electrical power to the battery system, the M/G, an external power source, or a combination thereof. The battery system selectively supplies electrical power to the generators, the M/G, the external power source, or a combination thereof. The one or more generators also selectively supply cooling to the battery system, a cab of the vehicle, a trailer or external enclosure or structure of the vehicle, or a combination thereof. The powertrain configurations of the vehicle include operating the components of the powertrain in various combinations based on demands of the vehicle and/or external power sources or structures.