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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8140204 | Charge depleting energy management strategy for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles A method for managing power distribution from an engine and a battery in a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle whereby battery power is used to meet a driver demand for power and engine power complements battery power when either battery state-of-charge limit or battery... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136391 | Non-intrusive EGR monitor for a hybrid electric vehicle An EGR fault in an engine is detected by comparing actual MAP values with inferred MAP values, the latter being based on MAF and engine speed. Multiple pairs of inferred and actual MAP, some having low EGR and other having high EGR rate. The two values are expected ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8095299 | Method for starting a vehicle engine A method for starting a vehicle engine includes determining a throttle angle command output based on a throttle adjustment parameter. The throttle angle command output may be further adjusted based on a learned compensation adder and may be based on a number of vehi... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083294 | Braking system for hybrid vehicle A braking system for a vehicle includes an active booster master cylinder connected with the wheel cylinders, and a controller for operating active booster master cylinder during braking. The primary master cylinder, which is located remotely from the active booster... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8050831 | Vehicle engine speed control for a continuously variable transmission A vehicle and a method for controlling a vehicle transmission is provided. The vehicle has at least one wheel and a positionable acceleration device. The vehicle includes an engine being responsive to the position of the acceleration device, wherein the engine provi... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041495 | Optimal engine operating power management strategy for a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain A method is disclosed for managing power in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain having multiple components, including at least two of a group comprising an engine, a motor, a generator and a high voltage battery. Power losses in the individual components are comput... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8016714 | Multiple speed transmission utilizing co-planar gear sets A multiple speed power transmission, comprising an input shaft; a transmission case; a co-planar gear set; a rear epicyclic gearing assembly with four rotating members; a first clutch connecting the output of the co-planar gear set to the fourth rotating member; a s... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7845187 | Thermal management system and method for automotive vehicle A thermal management system for an automotive vehicle includes air cooled heat exchangers for an HVAC system, for a prime mover, and for various electronics componentry. All heat exchangers are cooled by a common air stream flowing from the ambient. The amount of he... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7828694 | Rollback control of a hybrid electric vehicle In a powertrain that includes an engine driveably connected to a load and an electric machine driveably connected to the load, a method for controlling a vehicle located on an incline against rollback includes determining a magnitude of wheel torque required to prev... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7748792 | Automotive braking system with master cylinder force simulator A brake-by-wire automotive braking system includes a master cylinder connected to a number of wheel cylinders, with the master cylinder being actuated by a brake pedal assembly operatively connected with a master cylinder force simulator simulating the resistive for... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7748791 | Combination secondary master cylinder and brake pedal compliance device for automotive braking system A combination secondary master cylinder and brake pedal compliance device for an automotive braking system includes a cylinder having a signal chamber, a working chamber, and a compliance chamber. Elastic devices mounted within the working chamber and compliance cha... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7640144 | Method for simulating a hydroforming process A method for simulating a hydroforming process includes modeling a virtual hydroforming die and a virtual tubular workpiece. The virtual workpiece is placed within the die after the die has been expanded. The die is then contracted to a finished size while the workp... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7630811 | Automated manual transmission launch control The present invention relates to launch control of a vehicle having an automated manual transmission and an automated clutch selectively engaging an output of an engine to an input of the transmission. When a request for vehicle launch is detected, an output speed o... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7464011 | Method for determining addendum and binder surfaces of springback compensated stamping dies A method for determining compensated addendum and binder surfaces as part of a springback compensated stamping die for producing a stamped part includes modeling of the existing addendum surface and binder surface of the stamping die. The addendum and binder surface... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7441845 | Method for operating multiple axle regenerative braking in an automotive vehicle A system and method for maximizing the post-ABS regenerative braking capability of an automotive vehicle having regenerative braking available for more than one axle determines the availability of surplus regenerative braking capacity on a first axle and then uses t... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7354375 | Transmission having multiple ratio planetary gear unit in series with an auxiliary gear unit A multiple ratio transmission having a planetary primary gear unit producing forward ratios and a reverse ratio, and a planetary auxiliary gear unit in series with the primary gear unit producing a direct drive ratio and either an underdrive ratio or an overdrive ra... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7024290 | Active motor damping to mitigate electric vehicle driveline oscillations A system and method for actively damping driveline oscillations in a motor vehicle having a traction motor to drive a vehicle's drive wheels and an antilock brake system (ABS). A traction motor controller controls a torque output signal of the motor to effectively t... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7014001 | High-voltage energy regulated conversion circuit A high-voltage energy regulated conversion circuit (HVERCC) (12) for coupling to a vehicle bus (24) includes a battery bus (28) and a heater bus (29). A high-voltage battery pack (30) is electrically coupled to the battery bus and ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6454338 | Integrated vehicle tailgate The present invention provides an integrated tailgate for a vehicle having a planar cargo bed, the tailgate operable between a closed vertical position and an open horizontal position, and a structure slideably received by the tailgate extendable to a sub... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6282474 | Method and apparatus for detecting rollover of an automotive vehicle A rollover sensing system (12) that may be used in the determination of when to deploy restraints in the vehicle. The rollover sensing system (12) may include lateral acceleration sensors (32), a roll rate sensor (18) and a roll angle detector (20). A con... | 08/28/2001 |
