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Data Processing: Vehicles, Navigation, And Relative Location > Vehicle Control, Guidance, Operation, Or Indication > Electric Vehicle Electric VehicleElectric Vehicle patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/02/06 - 20060247829 - Motor drive apparatus, hybrid vehicle drive apparatus using the same, and computer readable recording medium recorded with program for causing computer to perform control of motor drive apparatus Upon detection of a fault in a DC power supply based on a voltage from a voltage sensor or a temperature from a temperature sensor, a control device controls inverters to cause AC motors to output zero output torque, and generates and outputs signals STP1, STP2 to a voltage step-up ... 10/26/06 - 20060241826 - Onboard battery control device and control method A hybrid ECU sets a charge power limit value W (IN) and a discharge power limit value W (OUT) that are respective limits of electric power to charge a battery and electric power to be discharged therefrom. The charge power limit value W (IN) and the discharge power limit value ... 10/05/06 - 20060224282 - Method for controlling hybrid electric vehicle powertrain There is described a method for controlling a hybrid electric vehicle power-train comprising an internal combustion engine, an electric machine and a transmission, the transmission having a gear set with three rotational elements rotationally coupled to the internal combustion engine, the electric machine and the vehicle driving wheel, a rotational ... 08/24/06 - 20060190145 - Electric oil pump control system in hybrid vehicle An electric oil pump control system for a hybrid vehicle which has an engine and a first electric motor as driving sources; a hydraulic automatic transmission connected between the engine and drive wheels of the vehicle; an electric oil pump for generating an oil pressure necessary for performing gear change ... 08/03/06 - 20060173590 - Method for operating a hybrid vehicle and hybrid vehicle In a method for operating a hybrid vehicle with an electric motor coupled with a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder that can be switched off, with a first partial momentum, from an overall momentum provided to the vehicle, being provided by the internal combustion engine and ... 07/13/06 - 20060155435 - Method and system for controlling at least one actuator in the drive train of a motor vehicle The invention relates to a method and device for securely and comfortably operating a drive train of a motor vehicle, especially for operating a drive train with several clutches. ... 06/01/06 - 20060116797 - Method of controlling engine stop-start operation for heavy-duty hybrid-electric and hybrid-hydraulic vehicles This invention relates to a Start-Stop method for a heavy-duty hybrid vehicle that turns off the internal combustion engine when the vehicle stops or, optionally, when the vehicle travels downhill. The Stop-Start method automatically restarts the internal combustion engine when the vehicle starts accelerating or is no longer traveling downhill. ... 05/11/06 - 20060100755 - Method and device for limiting the driving speed of a motor vehicle A method and a device are provided for limiting the driving speed of a motor vehicle that allow a selectable, fixed fuel consumption per distance traveled to be maintained without limiting short-term acceleration. In this context, the driving speed is limited to a maximum value (vmaxbe), at which a predefined ... 05/11/06 - 20060100754 - Method for supplementing and calculating energy consumed by a vehicle The disclosure relates to a method for supplementing and calculating energy consumed by a vehicle. A system enables electrically operated vehicles to be provided with electrical energy within a limited time slot, and payment of said energy. A vehicle comprising a receiving area for a first energy accumulator, and is ... 04/20/06 - 20060085104 - Speed controller of an electrical car A speed controller of an electrical car includes a fin emplaced on the base plate of a body, a control circuit board and a drive circuit board connected and emplaced on the top of the fin, and separated by a support bracket. Moreover, an external signal input terminal is located ... 03/09/06 - 20060052916 - Gasoline fuel cell power system transient control A reformer fuel feed stream in fuel cell power system is catalytically reacted into a reformate stream for a fuel cell stack by adjusting fuel supply throughput according to a predefined throughput ramp when a time derivative and the current demand for the fuel cell deviates from zero by more ... 03/09/06 - 20060052915 - Motor drive apparatus, hybrid vehicle drive apparatus using the same, and computer readable recording medium recorded with program for causing computer to perform control of motor drive apparatus Upon detection of a fault in a DC power supply based on a voltage from a voltage sensor or a temperature from a temperature sensor, a control device controls inverters to cause AC motors to output zero output torque, and generates and outputs signals STP1, STP2 to a voltage step-up ... 02/23/06 - 20060041343 - Vehicle torque monitoring system A distributed torque monitoring and control system for a hybrid vehicle. The hybrid vehicle has a power transfer unit adapted to drive a vehicle wheel and a power source adapted to drive the power transfer unit. The system includes a local torque monitor and a vehicle level torque monitor. The ... 02/16/06 - 20060036357 - General drive control system and generat drive control method In a vehicle including a plurality of actuators and an energy source common to the actuators and accomplishing work by an operation of the plurality of actuators consuming energy supplied from the energy source, drive of the plurality of actuators is optimized from the viewpoint of saving energy consumed by ... 02/09/06 - 20060030979 - Method for attenuating vibrations in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain A method is disclosed for attenuating vibrations of an engine in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain having a subsystem comprising an electric motor, a generator and a battery. Engine torque is coordinated with motor torque during engine start events and engine stopping events using gearing that defines in part separate ... 02/02/06 - 20060025906 - Method for reducing driveline vibration in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain A method is disclosed for managing torque distribution in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain. An engine power estimation is determined for use in obtaining an optimum wheel torque command to attenuate sustained powertrain dynamic oscillations during operation of the vehicle with varying wheel torque and speed. ... 02/02/06 - 20060025905 - Active motor damping to mitigate electric vehicle driveline oscillations A system and method for actively damping driveline oscillations in a motor vehicle having a traction motor to drive a vehicle's drive wheels and an antilock brake system (ABS). A traction motor controller controls a torque output signal of the motor to effectively to dampen driveline oscillations during an ABS ... 02/02/06 - 20060025904 - Vehicle and method for operating an engine in a vehicle A vehicle and method are provided that determine a misfire torque limit for an engine in the vehicle. The vehicle includes an electric machine operable to provide torque to the engine. The method includes commanding the engine to operate at a predetermined torque and a predetermined speed, thereby putting the ... 01/12/06 - 20060009888 - Deterioration determination system for battery for electric vehicle An electric motor driven battery powered vehicle and method for determining the battery condition therefore for replacement purposes wherein current flow through a coil of the motor is measured and internal resistance of the battery is determined by the current flow to avoid unnecessary replacement based only on time of ... 12/22/05 - 20050283283 - Electrically operated vehicle drive controller and electrically operated vehicle drive control method An electrically operated vehicle drive controller has an electric generator target torque calculation processing means for calculating electric generator target torque TG*; an inertia correction torque calculation processing means for calculating inertia correction torque on the basis of inertia torque TGI of an electric generator; a drive motor target torque ... 12/08/05 - 20050273225 - System and method for controlling activation of a power source of a hybrid electric vehicle A system and method of controlling activation of a power source of a hybrid electric vehicle. The method includes determining a vehicle speed, determining an operating state of a brake system, and controlling activation of the power source based on at least one of the vehicle speed and the operating ... 11/17/05 - 20050256618 - Method of testing motor torque integrity in a hybrid electric vehicle A method of testing an electric motor that is adapted to provide a desired electric motor output torque to a vehicle powertrain system comprising an engine and the electric motor which are operatively and selectively coupled to a transmission. The method includes the steps of determining an initial motor speed ... 11/17/05 - 20050256617 - Method of undervoltage protection during engine cranking A method for controlling the cranking of an engine of a vehicle powertrain system having a rechargeable energy storage system that is adapted to provide electric power to an electric machine, wherein the system is adapted to exit from the engine crank state as a function of an output voltage ... 11/03/05 - 20050246076 - Torque management algorithm for hybrid electric vehicles A system and method for determining a commanded engine and motor torque to minimize fuel consumption and manage battery state of charge in a hybrid electric vehicle. The method includes determining a penalty factor value that dictates the usage of the battery. A cost value is determined for every feasible ... 10/13/05 - 20050228554 - Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle that includes front and rear wheels, a battery, a first driving source that drives one of the front and the rear wheels, a second driving source that drives the other of the front and the rear wheels, the second driving source being operated ... 10/13/05 - 20050228553 - Hybrid electric vehicle energy management system A vehicle location sensor such as a GPS, an inertial navigation or dead reckoning system determines location data for a vehicle that travels from a known first destination to a second destination. This location data is processed by a route computer system, and associated vehicle driving patterns are stored in ... 09/22/05 - 20050209747 - Control system and method for electric vehicle An electric traction vehicle is described herein which may be used to provide power to off-board electric power-consuming systems or devices. The electric traction vehicle may provide 250 kilowatts or more of three phase AC power to an off-board electric power consuming system. The electric traction vehicle may also include ... 09/15/05 - 20050203680 - Electrically operated vehicle drive controller, electrically operated vehicle drive control method and its program An apparatus and a method to stably run an electrically operated vehicle is disclosed. The invention has an electric generator target torque calculation processor, a first determination processor for calculating an inertia correction determining value, a second determination processor for calculating an integral term correction determining value, a determining mode ... 09/15/05 - 20050203679 - Electrically operated vehicle drive controller, electrically operated vehicle drive control method and its program An apparatus and a method to stably run an electrically operated vehicle is disclosed. The invention has an electric generator target torque calculation processor for calculating electric generator target torque showing a target value of electric generator torque by feedback control for performing at least integral control; a determination processor ... 09/15/05 - 20050203678 - Control apparatus and control method for hybrid vehicle A control method for a hybrid vehicle which includes an engine, a first motor/generator, a second motor/generator, and a manual changing device that changes a driven state of an output member of the engine that depends on a driving state of the engine and a driving state of the second ... 09/08/05 - 20050197751 - Control device and method for fuel cell powered vehicle a system controller 100 controlling an electric power generation system of a fuel cell powered vehicle realizes functions as a fuel-cell power-generation response time estimation section 101, by which power-generation response time of a fuel cell 1 is estimated, an optimum motor-output response time estimation section 102, by which an ... 08/18/05 - 20050182533 - System for limiting reactive torque in powertrains A control system limits reactive torque in a powertrain that is generated when braking force is applied to traction wheels during a sudden stop or other sudden braking event. The reactive torque generated at the traction wheels is prevented from being transmitted upstream through the driveline and powertrain by using ... 08/18/05 - 20050182532 - System for reducing powertrain reaction torque A system is provided for controlling the inertia of a vehicle's powertrain during sudden braking events. Torque generated by rapid deceleration of the vehicle's drive wheels during braking is prevented from being transmitted through the vehicle's driveline by a clutch which disengages the drive wheels from high effective inertia components ... 08/11/05 - 20050177285 - Electrically-driven vehicle To provide an electrically-driven vehicle which does not impede the usual traveling even when a push-walk function is used. A motor is provided for driving a drive wheel with a battery supplying electric power to the motor. A throttle is provided for adjusting a vehicle speed and a battery control ... 08/04/05 - 20050171659 - Method for operating vehicle-mounted fuel cell stack For controlling operation of a vehicle-mounted fuel cell stack, a determination is made as to whether consumed electric power, measured during travel of a vehicle, is greater than standard electric power. If so, a generated electric power amount (output) of a fuel cell stack is judged to be great, in ... 07/21/05 - 20050159861 - Drive control system for electric vehicle and method of drive control of electric vehicle A drive control system for an electric vehicle and a method of drive control of the electric vehicle. The drive control system for the electric vehicle includes a drive motor target torque calculation processing device for calculating a drive motor target torque representing a target torque of a drive motor; ... 07/14/05 - 20050154508 - Electric vehicle A dynamo-electric motor applies motive power to a drive wheel. A battery supplies electric power to the dynamo-electric motor with a driver for controlling the driving of the dynamo-electric motor. A battery control unit performs a control of charging and discharging of the battery. A speed meter displays predetermined information ... 06/30/05 - 20050143879 - Vehicular accessory diagnostic system A control unit receives a sensor output and performs signal processing on the sensor output to produce an internal signal. The control unit produces internal data by adding time data to an internal signal and transmits the internal data to an in-vehicle network. A diagnostic unit receives the internal data ... 06/30/05 - 20050143878 - Apparatus and method for controlling regenerative braking of an electric vehicle The method includes detecting a brake pedal operation. Thereafter, calculating a non-driven wheel braking force applied to a non-driven wheel of the electric vehicle according to the brake pedal operation. Subsequently, calculating a target braking force for a driven wheel corresponding to the non-driven wheel braking force. Then, calculating an ... 06/30/05 - 20050143877 - A system and method for controlling drivetrain torque and hill holding of a hybrid vehicle A system and method for controlling torque in a hybrid electric vehicle. The system provides a regenerative braking torque with an electrical machine when a level of braking torque indicated by actuation of a brake control device exceeds a level of traction torque indicated by actuation of an acceleration control ... 06/30/05 - 20050143876 - Energy-saving evaluation apparatus, ecological driving evaluation apparatus, energy saving evaluation system, ecological driving evaluation system and method thereof In an energy-saving evaluation apparatus for evaluating energy conservation for a machine that is to be operated by a user, the energy-saving evaluation apparatus includes: a detection unit that includes a monitor device for measuring a running state of the machine, detects an operating state of the machine operated by ... 06/16/05 - 20050131593 - Apparatus for detecting passenger occupancy of vehicle An apparatus for detecting the passenger occupancy of a vehicle includes, at least two image pickup sections provided at a specified distance, a measuring section measuring a distance to an object on the basis of the at least two images acquired by the at least two image pickup sections, a ... 06/09/05 - 20050125114 - Method and apparatus for active acoustic damping motor control Active acoustic damping is provided with a motor or similar propulsive element such as a multi-phase brushless direct current (DC) motor. To produce the appropriate canceling effect with the motor, the relationship between the operating mode of the motor and the noise produced is observed. This data can be used ... 06/02/05 - 20050119806 - System and method for braking in an electric vehicle An electric traction system for an electric vehicle includes an internal combustion engine and a generator coupled to the engine, a power bus coupled to the generator, a power storage unit coupled to the power bus, a drive controller coupled to an electric motor and to the power bus, and ... 06/02/05 - 20050119805 - Method for controlling a hybrid drive of a vehicle A method for controlling a hybrid drive of a vehicle, the hybrid drive including an internal combustion engine and at least one electric machine as the drive motors, and the output shafts of the drive motors being operatively connectable to a drive train of the vehicle. It is proposed that ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |