An electric motor drive retrofit system (EMDRS) comprises a power system, an energy storage system (ESS), a cooling system, a vehicle control unit (VCU), and a user interface device (UID). A combustion engine drive vehicle with tight space constraints is retrofittable with the EMDRS to provide hybrid drive functionality. The EMDRS includes a motor generator unit (MGU) coupled to a motor control unit (MCU). MCU transfers charge between the MGU and ESS. During retrofit, the MGU is coupled between a transmission and an internal combustion engine (ICE) of the vehicle without extending a drivetrain length by more than 5 inches. In a first operating mode (adding torque), MCU supplies the MGU from the ESS to supply torque to the drivetrain downstream before a transmission input. In a second operating mode (regenerative braking), the MGU removes torque from the drivetrain and drives MCU to charge the ESS.
ELECTRIC HYBRID RETROFITTING OF NON-HYBRID COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLES
ELEKTRISCHE HYBRIDE NACHRÜSTUNG VON NICHT-HYBRIDEN FAHRZEUGEN MIT VERBRENNUNGSMOTOR
RÉTROMONTAGE HYBRIDE ÉLECTRIQUE DE VÉHICULES À MOTEUR À COMBUSTION NON HYBRIDE
2020-05-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion |
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