Eaton Intelligent Power Limited

Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies, LLC

Justin Keith Griffiths

Dennis Dukaric

Matt Haylock

Sujay Kawale

Robert Stephen Douglass

Thomas Connolly

Austin Robert Zurface

Ian Daniel McKenzie

Christopher Deboer

Meng Wang

Brandon William Fisher

Volker Lang

Sipei Chen

Johannes Meissner

Matthew Richard Busdiecker

Jeff Hawarden

Karsten Gerving

Damrongrit Piyabongkarn

Joseph Paul Furner

Gerd Schmitz

Jalpa Shah

James David

Kai Schroeder

Julia Otte

Christoph Bausch

Lutz Friedrichsen

Martin Wayne Mensch

Asheesh Soni

Yeidei Wang

Adam Christopher Maurer

Ute Molitor

Norbert Roesner

William Andrew David

Jeff Howard Urian

Bharath Suda

Madeline Philipsohn

Ryan Pauls

Guido Völlmar

Paolo D'amico

Niles Stephen Ramseyer

Carl Christopher Smith

Graeme Andrew Jackson

Christian Thomas Chimner

Paul R Peterson

Timothy Scott Smith

David L Wadas

Paul Wilson

Andrzej Wota

Troy Scott Reinoehl

James Lee Whitaker

Clinton Lee McClellan

Benjamin S Sheen

Steven Michael Peterson

Carlos H Wink

Kevin McGovern

Paige Elizabeth Fernald

Eric R Von Hoene

Cory Snowdin

Terry Nostrant

Nicholas Jelen

An integrated inverter assembly with turbulent flow and increased heat transfer includes an integrated coolant coupling port with a ribbed interior surface; a fluid connector having a chamfered lip and a fir tree circumferentially aligned with at least one O-ring on an outer body of the fluid connector; and a baffled hose configured to couple the integrated coolant coupling port with the fluid connector, wherein the baffled hose provides for compliance in a horizontal plane and a vertical plane.

Coolant fitting promoting turbulent flow

An inverter assembly includes an integrated coolant coupling port; a fluid connector having a chamfered lip and a fir tree circumferentially aligned with at least one O-ring on an outer body of the fluid connector; and a flexible hose configured to couple the integrated coolant coupling port to the fluid connector.

Inverter assembly with integrated coolant coupling port

A fluid connector for coolant includes a chamfered lip and a fir tree circumferentially aligned with at least one O-ring on an outer body of the fluid connector. The fluid connector is configured to receive an end piece. The end piece has a standard SAEJ2044 end form. The fluid connector utilizes a housing to form a ribbing and support a seal. An integrated inverter assembly includes a main cover and an opposing back cover; a coolant channel disposed between a coolant channel cover and a coolant channel separating body; wherein power electronics of the integrated inverter assembly are thermally coupled to the coolant channel; wherein at least one of a coolant inlet or a coolant outlet of the coolant channel comprises a fluid connector; and wherein the fluid connector comprises a chamfered lip on an end of the fluid connector.

Coolant connector having a chamfered lip and fir tree axially aligned with at least one o-ring

A multi-port power converter includes a housing that includes a plurality of ports structured to electrically interface to a plurality of loads, the plurality of loads having distinct electrical characteristics. The multi-port power converter also includes a plurality of solid state components configured to provide selected electrical power outputs and to accept selected electrical power inputs and a plurality of solid state switches configured to provide selected connectivity between the plurality of solid state components and the plurality of ports.

System, method, and apparatus for multi-port power converter and inverter assembly

A vehicle transmission can perform predictive shifting. Road grade and vehicle path data can be employed to identify a future change in road grade such as a hill. A change in speed relative to a vehicle cruise speed can be estimated or predicted in view of the change in road grade and a current gear. If the change of speed is determined to be outside a performance bound, shift recommendation can be determined to maintain vehicle cruise speed within the performance bound. A controller can alter default gear selection of the transmission in response to receipt of the shift recommendation.

Predictive transmission shifting

An integrated inverter assembly including a main cover and an opposing back cover, a coolant channel, wherein power electronics of the inverter assembly are thermally coupled to the coolant channel, and wherein at least one of a coolant inlet or a coolant outlet of the coolant channel comprises a quick connector without a locking element.

Inverter with quick connect cooling coupling for an electric mobile application

A mobile application includes a motive power circuit having a power storage device and an electrical load, where the power storage device and the electrical load are selectively electrically coupled through a power bus. The application includes a power distribution unit (PDU) electrically interposed between the power storage device and the electrical load, where the PDU includes a breaker/relay positioned on one of a high side and a low side of the power storage device. The breaker/relay includes a fixed contact and a moveable contact selectively electrically coupled to the fixed contact, where the moveable contact allows power flow through the power bus when electrically coupled to the fixed contact, and prevents power flow through the power bus when not electrically coupled to the fixed contact. The breaker/relay includes an armature coupled to the moveable contact, and capable to open or close the motive power circuit.

System, method, and apparatus for power distribution in an electric mobile application using a combined breaker and relay

An integrated inverter assembly including a main cover and an opposing back cover, a coolant channel separating body interposed between an upper coolant channel and a lower coolant channel. The upper coolant channel may be thermally coupled to a first plurality of electronic components of the integrated inverter assembly. The lower coolant channel may be thermally coupled to a second plurality of electronic components of the integrated inverter assembly. The first plurality of electronic components include at least one gate driver.

Integrated coolant channels for component cooling in electric mobile applications

A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift actuator selectively couples the input shaft to the main shaft by rotatably coupling gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. An integrated actuator housing includes a single external power access for the shift actuator. A controller interprets a shaft displacement angle, determines if the transmission is in an imminent zero or zero torque region, and performs a transmission operation in response to the transmission in the imminent zero or zero torque region.

High efficiency, high output transmission

A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift actuator selectively couples the input shaft to the main shaft by rotatably coupling gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. A controller controls the shift actuator utilizing an actuating pulse and an opposing pulse.

System, method, and apparatus for operating a high efficiency, high output transmission

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Justin Keith Griffiths