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Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2012
Applicants:

Vivek Anand Sujan, Columbus, IN (US);

Martin T. Books, Columbus, IN (US);

Patrick O. Djan-sampson, Columbus, IN (US);

Praveen Muralidhar, Greenwood, IN (US);

Inventors:

Vivek Anand Sujan, Columbus, IN (US);

Martin T. Books, Columbus, IN (US);

Patrick O. Djan-Sampson, Columbus, IN (US);

Praveen Muralidhar, Greenwood, IN (US);

Assignee:

Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method includes determining a machine shaft torque demand and a machine shaft speed, in response to the machine shaft torque demand and the machine shaft speed, determining a machine power demand, determining a power division description between an internal combustion engine, a first electrical torque provider, and a second electrical torque provider, determining a hybrid power train configuration as one of series and parallel, determining a baseline power division description in response to a vehicle speed and the machine power demand, determining a state-of-charge (SOC) deviation for an electrical energy storage device electrically coupled to the first electrical torque provider and the second electrical torque provider, and adjusting the baseline power division description in response to the SOC deviation and the hybrid power train configuration.


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