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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Nadirsh Patel, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Goro Tamai, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ashish Krupadanam, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nadirsh Patel, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Goro Tamai, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ashish Krupadanam, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Chrysler Group LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 9/00 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2006.01); B60K 6/445 (2007.10); B60W 10/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0666 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0672 (2013.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0275 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2710/083 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6239 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motor operation control system and method for controlling first and second electric motors of an electrically variable transmission. The system and method determine a minimum battery power associated with a torque of the second electric motor, set the torque of the second electric motor based on the determined minimum battery power, and set a torque of the first electric motor based on the determined minimum battery power.