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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7945382 | Navigation apparatus and method A navigation apparatus and method increase the upper limit for the number of times map data may be written into a portable storage medium. A CPU reads an initial radius and an additional radius increment from a ROM and repeatedly adds the additional radius increment... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7930078 | Parking assist method and a parking assist apparatus A parking assist apparatus includes a CPU for obtaining image data from a camera mounted on a vehicle, an image memory for storing the obtained image data as recorded image data, and an image processor for recognizing an object based on the image data. The image pro... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7917269 | Vehicle vertical acceleration control system A vehicle control system is provided that improves the riding comfort by decelerating before a level change, even when the speed of the vehicle is high, through deceleration control when a characteristic value, that represents the relationship between the speed and ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7911776 | Disk device A disk device includes a disk unit housing a disk-shaped storage medium, a case holding the disk unit, a bracket holding the case, and a guide member guiding sliding movement of the case in and out from the bracket. The disk device also includes spring members on on... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7905248 | Strainer and control valve The present invention prevents foreign matter from infiltrating into a control valve and enables reduction in the cost of the valve. A strainer is mounted on an attachment portion of a valve sleeve, and a valve spool is disposed in the sleeve so as to be free to sli... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7877187 | Driving support method and device A navigation device provides support for a driver of a vehicle in merging from one road onto another road (main road). The navigation device receives traffic information including at least positions and speeds of other vehicles traveling the main road. The navigatio... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7748504 | Hydraulic servo for a brake in an automatic transmission A hydraulic servo for a brake in an automatic transmission has a piston secured against rotation without provision of a protrusion on the piston engaging the transmission casing. The piston of the hydraulic servo has an inner cylindrical surface configured to grasp,... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7734410 | Navigation system When a display map information is reduced to a specified scale for a wide area, items of congestion information are extracted which have a congestion level of “congested or busy”, and an overlap determination area is created for a congestion link of each item of... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7706942 | Vehicle suspension control system and method A vehicle suspension control system includes a level change recognition section that recognizes a change in level in a road, e.g. roadside curb, a travel path prediction section that predicts the travel path of the host vehicle, a ride-up judgment section which pred... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7699590 | Oil pump and automatic transmission including the same An oil pump includes a pump cover covering a recess in a side face of a pump body to form a gear compartment therebetween. A drive gear and a rotatably driven gear are meshed and mounted in the gear compartment. Working spaces R are formed by the engagement of the m... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7680573 | Suspension control system and suspension control method for vehicle A suspension control system and a suspension control method for a vehicle control the suspension based on the condition of the road surface traveled by the vehicle in addition to information pertaining to a corner obtained from a navigation device when the vehicle a... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7668341 | Image recognition apparatus and image recognition method An image recognition apparatus is capable of recognizing an image of an object of interest with high recognition accuracy even when the object is difficult to recognize only from image information acquired by an image pickup apparatus. The image recognition apparatu... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7648013 | Oil pressure supply in an automatic transmission An automatic transmission supplies oil pressure to a hydraulic servo of a second clutch through an oil pressure supply passage extending through a first drum and a second drum, the oil pressure supply passage including a plurality of first oil holes formed in the fi... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7585243 | Automatic transmission The present invention provides an automatic transmission having a main bearing disposed between the inner surface of a boss portion of a first drum and the outer surface of a cylindrical support, for rotatably supporting the first drum. An auxiliary bearing is press... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7582035 | Automatic transmission An automatic transmission is capable of shifting between multiple speeds by engaging and disengaging multiple frictional engagement devices including at least one clutch and one brake, and is capable of switching between a driving range and a non-driving range with ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7561958 | Information providing system and navigation apparatus In an information providing system insertion of a card into a navigation apparatus is detected, and information about a facility specifically related to the card is provided. If one of a wireless communication card, a memory card, an ETC card, an HDD card, and a cre... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7555385 | Apparatus for predicting road shape An apparatus for predicting road shape includes a map data reading unit, a clothoid curve calculating unit for calculating a clothoid curve corresponding to a corner area, and a fitting unit for adjusting the clothoid curve to the corner area. The clothoid curve cal... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7482949 | Parking assist method and a parking assist apparatus A parking assist apparatus includes a CPU for generating recorded image data based on image data obtained from a camera which is mounted on a vehicle, the image data being related to at least an imaging position, and an image memory for retaining the recorded image ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7470212 | Shift control apparatus for automatic transmission An engine output controller includes a delay timer which measures the period of time elapsed from a timing of a target hydraulic pressure of a release side hydraulic pressure, and control starts a predetermined period of time after a predetermined amount of torque i... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7467648 | Coil forming and inserting device and coil forming and inserting method A coil forming and insertion apparatus includes plural coil winding frames, a winding jig for forming a multipole coil, plural coil receiving portions, and an inserter jig for inserting and arranging the multipole coil in slots of a stator core. The coil forming and... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7444901 | Transmission case A transmission case is provided with a housing enclosing a clutch and/or torque converter connected to an engine, and a shifting mechanism case enclosing a shifting mechanism in an oil-tight state that is connected to the housing. A focus for stress resulting from a... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7438168 | Cushion plate A cushion plate is provided, for example, between a piston of a hydraulic servo and an adjacent friction plate in a frictional engagement element of an automatic transmission. The cushion plate is deflected by a pressing force of the piston to absorb an engagement s... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7429825 | Headlight beam control system and headlight beam control method A headlight beam control system includes an image taking apparatus for capturing an image to the rear of the user's vehicle and for generating image data from the captured image, a following vehicle information acquisition unit for acquiring following vehicle inform... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7422538 | Automatic speed changer A first planetary gear unit PR and a clutch C3 for outputting reduced speed rotation are located on one axial side of a second planetary gear unit PU, and a clutch C1 for connecting and disconnecting an input shaft 2 to/from a sun gear S2... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7389182 | Route guidance method, navigation apparatus, portable terminal, and information server A route guidance method provides route guidance from a current position to a destination by using a navigation apparatus capable of displaying a route from the current position to the destination in combination with a portable terminal carried by a user. The navigat... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7375966 | Automatic transmission electronic control device An ECU has an enclosure which is contained in the casing of an automatic transmission, which is formed of a material having low heat conductivity, and which provides liquid-tight containment of a substrate. A heat sink is attached to the substrate so as to dissipate... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7367915 | Automatic speed changer A planetary gear unit PR and a clutch C3 for outputting reduced speed rotation and a clutch C1 for connecting and disconnecting input of rotation of an input shaft to a sun gear S2 are located on one axial side of a planetary gear unit PU, and a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362241 | Vehicle proximity warning apparatus, method and program A vehicle proximity warning apparatus includes a current location detector for detecting a current location of the user's vehicle, point information acquisition processor for acquiring map data, and a light emission processor for driving a light generator, in accord... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350286 | Rotational and axial power transmitting apparatus Threaded member assembling can be performed using a rotational/axial-movement-transmitting unit including an upper frame; a motor held by the upper frame; a female threaded member secured to the upper frame; a male threaded member assembled in the female threaded me... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341133 | Hydraulic circuit and hydraulic control unit for hydraulic power transmission A hydraulic power transmission is provided with a frictional engagement element as a lock-up clutch between a hydraulic power transmission chamber, housing a pump impeller and a turbine runner, and a servo oil chamber of the lock-up clutch. A lock-up oil passage tha... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7311284 | Coil forming method and coil forming device A coil forming apparatus for forming a continuous-pole coil having a plurality of single-pole coils includes a winding jig rotatable around a center swing axis. The winding jig includes: a holder rotatable around a center axis of rotation different from center swing... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309067 | Continuously variable transmission An input shaft, a stepless speed change unit, a forward-reverse switching mechanism, and an output shaft are arranged in that order in a power transmitting path of a continuously variable transmission. The forward-reverse switching mechanism includes i) a gear mecha... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7289892 | Power train inspection system, power train inspected by power train inspection system, and control unit for power train The present invention provides inspection of a transmission with higher precision and in a shorter period of time. Before a finished A/T is inspected, a V/B ASSY and an ECU are inspected together by a V/B tester in a subsidiary line. A solenoid current command value... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275899 | Machining apparatus with coolant-operated clamp device Machining coolant/lubricant is used to operate a piston of a clamping-side coupler by feeding same via a coolant feed passage to a clamping pressure chamber through a first check valve and a clamping pressure fluid passage. The same coolant/lubricant is discharged f... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7266901 | Multiple-bolt insertion tool A multiple-bolt insertion tool in accordance with the present invention simultaneously inserts bolts into at least two bolt holes arrayed in a workpiece and includes a bolt receiving member and a hold-and-release mechanism. The bolt receiving member includes bolt po... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7236337 | Drive power supply and fail determination method A drive power supply for generating inverter drive voltages has a switching control circuit that switches a switching element on a primary side of a transformer to generate drive voltages on the secondary side in connection with the switching of switching elements o... | 06/26/2007 |
| 6984191 | Range determination apparatus, range determination method, and program therefor A sensor generates a continuous signal in response to operation of a shift lever, and a range is determined for each of the various control operations by comparing the output value of the signal with a range determination pattern set arbitrarily for each of the cont... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6950743 | Navigation system and program for navigation system setup In order to simplify the setting of interchanges for getting on and off, a navigation system has an information retrieval processing unit for obtaining map data and interchanges for getting on and off, a display unit which displays a setup screen for displaying a ma... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6944538 | Navigation apparatus, navigation system and navigation method providing guidance for lane changes A navigation system includes an input device for inputting a destination, a current location detector for detecting current location of the vehicle, a camera for imaging an area to the rear of the vehicle, a route search program for searching for a route to the dest... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935450 | Hybrid vehicle driving device A motor/generator is arranged radially outward of a middle portion of a front cover of a torque converter so that at least a part of the motor/generator axially overlaps the torque converter, with a predetermined gap (C) between the front cover and the rotor of the ... | 08/30/2005 |
