Owner Government of the United States of America, as represented by The Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Inventors Gray, Charles L. Jr.

Agent Davies Collison Cave

Pub. Number AU-B-2004278296

PCT Pub. Number WO2005/032875

Priority 10/672,732 25.09.03 US

Filing date 3 September 2004

Wipo publication date 14 April 2005

Acceptance publication date 10 March 2011

B60K 5/08 (2006.01) Arrangement or mounting of internal-combustion or jet-propulsion units

B60K 6/46 (2007.10) Arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion, e.g. hybrid propulsion systems comprising electric motors and internal combustion engines

B60W 10/06 (2006.01) Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function - including control of combustion engines

B60W 10/08 (2006.01) Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function - including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators

B60W 10/26 (2006.01) Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function - for electrical energy, e.g. batteries or capacitors

B60W 20/00 (2006.01) Control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles, i.e. vehicles having two or more prime movers of more than one type, e.g. electrical and internal combustion motors, all used for propulsion of the vehicle