Patents by Inventor Chengming LAI

Chengming LAI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9821793
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hybrid electric vehicle, a drive control method and a drive control device of a hybrid electric vehicle. The drive control method includes: obtaining a current gear position of the hybrid electric vehicle and a current electric charge level of a power battery; determining whether the vehicle is within a speed start-stop interval according to the current gear position of the hybrid electric vehicle and the current electric charge level of the power battery; obtaining a slope of a road on which the vehicle is driving and a current speed of the hybrid electric vehicle, if the vehicle is within a speed start-stop interval; and controlling a working state of an engine and/or a motor of the hybrid electric vehicle according to the slope of the road on which the vehicle is driving and the current speed of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yubo Lian, Heping Ling, Changjiu Liu, Guorui Liu, Chengming Lai, Guizhong Li
  • Publication number: 20160280213
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hybrid electric vehicle, a drive control method and a drive control device of a hybrid electric vehicle. The drive control method includes: obtaining a current gear position of the hybrid electric vehicle and a current electric charge level of a power battery; determining whether the vehicle is within a speed start-stop interval according to the current gear position of the hybrid electric vehicle and the current electric charge level of the power battery; obtaining a slope of a road on which the vehicle is driving and a current speed of the hybrid electric vehicle, if the vehicle is within a speed start-stop interval; and controlling a working state of an engine and/or a motor of the hybrid electric vehicle according to the slope of the road on which the vehicle is driving and the current speed of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Yubo LIAN, Heping LING, Changjiu LIU, Guorui LIU, Chengming LAI, Guizhong LI