Patents Assigned to Transportation Techniques, LLC.
  • Method and apparatus for selective operation of a hybrid electric vehicle powerplant
    Patent number: 6877576
    Abstract: A series type hybrid electric vehicle that controls an internal combustion engine, generator, and electric motor for reducing the load applied to the internal combustion engine when the internal combustion engine is restarted, lowers the thermal stresses to the internal combustion engine when the engine is turned off and is able to remove excess fuel when turning off the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Transportation Techniques, LLC.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Wilton, Joshua J. Anderson, Robert W. Schmitz
  • Hybrid electric vehicle and method of selectively operating the hybrid electric vehicle
    Patent number: 6622804
    Abstract: A series type hybrid electric vehicle that controls an internal combustion engine, generator, and electric motor for reducing the load applied to the internal combustion engine when the internal combustion engine is restarted, lowers the thermal stresses to the internal combustion engine when the engine is turned off and is able to remove excess fuel when turning off the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Transportation Techniques, LLC.
    Inventors: Robert W. Schmitz, Thomas F. Wilton, Joshua J. Anderson