Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

United States of America As Represented by the Administrator of Nasa

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

General Motors LLC

Chunhao J Lee

Farzad Samie

Dongxu Li

Norman K Bucknor

Patrick B Usoro

Chi-Kuan Kao

Kumaraswamy V Hebbale

Derek F Lahr

Madhusudan Raghavan

Andrew Leslie Bartos

Suresh Gopalakrishnan

Lei Hao

Chengwu Duan

Paul G Otanez

Neeraj S Shidore

Kevin B Rober

Chandra S Namuduri

Jian Yao

Muhammad Hussain Alvi

Yongjie Zhu

Dmitriy Bruder

Robert Louis Vitale

Chen-fang Chang

Alexander Millerman

Raymond Guo

William J Bluethmann

Yue-Yun Wang

Li Chen

Venkata Prasad Atluri

Alexandru Rajala

Xu Chen

Larry Diemer

Tito R Huffman

Chengliang Yin

Thomas W Nehl

Shiming Duan

Paul S Lombardo

Lucien Q Junkin

Thomas M Waligora

Andrew D Dawson

Jun-Mo Kang

Brian A Welchko

James B Borgerson

Ibrahim Haskara

Bret M Olson

Paul Dwight Stevenson

Anthony L Smith

Lei Li

Xuefeng Tim Tao

Zhen J Zhang

David W Wright

Junghoon Kim

Junfeng Zhao

Yu Dong

Eduardo Herrera

Akinjide Akinyode

James M Hart

Scott H Wittkopp

Alan G Holmes

Edward W Mellet

Alireza Fatemi

Chen-Fang Chang

Rashmi Prasad

Craig S Ross

Gary Lee Jones

Hanho Yun

Christopher E Borroni-Bird

Shushan Bai

Chaitanya Sankavaram

Yongsheng He

David J Cleary

Scott Heitzenrater

Steven J Weber

Nicholas W Pinto

Azeem Sarwar

Kenneth J Shoemaker

Orgun A Guralp

Insu Chang

David W Walters

Yusheng Zou

Michael A Potter

Jiyu Zhang

Donald L Dusenberry

Venkatesh Gopalakrishnan

Bharatkumar Hegde

Khorshed Mohammed Alam

Jeremy V Horgan

Zhen Gao

Renato Amorim Torres

Bryan J Williams

Robert O Ambrose

Richard W Carlson

Brenton J Bergkoetter

Anthony Joseph Lapp

Luke David Shepley

Scott A Hearld

Daniel J Wickman

Jeffrey R Aldrich

Thomas Weglarz

Ming Cao

A motor system includes a rechargeable energy storage system, an alternating current motor, and a power inverter. Multiple efficiency maps may be provided, each representing a specific combination of control parameters and associated settings. The maps relate the motor's operating space (torque and speed) to corresponding efficiency solutions. The combination of control parameters and settings that yields the highest motor system efficiency at an operating point may be determined from the multiple efficiency maps and used in controlling the motor.

Motor system control

A system in an electric or hybrid vehicle includes two or more battery packs to power one or more motors of the vehicle to move the vehicle. A controller dynamically activates an operational mode of the vehicle during vehicle operation, the operational mode being one of a plurality of possible operational modes. Each of the possible operational modes defines which of the two or more battery packs are connected to the one or more motors and, based on two or more of the two or more battery packs being connected to the one or more motors, also defines an interconnection among the two or more of the two or more battery packs. The plurality of possible operational modes includes a first operational mode defining a series connection between the two or more battery packs and second operational mode defining a parallel connection between the two or more battery packs.

Multi-voltage vehicle operation

A system includes an electronic device including a circuit having a semiconductor switch, and a controller configured to control a gate driver connected to the semiconductor switch via a protection circuit. The controller is configured to set a protection parameter including a voltage threshold representing a selected value of a voltage across the semiconductor switch, the protection parameter configured to cause the semiconductor switch to be deactivated in response to an overcurrent condition, the protection parameter selected based on a mathematical model of the semiconductor switch, the mathematical model representing a physical property of at least one of the electronic device and the semiconductor switch.

Electronic control of protection parameters for a semiconductor switch

A method for controlling a vehicle charging and thermal operation includes monitoring at least a charge characteristic of a battery system and a thermal characteristic of the battery system. The method predicts a battery system temperature at a future time (t) based at least in part on the monitored characteristics using a predictive physics model and maintains the battery system temperature above a minimum temperature threshold and below a maximum temperature threshold by adjusting a charging profile based at least in part on the predicted battery system temperature.

Predictive control for proactive thermal and energy management charging

A power control system for a propulsion system of a vehicle includes an energy storage system including a precharge circuit and one or more battery packs. A DC-DC converter is connected to the energy storage system and including a first capacitor, a first plurality of power switches and an inductor. A power inverter module is connected to the DC-DC converter and including a second capacitor and a second plurality of power switches. A controller is configured to pre-charge the first capacitor of the DC-DC converter and the second capacitor of the power inverter module and control operating modes of the DC-DC converter and the power inverter module.

Power control system for DC-DC converter and inverter pre-charging and shutdown

A vehicle includes a system and method of operating a gearbox of the vehicle. The vehicle includes an interface for entering a desired vehicle acceleration and a processor. The system includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive the desired vehicle acceleration, create an objective function that relates the desired vehicle acceleration to a torque, perform an optimization process on the objective function to determine the torque, and apply the torque to the vehicle to achieve the desired vehicle acceleration.

Vehicle motion control considering dynamic gear ratio for multi-speed drive systems

A system for controlling a transmission state of a vehicle includes a controller connected to a first drive system and a first transmission including a gear system, a first clutch and a second clutch. The controller is configured to receive a request to change from an initial transmission state to a target transmission state when a propulsion torque is applied to the vehicle. The controller is configured to distribute the propulsion torque such that all of the propulsion torque is applied by a second drive system and the first drive system does not provide any propulsion torque to the vehicle, fully release an off-going clutch from the gear system, control a motor speed based on a rotational speed relation of the target transmission state to reduce a slip speed of the on-going clutch, and fully engage an on-coming clutch to put the first drive system in the target transmission state.

Control of transitions between transmission states

A computer-implemented method for predicting a quality of a battery includes receiving a first battery measurement data for a first duration of soaking the battery, the first duration shorter than or equal to the soaking. The method further includes computing a plurality of features based on the first battery measurement data. The method further includes predicting, based on the plurality of features, a state of the battery after completion of the soaking. The method further includes outputting suitability of the quality of the battery based on the state of the battery as predicted.

Predictive battery health detection from pack soaking behavior

Apparatus and techniques for analyzing a capacitance value in an electric motor inverter are disclosed. A processor is coupled to a DC-AC inverter, which includes a capacitor across its terminals and is powered by a battery. The processor performs resistor switching to enable singular, periodic measurement of the capacitance. The measured value is compared with a nominal or beginning of life (BOL) value. An alert may be sent if the capacitance has degraded beyond a threshold. In other aspects, the DC torque ripple envelop is used to measure capacitance. The outcome is compared with the other tests to assess consistency. An inconsistent outcome may identify potential resistor degradation.

In-situ inverter capacitance analyses and degradation alerts using variable operational modes of electric motor

A vehicle and a drive system include a method of operating the vehicle. In another exemplary embodiment, a drive system of a vehicle is disclosed. The drive system includes a first sensor, a second sensor and a processor. The first sensor is disposed at a first location of the drive system for measuring a first angle of rotation. The second sensor is disposed at a second location of the drive system for measuring a second angle of rotation. The processor is configured to determine a torque transferred between the first location and the second location based on a difference between the first angle of rotation and the second angle of rotation and control an operation of the drive system based on the torque.

Torque sensing for electric vehicle drive system

A vehicle includes a propulsion system having multiple electric motors. A battery system is connected to the electric motors via a direct current to direct current (DC-DC) converter and an inverter. The battery system includes a battery assembly having a plurality of battery modules. Each of the battery modules has multiple individual battery cells arranged in battery packs, a set of sensors configured to monitor a set of parameters of each battery pack, and a plurality of battery pack mounts. Each battery pack mount includes a base plate and a top plate and an actuator configured to alter a distance between plates. A monitoring unit is configured to monitor a value representative of a battery pack pressure, determine whether the value falls within a pressure threshold window, and maintain the value within the pressure threshold window by actively altering the battery pack pressure.

Battery pressure active control

A vehicle includes two or more battery packs configured to power a motor. A controller is configured to dynamically activate an operational mode during operation. The operational mode is one of multiple possible operational modes including a first operational mode defining a series connection between the two or more battery packs and second operational mode defining a parallel connection between the two or more battery packs. The connection between the battery packs is controlled by a first plurality of switches. A plurality of low voltage loads are connected to a subset of the battery packs in the battery packs such that a power output of the subset of the battery packs provides full power to the plurality of low voltage loads. The plurality of low voltage loads are connected to only the subset of the battery packs in both the first operational mode and the second operational mode.

A trip energy estimation system for a vehicle includes a traffic speed module configured to determine an average traffic speed along a projected route, a path information module configured to output path information indicating route features along the projected route, a perceived speed module configured to output a perceived vehicle speed along the projected route based on the average traffic speed and the path information, and a dynamic driving module configured to calculate and output a predicted driver speed based on the perceived vehicle speed and a feedback input indicative of the predicted driver speed. The dynamic driving module is configured to execute a machine learning algorithm to calculate the predicted driver speed.

Traffic-info-incorporated NNT driver model for EV trip energy prediction

A vehicle includes a transmission that performs a method of operating a clutch of a vehicle. The vehicle includes the clutch, an actuator device and a processor. The actuator device includes a piston movable to operate the clutch. The processor is configured to receive a pressure signal indicative of a selected fluid pressure for operating the clutch, determine a position for the piston in the actuator device from the pressure signal, and move the piston to the position to operate the clutch at the selected fluid pressure.

Clutch controls for electric vehicle transmission with modular actuation system

Presented are torque converters (TC) with hydraulic systems for converter feed and clutch control, methods for making/operating such TC assemblies, and vehicles equipped with such TC assemblies. A TC assembly includes a housing that drivingly connects to an electric motor, and an output member that drivingly connects to a multi-gear transmission. Rotatable within the TC housing are a turbine attached to the TC output member and an impeller juxtaposed with the turbine. A lockup clutch disposed inside the TC housing, between the turbine and housing, is operable to lock the housing to the output member. A disconnect clutch disposed inside the housing, between the impeller and housing, is operable to lock the housing to the impeller. A pump is attached to the TC housing and drivingly connected to the motor for feeding fluid into the housing to increase pressure within the TC chamber and activate the lockup and disconnect clutches.

Hydraulic system and control logic for torque converter assemblies

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Chunhao J Lee