Hybrid powertrain with centrifugally-actuated motor disconnect clutch and method of control
    1.
    发明授权
    Hybrid powertrain with centrifugally-actuated motor disconnect clutch and method of control 有权
    混合动力总成与离心式电动机断开离合器和控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US09180765B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-11-10

    申请号:US13537136

    申请日:2012-06-29

    摘要: A hybrid vehicle includes an electric motor with a rotatable rotor. A centrifugally-actuated clutch has a first rotatable member, a second rotatable member, and at least one actuator member attached to the first rotatable member. One of the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member is operatively connected to the wheels. The other of the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member is operatively connected to the rotor. The actuator member is configured to transfer torque between the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member by an amount that decreases due to centrifugal force acting on the actuator member as a rotational speed of the first rotatable member increases. A method of control is also provided.

    摘要翻译: 混合动力车辆包括具有可旋转转子的电动机。 离心致动离合器具有第​​一可旋转构件,第二可旋转构件和附接到第一可旋转构件的至少一个致动器构件。 第一可旋转构件和第二可旋转构件中的一个可操作地连接到车轮。 第一可旋转构件和第二可旋转构件中的另一个可操作地连接到转子。 致动器构件被构造成随着第一可旋转构件的旋转速度增加,在第一可旋转构件和第二可旋转构件之间传递扭矩,该扭矩由于作用在致动器构件上的离心力而减小。 还提供了一种控制方法。

    Flexible hybrid transmission with configurable motor winding and declutching strategy to provide electric vehicle and hybrid functions
    2.
    发明授权
    Flexible hybrid transmission with configurable motor winding and declutching strategy to provide electric vehicle and hybrid functions 有权
    灵活的混合变速器具有可配置的电机绕组和释放策略,可提供电动汽车和混合动力

    公开(公告)号:US09017200B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-04-28

    申请号:US13272449

    申请日:2011-10-13

    摘要: A powertrain includes a first electric motor, a second electric motor and a transmission. The first electric motor includes an interchangeable winding set to provide the required power for the specific propulsion configuration utilized to propel the vehicle, i.e., a hybrid propulsion configuration or a full electric propulsion configuration. The transmission is operable in different powerflows to support operation of the powertrain in either of the hybrid propulsion configuration or the full electric propulsion configuration. The same powertrain may be used for either the hybrid propulsion configuration or the full electric propulsion configuration by switching the specific winding set installed into the first electric motor.

    摘要翻译: 动力系包括第一电动机,第二电动机和变速器。 第一电动机包括可互换绕组,以为用于推进车辆的特定推进结构,即混合动力推进结构或全电动推进构型提供所需的动力。 该传动装置可在不同的动力流中操作以支持在混合动力推进结构或全电动推进构型中的动力系的操作。 通过切换安装到第一电动机中的特定绕组组,可以将相同的动力系用于混合推进配置或全电动推进配置。

    Wide-node drive system
    4.
    发明授权
    Wide-node drive system 有权
    宽节点驱动系统

    公开(公告)号:US08840500B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-23

    申请号:US13534460

    申请日:2012-06-27

    IPC分类号: F16H3/44 F16H3/72 F16H48/20

    摘要: An electro-mechanical drive unit connectable with multiple power sources for launching and propelling a vehicle includes an output member, a stationary member, a gear-train, and a torque-transmitting device. The drive unit also includes a compound planetary gear arrangement having a first, second, third, and fourth junction points. The power sources include a first motor/generator and a second motor/generator. The second motor/generator is operatively connected to the compound planetary gear arrangement at the first junction point via the gear-train and the output member is operatively connected to the compound planetary gear arrangement at the second junction point. Additionally, the first motor/generator is operatively connected to the compound planetary gear arrangement at the fourth junction point. Furthermore, the torque-transmitting device is engageable to ground the third junction point to the stationary member.

    摘要翻译: 可与多个电源连接的用于发射和推进车辆的机电驱动单元包括输出构件,固定构件,齿轮系和扭矩传递装置。 驱动单元还包括具有第一,第二,第三和第四连接点的复合行星齿轮装置。 电源包括第一电动机/发电机和第二电动机/发电机。 第二电动机/发电机经由齿轮系在第一连接点处可操作地连接到复合行星齿轮装置,并且输出构件在第二连接点处可操作地连接到复合行星齿轮装置。 此外,第一电动机/发电机在第四连接点处可操作地连接到复合行星齿轮装置。 此外,转矩传递装置可接合以将第三接合点接地到固定构件。

    Hybrid powertrain with operator selectable electric propulsion mode
    5.
    发明授权
    Hybrid powertrain with operator selectable electric propulsion mode 有权
    混合动力总成,具有操作员可选电力推进模式

    公开(公告)号:US08771136B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-08

    申请号:US13157346

    申请日:2011-06-10

    IPC分类号: B60W10/02

    摘要: A powertrain for a vehicle includes an engine and a transmission having an input member, an output member, and a neutral state in which torque is not transmitted from the input member to the output member. A first motor/generator is coupled to the engine. A second motor/generator is coupled with vehicle wheels directly or indirectly through the transmission. The first motor/generator acts as a generator when powered by the engine to provide electric power to the second motor/generator. The second motor/generator acts as a motor when receiving electric power from a battery or from the first motor/generator. A shift selector is moved by a vehicle operator to establish an electric propulsion mode in which the transmission is in the neutral state and the second motor/generator functions as a motor.

    摘要翻译: 用于车辆的动力系统包括发动机和具有输入构件,输出构件和中止状态的变速器,其中转矩不从输入构件传递到输出构件。 第一电动机/发电机耦合到发动机。 第二电动机/发电机通过变速器直接或间接地与车轮联接。 当由发动机供电时,第一电动机/发电机用作发电机,以向第二电动机/发电机提供电力。 当从电池或第一电动机/发电机接收电力时,第二电动机/发电机用作电动机。 换档选择器由车辆操作者移动以建立其中变速器处于中立状态并且第二电动机/发电机用作电动机的电推进模式。

    HYBRID POWERTRAIN WITH CENTRIFUGALLY-ACTUATED MOTOR DISCONNECT CLUTCH AND METHOD OF CONTROL
    7.
    发明申请
    HYBRID POWERTRAIN WITH CENTRIFUGALLY-ACTUATED MOTOR DISCONNECT CLUTCH AND METHOD OF CONTROL 有权
    具有离心式电动机断开离合器的混合动力传动系统和控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140005864A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-01-02

    申请号:US13537136

    申请日:2012-06-29

    摘要: A hybrid vehicle includes an electric motor with a rotatable rotor. A centrifugally-actuated clutch has a first rotatable member, a second rotatable member, and at least one actuator member attached to the first rotatable member. One of the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member is operatively connected to the wheels. The other of the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member is operatively connected to the rotor. The actuator member is configured to transfer torque between the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member by an amount that decreases due to centrifugal force acting on the actuator member as a rotational speed of the first rotatable member increases. A method of control is also provided.

    摘要翻译: 混合动力车辆包括具有可旋转转子的电动机。 离心致动离合器具有第​​一可旋转构件,第二可旋转构件和附接到第一可旋转构件的至少一个致动器构件。 第一可旋转构件和第二可旋转构件中的一个可操作地连接到车轮。 第一可旋转构件和第二可旋转构件中的另一个可操作地连接到转子。 致动器构件被构造成随着第一可旋转构件的旋转速度增加,在第一可旋转构件和第二可旋转构件之间传递扭矩,该扭矩由于作用在致动器构件上的离心力而减小。 还提供了一种控制方法。

    Hybrid powertrain with geared starter motor and belt alternator starter and method of restarting an engine
    8.
    发明授权
    Hybrid powertrain with geared starter motor and belt alternator starter and method of restarting an engine 有权
    混合动力总成带齿轮起动电机和皮带交流发电机起动器及重新起动发动机的方法

    公开(公告)号:US08606450B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-12-10

    申请号:US13228513

    申请日:2011-09-09

    IPC分类号: B60L11/00

    摘要: A hybrid powertrain has an engine, a starter motor, and a gear train that connects the starter motor with the engine, and a motor/generator. A belt drive train connects the motor/generator with the engine. The powertrain has a first energy storage device with a first operating range of voltage and a second energy storage device with a second operating range of voltage at least partially in common with the first operating range of voltage. A controller places a switching device in an on-state so that the first energy storage device is connected with the second energy storage device or in an off-state in which the first energy storage device is disconnected from the second energy storage device. The controller causes the switching device to be in the off-state and the starter motor and the motor/generator to be powered with energy from the first energy storage device to restart the engine.

    摘要翻译: 混合动力传动系具有发动机,起动电动机和将起动电动机与发动机连接的齿轮系以及电动机/发电机。 皮带传动系将电机/发电机与发动机连接起来。 动力系具有第一电压工作范围的第一能量存储装置和第二能量存储装置,其具有与第一工作电压范围至少部分相同的第二工作电压范围。 控制器将开关装置置于导通状态,使得第一能量存储装置与第二能量存储装置连接,或处于第一能量存储装置与第二能量存储装置断开的关闭状态。 控制器使切换装置处于关闭状态,起动电动机和电动机/发电机由来自第一储能装置的能量供电以重新启动发动机。

    Electric motor assembly with movable rotor segments to reduce back electromotive force
    9.
    发明授权
    Electric motor assembly with movable rotor segments to reduce back electromotive force 有权
    具有可动转子节段的电动机组件以减少反电动势

    公开(公告)号:US08562471B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-22

    申请号:US13086524

    申请日:2011-04-14

    IPC分类号: F16H48/06

    CPC分类号: H02K21/029

    摘要: An electric motor assembly includes a rotor hub, and a rotor supported on the rotor hub. The rotor hub has first and second hub portions, and the rotor has first and second annular rotor segments supported for rotation on the respective first and second hub portions. Each of the rotor segments has a respective set of magnets spaced circumferentially therearound. The rotor hub and the rotor segments are configured so that at least one of the rotor segments moves about the axis of rotation relative to the other of the rotor segments as the rotor hub rotates. The movement of the at least one of the rotor segments is an amount that increases as the speed of the rotor hub increases to reduce back electromotive force. The movement may be due to centrifugal force, which increases as speed increases, without requiring a control system to effect the movement.

    摘要翻译: 电动机组件包括转子毂和支撑在转子毂上的转子。 转子毂具有第一和第二毂部分,并且转子具有第一和第二环形转子段,该第一和第二环形转子段被支撑以在相应的第一和第二轮毂​​部分上旋转。 每个转子段具有围绕其周向间隔开的相应组的磁体。 转子毂和转子段被构造成使得当转子轮毂旋转时,至少一个转子段相对于转子段中的另一个围绕转动轴线移动。 转子段中的至少一个的移动量随着转子毂的速度增加而增加,以减小反向电动势。 该运动可能是由于离心力,其随着速度的增加而增加,而不需要控制系统来实现运动。

    Method and apparatus for managing multiple battery packs in a hybrid or electric vehicle
    10.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for managing multiple battery packs in a hybrid or electric vehicle 有权
    用于在混合动力或电动车辆中管理多个电池组的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08532854B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-09-10

    申请号:US12895914

    申请日:2010-10-01

    IPC分类号: B60L15/20

    摘要: A vehicle includes first and second battery packs having respective first and second banks of contactors. The packs are wired in electrical parallel. A propulsion system is driven using electrical power from the packs. A controller determines which pack has the highest state of charge (SOC), and balances the SOC of the packs by controlling an open/closed state of the contactors. Contactors open to disconnect the pack having the highest SOC, and close again when a voltage difference between the packs is approximately zero. A system for use in the vehicle includes the packs, contactors, and controller. A method for controlling power flow in the vehicle includes determining which pack has the highest SOC, opening designated contactors during a near zero current event to disconnect the battery pack having the highest SOC, and closing the designated contactors when a voltage difference between the packs is approximately zero.

    摘要翻译: 车辆包括具有相应的第一和第二组接触器的第一和第二电池组。 电源线并联电缆。 使用来自包装的电力驱动推进系统。 控制器确定哪个包具有最高的充电状态(SOC),并且通过控制接触器的打开/关闭状态来平衡包的SOC。 接触器打开以断开具有最高SOC的包,并且当包装之间的电压差近似为零时再次闭合。 用于车辆的系统包括包装,接触器和控制器。 用于控制车辆中的动力流量的方法包括确定哪个包具有最高的SOC,在接近零电流事件期间打开指定接触器以断开具有最高SOC的电池组,并且当包装之间的电压差为 大约为零。