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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Proterra, Inc., Burlingame, CA (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Simonini, Greenville, SC (US);
Jarred Vallbracht, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
Proterra Inc., Burlingame, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 30/19 (2012.01); F16H 61/04 (2006.01); F16H 63/50 (2006.01); B60W 10/11 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/19 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/11 (2013.01); F16H 61/0437 (2013.01); F16H 63/502 (2013.01); B60W 2300/10 (2013.01); B60W 2510/101 (2013.01); B60W 2510/1005 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0666 (2013.01); B60W 2710/08 (2013.01); B60W 2710/1005 (2013.01); B60W 2710/1083 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/143 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); F16H 2061/047 (2013.01); F16H 2061/0422 (2013.01); F16H 2061/0425 (2013.01); F16H 2200/0021 (2013.01); F16H 2200/0034 (2013.01);
Abstract
The power train of an electric vehicle includes an electric motor and a gearbox coupling the electric motor to a drive wheel. A controller may be configured to initiate a gear shift in the gearbox, and activate one or both of (a) a torque jog in electric motor, or (b) a burst of a pressurized fluid in an actuator to assist with the gear shift.