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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D571697 | Steering wheel for a motor vehicle | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387107 | Knocking state determination device An engine ECU executes a program including the steps of: calculating a correlation coefficient K based on the result of comparing a vibration waveform of an engine and a knock waveform model stored previously; calculating a magnitude value LOG(V) from the magnitude ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387094 | Electromagnetically driven valve An electromagnetically driven valve that is driven by the combined action of electromagnetic force and elastic force includes first and second valve elements that have valve shafts and move in reciprocating motions in the directions in which the valve shafts extend.... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384361 | Planetary gear type multistage transmission for vehicle The transmission is constructed so that the rotation of the input shaft is outputted to the second transmission portion via the first intermediate output path and the second intermediate output path accelerated and rotated with respect to the first intermediate outp... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384303 | Connector for connecting electrical wires Providing a connector, which can prevent strange sound generated between the connector and a panel when the connector is mounted on the panel. How to be Solved The connectors 1 includes a first connector housing 3, a second connector hous... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383912 | Exhaust pipe structure An exhaust pipe structure has, under a floor of a vehicle, an exhaust passage for exhaust gas discharged from a vehicle-installed engine, and at least one muffler is provided on an intermediate portion of the exhaust passage. The at least one muffler includes a main... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383805 | Cylinder liner for insert casting and method for manufacturing thereof A cylinder liner for insert casting and a method for manufacturing the cylinder liner are provided. The cylinder liner and the method are applied to cylinder blocks and improve the adherence and the bonding strength with a cylinder block material in a favorable mann... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381065 | High-tension connector box Preventing a controller securely from effects of heat or noise of a relay and a high-tension circuit, a synthetic resin inner cover is arranged between a top cover and a bottom cover. A high-tension circuit is arranged between the top cover and inner cover. A contro... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380855 | Container apparatus of a vehicle A container apparatus of a vehicle which may include (a) a fixed member, (b) a movable member movable relative to the fixed member, (c) a slider having a longitudinal direction and provided to a first member, which is one of the fixed member and the movable member, ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378167 | Separator passage structure of fuel cell An aspect of the invention for achieving the aforementioned objects relates to a fuel cell including at least one unit cell. The unit cell includes a first separator which is disposed on one side of an MEA, and which includes a first concave groove which constitutes... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377745 | Water pump A water pump includes an impeller; an impeller shaft around which the impeller rotates; a first bearing portion that supports one end of the impeller shaft; a second bearing portion that supports the other end of the impeller shaft; a housing portion in which the im... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377373 | Hydraulic control apparatus for hydraulic power transmission with lock-up clutch Engagement, disengagement, and slip of a lock-up clutch can be controlled using two valves that are a lock-up relay valve and a linear solenoid valve. A lock-up control valve employed in a conventional hydraulic control apparatus can be eliminated, which simplifies ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377349 | Slip control device for vehicle, vehicle mounted with the device, and the method of controlling vehicle slip Under the condition of a large variation Tm in motor torque demand Tm*, the significant torque change may lead to some vibration of a vehicle to temporarily heighten an angular acceleration. The temporary rise of the angular acceleration may cause the angular accele... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377273 | Air-fuel ratio control apparatus for internal combustion engine A common fuel injection amount is calculated for the cylinders of a first cylinder group, which performs a rich burn process, and the cylinders of a second cylinder group, which performs a lean burn process. The calculated fuel injection amount is corrected with an ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376292 | Optical fiber sensor, manufacturing method thereof, and collision detection device An optical fiber sensor in which the insertion efficiency of a plastic fiber is improved, the potential danger of rupture of a mold member is decreased, the operation of the sensor in a low load area and the linearity of output of the sensor are improved. Plastic fi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7374512 | Shift control apparatus for automatic transmission When it is decided that it is impossible to shift the automatic transmission directly to the target speed position according to the second shifting-action decision made during a shifting control to shift the automatic transmission to a target speed according to a fi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376503 | Vehicle running control apparatus and vehicle running control method There is provided wheel speed detection means for detecting a wheel speed V based on a pulse signal corresponding to a rotational speed of a wheel, driving torque integration means calculates an integral value TINdt of driving torque TIN genera... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370547 | Shift control system, shift control method and shift switching device A shift control system rotates an actuator to cause a wall of a detent plate to contact a roller of a detent spring, and detects the position of contact so as to detect the position of the wall of the detent plate. This wall position is set as a reference position o... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370744 | Friction engagement device of automatic transmission In a friction engagement device of an automatic transmission, a brake piston is actuated by an oil pressure and a friction disc is pressed by the brake piston. The friction engagement device of an automatic transmission includes an oil pressure chamber extending in ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370614 | Electromagnetically driven valve An electromagnetically driven valve includes a driven valve having a stem and carrying out reciprocating motion along a direction in which the stem extends, a disc support base having an abutment surface, a disc extending from one end coupled to the stem toward the ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370612 | Internal combustion engine cooling system A check valve having a thermostat function is provided between an engine and a thermal storage tank that stores a portion of the coolant circulating in the engine. The check valve restricts the flow of the coolant from the engine to the thermal storage tank, and loo... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367414 | Hybrid vehicle and method of controlling the same In a constant speed drive (in an auto cruise), the procedure of the invention executes proportional control to set an accelerator opening Acc corresponding to an observed vehicle speed and a target vehicle speed. When the accelerator opening Acc is less than a prese... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367920 | Deceleration control apparatus and method for a vehicle A declaration control apparatus and method for a vehicle, which performs deceleration control such that a deceleration acting on the vehicle becomes equal to a target deceleration by an operation of a brake system which applies a braking force to the vehicle and a s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363889 | Control device for multicylinder internal combustion engine A control device of a multicylinder internal combustion engine provided with a valve operating characteristic control means for controlling a valve operating characteristic of at least one of an intake valve and exhaust valve, which estimates an intake difference of... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363949 | Hydrogen station, method of charging hydrogen, and vehicle A hydrogen station includes gas storage equipment for storing hydrogen, a dispenser for charging hydrogen gas supplied from the gas storage equipment into a hydrogen tank of a vehicle, and a blower. When charging hydrogen, the blower blows air towards a radiator of ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363996 | Vehicular drive system A second electric motor is arranged on a first axis on which an output shaft of the engine is arranged, a transmission is arranged on a second axis which is parallel with the first axis, and a clutch is arranged on the first axis to selectively connect and disconnec... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364814 | Separator of a fuel cell and a manufacturing method thereof A separator of a fuel cell includes a base material and a surface treatment layer formed on the base material. The surface treatment layer includes a base material-side portion made from metal and a base material opposite-side portion made from carbon formed at an a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366601 | Automatic transmission having torque converter with lockup clutch and method of controlling same lockup clutch When a downshift instruction has been detected, the oil pressure of a lookup clutch is controlled, and the state of operation of the automatic transmission is detected. If a starting condition has been met, a slip rotation speed of the lockup clutch is calculated, a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360356 | Exhaust gas purifying apparatus for internal combustion engine A main control computer commands a second sub-control computer to perform a reduced-cylinder operation when the coolant temperature detected by a coolant temperature sensor is greater than or equal to a reference temperature, and the exhaust temperature detected by ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363142 | Device and method for controlling ignition timing of internal combustion engine An engine ECU executes a program including the steps of: calculating a magnitude value LOG(V) from a magnitude V detected using a knock sensor; calculating a median value V(50) and a standard deviation a of calculated magnitude values LOG(V); calculating a knock det... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359784 | Control apparatus and control method for automatic transmission A control apparatus and a control method for an automatic transmission installed in a vehicle, which detect an inclination of a road on which the vehicle is running; calculate actual torque of an engine installed in the vehicle; store reference torque of the engine;... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357110 | Resin intake manifold A raised portion is formed at a predetermined location on an inside surface of a wall portion of an intake manifold. A gas introduction hole for introducing gas containing water vapor is formed in another predetermined location, other than in the raised portion, in ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357113 | Baffle plate configuration of internal combustion engine A baffle plate configuration of an internal combustion engine according to a first embodiment of the invention is provided below a rotational member arranged on or near a crankshaft and prevents the rotational members and lubricant in a pan from interfering each oth... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353787 | Electromagnetically driven valve An electromagnetically driven valve that operates by a combination of electromagnetic force and elastic force includes a valve element that has a valve shaft and that reciprocates in directions of extension of the valve shaft, and first and second oscillating member... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354373 | Vehicle drive unit, and four-wheel-drive vehicle drive unit A vehicle drive unit including (a) a transversely-mounted engine, (b) a transmission receiving an output of the engine and having an output shaft, and (c) a differential gear device including a ring gear and arranged to transmit an output of the transmission to a pa... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354671 | Fuel cell system having secondary cell This invention provides a power supply system for supplying electrical power to a load. The system includes: a first and a second power supply wirings for a connection to the load; a fuel cell system having a fuel cell connected between the first and second power su... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354882 | Carbon monoxide removing catalyst and production process for the same as well as carbon monoxide removing apparatus A carbon monoxide removing catalyst whose catalytic activity is higher than conventional carbon-monoxide-methanation-reaction catalyst comprising an oxide support containing an oxide containing Co and Zr, and a Ru, Pt, Rh and/or Pd noble metal catalyst loaded on the... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351476 | Two-package curing type polyurethane coating composition and coated article The present invention aims to give a two package curing type polyurethane coating composition which can form a film having soft, wet and dry feelings simultaneously and which maintains general properties such as designing property, film strength, pot life, resistanc... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350808 | Activation control unit and control method thereof for occupant protection apparatus A floor sensor (14) is disposed at a center portion of a vehicle body (10) and front sensors (16, 18) are disposed at front portions of the vehicle body (10). An airbag apparatus (30) always activates when a value determined by the... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353102 | Trouble diagnosis apparatus for supercharger of internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine includes parallel first and second intake passages, and the intake passages respectively include first and second superchargers. A first airflow meter measures the intake air amount in the first intake passage. A second airflow meter me... | 04/01/2008 |
