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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155862 | Internal combustion engine control method and internal combustion engine system A system and method of controlling an internal combustion engine are provided. The method may include closing said intake valve at a timing in a first range, which is before a maximum charge closing timing with which an amount of air inducted into said cylinder from... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152197 | Side airbag structure A side airbag unit disposed in a side support of a seat capable of absorbing collision energy sufficiently during a side collision of a vehicle is described. In one example, the airbag unit comprises: a low expansion member disposed inside of a front skin of the sea... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151780 | Control method and system for dual-fuel engine Various systems and methods are described for controlling a dual-fuel engine that has an evaporated gas providing device for providing an evaporated gas into the engine and is operable with hydrocarbon fuel or non-hydrocarbon fuel, alternatively. One example method ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150597 | Method and system for controlling an internal combustion engine Methods and systems for controlling an internal combustion engine are provided. One example method may include closing an intake valve later during a cylinder cycle than a timing with which an amount of air inducted into a cylinder from an air intake passage would b... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141902 | Airbag device An airbag (10) has a vent hole (18) in one side end portion. One end of a third base fabric (20) is sewn to the airbag (10) through a first sewn portion (23) that closes the vent hole (18), and the other end of the third bas... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141357 | Supercharger for an engine An engine system with a turbocharger is provided. The system may include an exhaust manifold having plural independent exhaust passages, each of the exhaust passages being connected to an exhaust port of a corresponding engine cylinder. The system may further includ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8128146 | Trunk box structure of automobile A cargo compartment structure for an automobile is disclosed. In one example, the cargo compartment comprises a trunk box disposed in a cargo compartment in a rear part of the automobile, the trunk box having an opening on its upper side; a cargo board capable of ch... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8117833 | Method and system using a reduction catalyst to reduce nitrate oxide A method of controlling a system having an internal combustion engine, a filter in an exhaust passage, a reduction catalyst downstream of said filter capable of reducing nitrate oxide contained in the exhaust gas with reductant supplied thereto is provided. The meth... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8067330 | Catalytic material and catalyst for purifying exhaust gas component Disclosed is a catalytic material for purifying an exhaust gas component. The catalytic material comprises a composite oxide which contains, as essential components, zirconium (Zr) and neodymium (Nd), and further contains a rare-earth metal R other than cerium (Ce) ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8056783 | Exterior member mounting unit An exterior member mounting unit is used for installing an exterior member to a device, such as a vehicle roof. The mounting unit includes a first part detachably supporting the exterior member so that an upper surface thereof is covered by the exterior member, a se... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8042860 | Door structure for vehicle There is provided a door structure for a vehicle. The door structure comprises an upper door hinge; a lower door hinge; a door main body having an upper hinge mounting portion at which the door main body is mounted with the upper door hinge and a lower hinge mountin... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036817 | Method of starting spark ignition engine without using starter motor There is provided a method for starting a spark ignition engine having multiple cylinders. The method may comprise supplying air and fuel for restart into a first cylinder before said engine completely stops, and igniting the mixture of said air and said fuel in sai... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8033272 | Method of diagnosing electrically driven supercharger There is provided a method of controlling an engine system having an internal combustion engine, a supercharger arranged in an intake air passage of said internal combustion engine and a motor capable of driving the supercharger. The method comprises, driving the mo... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8011711 | Tonneau cover device for vehicle In a tonneau cover device for a vehicle, an interlocking mechanism (interlocking means) 40 comprises a pair of pulleys 45, 46 disposed separated in a vertical direction at each of the left and right sides of a cargo compartment, a first linking wire | 09/06/2011 |
| 8008876 | Hybrid electric vehicle A hybrid electric vehicle includes, in one example, a motor-generator driven by an engine to generate alternating current, wherein the motor-generator is further configured to start the engine, a motor for driving the vehicle, a diode rectifier to rectify alternatin... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8002064 | Frame structure of automotive vehicle A pair of side frames extends longitudinally away from each other in a vehicle width direction, which includes a closed cross section formed by an outer panel having a U-shaped cross section with its vehicle's inward side opening and an inner panel having a U-shaped... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7997614 | Airbag device Intended is to always provide effective impact reduction by releasing gas at a timing of pushing into airbag. An airbag (10) has a vent hole (18) in one side end portion. One end of a third base fabric (20) is sewn to the airbag (10 | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992538 | Method of controlling an internal combustion engine and system including the engine A method of controlling an internal combustion engine and system including the engine is provided. The method may include closing an exhaust valve of a combustion chamber of said engine during a cylinder cycle prior to opening an intake valve of said combustion cham... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7954471 | Spark ignited internal combustion engine and manufacturing the same There is provided a spark ignited internal combustion engine having a geometric compression ratio of 13.0 or greater. The engine comprises combustion chambers having a cylinder stroke volume of 0.3 liter or greater, with the spark plug in the chamber ceiling having ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7946641 | Driver-side floor structure of vehicle A floor structure on a driver side of a vehicle where a control pedal, such as a brake pedal, adapted to be depressedly operated by a driver seated in a driver seat arranged at a front of a passenger compartment. The floor structure has a heel-placement zone which i... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7940018 | Control system for a hybrid electric vehicle and a method for controlling a hybrid electric vehicle A control system and method for a hybrid electric vehicle. One example control system includes a current calculating module to calculate a current, the current being at least one of a current to drive a motor of the vehicle and a current generated by the motor, and ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7913790 | Structure of instrument panel area of vehicle A structure of a vehicle instrument panel area, which is capable of sufficiently ensuring a frontward displacement of a steering column adapted to be displaced frontwardly in response to an impact load applied thereto frontwardly, even under a condition that a colum... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7895986 | Diesel engine and fuel injection nozzle therefor A fuel injection nozzle for a diesel engine. The fuel injection nozzle may include a plurality of injection hole groups, each having two injection holes respectively. A distance between the two injection holes, an angle between longitudinal axes of the two injection... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7869929 | Internal combustion engine having variable valve lift mechanism Methods and systems for controlling an internal combustion engine are provided. The method may include opening and closing an intake valve respectively at first opening and closing timings of a cylinder cycle during an engine start when a temperature of the internal... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7866454 | Torque converter A torque converter includes at least two thrust bearings disposed on respective axially-opposite sides of a radially-inward portion of a stator. The stator includes a non-rotatable member, a rotatable member, and a one-way clutch. The rotatable member has a cylindri... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7854446 | Airbag device There is provided an airbag device being excellent in performance of protection of an occupant wherein a folded airbag (10) undergoes sequential and orderly expansion starting from a region where the expansion ought to be started. It is characterized in that ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7749128 | Automatic transmission for automotive vehicles There is provided an automatic transmission comprising a first shaft capable of receiving torque from an engine, and four planetary gear sets arranged coaxially on the first shaft and in series in an axial direction of the first shaft. Each of the four planetary gea... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7736460 | Method and system for film removal and sorting of coated resin products Disclosed is a film-removal/sorting method for coated resin products, which comprises a film removal step (S5) of feeding a target material comprising a mixture of plural types of coated resin products each having a different softening temperature in at least... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7721860 | Power coupling device There is provided a power coupling device comprising first and second coupling members, at least one of which is capable of rotating about a common axis and relative to each other. The first coupling member has a pocket, and the second coupling member has notches. T... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7690338 | Method of starting internal combustion engine There is provided a method of starting an internal combustion engine having a combustion chamber and an intake valve which opens during an intake stroke of an engine cycle to allow air to be inducted into the combustion chamber. The method comprises cranking the int... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7669578 | Method of operating an internal combustion engine A method of operating an internal combustion engine having a combustion chamber with a piston and a spark plug, comprising during a first mode, bringing the temperature of the combustion chamber to auto-ignition temperature by adjusting engine operating conditions a... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7661760 | Device for vehicle seat When a seat back in a forwardly folded state is raised to a predetermined raised state by activating an electric motor by turning on a switch, the electric motor is immediately stopped even if the switch is still turned on, and the seat back is retained in the raise... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7644586 | Control of supercharged engine There is provided a method of controlling an engine system. The engine system comprises an internal combustion engine, a supercharging system having at least one supercharger to boost intake air to the internal combustion engine, a turbine, and a motor. The turbine ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7628015 | Control for electrically driven supercharger There is provided a method for controlling an electrically driven supercharger of an internal combustion engine. The method comprises operating the supercharger at a first speed during a first engine operating condition. The method further comprises operating the su... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7622840 | Electric machine and method of using electric machine There is provided a method of using an electric machine. To generate torque, electricity is provided to stator coils on a plurality of salient poles of a stator arranged around a rotor having a plurality of salient poles to pull the rotor salient poles in the circum... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7582039 | Automatic transmission for automotive vehicles An automatic transmission is provided comprising a transmission case, a first shaft housed in and rotationally supported by said transmission case, and capable of receiving torque from an engine, a first shifting gear mechanism arranged coaxially with the first shaf... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581524 | Engine front structure An engine front structure, which is provided with a cover body (9a) of the timing cover (9) which covers the camshaft driving force transmission mechanism at a position opposed to a front surface of the cylinder head. An upper extension portion ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7566424 | Exhaust gas purification catalyst A Ce—Zr mixed oxide is employed as an oxygen storage component for a lean-NOx catalyst, and catalytic precious metal atoms are placed at and/or between crystal lattice points of the mixed oxide. This structure prevents the sintering of the precious metal and accel... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7564343 | Obstacle detecting control device of vehicle A millimeter-wave radar (obstacle detecting device) detects an obstacle in front of a traveling vehicle. A driving-state detecting device detects a specified driving state of the vehicle. An operation-timing changing device changes an operation timing of operational... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7562803 | Friction spot joint structure In a friction spot joint structure, a first plate member is pressed against a second plate member by using a rotary tool and a receiving member. A concave portion is formed by a rotating pin portion of the rotating tool, with an interface between the first plate mem... | 07/21/2009 |
