Chuantao Wang

US Patent:

20110029177, Feb 3, 2011

Filed:

Jul 27, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/844443

Inventors:

Yung Yeung - Bradbury CA, US
Shishu Fu - Shenyang, CN
Chuantao Wang - Rochester MI, US
Junwen Hou - Rochester MI, US

Assignee:

HYBRID KINETIC AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS - Pasadena CA

International Classification:

B60W 20/00
B60K 6/42

US Classification:

701 22, 180 6522, 180 6521

Abstract:

A system and method to control delivery of driving force generated from multiple energy sources to a drive train of a vehicle in motion. In one embodiment, the method includes checking whether the vehicle is in one of a first fuel mode, a second fuel mode, and a third fuel mode, wherein when the vehicle is in the first fuel mode, a first type of fuel is provided to an internal combustion engine, when the vehicle is in the second fuel mode, a second type of fuel is provided to the internal combustion engine, and when the vehicle is in the third fuel mode, no fuel is provided to the internal combustion engine but the drive train is powered by electricity, displaying the status of the current driving mode on a display, receiving a commanding signal for a change of the driving mode, when the change requires a shifting between the first fuel mode and the second fuel mode, and activating a first and a second electric motors to be able to drive the drive train.

US Patent:

20190291595, Sep 26, 2019

Filed:

Mar 26, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/365042

Inventors:

- Pasadena CA, US
Junhua Chen - Pasadena CA, US
Robert McKeirnan - Pasadena CA, US
Artur Bagumyan - Pasadena CA, US
Tom Arnold - Pasadena CA, US
Chuantao Wang - Pasadena CA, US

International Classification:

B60L 50/61
F02C 6/20
F01D 15/10
B60K 6/00

Abstract:

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a vehicle power system, which includes an electric motor, a secondary power source that energizes the electric motor, wherein the secondary power source employs a turbine to generate electricity, a second power source that supplements the primary power source to energize the electric motor, and a control component that monitors power provided to the electric motor by the primary power source, that determines that additional power needs to be provided to the electric motor in order to meet a driving requirement, and that directs additional power from the second power source to the electric motor.