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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8116914 | Wind turbine and operating method thereof A pitch controller, uninterruptible power supply, and rotational speed detector are disposed in the rotor in a wind turbine. When a slip ring failure or wire breakage occurs, the pitch controller internally creates a pitch angle command so as to control the pitch an... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7978048 | Keyless entry system A keyless entry system includes a portable transmitter that transmits a lock signal and an unlock signal, each of which contains a unique identification code, for a predetermined period, and an operation unit that locks and unlocks doors of a vehicle in response to ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7533662 | Apparatus for and method of controlling air-fuel ratio of engine A technique of controlling an air-fuel ration for an engine, in which an air-fuel ratio feedback correction coefficient α to correct an amount of fuel injection into the engine is computed based on an output from an air-fuel ratio sensor disposed on an upstream sid... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7480548 | High-altitude capable wide velocity range flight velocity vector measurement probe and measurement system It is an object of the present invention to solve the problem of a drop in precision in conventional systems using a square pyramid type five-hole probe due to the drop in atmospheric pressure in high altitude ranges, and to provide a wide velocity range flight velo... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7281533 | Air-fuel ratio feedback control apparatus and method for internal combustion engine A feedback control of an air-fuel ratio of an internal combustion engine is performed in such a manner that when fuel injection is resumed from a condition where fuel injection is stopped due to deceleration running, air-fuel ratio feedback control is resumed once t... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7117727 | Misfire detecting apparatus for internal combustion engine and method thereof Whether a misfire occurred is judged based on a comparison between diagnosis data that indicates a variation of an engine rotation speed and a threshold based on engine operating conditions. The misfire judgment is canceled based on a result of a comparison between ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117728 | Misfire detecting apparatus for internal combustion engine and method thereof Whether a misfire occurred is judged based on a comparison between diagnosis data that indicates a variation of an engine rotation speed and a threshold based on engine operating conditions. The threshold is corrected based on data that indicates an average correlat... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7032699 | Drive transmission apparatus for vehicle and a four-wheel drive vehicle Providing a drive transmission apparatus for vehicle capable of ensuring the adaptability of an electric motor to a high-temperature environment and increasing the degree of freedom for apparatus layout. The drive transmission apparatus for vehicle serves to distrib... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7021874 | Internal broaching machine and internal broach A broach for internal broaching is formed on its pull end and/or follower end with a tapered surface machined with high accuracy. A pull head and/or a retrieving head of a broaching machine, which drivingly grip the pull end and the follower end the broach, is forme... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6896641 | Method of controlling automobile, automobile control apparatus, transmission, method of controlling transmission and vehicle system Effects caused by unevenness among drive power sources and transmission torque changing apparatus and aging effects in a vehicle transmission are controlled without using sensors. A power train control unit releases engine torque through an assist clutch to release ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6059243 | Vessel holder for automobile-mounted console box In the vessel holder for an automobile-mounted console box, the wobble of a vessel ie: cup or the like caused by the vibration and the like of an automobile is particularly prevented. A console box 10 includes a box main body 20 and a lid 40. The box main... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5265022 | Engine protecting system A system for protecting an engine equipped with an electronically controlled fuel injection apparatus, in which a battery voltage is detected. When the detected battery voltage is smaller than a predetermined reference value, performance of the engine is ... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5233965 | Fuel injection quantity control system for starting a two-cycle engine A fuel injection quantity control system for starting a two-cycle engine. The control system calculates an initial fuel injection quantity by correcting a basic fuel injection quantity according to a subtrahend to be applied to a time factor which is dete... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5099813 | Engine start control system An engine start control system wherein the engine is restarted after the engine is scavenged without supplying of fuel from a fuel injection valve by cranking only when the engine almost stops as well as when a driver wants to scavenge. The driver's inten... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5074271 | Fuel injection rate control system for starting two-cycle engine Herein disclosed is a fuel injection rate control system for starting a two-cycle engine having a fuel injection valve, which comprises: means for correcting the starting basic fuel injection rate, which is stored in advance in terms of an engine temperat... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5056482 | Engine protecting system Disclsoed is a system of protecting an engine of the type where a driving power is transmitted through a variable reduction gear ratio belt, in which when breaking of the belt is detected, control of stopping the engine is performed, or control of excessi... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5048503 | Automatic power interrupting system for vehicular control circuit An automatic power interrupting system for a vehicular control circuit including a relay switch having a contact connected between a power source and the supply terminal of a control circuit and a relay coil connected with the power source, a control swit... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5038740 | System for controlling fuel injection quantity at start of two-cycle engine Disclosed is a system for controlling the fuel injection quantity at the start of a two-cycle engine, in which a predetermined amount of a fuel is preliminarily injected when a key switch of the engine is turned on, the revolution speed of the engine is s... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4997386 | Connectors An electrical connector including a pin contact housing having a plurality of recesses and socket contact housings to be received in the corresponding recesses. The socket contact housing is provided with a resilient finger with an opening which can be en... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4679668 | Brake control apparatus for a vehicle A brake control apparatus for a vehicle includes brake apparatus for the respective wheels which are operated by pressurized fluid from a master cylinder; an electro-magnetic valve arranged in a conduit connecting the master cylinder with at least one of ... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4517882 | Ventilating device for a container In a ventilating device for a container which comprises a container frame consisting of tubular rail members, outer ventilation holes formed through the outer wall of the rail member so as to be exposed to the outside of the container, inner ventilation h... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4453645 | Adjustable multi-compartmented containers The container is constructed so as to provide a plurality of compartments in the container body, in which the load is filled. The compartments are defined by an elastic membrane element so that the membrane elements can be expanded so as to provide a wide... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4246805 | Drive range control for an automatic transmission An automatic transmission with a torque converter for use with an internal combustion engine in which the ignition timing is changed over to an advancing timing region or a retarding timing region in response to the operating condition of the engine. Two ... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4181138 | Governor valve assembly for automatic transmission units A governor valve assembly is disclosed for automatic transmission units including first and second valve members which are provided in a rotating governor body so as to be telescopically fitted together. The first and second valve members are arranged on ... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4148230 | Emission control system dependent upon transmission condition in a motor vehicle An emission control system for a motor vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission having a band servo system including switching means for detecting the state of the band servo system and two vehicle speed switches respectively susceptible to two dif... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4110976 | Thermal reactor system A thermal reactor system for oxidizing unburned hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide emitted from internal combustion engines, which comprises a thermal reaction chamber of convex shape defined by an inner wall of an inner shell, the latter being spaced from ... | 09/05/1978 |
| 3953969 | System for purifying exhaust gas of a spark ignition type four stroke internal combustion engine The valve-overlapping period of a spark ignition type, four stroke internal combustion engine extends within the range of 60° to 90° of crank angle with the valve overlapping period being generally equally divided to each side of the piston top dead cen... | 05/04/1976 |
