START-STOP CONTROL APPARATUS
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220056875A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-24

    申请号:US17404528

    申请日:2021-08-17

    IPC分类号: F02N11/08

    摘要: Provided is a start-stop control apparatus to be mounted in a vehicle including an engine, a starter motor configured to restart the engine, and an auxiliary battery configured to supply electric power to the starter motor. The start-stop control apparatus includes a stop processing unit and an engine measuring unit. The stop processing unit stops idling of the engine while the vehicle is being stopped. The engine measuring unit measures an internal loss of the engine. The stop processing unit determines whether to stop the idling of the engine on the basis of the internal loss measured by the engine measuring unit and the state of charge of the auxiliary battery.

    POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM IN VEHICLE
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220055499A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-24

    申请号:US17398297

    申请日:2021-08-10

    IPC分类号: B60L58/10 F02N11/08

    摘要: A power supply system for a vehicle including a driving battery, first and second device batteries, a DC-to-DC converter, a control system device, and a specific device includes first and second power lines, first and second switches, and a coupling line. The first power line transmits power from the first device battery to the control system device. The second power line transmits power from the second device battery to the specific device. The first switch is coupled between the DC-to-DC converter and the first power line. The first switch includes a diode disposed in a direction to flow a current to the first power line. The coupling line is configured to transmit power from a node between the DC-to-DC converter and the first switch to the second power line. The second switch selectively opens and closes an electric circuit of the coupling line.

    ELECTRIC VEHICLE
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220032897A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-03

    申请号:US17379301

    申请日:2021-07-19

    摘要: An electric vehicle includes a vehicle controller. The vehicle controller is capable of switching a traveling mode of the electric vehicle between a first traveling mode and a second traveling mode that applies driving-force maps for enhancing a rough-road capability from a rough-road capability in the first traveling mode. The vehicle controller is capable of switching the traveling mode to the second traveling mode in forward traveling and in backward traveling and is configured to apply, to the backward traveling in the second traveling mode, a first driving-force map of the driving-force maps, the first driving-force map having gentler characteristics than a second driving-force map of the driving-force map applied to the forward traveling in the second traveling mode.

    HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220024443A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-27

    申请号:US17375553

    申请日:2021-07-14

    摘要: A hybrid electric vehicle includes an engine, a motor, a battery, a coupling mechanism, an electric power generating mechanism, and a vehicle controller. The engine and motor drive driving wheels. The battery supplies electric power for running to the motor. The coupling mechanism switches coupling of the engine and the driving wheels between direct coupling and buffering coupling. The electric power generating mechanism generates electric power. The vehicle controller switches a running mode of the hybrid electric vehicle between a first running mode and a second running mode with higher running performance. The vehicle controller limits the electric power generation under a first condition when the buffering coupling is applied during the first running mode and limits the electric power generation under a second condition less limited than the first condition when the buffering coupling is applied during the second running mode.