| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING A VEHICLE FROM RUNNING OUT OF FUEL | US13840409 | 2013-03-15 | US20140277920A1 | 2014-09-18 | Keith A. Raniere |
| An apparatus for use with a motor vehicle to simulate fuel loss to encourage early refueling to prevent stranding. The apparatus may cause stumbling and hesitation by interrupting various engine management systems to simulate low fuel in the tank by cutting either spark or fuel momentarily or applying the brakes. | ||||||
| 142 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RANGE CALCULATION IN VEHICLES | US13895570 | 2013-05-16 | US20140121956A1 | 2014-05-01 | Mark JASTRZEBSKI |
| A system for calculating the operating distance range remaining for a vehicle. The system includes a driver input sensor for sensing predetermined vehicle operating condition data, an energy storage sensor for sensing energy storage capacity data of a corresponding energy supply mechanism, a controller in communication with the driver input sensor and the energy storage sensor. An executable range calculation software program is stored in the memory of the controller which uses sensed vehicle operating condition data from the driver input sensor and sensed energy storage capacity data from the energy storage sensor to determine range by determining a mean of energy storage capacity data, determining a slope of the energy storage capacity data, determining an intercept of the energy storage capacity data, and applying a least square linear regression to the determined mean, determined slope and determined intercept to find the remaining range. | ||||||
| 143 | Method for estimating the range of a motor vehicle | US12915137 | 2010-10-29 | US08594918B2 | 2013-11-26 | Joerg Meyer-Ebeling; Martin Roth |
| A method is provided for estimating the range of a motor vehicle based on a quantity of energy carried in the motor vehicle. The method enables a driver to limit a maximum permissible velocity and/or a maximum permissible acceleration and/or a maximum performance level for a comfort system. The method also detects the route profiles surrounding the motor vehicle, in particular an altitude profile and/or a road category. A computer device calculates and displays a still possible range at least on the basis of the limitation which has been carried out, the detected route profiles and the still available quantity of energy. | ||||||
| 144 | FUEL FILL COST CALCULATION FOR A VEHICLE | US13450779 | 2012-04-19 | US20130278407A1 | 2013-10-24 | LEIGH M. ROTHSCHILD |
| Indicating a cost to fill a fuel tank of a vehicle. A signal indicating a level fuel contained in the fuel tank of the vehicle can be received from a fuel sending unit. Based on the level of fuel contained in the fuel tank, a quantity of fuel required to fill the fuel tank can be determined. Fuel data can be received. Based on the quantity of fuel required to fill the fuel tank and the fuel data, a cost to fill the fuel tank can be received. A visual indicator indicating the cost to fill the fuel tank can be presented. | ||||||
| 145 | Control system for vehicle and method for controlling in-vehicle apparatus | US12762802 | 2010-04-19 | US08560166B2 | 2013-10-15 | Takuya Mori; Tetsuya Hara; Norio Yamamoto; Kousuke Hara; Hirotoshi Iwasaki |
| An obtaining unit obtains information about a condition where a vehicle is placed. A detection unit detects at least one of a voice and an action of an occupant of the vehicle. An estimation unit estimates an in-vehicle apparatus to be a controlled target according to the condition where the vehicle is placed. A determination unit determines an in-vehicle apparatus to be a controlled in-vehicle apparatus and determines a control content thereof in consideration of the at least one of a voice and an action. A notification unit notifies the occupant of the in-vehicle apparatus to be controlled and the control content thereof determined by the determination unit. A control unit controls the in-vehicle apparatus according to the determination of the determination unit when receiving a response to the notification of the notification unit from the occupant to permit the control of the in-vehicle apparatus. | ||||||
| 146 | Method and system for extending an operating range of a motor vehicle | US13029488 | 2011-02-17 | US08447505B2 | 2013-05-21 | Dale Scott Crombez; Ryan Skaff |
| A method and system are described for extending an operating range of a motor vehicle, the vehicle having an economy mode of operation. When the vehicle fuel level decreases below a first threshold, an indication is provided to a vehicle user that the vehicle will enter the economy mode of vehicle operation. The economy mode of vehicle operation is automatically entered a predetermined period of time after providing the indication to the vehicle user. The economy mode of vehicle operation is exited in response to a user command to exit the economy mode of vehicle operation. | ||||||
| 147 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE RANGE ANALYSIS | US13650325 | 2012-10-12 | US20130096818A1 | 2013-04-18 | Pablo A. Vicharelli; Donna Fagen |
| Estimating a vehicle's driving range by combined processing of measured and calculated range data. A measured range it is adjusted to account for processes not included in the original measurements. These adjustments may include changes in road surface, terrain elevation, aerodynamic drag, or other losses. The resulting model is thus relative to the conditions used in quantifying vehicle range by calculating contributions that either penalize or enhance the measured range. This method is implemented in a software system that can also provide real-time display of the range for both a single trip or a contour that illustrates what the range is for all directions. | ||||||
| 148 | Method for Fuel Vapor Canister Purging | US13353115 | 2012-01-18 | US20120111308A1 | 2012-05-10 | Steven Schondorf; Tom Watson |
| A method of controlling fuel vapor purging in a hybrid electric vehicle capable of selectively operating an engine is disclosed. In one example, the method includes initiating purging in response to an amount of liquid fuel residing in a fuel tank of the hybrid electric vehicle and a duration since the previous fuel tank filling event. | ||||||
| 149 | Shift map switching control unit | US11925055 | 2007-10-26 | US08140253B2 | 2012-03-20 | Hiroyuki Kojima; Yoshiaki Nedachi |
| A shift map switching control unit includes a fuel level sensor 72, plural shift maps for deriving the shift timing of an automatic transmission 1b, and a controller 101 that selects one shift map out of the plural shift maps and controls the shift of the automatic transmission 1b according to the selected shift map. The controller 101 switches a standard shift map 103 to a high fuel economy shift map 104 in which fuel consumption is reduced when it is sensed that the residual quantity of fuel is equal to or below a predetermined value. An operational mode display lamp 99 displays the selected shift map. As the residual quantity of fuel is sensed, based upon a mean value of output signals from the fuel level sensor 72 in predetermined time, the shift maps can be prevented from being frequently switched. | ||||||
| 150 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS | US13171776 | 2011-06-29 | US20120004839A1 | 2012-01-05 | Yusuke MIZUNO; Kazunao Yamada; Yasushi Sakuma |
| A driving assistance apparatus mounted to a vehicle is provided. The driving assistance apparatus includes: an information acquisition component configured to acquire information on at least one of a route condition in a predetermined region of a future travel path of the vehicle, a present vehicle condition, and a past operation condition; a prediction component configured to predict, based on the information acquired by the information acquisition component, whether fuel efficiency of the vehicle is degraded in the future travel path; and a notification component configured to notify an operation for improvement of the fuel efficiency of the vehicle to an occupant of the vehicle in advance in cases where the fuel efficiency of the vehicle is predicted to be degraded in the future travel path. | ||||||
| 151 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A DRIVING-RANGE FORECAST FOR A VEHICLE | US12817595 | 2010-06-17 | US20110313610A1 | 2011-12-22 | Alexander Thomas Riegelman; Michael Joseph Levy |
| A method of providing a forecast of a driving-range of a vehicle employing an energy storage device is disclosed. The method includes determining a state of charge (SOC) of the energy storage device, accessing geographical and road map data from a remote source, and calculating a historical average distance traveled by the vehicle per the determined SOC. The method also includes determining an available driving-range according to map data and determined historical average distance traveled by the vehicle per the determined SOC. Furthermore, the method includes charging the energy storage device, establishing a rate of charge of the device, determining a period of time and an increase in the SOC to be achieved during the period of time. The method additionally includes determining incremental change in available driving-range according to geographical and road map data and historical average distance traveled by the vehicle per the predetermined increase in the SOC. | ||||||
| 152 | VEHICLE OCCUPANT INFORMATION SYSTEM | US12701638 | 2010-02-08 | US20110196600A1 | 2011-08-11 | Chris Henderson; Daryl Smith |
| A vehicle occupant information controller includes a fuel volume determining section, a fuel economy determining section, a first distance determining section, a traveled distance determining section and a second distance determining section. The first distance determining section determines a first obtainable travel distance based on a remaining fuel volume from the fuel volume determining section and a fuel consumption rate from the fuel economy determining section. The traveled distance determining section determines a vehicle traveled distance between two locations. The second distance determining section determines a second obtainable travel distance based on a difference between a previous obtainable travel distance value and an adjusted vehicle traveled distance value, with the adjusted vehicle traveled distance value being equal to a product of the vehicle traveled distance and a distance adjustment factor that is selectively adjusted based on a ratio of the second obtainable travel distance to the first obtainable travel distance. | ||||||
| 153 | Method and System for Extending an Operating Range of a Motor Vehicle | US13029547 | 2011-02-17 | US20110160992A1 | 2011-06-30 | Dale Scott Crombez |
| A method and system are described for extending an operating range of a motor vehicle, the vehicle having a first mode of operation and an economy mode of operation. A vehicle range may be estimated based on a vehicle fuel level and the first mode of operation. A distance to a fuel location may also be estimated. The economy mode of vehicle operation may be automatically entered a predetermined period of time after the estimated vehicle range based on the vehicle fuel level and the first operating mode decreases to within a predetermined threshold of the estimated distance to a fuel location. | ||||||
| 154 | Alternating voltage generation apparatus and power output apparatus | US11791337 | 2005-11-28 | US07764051B2 | 2010-07-27 | Tetsuhiro Ishikawa; Hichirosai Oyobe; Yukihiro Minezawa |
| A power output apparatus includes first and second motor generators, first and second inverters and a relay circuit. The first and second motor generators include first and second 3-phase coils, respectively. The first inverter alters periodically the potential at a first neutral point of the 3-phase coil. The second inverter alters periodically the potential of the second neutral point of the second 3-phase coil at phase corresponding to a phase-inverted version of the potential change of the first neutral point. The relay circuit responds to a control signal from the control device to electrically connect first and second AC lines to a connector, and provides an alternating voltage generated across the first and second neutral points to the connector. | ||||||
| 155 | In-vehicle device | US12453944 | 2009-05-28 | US20090294193A1 | 2009-12-03 | Kiyokazu Okuno |
| A vehicle includes a motor, which is supplied with electricity from a battery and configured to drive a driving wheel. An event identifying unit identifies an event before the event occurs, the event indicating to decrease or increase a remaining capacity of the battery in the course of a driving operation of the vehicle or after completion of the driving operation. A control instruction unit provides an instruction to an external device for controlling an output power and a workload of the motor according to the identified event before the event ends at the latest. | ||||||
| 156 | System and method for operating an electric motor by limiting performance | US11422731 | 2006-06-07 | US07533744B2 | 2009-05-19 | David J. Mack |
| A method and system for limiting motor performance in a hybrid electric vehicle system. During a condition in a primary drivetrain, the method limits performance of an electric motor used in an auxiliary drivetrain to control energy consumed from a battery in the auxiliary drivetrain. A calculation or measurement is made to determine available battery energy remaining in the battery after the condition. The performance of the electric motor is then limited based on the available battery energy. | ||||||
| 157 | Electric power supply system | US11920056 | 2006-05-16 | US20090058097A1 | 2009-03-05 | Hichirosai Oyobe; Tetsuhiro Ishikawa; Yukihiro Minezawa |
| Vehicles are connected to respective receptacles of houses and are capable of generating commercial AC power to supply the generated electric power to a power transmission line. The vehicles communicate with a management server via the houses and the power transmission line. The vehicles output to the management server such information items concerning the vehicles as vehicle ID, amount of generated electric power and remaining amount of fuel. When electric power shortage occurs, the management server generates a start command and a power generation command for the vehicles based on the information concerning the vehicles to output the generated commands to the vehicles. | ||||||
| 158 | Hybrid Vehicle and Control Method Therefor | US12223125 | 2007-02-22 | US20090015201A1 | 2009-01-15 | Mitsumasa Fukumura; Takashi Kawai |
| An HV-ECU executes refresh-discharging of a battery before the battery is charged from a commercial power source using an AC/DC converter. After the battery is refresh-discharged, the HV-ECU outputs a control signal to the AC/DC converter such that the battery is charged from the commercial power source by the drive of the AC/DC converter. | ||||||
| 159 | Shifting Apparatus and Shifting Control Method Thereof | US10570604 | 2005-01-27 | US20080248923A1 | 2008-10-09 | Masaaki Otsubo |
| An ECU executes a program including a step of detecting a running speed of a vehicle and a current gear stage of the vehicle, a step of determining whether or not shifting is required, a step of calculating a required period T(D) for performing double clutch control if shifting is required, a step of calculating a required period T(S) for synchro-rotational synchronization, a step of determining whether or not the required period T(D) for double clutch control is equal to or shorter than the required period T(S) for synchro-rotational synchronization, and a step of carrying out shifting by performing double clutch control if the required period T(D) for double clutch control is equal to or shorter than the required period T(S) for synchro-rotational synchronization. A sense of incongruity felt by a driver during shifting is thereby suppressed. | ||||||
| 160 | Alternating Voltage Generation Apparatus And Power Output Apparatus | US11791337 | 2005-11-28 | US20070289794A1 | 2007-12-20 | Tetsuhiro Ishikawa; Hichirosai Oyobe; Yukihiro Minezawa |
| A power output apparatus includes first and second motor generators, first and second inverters and a relay circuit. The first and second motor generators include first and second 3-phase coils, respectively. The first inverter alters periodically the potential at a first neutral point of the 3-phase coil. The second inverter alters periodically the potential of the second neutral point of the second 3-phase coil at phase corresponding to a phase-inverted version of the potential change of the first neutral point. The relay circuit responds to a control signal from the control device to electrically connect first and second AC lines to a connector, and provides an alternating voltage generated across the first and second neutral points to the connector. | ||||||
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