Abstract:
Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed herein provide for receiving internal vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information; controlling the operation of one or more electronic accessories of the vehicle based on the received information; and managing a power supply for the one or more electronic accessories based on the energy usage and the operation of the electronic accessories.
Abstract:
Disclosed are various techniques to optimize mining operations efficiency in which the mine utilizes mine trucks over a mine route. One such technique includes optimizing engine speed from a speed and torque management system. Such engine speed changes can be determined using information such as road grade data and mine stop locations, or whether the engine is in a retarder mode. Mine operation efficiency can be improved through use of adjustments made to a load acceptance curve. Changes to the load acceptance curve can be made through use of information such as road grade data and target truck speed. Improvements can be made through dynamically adjusted vehicle speed, such as through average route speed adjustments, or route segment adjustments in light of average route speed. A dynamic torque management system can provide efficiencies as limits are applied to torque using look ahead information.
Abstract:
An apparatus includes a torque circuit and a clutch circuit. The torque circuit is structured to monitor a torque demand level of an engine. The clutch circuit is structured to (i) disengage an engine clutch of a transmission to decouple the engine from the transmission in response to the torque demand level of the engine falling below a threshold torque level and (ii) disengage a motor-generator clutch of the transmission to decouple a motor-generator from the engine in response to the torque demand level of the engine falling below the threshold torque level. The motor-generator is directly coupled to the transmission.
Abstract:
Disclosed are various techniques to optimize mining operations efficiency in which the mine utilizes mine trucks over a mine route. One such technique includes optimizing engine speed from a speed and torque management system. Such engine speed changes can be determined using information such as road grade data and mine stop locations, or whether the engine is in a retarder mode. Mine operation efficiency can be improved through use of adjustments made to a load acceptance curve. Changes to the load acceptance curve can be made through use of information such as road grade data and target truck speed. Improvements can be made through dynamically adjusted vehicle speed, such as through average route speed adjustments, or route segment adjustments in light of average route speed. A dynamic torque management system can provide efficiencies as limits are applied to torque using look ahead information.
Abstract:
A vehicle system includes a powertrain including an electric motor operatively coupled with an automated manual transmission and an electronic control system including a gear shift control module, a transmission control module, and a motor control module in operative communication with one another over one or more controller area networks. The electronic control system includes supervisory controls configured to arbitrate between a plurality of motor operation requests received over the one or more controller area networks to select a winning motor operation request, the plurality of motor operation requests including the operator torque request, evaluate one or more shift inhibit conditions, and command the electric motor to provide the winning motor operation request when none of the one or more shift inhibit conditions evaluate as true.
Abstract:
Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed herein provide for receiving internal hybrid vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information; determining a propulsion power for the hybrid vehicle at a particular location at a particular time based on at least one of the internal hybrid vehicle information, the external static information, and the external dynamic information; determining a current state of charge of a battery, wherein the battery is operatively coupled to an electric motor in the hybrid vehicle; and managing a state of charge of the battery at the particular location at the particular time based on the current state of charge and the determined propulsion power.
Abstract:
Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed provide for receiving internal hybrid vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information; determining a propulsion power for the hybrid vehicle at a particular location at a particular time based on at least one of the internal hybrid vehicle information, the external static information, and the external dynamic information, and wherein in response to the determined potential propulsion power, predicting a shift event at the particular location at the particular time; determining a current state of charge of a battery, wherein the battery is operatively coupled to an electric motor in the hybrid vehicle; and managing the state of charge of the battery at the particular location at the particular time based on the current state of charge and the determined propulsion power to eliminate the need for the potential shift event at the particular location at the particular time.