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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
May. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
James D Worden, North Andover, MA (US);
Ricardo Espinosa, Townsend, MA (US);
Roderick T Hinman, Natick, MA (US);
Gill A Pratt, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Solectria Corporation, Wilmington, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
318139 ; 318587 ; 318 10 ; 318446 ; 180 651 ;
Abstract
In accordance with the present invention, an electric vehicle drive control system is provided. The system of the present invention controls the supply of actuating power to an electric motor for driving the vehicle. One preferred embodiment of the system permits a user to temporarily override a previously selected maximum power usage level for the motor so as to permit the amount of power supplied to the motor to be increased to a higher maximum power usage level.