Chrysler Corporation

Daimlerchrysler Corporation

Chrysler Group LLC

Arthur J Buglione

Edmund Tworkowski

Del C Schroeder

Thomas S Moore

Gerald Cilibraise

Richard G Reed, Jr

William W Doolittle, Iii

Robert Malcolm

Jeffrey P Cherry

Kenneth J Hartwig

Lewis Charles Eanes, Sr

Kathi S Lee

O Kent Thiel

Glenn E Lucas

Robert L Davis

A hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine coupled to a combined starter/motor/generator which is, in turn, coupled to a transmission of the vehicle. The starter/motor/generator is coupled to a high voltage battery pack via an inverter and to a deployable power output panel for serving loads external to the vehicle. Whenever external loads are to be powered, a control unit automatically places the vehicle in PARK, or alternatively activates an electrical parking brake system to hold the vehicle stationary.

Hybrid vehicle with integral generator for auxiliary loads

A belt driven starter motor system used to start an internal combustion engine. The system comprises a starter motor having a rotor and a pulley, a crankshaft pulley, and a belt tensioner, which are connected by a belt. The belt tensioner has a pulley that is movable between a first position and a second position. The tensioner pulley in the first position applies tension to the belt and the pulley in the second position corresponds to a condition wherein there is generally no tension on the belt. The starter motor begins rotation prior to the initial rotation of the crankshaft pulley, whereby the starter motor partially uses rotational energy to rotate the crankshaft pulley, which results in starting the internal combustion engine.

Belt driven engine starter motor system

An idle stop-start control method includes initiating a monitoring system, determining if the engine is running, and monitoring the engine to detect a shut-down condition or a sustain condition. The method includes initiating the restarting of an engine based on the condition of input parameters.

Idle stop-start control method

A method of power output level control for a hybrid powertrain system includes the step of checking if there is a predetermined level of energy stored in a energy storage apparatus. The method further includes the step of checking if there is a predetermined level of power available if there is a predetermined level of energy. The method also includes the step of reserving a predetermined power level amount from the energy storage apparatus if there is power available. The method includes the step of determining if a predetermined enabling condition is met and releasing the reserved power level amount if the predetermined enabling condition is met.

Method of power output level control for a hybrid power train system

A method of power management for a hybrid powertrain system includes the step of determining a storage power from a power flow into or out of an energy storage apparatus. The method also includes the step of determining an actual level of energy stored in the energy storage apparatus, determining a desired level of energy stored in the energy storage apparatus, and determining an energy storage level error from a difference between the desired level of energy stored and the actual level of energy stored. The method further includes the step of determining an engine power change from the energy storage level error and an actual storage power flow, determining an engine power setting from the engine power change, and modifying the engine by the engine power setting.

Method of power management for a hybrid powertrain system

A hybrid powertrain system for a motor vehicle includes a final drive unit for providing tractive power to wheels of a motor vehicle, a first motor/generator operatively connected in series to a heat engine of the motor vehicle, a second motor/generator operatively connected in series to the first motor/generator and the final drive unit, and an energy storage device operatively connected in parallel to the first motor/generator and the second motor/generator.

Hybrid motor vehicle

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Arthur J Buglione