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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8105545 | Engine exhaust gas purifier A selective reduction catalyst includes a catalyst support in which a plurality of through holes partitioned by porous walls are formed and a first active component carried by the walls which dissolves nitrogen oxide contained in the exhaust gas by the reaction with... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105542 | Engine exhaust gas purifier A selective reduction catalyst includes a catalyst support in which a plurality of through holes partitioned by porous walls are formed in parallel with each other and an active component having a catalytic action and carried by the walls. Inlet portions and outlet ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8075233 | Bolt, the axial force of which is to be determined by a supersonic wave, and a method for the manufacturing thereof The object of the present invention is to provide a bolt, the axial force of which can be measured by a supersonic wave, or the like, with high accuracy and which can be manufactured in a shortened process. A bolt 1 having an angular polygonal shaped b... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8033380 | Assembly stand, assembly method, and process display device for article Rather than simply changing a component or module to be installed, a conveyance speed of a conveyance means for conveying a workpiece is modified in response to the specifications of a product when a product with specifications modified in part from common specifica... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7954886 | Front structure of vehicle A vehicular front structure is configured so that stresses do not concentrate in the upper joint part and the lower joint part of a front pillar, and even if the front pillar is made thin, the joint strength of the upper and lower parts of the front pillar is improv... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954692 | Structure and method for joining members of structure via friction stir processing An auxiliary member is inserted into holes of opposite portions of a main member such that opposite ends of the auxiliary member extend outwardly through the holes. A joining tool is pushed, while being rotated, against one of the ends of the auxiliary member, so th... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7909916 | Maintenance method for particulate filter Provided is a method for performing maintenance of a particulate which can reliably remove combustion residue by means of backwash air without use of hot water and the like while cutting equipment expenses, so that substantial increase in exhaust pressure and deteri... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7703189 | Assembly plant and assembly method for vehicle Supplying work for many parts supplied for vehicle assembly is progressed toward one radiation center, and the supplied parts are assembled into one vehicle on a rotary-type assembly bed provided at the radiation center. ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7672773 | Transient engine performance adaptation method and system The present invention makes it possible to cope with a plurality of standardized transient operation modes in a method for adapting the engine transient characteristic to a required performance targets and a system therefore. When there are a plurality of prescribed... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7665433 | Method for controlling actuation of valves in engine with turbocharger Surging is reliably prevented from occurring even when an engine with a turbocharger is operated with reduced number of cylinders and at a low speed range. Concerned is a method for controlling actuation of valves in an engine with a turbocharger, a variable ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7455349 | Truck platform construction There is provided a truck platform construction in which when an external force acts on a platform from the rear side, a width change portion surely absorbs the energy thereof to prevent the deformation of a cab without marring the appearance of a top rail. A side p... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7434870 | Front structure of vehicle It is an object of the present invention that bringing a door weather strip into contact with a side molding restrains dusts and the like from intruding into a gap between a front pillar and a side door. A front pillar (17) is provided between a side portion ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7389838 | Hybrid powered vehicle Load sharing rates of an internal combustion engine and an electric motor of a hybrid powered vehicle are definitely controlled to improve fuel efficiency of the vehicle during an auxiliary running with using power of the electric motor together with power of the in... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7357083 | Initiator An initiator is incorporated in an inflator in order to trigger the inflator through propagation of flame from an initiating explosive to a gas generator of the inflator. The initiator includes a closed-bottomed tubular capsule for accommodating the initiating explo... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349795 | Method and system for adaptation of transient engine performance A method and a system for adaptation of transient engine performance capable of reducing a time for the transient test of an engine and also reducing a man-hour for preparing control software for the engine, wherein the test is performed by using the actual engine i... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331170 | Exhaust emission control device Provided is an exhaust emission control device which can properly burn off soot and soluble organic fraction attached to and accumulated on electrodes of a plasma generator. The exhaust emission control device with a post-processing device (catalyst regenerative par... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7152910 | Truck platform construction There is provided a truck platform construction in which when an external force acts on a platform from the rear side, a width change portion surely absorbs the energy thereof to prevent the deformation of a cab without marring the appearance of a top rail. A side p... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150493 | Mounting device for mounting a cable-operated window regulator A mounting device for mounting a cable-operated window regulator for a vehicle to an inner panel of the vehicle, the cable-operated window regulator includes a guide rail for guiding a window glass; a reversible winding unit for raising and lowering the window glass... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147236 | Suspension In order to provide a suspension which is inexpensive and light in weight and which can attain substantially improved vehicle-riding comfort without lowering drivability, an axle is hanged from a chassis side (side rails) by resilient supports (leaf and air springs)... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7107763 | Ceramic honeycomb filter and exhaust gas-cleaning method A ceramic honeycomb filter comprising a ceramic honeycomb structure having porous partition walls defining a plurality of flow paths, and plugs disposed inside the flow paths such that an exhaust gas passes through pores of the porous partition walls, thereby removi... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7100719 | Hybrid-powered vehicle A rotary shaft of a motor-generator of a hybrid-powered vehicle is connected to an output shaft of a torque converter connected to an output shaft of an internal combustion engine. A control of acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle is assisted by controlling t... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7083685 | Gray cast iron member A gray cast iron member includes 2.2–2.8 weight % C, 2.3–3.5 weight % Si, 0.2–0.8 weight % Mn, up to 0.1 weight % P, up to 0.15 weight % S, 0.6–1.4 weight % Cu, up to 0.5 weight % Mo, up to 0.3 weight % Cr, and the balance substantially Fe, Si/C being 0.95 o... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080634 | EGR cooler An EGR cooler has tubes and a shell for enclosing the tubes. Cooling water is supplied into and discharged from the shell and exhaust gas from a diesel engine is guided into each of the tubes so as to conduct heat exchange of the exhaust gas with the cooling water. ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7051521 | Exhaust aftertreatment system A particulate filter integrally carrying an oxidation catalyst is arranged in an exhaust pipe through which exhaust gas from a diesel engine flows. A NOx-absorption reduction catalyst is arranged in the exhaust pipe and downstream of the particulate filte... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7021051 | Method for regenerating particulate filter Fuel is added to exhaust gas 9 upstream of a catalytic regeneration type particulate filter 13 in an exhaust pipe 11. The fuel added is oxidized on a flow-through type oxidization catalyst 14 before the particulate filter 13 to gen... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7016803 | Acceleration control device In order to improve a response to a sensitivity of an accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle and a sudden acceleration of the vehicle, width of an insensitive zone provided in a vicinity of a portion of a first logic pattern for auto-cruise control, in which portion a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6910730 | Mounting device for mounting a cable-operated window regulator A mounting device for mounting a cable-operated window regulator for a vehicle to an inner panel of the vehicle, the cable-operated window regulator includes a guide rail for guiding a window glass; a reversible winding unit for raising and lowering the window glass... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6902228 | Vehicular floor construction There is provided a vehicular floor construction in which when a floor panel is assembled to a chassis frame, by surely preventing a collar from coming off a boss, the efficiency of work for assembling the floor panel to the chassis frame can be improved. A floor pa... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6827754 | Ceramic honeycomb filter A ceramic honeycomb filter comprising a ceramic honeycomb structure having porous partition walls defining a plurality of flow paths for flowing an exhaust gas through the porous partition walls to remove particulates from the exhaust gas, the predetermined flow pat... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6817174 | Filtering means regenerating system for diesel engine There is provided a filtering means regenerating system for a diesel engine, in which the filtering means provided in an exhaust gas passage oxidizes NO in exhaust gas of the engine into NO2, and collects particulates in exhaust gas to thereby oxidize the... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6763906 | Rear wheel steering device A rear part of a vehicle body is supported by a rear-front axle (18) and a rear-rear axle (20), and right and left rear-front wheels (17) rotatably mounted at opposite ends of the rear-front axle (18) are constituted so as to be steered b... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6553957 | Combination of cylinder liner and piston ring of internal combustion engine A cylinder liner and a piston ring adapted to be combined therewith in an internal combustion engine are provided that have excellent abrasion resistance, where iron oxide film is formed at least on a part of the inner circumferential surface of the cylin... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6498403 | Fail-safe mechanism having a driver circuit for controlling driving of an electrical system of a vehicle The invention relates to a device that interrupts electric power to a driving circuit when a system failure is detected. A fail-safe mechanism is provided with a main switch circuit connected between a driving power source and a driver circuit; a sub swit... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6394071 | Fuel supply system of diesel engine There are provided with a plurality of injection nozzles one ends of which are respectively inserted into a cylinder head every cylinder and other ends of which are covered with a cylinder head cover. A single common rail provided in parallel with a crank... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6387335 | Soot treating apparatus for dust collector A hopper for collecting soot included in the exhaust gasses is disposed on a lower portion of a filter. There is a backwashing means for introducing a compressed air into the filter from the exhaust gas-downstream side through an air conduit and dropping ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6341251 | Rear wheel steering control system for rear two-axle vehicle There is provided a rear front wheel steering control system for a rear two-axle vehicle, which can steer rear front wheels by means of relatively small sized rear front wheel steering device, and thereby can start a vehicle smoothly. Front wheel steering... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6338245 | Internal combustion engine A diesel engine includes a turbocharger, an intercooler, a particulate filtering unit, and an EGR cooler. EGR ratio of intake air, injection timing of an injection nozzle, and excess air ratio to fuel are controlled depending upon engine-operating load. L... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6267442 | Seat for vehicles A vehicle seat has a tether anchor disposed on a rear surface of a seatback to which a hook on an upper end of a child's seat is engaged for fixing of an upper portion of the child's seat. The vehicle seat has a seatback frame to which the tether anchor i... | 07/31/2001 |
| 5966928 | Particulate incinerating method and mechanism for exhaust black smoke removing system A power-saving and long-life particulate incinerating mechanism for use in a reverse-cleaning regenerative exhaust black smoke removing system. Also disclosed is a particulate incinerating method therefor. A hopper has a bottom portion and slant portions ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5903974 | Method of and apparatus for producing hollow ring groove insert for engine piston A method of and apparatus for producing a hollow ring groove insert for an engine piston, which is inserted by casting near the top of a piston for an engine to constitute a ring groove and a cooling path adjacent to the ring groove. The hollow ring groov... | 05/18/1999 |
