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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165770 | Trailer oscillation detection and compensation method for a vehicle and trailer combination A system and method of controlling a vehicle with a trailer comprises determining the presence of a trailer, generating an oscillation signal indicative of trailer swaying relative to the vehicle, generating an initial weighted dynamic control signal for a vehicle d... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165751 | Method for detecting rollover of an automotive vehicle based on a lateral kinetic energy rate threshold A method for rollover sensing (12) that may be used in the determination of when to deploy restraints in a vehicle is disclosed herein. The method for rollover sensing (12) may include lateral acceleration sensors (22), a roll rate sensor (18... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8131427 | Active resetting function for a steering wheel A method for resetting a steering wheel of a motor vehicle having electric power assisted steering, with a resetting torque being determined in order to move the steering wheel from a diffracted steering position to a neutral position. The resetting torque differs f... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121758 | System for determining torque and tire forces using integrated sensing system A vehicle (10) includes a control system (18) that is used to control a vehicle system. The control system determines an axle torque, and longitudinal forces at each tire in response to the axle torque. Lateral forces at each tire are determined in res... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116927 | Dynamic traction control A vehicle in which propulsion can be distributed between first and second axles includes: a first electric motor coupled to the first axle and a second electric motor coupled to the second axle. An electric control unit (ECU) coupled to the motors causes electrical ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115615 | Status indicator and reminder system for vehicle temporary mobility kit A status indicator and reminder system for use with a vehicle having a tire sealant-containing temporary mobility kit is provided. The system includes a signal provided for viewing by the operator which indicates that the temporary mobility kit requires servicing. T... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115613 | Tire pressure monitoring system auto learn algorithm A method of operating a tire pressure monitoring system on a vehicle comprising tracking number of burst transmissions sent by a sensor, building a pareto of potential sensor identifications based on the greatest number of burst transmissions received from the senso... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8103411 | Electric power assisted steering yaw damping method The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for electrically controlled assistance to a vehicle. In order to stabilize a vehicle in the event of oversteering, the invention provides that a nominal yaw damping torque is determined and is multiplied by an overs... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8090503 | Method for determining absolute steering wheel angle from a single-turn steering wheel angle sensor A method and algorithm for determining a steering wheel angle of a vehicle steering mechanism upon power up of a vehicle using a single-turn steering wheel angle sensor by eliminating plausible steering wheel angles until one and only one steering wheel angle possib... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8073608 | Yaw stability control system The present invention relates to a yaw stability control system for a vehicle using a steering system and a method of controlling by detecting the occurrence of understeer, determining the degree of understeer after the occurrence of understeer is detected determini... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068019 | Trailer identification system A system and method that, upon connection of a trailer to a tow vehicle, recognizes the trailer and applies a stored trailer configuration in a controller. In one embodiment, tire pressure sensors transmit RF signals that are received by the tire pressure monitoring... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065931 | Adjustable steering column assembly for a motor vehicle A steering column assembly for a motor vehicle is disclosed having lower and upper steering column members that are slidingly interengaged. The upper column member is attached to a structural part of the motor vehicle by a ride down mechanism that allows the upper s... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8056436 | Adjustable steering column assembly for a motor vehicle A steering column assembly for a motor vehicle is disclosed having lower and upper steering column members that are slidingly interengaged. The upper column member is attached to a structural part of the motor vehicle by a ride down mechanism that allows the upper s... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8050857 | System and method for dynamically determining vehicle loading and vertical loading distance for use in a vehicle dynamic control system A control system (18) and method for an automotive vehicle (10) includes a roll rate sensor (34) for generating a roll rate signal, a lateral acceleration sensor (32) for generating a lateral acceleration signal, a longitudinal accelerati... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8032281 | Vehicle control system with advanced tire monitoring A control system (11) for a vehicle (10) includes vehicle dynamics sensors (35-47) providing a vehicle dynamics signal. Tire monitoring system sensors (20) in each wheel generate tire signals including temperature, pressure and acc... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8010252 | Trailer oscillation detection and compensation method for a vehicle and trailer combination A system and method of controlling a vehicle with a trailer comprises determining the presence of a trailer, generating an oscillation signal indicative of trailer swaying relative to the vehicle, generating an initial weighted dynamic control signal for a vehicle d... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005596 | System for dynamically determining vehicle rear/trunk loading for use in a vehicle control system A control system (18) and method for an automotive vehicle (10) includes a pitch rate sensor (37) generating a pitch rate signal, a longitudinal acceleration sensor (36) generating a longitudinal acceleration signal, and a yaw rate sensor... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7970512 | Integrated control system for stability control of yaw, roll and lateral motion of a driving vehicle using an integrated sensing system with pitch information An integrated stability control system using the signals from an integrated sensing system for an automotive vehicle includes a plurality of sensors sensing the dynamic conditions of the vehicle. The sensors include an IMU sensor cluster, a steering angle sensor, wh... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7954593 | Method for compensating for drive influences on the steering system of a vehicle using an electric power steering system The invention relates to a method for compensating for drive influences of a drive train of a motor vehicle on its steering system, said motor vehicle having an electric power steering system. A drive train simulation model which is integrated into the motor vehicle... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7920058 | Trailer tire pressure monitoring system A system and method that, upon connection of a trailer to a tow vehicle, a trailer brake controller informs a tire pressure monitoring system to begin monitoring information at the TPMS and at the same time, activates the initiators, i.e., the electromagnets. Sensor... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918484 | Vehicle body seal for a steering column leadthrough A seal system (9) for sealing an opening (4) which leads into an interior space of a motor vehicle that receives a steering housing (8). The seal system (9) has at least one guide channel (14) that opens into a receiving region ( | 04/05/2011 |
| 7916010 | Method and system for associating a tire pressure sensor to a wheel location in an intitiator based tire pressure monitoring system A method and system for eliminating cross talk in a tire pressure monitoring system that ranks potential sensor identifications based on the number of times the sensors respond to an initiator. Upon determination of a sufficient separation between second and third r... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7899594 | System and method for qualitatively determining vehicle loading conditions A control system (18) and method for an automotive vehicle (10) includes a controller (26) that determines whether or not a potential load change has occurred in a load change detector (59). A load change detector (59) may be coupl... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7885750 | Integrated control system for stability control of yaw, roll and lateral motion of a driving vehicle using an integrated sensing system to determine a sideslip angle A method of controlling a vehicle includes determining a desired sideslip angle in the moving road plane, determining an actual sideslip angle in the moving road plane, a desired yaw rate in the moving road plane, and an actual yaw rate in the moving road plane. A c... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881850 | Wheel lifted and grounded identification for an automotive vehicle A control system (18) for an automotive vehicle (10) has a first roll condition detector (64A), a second roll condition detector (64B), a third roll condition detector (64C), and a controller (26) that uses the roll conditio... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877201 | System and method for dynamically determining vehicle loading and vertical loading distance for use in a vehicle dynamic control system A control system (18) and method for an automotive vehicle (10) includes a roll rate sensor (34) for generating a roll rate signal, a lateral acceleration sensor (32) for generating a lateral acceleration signal, a longitudinal accelerati... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7877200 | System and method for dynamically determining vehicle loading and vertical loading distance for use in a vehicle dynamic control system A control system (18) and method for an automotive vehicle (10) includes a roll rate sensor (34) for generating a roll rate signal, a lateral acceleration sensor (32) for generating a lateral acceleration signal, a longitudinal accelerati... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7877199 | System and method for dynamically determining vehicle loading and vertical loading distance for use in a vehicle dynamic control system A control system (18) and method for an automotive vehicle (10) includes a roll rate sensor (34) for generating a roll rate signal, a lateral acceleration sensor (32) for generating a lateral acceleration signal, a longitudinal accelerati... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7877178 | System and method for dynamically determining vehicle loading and vertical loading distance for use in a vehicle dynamic control system A control system (18) and method for an automotive vehicle (10) includes a roll rate sensor (34) for generating a roll rate signal, a lateral acceleration sensor (32) for generating a lateral acceleration signal, a longitudinal accelerati... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873449 | Vehicle safety system with advanced tire monitoring A control system (11) for a vehicle (10) includes vehicle dynamics sensors (35-47) providing a vehicle dynamics signal. Tire monitoring system sensors (20) in each wheel generate tire signals including temperature, pressure and acc... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7869906 | Wireless gateway apparatus and method of bridging data between vehicle based and external data networks A vehicle network gateway providing off board diagnostic and computer based devices with access to vehicle network data such as signal values and diagnostic error information. The gateway eliminating the deleterious effects of electrical loading on the vehicle netwo... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7792617 | Wheel speed sensing system for electronic stability control A control system for controlling a safety system of an automotive vehicle having a transmission and a differential. The system includes left and right wheel speed sensors associated with respective vehicle wheels and generating left and right wheel speed signals, an... | 09/07/2010 |
| RE41617 | Method for determining a longitudinal vehicle by compensating individual wheel speeds A control system (24) for controlling a safety system (40) of an automotive vehicle includes a plurality of wheel speed sensors (30) generating a plurality of wheel velocity signals, a steering angle sensor (39) generating a steering actu... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7739014 | Integrated control system for stability control of yaw, roll and lateral motion of a driving vehicle using an integrated sensing system to determine a final linear lateral velocity A method of controlling a vehicle includes determining a front lateral tire force, a rear lateral tire force, and determining a lineal sideslip angle from the front lateral tire force and the rear lateral tire force. The method also includes determining a load trans... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7729829 | Suspension irregularity detecting system A vehicle suspension system (19) includes a suspension (47). A lateral acceleration sensor (32) generates a lateral acceleration signal. A roll rate sensor (34) generates a roll rate signal. A controller (26) detects an irregularit... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7719811 | FET monitoring and protecting system A FET monitoring and protecting system (10) that includes a FET switch device (20). The FET switch device (20) includes a FET (22), a logic device (57), and a feedback status output (26). The logic device (57) is elec... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7715965 | System and method for qualitatively determining vehicle loading conditions A control system (18) and method for an automotive vehicle (10) includes a controller (26) that determines whether or not a potential load change has occurred in a load change detector (59). A load change detector (59) may be coupl... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7705717 | Method and apparatus for receiving signals from a sensor into a tire pressure monitoring system A tire pressure monitoring system (12) for an automotive vehicle (10) has a receiver circuit (28). The vehicle (12) has a plurality of wheels (14A-14D). A plurality of antennas (31A-31D) are adjacent to one of ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7702440 | Method and apparatus for detecting rollover of an automotive vehicle based on a lateral kinetic energy rate threshold A rollover sensing system (12) that may be used in the determination of when to deploy restraints in a vehicle is disclosed herein. The rollover sensing system (12) may include lateral acceleration sensors (22), a roll rate sensor (18), a... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7689392 | Method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle computer model A simulation system (30) for simulating an operation of an automotive vehicle includes an input (34) providing vehicle information and path information and a controller (38) having a vehicle computer model therein. The controller (38) is ... | 03/30/2010 |
