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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4811226 | Optimum angle adjusting apparatus for vehicle equipments An automatic angle adjusting apparatus for adjusting vehicle equipments to be adjusted to optimum angular positions to a driver such as a fender mirror, an inner mirror, blowing ports of an air conditioner, a speaker and a meter is disclosed. Amounts of a... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4762026 | Speed change control method and device of automatic transmission for vehicle While running of an engine used to be unstable in warming-up, the output of the engine is large and the running of the engine is maintained stably in high vehicle speed even if the engine is in the warming-up. According to the present invention, an automa... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4630209 | Audio/visual display system for multiple maps Data for a map of a predetermined area is divided into a plurality of blocks, stored in an external memory medium such as a cassette tape, and loaded into a CPU when deemed necessary. The map as a whole or parts of the map can be arbitrarily selected and ... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4606238 | Mounting construction of shift lever retainer casing in change-speed gearing unit In a change-speed gearing unit, a manual shift lever is mounted at its lower end on a retainer casing which is secured at its outer peripheral portion to the upper seating face of an extension housing for the unit by means of fastening bolts threaded into... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4572029 | Speed change control method and device of automatic transmission for vehicle A speed change method and apparatus for the transmission of a vehicle provides for a speed change stage to produce a reduction gear ratio lower than a predetermined value when the engine temperature is low and vehicle speed is high, otherwise the speed ch... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4571683 | Learning control system of air-fuel ratio in electronic control engine This system computes final fuel injection amount TAU on the basis of the following formula; where A : a first learning term B : a second learning term TP : basic fuel injection amount J : correction amount Learning control is effected by correcting the second learn... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4569246 | Shift lever of a transmission for an automobile The shift lever of a transmission is comprised of a first shift lever having a cylindrical portion for mounting a grip, and a rod-like second shift lever inserted into the cylindrical portion of the first shift lever. In the space defined between the cyli... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4569027 | Method and apparatus for detecting rotational speed of rotary member A method of detecting the rotational speed of a rotary member, which comprises the steps of detecting, in sequence, a time period indicative of the interval between successive preceding and following angular positions of the rotary member, memorizing in t... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4565106 | Gear transmission mechanism with multiple layshafts A gear transmission mechanism for an automotive vehicle, with a power input shaft, including several combination assemblies, each including a layshaft and a selectively engagable friction engaging mechanism which can either be engaged to rotationally driv... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4556150 | Split-type plastic cover with elastic clips A plastic cover comprising a pair of matable convex cover halves each having flanged projections, and fixtures which hold the corresponding opposite flanged projections of the two cover halves when the two cover halves are connected to each other, said fi... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4554900 | Method for controlling ignition timing of an internal combustion engine A method for controlling ignition timing of an internal combustion engine using an electronic ignition timing control apparatus includes the steps of: (i) setting ignition timing when the engine is under load to a value determined by the amount of intake ... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4555006 | Automatic engine stop and start system Clutch operation signal issued in operational association with depression of a clutch pedal are taken as answer-back signals into an electronic control unit (ECU), a starter start command signal is issued in response to one of these answer-back signals. A... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4550703 | Continous method of fuel injection in electronically controlled engine The minimum fuel injection time is on electronically controlled fuel injection engine is set in relation to the running condition of the engine. For example, in shift change, when the throttle valve is in the idling angle and the revolution speed of the e... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4550373 | Temperature-feedback electronic engine control apparatus and method An electronic engine control apparatus and method for computing various engine operating parameters such as fuel injection amount on the basis of input signals from a temperature sensor which detects engine temperature, wherein the signals from the temper... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4549398 | Exhaust gas cleaning device for diesel engines An exhaust particle cleaning device for a diesel engine includes a trap case provided in a passage way of exhaust gas. A filter material is disposed in the trap case so that carbon particles or other exhaust particles contained in the exhaust gas can be c... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4541817 | Drive shaft assembly A drive shaft assembly has a first shaft, a casing receiving an end portion of the first shaft through an opening at its one end and provided with a first flange on the periphery of the other end, a second shaft provided with a second flange to be joined ... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4541302 | Support structure for power transmission cables In a vehicle body structure wherein a reinforcement panel is fixedly arranged at an angle to reinforce an upright fire-wall panel in the form of a rear wall of an engine room for mounting a power transmission unit together with an internal combustion engi... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4536937 | Process of manufacturing auto bumpers The invention represents an auto bumper with an exterior part which can be seen from the outside. The exterior part is made of stainless steel plate and an interior part is made of fiber reinforced plastics via a layer of aluminum or aluminum alloy.... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4537095 | Hydraulic control system for automatic transmission A low coast shift (LCS) valve and a low coast shift control (LCC) valve are disposed coaxially with a shift valve, and a spring is disposed between the LCS valve and LCC valve. In the range in which engine braking occurs, the LCC valve is at first displac... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4536010 | Automatic seatbelt system An automatic system for use in a motor vehicle has an outer webbing, both ends of which are secured to a vehicle door and an inner webbing, one end of which is connected to the intermediate portion of the outer webbing through a ring joint movable along t... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4528552 | Travel locus display device A travel locus display device has a display unit such as a CRT display to display a start point and a destination point of a vehicle and a travel locus of the vehicle from the start point to the destination point on a coordinate display area of a display ... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4525781 | Method of determining fluctuations in indicated mean effective pressure of engine and apparatus therefor A method of and an apparatus for measuring fluctuations in the indicated mean effective pressure of an engine from a deviation of the mean pressure or from an unbiased variance (mean square) of the mean pressure obtained from the deviation in the mean pre... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4523560 | Intake device of an internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders each comprising a first intake valve, a first intake passage connected to the corresponding cylinder via the first intake valve, a second intake valve, and a second intake passage connected to ... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4519747 | Method for assembling an impeller onto a turboshaft An impeller is assembled onto a turboshaft such that the impeller is deformed at its end walls so as to deform the inner wall of the hole of the impeller against the shaft such that the clearance between the shaft and the hole of the impeller is reduced t... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4519346 | Helically-shaped intake port of an internal combustion engine A helically-shaped intake port comprising a helical portion and an inlet passage portion which is tangentially connected to the helical portion and extends so as to be slightly curved. The intake valve is arranged at the outlet open end of the helical por... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4516443 | Restriction device for differential gear A restriction device for a differential gear having multiplate clutches which are formed by first friction plates fixed to a pair of side gears installed inside of a differential casing and second friction plates fixed to the differential casing. The firs... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4516207 | Apparatus for controlling air conditioner by voice In an apparatus for controlling an air conditioner through a computer, various controls are automatically effected by voice command as well as by manual operation. Specific voice commands are predetermined in accordance with the control objectives. The vo... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4514008 | Vehicle body floor construction of motor vehicle A vehicle body floor construction of a motor vehicle, wherein a tunnel being upwardly projecting, downwardly opening and disposed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is formed at the central portion in the widthwise direction of a floor panel, a ... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4508522 | Double cardan universal joint An improvement in a double Cardan universal joint having a pair of spiders connected by a ring-shaped coupling member, a pair of yoke members angularly movably connected with each other by the spiders, a centering assembly for aligning the yoke members wi... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4498559 | Friction-pad wear-limit warning device for disc brakes A wear-limit warning device for a vehicle disc brake, warning the vehicle driver that a maximum permissible wear limit is reached on the friction pad or pads. The warning device comprises a projection protruding sideways from the end face of a backing pla... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4495830 | Automatic transmission for a vehicle An automatic transmission for a vehicle having a torque converter driven by an engine, an input shaft driven by the torque converter, a gear train driven by the input shaft, an output shaft driven by the gear train, a counter drive gear fixed to the outpu... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4496996 | Running guide system Maps from a starting point to a destination are automatically, successively renewed and indicated on CRT each time a predetermined distance is covered. The map to be indicated are divided into a plurality of map contents and stored in a memory medium, and... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4494497 | Automatic engine stop-restart system In automatically stopping or restarting an engine on a basis of detecting an operational state of each component of a vehicle with the engine mounted thereon, judgement as to whether first condition of setting the function of allowing the engine to automa... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4493100 | Apparatus for controlling air conditioner by voice Voice commands of two types are recognized by an air conditioner: (1) a first command to jump to a different air delivery (below-out) temperature, after which a gradual automatic return to the previously set temperature occurs, or (2) a second command whi... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4491922 | Method and apparatus for controlling stepping motor in idling rotational speed control A bypass path is provided parallel to an intake path portion provided with a throttle valve, and the sectional area of flow in the bypass path is controlled by a valve body displaced by a stepping motor. The step value of the stepping motor is stored in a... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4491921 | Method and apparatus for controlling the air fuel ratio in an internal combustion engine An output voltage from an O2 sensor is intermittently sampled and the sampled voltage is converted into a binary signal. The binary signal is applied to an electrical digital computer, and therein the following operations are carried out. First... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490790 | Method and apparatus for selecting gears of an automatic transmission A gear selection state in an electronically controlled automatic transmission for a vehicle is determined in relation to the vehicle speed and speed of opening of a throttle valve in an intake system, i.e. depression of speed of an accelerator pedal. Acco... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4489691 | Method and apparatus for controlling the ignition timing of an internal combustion engine The ignition timing of an internal combustion engine is controlled to a predetermined fixed value, not only during starting but also until the engine has rotated by a predetermined number of rotations after starting.... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4490717 | Geographic display device for a moving vehicle A plurality of sections of drive route charts from a start point to a destination point of a car are sequentially switched for display on a CRT as the car travels by a predetermined distance. The drive route charts are stored in a memory as image informat... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4487190 | Electronic fuel injecting method and device for internal combustion engine Electronic fuel injecting method and device for an internal combustion engine, wherein a basic injection time is obtained in accordance with an intake pressure of the engine and an engine rotational speed. During transitions, the basic injection time is c... | 12/11/1984 |
