148results about "Electric vehicles" patented technology

A marine power distribution arrangement includes a turbine-driven AC generator which supplies AC power at a frequency of 240 Hz through a switchgear unit to a transformer and a first power converter by which the power is converted to a variable frequency, variable voltage AC output for ship propulsion and to a second power converter by which the AC power is converted to a fixed voltage, fixed AC frequency or DC power to supply the ship service loads. A battery backup power supply may be switched in an emergency. In another embodiment four turbine-driven AC generators and two emergency power supplies are provided to drive two propulsion shafts as well as to supply the ship service loads.

A vehicle has an electric drive mode, a body defining a vehicle interior, a first and second set of audio speakers positioned outside and inside of the interior, respectively, and a controller. The controller generates an acoustic signal, broadcasts the acoustic signal via the first set of speakers during an electric drive mode, and generates and broadcasts a cancelling signal via the second set of speakers. The broadcasts are coordinated to substantially cancel an attenuated portion of the acoustic signal resulting from propagation of the acoustic signal into the interior. A method cancels a synthesized sound within a vehicle interior by collecting vehicle operating values, generating an acoustic signal as the synthesized sound during an electric drive mode, and processing the acoustic signal to generate a modified acoustic signal approximating an attenuated portion of the acoustic signal propagating into the vehicle interior.

A bearing lubrication device in a right angle gear reducer includes a gear housing having an interior portion and a lubricating fluid reservoir therein. An oil slinger, rotating pinion shaft, pinion shaft housing, and bearings for supporting the pinion shaft within the pinion shaft housing work together to provide a continuous supply of oil to the bearings. The pinion shaft includes two radially and longitudinally extending passageways therethrough which supply oil from a recess in one end of the pinion shaft to the bearings. Oil is slung from the reservoir into the recess of the rotating pinion shaft where it is forced outwardly and through the passageways to a chamber formed by the rotating pinion shaft, shaft housing and bearings. The roller bearings pump the oil from the chamber back to the fluid reservoir. Oil passageways in the shaft housing enable the return of oil from one bearing set.

An engine sound synthesizer includes an engine sound storing section, and a synthetic engine sound data generating section which generates synthetic engine sound data on the basis of engine sound data stored in the engine sound storing section. The engine sound storing section stores therein plural groups of plural entities of engine sound data recorded in different driving states, the plural groups of plural engine sound data entities being stored therein in correspondence with predetermined plural driving state ranges. The synthetic engine sound data generating section generates the synthetic engine sound data by selectively reading out of the engine sound storing section plural engine sound data entities in a group corresponding to one of the driving state ranges specified by externally input driving state specification information and selectively combining the read engine sound data entities. The driving states are each defined, for example, by a throttle opening degree and an engine rotation speed.

A modular mobile robot with a chassis including a power source housed therein. Right and left hand track modules are each removeably coupled to the robot chassis. Each track module includes a side plate, at least one drive wheel rotatable with respect to the side plate, a motor for driving the drive wheel, at least one idler rotatable with respect to the side plate, and a track extending around the drive wheel, the side plate, and the idler. A turret assembly with its own turret drive subsystem is removeably coupled to the robot chassis via a quick release mechanism.

A hybrid propulsion system includes a main diesel engine for driving the marine turbine and an electric motor. The electric motor has a nominal output that constitutes at least 20% of the nominal output of the main diesel engine. The electric motor remains continuously switched on and maintains, together with a variable-pitch propeller, the main diesel engine at a favorable operating point. The combination of the main diesel engine and the electric motor also allows for a more economical design or operation of the propulsion system.

An engine system with a thermal storage device is capable of efficiently supplying heat from a thermal storage device to an internal combustion engine. The engine system (1) equipped with the thermal storage tank (100) supplies the hot water stored in the thermal storage tank (100) to a cylinder head (20a) of the internal combustion engine (20) before the starting thereof. At this time, an electronic control unit (90) sets a target value of the temperature of the internal combustion engine (20) at the start of the hot water supply in such a manner that the lower the temperature of the internal combustion engine (20), the lower does the target value become. As a result, a variation in combustion states between cylinders can be suppressed at the starting of the internal combustion engine (20).

A marine power distribution arrangement utilizes generators driven at standard or higher than normal speeds and/or having a number of poles to produce electric power at a standard 50/60 Hz frequency or substantially higher than the standard 50/60 Hz frequency, such as 400 Hz. Each generator is a multi-phase, multi-circuit generator supplying isolated outputs on a plurality of lines to a propulsion power converter having isolated inputs to provide variable frequency, variable voltage power to a ship propulsion motor and to a service power converter to provide ship service power at a standard AC frequency or DC and at standard voltage for a service load. With this arrangement, power conversion transformers can, for the most part, be eliminated, thereby reducing the size and weight of the distribution system.

That portion of a wire harness, corresponding to an installation path region E1 where a cable is not required to have flexibility, includes rigid wires 1 each having a single conductor 1a, and a metal shielding case 2 covering outer peripheries of the rigid wires 1. Each of those portions of the wire harness, corresponding respectively to installation path regions E2 where the cable is required to have flexibility, includes flexible wires 4, and a flexible shielding member 5 covering outer peripheries of the flexible wires 4. Conductors 4a of the flexible wires 4 are connected to the conductors 1a of the rigid wires 1, and the metal protector 2 is connected to the flexible shielding members 5.

A method is provided for generating noise in an interior and exterior of a motor vehicle in which a control unit is provided which can be activated and which is operatively connected to a noise generator. The noise generator is connected to at least one noise emitting device (3). The noise emitting device (3) is mounted underneath a hood of the motor vehicle, and is connected to the vehicle interior via at least one hose with at least one sound transmitting element. Sound waves are extracted from the noise emitting device (3) and are transmitted into the vehicle interior.

The invention relates to a portable electric wheelbarrow. The portable electric wheelbarrow comprises an electric travelling wheel, a handbag which can be used for accommodating the electric travelling wheel when an opening is opened or closed, as well as a positioning bracket which connects the electric travelling wheel and the handbag into a whole during accommodating, wherein a foldable connecting rod component enabling the electric travelling wheel to keep in an operating state is arranged between the positioning bracket and the electric travelling wheel. The portable electric wheelbarrow has the advantages that the foldable connecting rod component integrally combines the electric travelling wheel with the handbag, so that components such as a wheel body and the like are totally hidden in the handbag after folded and accommodated; and the portable electric wheelbarrow does not show vehicle features, does not influence appearance, does not expose the vehicle body and cannot pollute a closing person, further, the portable electric wheelbarrow can be lifted by hands and can be dragged, a user can smoothly and portably carry the wheelbarrow to public places such as an elevator, a subway car, an aircraft cabin or an office room and the like.

The invention provides a robot, an automatic recharging method and system thereof, electronic equipment and a storage medium. The automatic recharging method of the robot includes the steps that the robot moves to a butt joint position from an initial position, and the butt joint position is opposite to a charging interface of a charging pile; the robot is driven according to a first path from thebutt joint position to the charging position so that the robot can be in butt joint with the charging pile at the charging position, the first path is a straight line or a straight line-like path, and when driven according to the first path, the robot is kept in a butt joint posture and the charging pile is always recognized in images collected by the robot in real time. Automatic recharging of the robot can be realized without an active light source, in this way, the cost for the robot is lowered, and meanwhile equipment flexibility is high.