Abstract:
A booster device for a hydraulic circuit comprising a high-pressure circuit (12) and a low-pressure circuit (16) connected to a system generating the high pressure and to receivers, said booster device maintaining a minimum pressure in the low-pressure part, characterized in that it comprises a hydraulic motor (30) of which the inlet is connected to the high-pressure circuit (12) and the outlet to the low-pressure circuit (16), which drives a booster pump (20) sucking the fluid from a reservoir (24), in order to discharge it into this low-pressure circuit.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a drive wheel traction chain for a hybrid vehicle comprising a heat engine and a hydraulic traction machine powered by hydraulic accumulators forming two power units that can be used to drive the drive wheels of the vehicle. The invention further comprises a recharge module including electricity storage batteries connected to an electric machine which drives a hydraulic recharge machine that powers the hydraulic accumulators, and a means for controlling the recharge module connected to the means for controlling the power units of the vehicle.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a device (3) for synchronizing at least two DC/DC converters. It is characterized in that it comprises receiving means (21A, 21B, 23A, 23B) for receiving a switching signal generated by each of the converters; means (25) for detecting a transition type of the received switching signals; means (27) for generating a synchronization signal when a transition is detected; and means (27, S1, S2) for supplying the synchronization signal to one of the converters, said means (27, S1, S2) being configured to supply the synchronization signal to a different converter and in an order of succession each time a transition is detected.
Abstract:
A hydraulic circuit designed for a hybrid vehicle provided with a hydraulic machine (22) and a pump (20) linked to a transmission (4) driving the wheels of the vehicle, said machine and said pump being linked together in order to allow direct exchanges of fluid that take place in a very high pressure circuit (42) not comprising a pressure accumulator, characterized in that the very high pressure circuit (42) comprises safety means (110) which, in case of overpressure, discharge the fluid to a limited pressure circuit (40) provided with a pressure accumulator (46).
Abstract:
Method for controlling a refilling motor (2) that drives a hydraulic pump (4) that refills at least one pressure accumulator (8), this accumulator thereafter delivering the hydraulic pressure (P) to a hydraulic traction machine (20) of a hybrid vehicle, characterized in that it takes account both of the rate of discharge of the pressure accumulator (8) and of the time to start (Δi) the refilling motor (2) so as to manage this start in such a way that this accumulator more or less reaches its minimum operating pressure level (PI) at the end of this start (t1).
Abstract:
A transmission for a hydraulic hybrid motor vehicle, comprising a planetary gear train (30) capable of differential operation, comprising a first element (32) linked to a heat engine (34), a second element (40) linked to the drive wheels (22), and a third element (36) linked to a hydraulic pump (64), this transmission (1) further comprising a means for driving the drive wheels (8) by a hydraulic machine (2), characterised in that the link between the third element (36) of the planetary gear train (30) and the hydraulic pump (64) comprises a speed reducer (38, 60) that provides, when the whole of this train is rotating at the same speed, a reduction in the speed of rotation of the pump relative to that of the heat engine (34) that is greater than a value of approximately two.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a hydraulic circuit provided with at least one hydraulic power machine (2, 4) connected to a low-pressure circuit (6) and to a high-pressure circuit (10) transmitting said power, wherein the machine is provided with a drain which allows internal leaks in the casing thereof to flow towards a low-pressure accumulator (8) or a vessel at atmospheric pressure, said circuit comprising an intake pipe (30) connecting the low-pressure circuit (6) to the casing of the machine, and an outlet pipe (36) forming the drain receiving the flow from the intake pipe in order to guide same towards the vessel (8), including a heat exchanger (42) and a filter (44) forming the fluid treatment elements for the entire hydraulic circuit, said circuit also comprising a means for monitoring the flow (40) in the intake and outlet pipes.
Abstract:
Propulsion unit for a hydraulic hybrid vehicle, comprising a transmission receiving power from a heat engine and from a second power source powered by hydraulic energy, to drive the wheels of the vehicle, characterized in that with the heat engine comprising no specific electric starter intended to drive same directly, one side of the casing (2) thereof, parallel to the axis, is fitted with an electric machine connected to a connecting shaft (12) which goes into the transmission.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a power supply unit (3) for supplying power to an on-board electrical network of a vehicle, including: at least two DC-to-DC converters (9A, 9B) which are interleaved and reversible between an opera-ting mode for lowering voltage and an operating mode for raising voltage, the converters (9A, 9B) being intended for being connected to a power storage device (ST2) and being capable of supplying current to the on-board network; and a switch (K) enabling a power source (STI) to supply power to the on-board network when the switch (K) is in a first state, and enabling the power storage device (ST2) to supply power to the on-board network when the switch (K) is in a second state. The unit is characterized in that the converters (9A, 9B) are variable-frequency converters, and in that the power supply unit (3) also includes a synchronization unit (200) configured such as to synchronize the operation of the converters (9A, 9B) operating at variable frequencies and the current generation of the converters.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a drive wheel traction chain for a hybrid vehicle comprising a heat engine and a hydraulic traction machine powered by hydraulic accumulators forming two power units that can be used to drive the drive wheels of the vehicle. The invention further comprises a recharge module including electricity storage batteries connected to an electric machine which drives a hydraulic recharge machine that powers the hydraulic accumulators, and a means for controlling the recharge module connected to the means for controlling the power units of the vehicle.