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AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsJoshua D. Payne, Shannon Alicia Wrobel
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Systems and methods described herein concern integrating a hub motor with a vehicle. One embodiment establishes a communication link between the hub motor and an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle; transmits, from the hub motor to the ECU via the communication link, an identity of the hub motor; transmits, from the ECU to the hub motor via the communication link, an identity of the ECU and information regarding functionality supported by the ECU; reports, from the hub motor to the ECU via the communication link based at least in part on the identity of the ECU and the information regarding the functionality supported by the ECU, calibration data for the hub motor and information regarding the functionality supported by the hub motor; and adjusts, at the ECU, one or more characteristics of the vehicle in accordance with the calibration data and the functionality supported by the hub motor.
A method of integrating a hub motor with a vehicle, the method comprising:
A hub motor, comprising:
An electronic control unit (ECU) for a vehicle, the ECU comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.