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https://drivepatents.com/patents/1097072 · 2 Apr 2003
A hybrid vehicle of the present invention includes a brake 62 that fixes a sun gear shaft 31a linked with a sun gear 31 of a power distribution integration mechanism 30, and a clutch 64 that mechanically connects a drive shaft 36 with a motor MG2 and relea...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1098161 · 26 Feb 2003
An improved electrically variable transmission, especially useful in a hybrid electric vehicle, includes a variable input power split and independent shifting of the gear ratios of the mechanical and electrical power paths through the transmission. A first...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1098413 · 12 Feb 2003
A series electric drivetrain includes a multiple speed, mechanically-shifted transmission driven by a pair of electric motors (12,14). Input power is provided by both electric motors during operation in any given speed ratio, and by only one of the electri...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1098502 · 5 Feb 2003
A hybrid type vehicle drive control apparatus has: a generator; a generator inverter for driving the generator; a drive motor; a drive motor inverter for driving the drive motor; a battery connected to the generator inverter and the drive motor inverter; f...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1098670 · 29 Jan 2003
The drivetrain includes a differential mechanism having four or more input/output elements and having two degrees of freedom. The input In from an engine, the output Out to a drive shaft, and two motor-generators MGi and MGo are assigned to the elements, a...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1098665 · 29 Jan 2003
A four-element, two-freedom-degree planetary gear mechanism is constructed by arraying four input/output elements of a sun gear S1, a ring gear R, a carrier C and a sun gear S2 in an alignment chart. One of the two elements R and C arrayed on the inner sid...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1098671 · 29 Jan 2003
A drivetrain for transmitting driving force from an engine to a drive shaft of a vehicle, includes a planetary gear mechanism including first to five rotational elements arrayed on an alignment chart, the first rotational element being connected to an outp...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1100676 · 30 Oct 2002
The unit has a gearbox unit (5) with at least one input and output (7) and a housing (11) and at least one electrical machine (12) operable as an electric motor with a rotor (13) and a stator unit (14). The electrical machine is integrated into the housing...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1101191 · 9 Oct 2002
Electrically variable transmissions embodying the concepts of the present invention utilize two planetary gear subsets (20,32), two motor/generators (46,48) and two clutches in the nature of torque transfer devices (62,64) to effect input split, compound s...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1102392 · 21 Aug 2002
A power combining apparatus for a hybrid electric vehicle comprises a planetary gear set comprising a sun gear (41), a ring gear (43) connected to an output shaft (43s), a plurality of planet gears (42a,b,c), and a carrier assembly (30c) rotatably supporti...