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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5934770 | Brake control system for automotive vehicle An automobile brake control system, which applies braking force commonly to both driving wheels and restrictively controls the braking force when a specified difference occurs between a wheel speed of the driving wheel and a vehicle speed estimated based ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5902212 | Automatic transmission control system for automobiles A torque responsive hydraulic control system for an automatic transmission with a plurality of hydraulically actuated friction control elements. A working hydraulic pressure in the elements is controlled during shifting such that a pressure in a first ele... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5888171 | Hydraulic pressure as a function of friction coefficient in control system for automatic transmission A hydraulic control system for shifting an automatic transmission to desired gears by selectively coupling and uncoupling friction coupling elements which controls a shifting pressure necessary to bring a friction coupling element into coupling according ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5823515 | Fluid contained engine mounting device and method of manufacturing the same A fluid-contained engine mounting device, containing a fluid in a fluid container closed up air-tightly by an elastic top wall and an elastic bottom diaphragm which is divided by a partition wall into a first fluid chamber closed by the elastic top wall a... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5820510 | Toroidal continuously variable transmission A continuously variable transmission of a type having a toroidal transmission unit mounted for rotation on a engine torque input shaft and a planetary gear mechanism mounted on an output shaft in parallel to the input shaft to which engine torque is trans... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5810694 | Control system for automatic transmission A control system for an automatic transmission having at least a friction coupling element which is coupled with a hydraulic pressure increasing by way of a leveled transitional pressure has an accumulator which discharge a high level of pressure accumula... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5806642 | Control system for automatic transmission An automatic transmission control system causes a downshift to a gear which can provide an effect of engine braking greater than that provided before the downshift when the vehicle falls its speed with a specified rate of speed reduction as a result of fo... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5788601 | Automatic transmission control system An automatic transmission control system in which a specific one of friction coupling elements is selectively locked and unlocked to provide a specific gear initiates locking the specific friction coupling element to execute a gear shift to the specific g... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5772550 | Automatic transmission control system A control system for an automatic transmission having a transmission gear mechanism and a plurality of friction coupling elements which are selectively locked and unlocked with hydraulic oil to change power transmission paths to place the automatic transm... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5756027 | Method for making a prosthetic socket A method and apparatus for forming a prosthetic socket using a vacuum tube assembly for vacuum sealing a layer of plastic material onto a molded cast to form a prosthetic socket. The vacuum tube assembly includes a cylindrical shaft for providing an air p... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5755779 | Blood stream adjuster A blood stream adjuster is arranged inside a blood vessel for bypass made of autologous blood vessel, artificial blood and so on when the blood vessel for bypass is transplanted between two blood vessels of the human body. The blood stream adjuster compri... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5746187 | Automotive engine control system An engine control system computes an average value for an air-to-fuel feedback control based on which the amount of fuel vapors trapped in a canister, a purge air flow rate on the basis of a pressure difference between before and after a canister purge va... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5743828 | Fluid coupling lock-up control system A lock-up control system for a fluid coupling, interposed between an engine and automatic transmission, which includes a lock-up clutch and is locked up by the lock-up clutch so as to directly couple the engine and the automatic transmission together, set... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5735510 | Vibration damper apparatus A fluid type of vibration damper apparatus containing fluid in a rigid fluid container divided by a partition formed with an orifice into two fluid chambers in communication with each other through the orifice, one of the fluid chambers being closed up ai... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5725908 | Coating method A color coating composition is applied on a primer coating layer on a work to form an intercoating layer, and the intercoating layer is dried. A color coating composition of a predetermined color is applied on the intercoating layer to form thereon a colo... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5692029 | Detection of concealed explosives and contraband The invention is a detector for detection of concealed explosives, drugs and contraband using x-rays imaging and powder pattern techniques and ultrasonics. In case of inspection of carry-on baggage a combination of computer-aided x-ray transmission imagin... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5560452 | Reinforcement device for carbon brake disks, and a brake disk fitted with such devices The invention relates to a reinforcement device for reinforcing the open slots of a carbon brake disk. According to the invention, each slot is provided both with a U-shaped insert whose two lateral limbs are disposed to face the lateral faces of the corr... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5555499 | Traction control system for vehicle In a traction control system for a vehicle, the rate of slip of the driving wheels is calculated on the basis of the rotational speed of the driving wheels and the vehicle speed and the output power of the engine is controlled with a control gain so that ... | 09/10/1996 |
