Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080277229 | Method For Controlling a Motor Vehicle Drive Train - A method for controlling a motor vehicle drive train including a combustion engine, an electric machine and a transmission, which are coupled by a summation gear system, having two input and one output elements, and a clutch. One input element is coupled to the crankshaft of the combustion engine, the other input element is coupled to the rotor of the electric machine and the output element is coupled to the input shaft of the transmission and the clutch is arranged between two elements of the summation gear system, such that when the clutch is disengaged a speed difference between the combustion engine and the transmission input shaft is synchronized by the electric machine and, if necessary, by a controlled engagement of the clutch. To improve synchronization, at the beginning of the synchronization the clutch is brought to its contact point before the engagement of the bridging clutch. | 11-13-2008 |
20090149290 | METHOD FOR CHARGING A BATTERY OF A HYBRID VEHICLE AT REST - A method for charging a battery connected to an electric machine in a vehicle having an electrodynamic drive system including an electric machine and a planetary gearset. A crankshaft of the internal combustion engine is connected with a first element of the planetary gearset, the electric machine with a second element of the planetary gearset and a transmission input shaft with another element of the planetary gearset. A friction clutch detachably connects two elements of the planetary gearset, such that when the clutch is engaged, the planetary gearset runs in locked operation and when the internal combustion engine is running and the clutch is disengaged, a gear in the transmission is engaged to charge the battery via the combustion engine. The combustion engine drives the rotor of the electric machine with the transmission ratio of the planetary gearset. | 06-11-2009 |
20090149294 | METHOD FOR THE WEAR-FREE BRAKING OF A VEHICLE WITH AN ELECTRODYNAMIC DRIVE SYSTEM - A method for wear-free braking of a vehicle having an electrodynamic drive system including an electric machine and a planetary gearset with a crankshaft of the combustion engine being connected with a first element of the gearset, the electric machine connected to a second element of the gearset and a transmission input shaft connected to a carrier of the gearset. The friction clutch serves as a bridging clutch to detachably connect two elements of the gearset such that when the clutch is engaged, the gearset is locked and the combustion engine operating in thrust mode applies braking torque to the drive train, the clutch is disengaged and a transmission input speed exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the speed of the combustion engine is raised to a maximum speed by appropriate control of the electric machine. | 06-11-2009 |
20100170728 | STEERING SYSTEM FOR TRACKED VEHICLES - A steering system for tracked vehicles having two brake circuits which is activated after a failure of the primary steering mechanism. The steering system includes a steering switch (L) that can be controlled by a steering axle which, in the event of primary steering system failure, acts upon the brakes of the vehicle in such a manner that rotation of the steering axle results in a braking action upon a track on the inside of a curve. | 07-08-2010 |
20100217508 | METHOD FOR TREATEMENT OF A DRIVELINE - A method of operating a drivetrain of a motor vehicle. The drivetrain comprises a drive aggregate formed as a hybrid drive with a combustion engine and an electric machine, and a transmission connected between the drive aggregate and a drive output. The drivetrain also comprises a pressure reservoir system with at least one pressure reservoir and at least one pressure generator by the combustion engine in order to fill the pressure reservoir. A pressure in the pressure reservoir of the pressure reservoir system is measured and a value of the actual pressure, in the pressure reservoir system, is compared with at least one threshold value. When the actual pressure value is higher than a threshold value, stopping of the combustion engine is permitted, whereas if the actual pressure value is lower than the threshold value, stopping of the combustion engine is not permitted. | 08-26-2010 |
20100227734 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVE TRAIN - A method for controlling a drivetrain including a combustion engine, electric motor/generator and a transmission inter-coupled, via a summarizing gear, with one output and two input elements and, via a clutch, with each other. One input element is fixed to the engine, the second input element is fixed to the motor/generator and the output element is fixed to the input shaft of the transmission. The clutch is between two elements of the summarizing gear. Before a gearshift, torques of the engine and motor/generator are reduced and the clutch disengaged. To quickly reduce torque in the summarizing gear, the engine torque is reduced after a defined time, such that the clutch disengages when the slippage is proportional to the lowering engine torque and the motor/generator torque, in a ratio of torques at the beginning of torque reduction, is reduced proportionally to the engine torque. | 09-09-2010 |
20100304925 | MOTOR VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A motor vehicle control system for controlling a motor vehicle with a hybrid drive comprising an internal combustion engine and an electric motor, with a strategy sub-component, a control sub-component and an actuator sub-component. The functional components include at least an internal combustion engine functional component, a transmission functional component, such that the strategy sub-component ( | 12-02-2010 |
20100318251 | MOTOR VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A motor vehicle control system for controlling a motor vehicle with a hybrid drive comprising an engine and an electric motor and a plurality of functional components each divided into a strategy sub-component, a control sub-component and an actuator sub-component. The functional components include at least an engine functional component, a transmission functional component, and a hybrid functional component for controlling the electric motor and a clutch connected between the internal combustion engine and the electric motor. The strategy sub-component ( | 12-16-2010 |
20110004348 | ARRANGEMENT FOR TRANSMITTING DATA AND/OR SIGNALS IN A TRANSMISSION - An arrangement for transmitting data and/or signals between a transmission control device ( | 01-06-2011 |
20110035084 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE EFFICIENCY OF AN ENERGY STORE, AND USE OF SAID EFFICIENCY - Within the scope of the method for calculating the efficiency of the energy store in a parallel hybrid vehicle, said energy store being connected to the electric machine of a parallel hybrid vehicle and comprising an internal combustion engine and at least one electric machine, the efficiency of the energy store is continuously calculated online or in real time in the energy storage module on the basis of an energy store model using known energy-store-specific parameters and energy-store-specific measured variables. | 02-10-2011 |
20110054724 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE UTILIZATION OF AN ENERGY STORE CONNECTED TO AN ELECTRIC MACHINE - A method is proposed for optimizing the utilization of the energy store which is connected to the electric machine of a parallel hybrid vehicle, in the scope of which method different lower limits are defined or predefined for the operation of the energy store, wherein a priority is assigned to each vehicle function which requires electric power in order to be performed, wherein different lower energy storage limits are assigned to different priorities in such a way that the energy storage limits are reduced for vehicle functions having a relatively high priority, with the result that said functions are carried out within the physical limits of the energy store. | 03-03-2011 |
20110054725 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING TARGET VALUES AND/OR TARGET DRIVE TRAIN STATES - The invention proposes a method for transferring the desired values and/or the desired drive train states of the strategy for the operative functions in a hybrid vehicle, in particular in a parallel hybrid vehicle, comprising a hybrid control system which is divided into at least two functional layers, with one layer being in the form of a strategic layer and the second layer being in the form of an operative layer, in which method, in a first step, the desired drive train state is transmitted from the strategic layer to the operative layer, with the drive train state which is checked and accepted as a target then being transmitted from the operative layer to the strategic layer, with, in a next step, the drive train state which is currently valid after the change or after the switchover to the target state being transmitted from the operative layer to the strategic layer, and with the desired values for continuous variables of the new state then being calculated in the strategic layer and being transmitted to the operative layer. | 03-03-2011 |
20110166726 | MOTOR VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A control system for controlling a vehicle with a hybrid drive comprising an internal combustion engine and an electric motor and a plurality of functional components each divided into at least a strategy sub-component, a control sub-component and an actuator sub-component, the functional components including at least an engine functional component, a transmission functional component and a hybrid functional component, such that the strategy sub-component ( | 07-07-2011 |
20110190969 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND/OR REGULATING AT LEAST ONE PARTIAL LOAD TRANSFER IN A HYBRID DRIVE ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a method for controlling and/or regulating at least one partial load transfer in a hybrid drive arrangement of a motor vehicle. According to said method, a driver's desired torque (M | 08-04-2011 |
20120158232 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVETRAIN - A method of operating a drive-train of a motor vehicle having a hybrid drive with an internal combustion engine and an electric machine, an electrical energy accumulator that can be charged when the electric machine operates as a generator and discharged when the electric machine operates as a motor, a transmission connected between the hybrid drive and a drive output, and at least one auxiliary power takeoff on either the transmission or the hybrid drive side such that the auxiliary power takeoff can be operated with variable energy demand within functional capability limits that depend on the auxiliary power takeoff. Depending on the current operating status of the hybrid drive unit, the electrical energy accumulator and/or the auxiliary power takeoff, energy available in the drive-train, but not required at the drive output, can bypass the electrical energy accumulator and be stored in the auxiliary power takeoff. | 06-21-2012 |