Abstract: A powered vehicle includes a chassis having a front end and a rear end, and at least one front wheel and at least one rear wheel for supporting the chassis. The at least one front wheel defines a front axle and the at least one rear wheel defines a rear axle. A first portion of the vehicle defines an interior in which at least one seat is located. A second portion of the vehicle is located outside of the interior. The first and second portions are at least partially separated by a wall. A power system for propelling the vehicle is located in the second portion, where the power system includes a HV battery for producing electrical power to propel the vehicle. The battery is coupled to the chassis and located in the second portion.

Abstract: A hub motor assembly includes a traveling wheel, an outer rotor motor and a deceleration mechanism. An inside of the traveling wheel is provided with an inner ring gear, the outer rotor motor is arranged inside the traveling wheel, and an outside of the outer rotor motor is provided with an outer ring gear. The deceleration mechanism includes a planetary carrier and at least one planetary gear, and the planetary carrier is arranged between the traveling wheel and the outer rotor motor. The planetary gear is rotatably mounted on the planetary carrier, and the planetary gear is internally meshed with the outer ring gear and externally meshed with the inner ring gear. The outer rotor motor drives the planetary gear to rotate through the outer ring gear, and the planetary gear drives the inner ring gear to rotate and then drives the traveling wheel to rotate.

Abstract: An expansion tank for a vehicle cooling system and a vehicle cooling system. The expansion tank includes a tank body and a chamber provided inside the tank body, a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet are provided on the tank body, a diversion channel matched with a bottom of the tank body is provided inside the tank body, both ends of the diversion channel are respectively connected with the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet, a vent hole and a liquid refill hole are sequentially provided on a side of the diversion channel in a flow direction of a coolant liquid, and the vent hole and the liquid refill hole are both communicated with the chamber.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a radiator assembly that includes a stationary assembly that includes a fan assembly coupled to a fan frame assembly, a rotating assembly that includes a radiator frame assembly and a support frame assembly coupled to the radiator frame assembly, and an actuation assembly coupled to the rotating assembly. The rotating assembly may be rotatably coupled to the stationary assembly and configured to rotate relative to the stationary assembly in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction. The actuation assembly may be configured to enable and limit rotation of the rotating assembly relative to the stationary assembly in the first direction and the second direction.

Abstract: An air guiding device of a motor vehicle body of a motor vehicle includes a slat assembly. The slat assembly includes at least two slats, which are arranged so as to be borne rotatably about their axis of rotation in a frame of the air guiding device, and wherein, for rotation about the axis of rotation, the slat has a first bearing point and a second bearing point configured so as to lie opposite the first bearing point. For the rotatable bearing in the frame, the first bearing point of a first coupling point of the frame and the second bearing point of a second coupling point of the frame are arranged opposite one another. The slat is configured so as to absorb tensile and compressive forces.

Abstract: A utility vehicle including a body, a frame, an on-board device supplied with outside air, a chamber body having an intake space and divided into a first member disposed on a first side and opened to a second side and a second member detachably attached to the first member from the second side and opened to the first side, one of the first and second members having an engaging claw, and another one having an engaging portion, and a connecting pipe connecting the chamber body and the on-board device. The first member includes a first frame-shaped outer wall, a first tip surface, and a tip protrusion protruding from the first tip surface to the second side, and the second member includes a second frame-shaped outer wall, a second tip surface, and a tip recess recessed from the second tip surface toward the second side and fittable to the tip protrusion.

Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device selectively activates and deactivates actuation features in accordance with the context in which an electronic device is operating. In some embodiments, an electronic device controls one or more actuators in accordance with sensor data and/or inputs received using one or more input devices.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a first rail and a second rail elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis and spaced from each other along a vehicle-lateral axis. The vehicle includes an energy storage device between the first rail and the second rail. The vehicle includes a support structure between the first rail and the second rail. The vehicle includes a cable under tension and extending from the first rail to the second rail, the cable between the energy storage device and the support structure.

Abstract: Power transmission assembly for a four-wheel drive vehicle including an electric machine, a gear reducer and a coupler connected to the gear reducer. The electric machine is an inverted machine in which the rotor is radially outside the stator with respect to the rotation axis of this electric machine.

Abstract: A method includes switching a vehicle to a 4WD state by connecting a disconnector, maintaining the disconnector in the connected state for a predetermined maintenance time, determining whether a condition to be switched to a 2WD state is satisfied when the predetermined maintenance time period elapses, and disconnecting the disconnector when the condition to be switched to the 2WD state is satisfied.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for operating a peripheral device of a vehicle. Control circuitry determines whether the peripheral device is connected to a vehicle controller. Control circuitry receives operational settings for the peripheral device, e.g., in response to determining that the peripheral device is connected to the vehicle controller. The vehicle controller is used to control the peripheral device using the received operational settings.

Abstract: A display apparatus for a vehicle includes a cockpit part including an opening, a guide part mounted within the cockpit part, a display unit disposed within the cockpit part, moved along the guide part so that the display unit has a curved line-shaped moving path and configured to appear and disappear through the opening, and a driving part configured to provide electric power to the display unit so th

Abstract: A visible component for a motor vehicle includes a fiber-reinforced plastics component having a multi-layer fiber reinforcement which is integrated in an at least largely transparent plastics matrix. The fiber reinforcement is formed by a visible layer in the form of a metallized glass fiber layer and at least one largely transparent structural layer. A touch display is also provided on a rear face of the fiber-reinforced plastics component facing the visible layer.

Abstract: A steering wheel control interface module that can automatically detect the type of vehicle it is installed in and automatically detect the type of aftermarket radio it is sending messages to. In addition, the interface module can retain certain user pre-selects and use those to properly set the state of an aftermarket radio.

Abstract: An information display apparatus and a spatial sensing apparatus for the information display apparatus are provided, the information display apparatus enabling the selection/change of the lot of display images in small point-of-view motion so that an interactive function for a driver is achieved. An information display apparatus displaying information onto a vehicle includes: an information display apparatus displaying image information onto an image display region on a forward part of a driver seat of the vehicle; and a spatial sensing means detecting positional information of instruction made by a driver in a spatial region between the driver seat and the displayed image display region, and the information display apparatus includes a means displaying the instruction made by the driver onto the image display region on the forward part in response to the positional information of the instruction made by the driver, detected by the spatial sensing means.

Abstract: A dashboard control system of a vehicle includes: one or more sensors positioned in the vehicle for generating sensor outputs; one or more control inputs located on at least one of the vehicle and a user device communicatively coupled to the vehicle; and a dashboard assembly positioned in the vehicle facing a rider of the vehicle, the dashboard assembly including at least one visor unit coupled with a rotatable display unit with at least one display face. The rotatable display unit includes at least one drive unit and at least one controller for controlling operation of at least one of the at least one visor unit and the rotatable display unit, based on the sensor outputs and the one or more control inputs.

Abstract: A power distribution device and a transportation device having the power distribution device are provided. The power distribution device includes a housing, a pre-charging circuit module, and a main positive circuit module. The housing has a mounting cavity. The pre-charging circuit module is configured to pre-charge a capacitor element in an electrical appliance, and includes a pre-charging relay. The pre-charging relay is connected with the housing. The main positive circuit module is configured to be closed after the pre-charging circuit module is opened. The main positive circuit module and the pre-charging circuit module are stacked in the mounting cavity in an up-down direction. The main positive circuit module includes a fuse and a main relay core. The main relay core is connected with the housing.

Abstract: Presented are intelligent vehicle systems for thermal event mitigation during vehicle towing, methods for making/using such systems, and vehicles equipped with such intelligent control systems. A method of operating a host vehicle includes a resident or remote vehicle controller verifying the host vehicle is an incapacitated state. Responsive to the incapacitation of the host vehicle, the controller detects the host vehicle being towed by a tow vehicle and identifies a wireless-enabled portable computing device (PCD) within a predefined range of the host vehicle. Responsive to the host vehicle being towed, the controller determines if the wireless-enabled PCD is on the tow vehicle while towing the host vehicle. Upon detection of a thermal event in at least one battery cell in the host vehicle's battery system while the host vehicle is being towed, the controller responsively commands a resident vehicle subsystem to execute a control operation to mitigate the thermal event.

Abstract: A method of managing a battery misuse and an apparatus for performing the method can include determining, by a battery misuse determination device, the battery misuse. The method can also include disabling, by a battery disabling device, an operation of a battery determined to be the battery misuse.

Abstract: A method discharges the electrical circuit of a vehicle including at least one traction electric machine and equipped with an electrical supply network including a high-voltage battery and a hydrogen-fuel-cell stack that is associated with a voltage converter, with a high-voltage consumption network including the machine associated with an inverter and appended pieces of equipment, and with a drive module. The discharging method includes the following successive steps: stopping the vehicle, electrically disconnecting the battery from the network, interrupting the supply of hydrogen to the stack, and discharging energy from the electrical circuit into the stator winding of the machine by driving the voltage converter via the drive module.

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling operation of a vehicle system are provided. This vehicle system can be at least partially powered by electric current conducted to a collector device of the vehicle system from a conductive pathway extending along a route traveled by the vehicle system. A voltage level of the conductive pathway may be monitored, and a conduction impaired location of the conductive pathway may be identified based at least in part on the voltage level of the conductive pathway that is monitored. The collector device or a removal device may be controlled to remove a contaminant from the conductive pathway at the conduction impaired location, the vehicle system may be controlled to compensate for the conduction impaired location, and/or an off-board facility and/or another vehicle system may be notified of the conduction impaired location responsive to identifying the conduction impaired location.

Abstract: A method including detecting that a vehicle that may be propelled by an electric drive system having one or more motors disconnects or begins disconnecting from an off-board source of power while the one or more motors are being powered by the off-board source of power. The method may include supplanting a decreasing amount of a first electric energy supplied by the off-board source of power to the electric drive system with an amount of a second electric energy supplied by an onboard source of power to the electric drive system responsive to the detection of the disconnect from the off-board source of power.

Abstract: Flyback electric charge regenerative brake system A flyback electric charge regenerative brake system, including a transmission shaft connected to and can be drive by the recycled kinetic energy, several pieces of rotating discs and fixed plates are stacked staggered and strung by the transmission shaft perpendicularly; on the plane of all rotating discs, staggered arrangement several pieces of the conductive films that can be charged with positive and negative charges.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a solar cell system includes a first solar cell, a first electric circuit and controller. The first solar cell is provided on a hood of a vehicle. The first electric circuit is connected to the first solar cell. The controller is configured to electrically connect the first solar cell with the first electric circuit in a case where a traveling speed of the vehicle is less than a first threshold, and electrically disconnect the first solar cell from the first electric circuit in a case where the traveling speed of the vehicle is equal to or greater than the first threshold.

Abstract: The invention provides, in some aspects, a magnetic levitation transport system with a guideway having rails with propulsion windings extending therealong and defining first and second diverging paths. A vehicle disposed on the guideway has T-shaped propulsion pods extending toward to the guideway. Arms of the propulsion pods extend laterally from stems and include permanent magnets and control coils. These are disposed adjacent respective rails/windings. The propulsion pods and rails propel, switch, suspend, and guide a vehicle on the guideway.

Abstract: A control apparatus, which controls a drive motor that drives a rotor installed in an electrical aircraft, instructs the drive motor to selectively operate in at least two motor-control modes. The at least two motor-control modes include a flying motor-control mode for causing the electrical aircraft to fly, and a cleaning motor-control mode for cleaning the rotor. The control apparatus controls, in the cleaning motor-control mode, the drive motor such that a rotational frequency of the drive motor is lower than a predetermined human-audible frequency range.

Abstract: A method for controlling heating of an electric drive system of a vehicle, the electric drive system includes a motor controller and a motor, and the method includes: determining that the vehicle is in a travelling state; obtaining a rotation speed value and a torque control value of a motor and obtaining a carrier instruction value of a motor controller when receiving a heating instruction; obtaining a first current instruction value based on the rotation speed value and the torque control value, and obtaining a second current instruction value based on the torque control value and the first current instruction value; adjusting a control signal of the motor controller based on at least one of the second current instruction value or a second carrier frequency; and controlling the motor to operate based on the adjusted control signal, so that the electric drive system generates heat.

Abstract: Methods and systems for a vehicle are provided. A method for a vehicle includes coupling two motors to an axle. Furthermore, the method includes, at each of the two motors, setting a requested motor torque to a permitted motor torque in compliance with a threshold motor power, determining an unmet motor torque as a difference between the requested and the permitted motor torque, and balancing the unmet motor torque, including reducing the permitted motor torque at one or both of the two motors.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an electric drive system of a motor vehicle (2) with a backup battery (2.8) and a fuel cell (2.6) for providing electric drive power. Here, route data is determined and then, based on this route data, consumption data is forecast. The invention is characterized in that, in order to optimize the operation of the fuel cell (2.6) based on the forecast consumption data, a total energy demand for the route is forecast, after which a mean fuel cell power is determined which is required together with the energy stored at the starting time of the route in the backup battery (2.8) to determine the total energy demand over a constant power trajectory for the fuel cell (2.6). This is followed by a check as to whether limit values of the backup battery (2.8) are violated when driving along the route with the power trajectory: if no limit value is violated, the fuel cell (2.

Abstract: A direct current to direct current (DC-DC) converter, a vehicle including the converter, and a controlling method thereof are proposed. The DC-DC converter is capable of efficiently detecting and responding to miscoupling of a connector. The DC-DC converter includes a first inlet corresponding to a first DC terminal, a transformation circuit connected to the first DC terminal and a second DC terminal while being located therebetween, and a converter controller, wherein when receiving a voltage command corresponding to the first DC terminal from an external controller, the converter controller is configured to determine whether or not a connector coupled to the first inlet is miscoupled thereto based on whether or not a voltage of the first DC terminal follows the voltage command.

Abstract: A fuselage arranged within a fuselage outer shell; at least one main rotor located on top of the fuselage; at least one engine provided for driving the at least one main rotor; and at least one energy source storage unit comprising at least one energy source configured to provide energy for powering the at least one engine for driving the at least one main rotor; wherein the at least one energy source storage unit is arranged outside the fuselage outer shell; and wherein the fuselage and the fuselage outer shell form in vicinity of the at least one energy source storage unit a crashable structure configured to be crashable in an emergency landing at least for limiting effects of impact on the at least one energy source storage unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery assembly for a vehicle such as an electric vehicle or a hybrid electric vehicle, and to methods associated with such an assembly. As disclosed, there is provided a battery assembly for a vehicle, the assembly having a housing, the housing for containing a coolant fluid and at least one battery cell to be cooled by said coolant fluid, the assembly further having a first container volume having a lower portion in fluid communication with an upper portion of the housing, wherein the first container volume has a smaller cross-sectional area in a horizontal plane than that of the housing, and the assembly further having a second container volume having a lower portion in fluid communication with an upper portion of the first container volume. The disclosed battery assembly provides improved battery performance by virtue of improved cell temperature management, particularly when packaging is constrained.

Abstract: Techniques control a utility vehicle. Such techniques involve storing electric power in a lithium battery of the utility vehicle. Such techniques further involve operating a motor controller of the utility vehicle in a normal mode in which the motor controller provides electric power from a lithium battery of the utility vehicle to an electric motor of the utility vehicle to turn one or more ground engaging members of the utility vehicle. Such techniques further involve, after operating the motor controller in the normal operating mode, operating the motor controller in a walkaway mode in which the motor controller configures the electric motor to provide braking torque.

Abstract: An authentication between a wireless charger and a device configured to receive wireless energy from the wireless charger includes establishing a wireless data channel between the wireless charger and the device. An authentication challenge signal is driven onto a transmit charging coil of the wireless charger and a receive charging coil of the device is configured to receive the authentication challenge signal. The device sends an authentication response signal to the wireless charger based at least in part on the authentication challenge signal.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a traction inverter and an electric motor operable to provide motive power for the vehicle based on electrical power received wirelessly from a modular power system.

Abstract: A method for operating a conduit inspection tool in a conduit includes positioning a conduit inspection tool in the conduit, the conduit inspection tool including a body that includes one or more wheels, at least two power generating sub-systems coupled to the body, and at least one energy storage device electrically coupled to the at least two power generating sub-systems; moving the body through and in contact with the conduit through the one or more wheels; generating electrical power by at least one of the at least two power generating sub-systems by the movement; and providing at least a portion of the generated electrical power to the at least one energy storage device to store the portion of the generated electrical power.

Abstract: Various arrangements disclosed herein relate to dynamically determining a length of cable to provision for charging an electric vehicle, including a sensor to detect a characteristic of the electric vehicle, a data processing system configured to determine, based at least in part on the characteristic, a position of a charge port of the vehicle and to determine, based at least in part on the position of the charge port of the vehicle, a distance between a charging apparatus and the charge port of the vehicle. The charging apparatus includes a cable dispenser configured to provide a length of a segment of a cable based on the distance between the charging apparatus and the charge port.

Abstract: A high-voltage device (1) has a high-voltage battery (2), a first high-voltage consumer system (3), at least one second high-voltage consumer system (4), and a charging terminal (6). The high-voltage battery (2) is connected electrically to the first high-voltage consumer system (3) by a main contactor (5), and the high-voltage battery (2) is connected electrically to the charging terminal (6) by a charging contactor (7). The charging contactor (7) is connected to the main contactor (5) in parallel. A first three-point switch (8) is provided and electrically connects the second high-voltage consumer system (4).

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a vehicle connector assembly mountable to or formed integral with an electric vehicle comprising a vehicle component management system and a battery electrically couplable with the vehicle connector assembly, the vehicle connector assembly being engageable with a docking connector assembly electrically coupled with a power source and comprising a docking communication system. The vehicle connector assembly comprises a battery-charging interface electrically couplable with the power source via the docking connector assembly to charge the battery of the vehicle and a vehicle communication system to receive vehicle information from the vehicle component management system of the electric vehicle and send said vehicle information to the docking communication system. The vehicle connector assembly is configurable into a charging configuration when engaged with the docking connector assembly. The present disclosure also concerns a corresponding method for charging an electric vehicle.

Abstract: A distributor includes: an outer housing; a direct current charging interface, an electronic control terminal interface, and a battery terminal interface disposed in the outer housing. A first contactor and a second contactor are connected between the electronic control terminal interface and the battery terminal interface. A third contactor and a pre-charge resistor form a pre-charge branch. A fourth contactor is connected between the direct current charging interface and the battery terminal interface; a fifth contactor is connected between a negative terminal of the direct current charging interface and a negative terminal of the battery terminal interface; and the five contactors and a pre-charge resistor are disposed in the outer housing.

Abstract: A multi-vehicle charging system comprises a main station, including a power distribution module configured to receive power from a power grid and at least one main station charging port electrically coupled to the power distribution module for selectively receiving power therefrom. The system also includes at least one substation spaced apart from the main station and modularly coupled thereto. The at least one substation includes at least one substation charging port electrically coupled to the power distribution module of the main station for selectively receiving power therefrom. The system further includes at least one vehicle interface assembly having at least one plug, wherein the at least one plug is configured to selectively mate with each of the at least one main station charging port and the at least one substation charging port.

Abstract: A charging system of a vehicle includes a conversion device configured to transfer electrical energy from a fuel cell system to an electric motor of the vehicle via a propulsion bus, a switching assembly configured to selectively connect the conversion device to a charge port of the vehicle, and a controller configured to operate the switching assembly to transition the charging system to a charging mode. The controller is configured to control the conversion device to supply power to a battery of a second vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle power conversion device is mounted in a front room of a vehicle. The vehicle power conversion device has a DCDC converter, an accommodating case configured to accommodate the DCDC converter, and a connector unit provided on the accommodating case. First and second protruding portions are provided in a front region of the accommodating case. The connector unit is provided such that, as viewed in an upper-lower direction, the connector unit is located behind a first virtual line which is a common tangent line of the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion, and at least a part of the connector unit is located in a left-right direction between a first contact point in which the first virtual line is in contact with the first protruding portion, and a second contact point in which the first virtual line is in contact with the second protruding portion.

Abstract: An integrated controller includes: a box; a controller and a charging/discharging converter disposed in the box; and a high-voltage interface assembly including a high-voltage interface disposed on the box and a high-voltage connector disposed in the box. The high-voltage connector is connected with the high-voltage interface, the controller, and the charging/discharging converter to receive and distribute a high-voltage battery signal.

Abstract: A on-board charger includes a microprocessor and a storage battery connected with a DC charger. A first sampling point is disposed between the DC charger and a storage battery. A second sampling point is disposed between the storage battery and the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to: obtain a first voltage and a current of the first sampling point, and obtain a second voltage of the second sampling point; and determine the connection between the storage battery and the DC module is cut off and record a first difference between the second voltage and the first voltage, when the first voltage is greater than the second voltage and the current is less than a preset current threshold.

Abstract: A charging system of a vehicle includes a first conversion device of a first drive system of the vehicle, the first conversion device connected to a first electric motor. The system also includes a second conversion device of a second drive system of the vehicle, the second conversion device connected to a second electric motor. The first drive system and the second drive system are connected to a battery system of the vehicle. The system also includes a switching assembly including a plurality of switches configured to selectively connect the first electric motor and/or the second electric motor to a charge port of the vehicle, and a controller configured to control the switching assembly to define a conversion circuit that includes components of the first drive system and/or the second drive system, and control the conversion circuit to regulate an output voltage and supply power to an energy storage system.

Abstract: An electrical energy absorption and heat storage system absorbs electrical energy transferred during a calibration process of an electric vehicle charging station. The system includes a resistive load, which, in operation, receives electrical energy and converts the electrical energy into heat. The heat is transferred to and stored in one or more heat storage mediums and then dissipated. The heat storage mediums may include phase-change heat storage mediums, such as water, solid heat storage mediums, such as ceramic mass (e.g., alumina), or combinations thereof. The stored heat may be dissipated as steam, contained for later dissipation, or combinations thereof. Heat sinks, convection and conduction cooling may be employed to dissipate the stored heat. An energy status of the system, together with information regarding the characteristics of the calibration process, may be used to determine whether it is appropriate to use the system to absorb the heat of the calibration process.

Abstract: A non-fluid cooled fast-charge electric vehicle (EV) cable includes a pair of cabled insulated conductors, a binder, a thermal layer of a synthetic porous material having extremely low density and extremely low thermal conductivity in a blanket, with a fiberglass cover and a jacket.

Abstract: In an example, an electrical vehicle (EV) charger system power platform includes a housing, a transformer, a distribution board, and an electrical safety switch. The housing encloses a volume. The transformer is disposed within the volume and is configured to be electrically coupled to a power source and to generate output power from input power received from the power source. The distribution board is disposed within the volume and is electrically coupled to an output of the transformer. The electrical safety switch is disposed within the volume and is electrically coupled to an input of the transformer and configured to be electrically coupled to the power source.

Abstract: A positioning system for an automatic vehicle charging system includes charger-side positioning modules arranged on a charger and a charger-side control unit. The charger-side positioning modules comprise a static master module and at least two slave modules connected to the static master module. The charger-side control unit is connected to the static master module. The static master module receives a charging request from a vehicle and distances to a mobile module to determine a position of the mobile module using the measured distances, and to the position of the mobile module to the charger-side control unit to provide the allowance for charging when the position of the mobile module is within a pre-defined tolerance.