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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181627 | Securing throttle area in a coordinated torque control system An engine system includes a throttle actuator module and a torque control module. The throttle actuator module controls a throttle actuator based on a desired throttle area. The torque control module determines an actuator torque. The torque control module determine... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8146565 | Reducing noise, vibration, and harshness in a variable displacement engine A method for operating an engine of a vehicle, the engine having one or more deactivatable cylinders, the method including controlling the stability of a vehicle in response to vehicle acceleration, and reactivating or deactivating combustion in at least a cylinder ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7950365 | Control apparatus for internal combustion engine A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes an oil pressure regulating valve having a solenoid, a variable cam phase mechanism for changing a cam phase, and an ECU for controlling the oil pressure regulating valve. The ECU includes an actual cam p... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7878173 | Control device for marine engine A control device for a marine engine comprised so that a section of an angle sufficiently narrower than a crank angle corresponding to each stroke of a combustion cycle of the engine is set as an instantaneous speed detection section, a crank angle position that app... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7490587 | Portable handheld work apparatus A portable handheld work apparatus has a drive motor as well as an adjusting element for controlling the drive motor. The work apparatus has at least one actuating element. A movement of the actuating element is transmitted to the adjusting element via a transmittin... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7301478 | Vehicle safety warning device Apparatus, methods, system and devices for monitoring road surface temperature to detect hazardous road surface conditions. An indicator provides the sensed road surface temperature and hazardous road condition warning to a driver while a tail light interface automa... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7263429 | Cruise idle speed control to enhance low speed and light throttle drivability An engine control system that regulates operating of an engine of a motor vehicle includes a first module that determines whether a throttle of the motor vehicle is closed and a second module that determines whether the engine is idling while a cruise control is act... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7222604 | Method and device for controlling a drive unit A method and a device for controlling a drive unit which allow an improved transition between idle regulation and drive unit propulsion are provided. A setpoint value for an output variable of the drive unit is predefined, it being possible to modify the setpoint va... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7185628 | Continuous engine reverse rotation detection system A reverse rotation detection system for an engine with at least one camshaft and a crankshaft includes a camshaft position sensor that generates a camshaft position signal based on a rotation of the camshaft. A second sensor input device generates a crankshaft posit... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7159561 | Internal combustion engine quick-stop A system and method for stopping an internal combustion engine. According to one aspect of the disclosure, a shutdown sequence of the engine includes retarding ignition timing relative to ignition timing prior to initiation of the shutdown sequence, and then advanci... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150263 | Engine speed control apparatus; engine system, vehicle and engine generator each having the engine speed control apparatus; and engine speed control method An engine speed control apparatus includes a throttle valve for adjusting the amount of an intake air sucked into an engine, a drive unit for driving the throttle valve, and a control unit for generating a PWM signal for driving the drive unit. The control unit incl... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7142972 | Continuous cylinder misfire detection method A method and system for detection of continuous single cylinder misfire, by more completely analyzing an estimated periodic sequence of reference period signals, and comparing the periodic sequence with a sample corresponding to an immediately prior revolution, is o... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7136727 | Method for controlling hybrid electric vehicle powertrain There is described a method for controlling a hybrid electric vehicle power-train comprising an internal combustion engine, an electric machine and a transmission, the transmission having a gear set with three rotational elements rotationally coupled to the internal... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121257 | Method for the automatic control of an internal combustion engine-generator unit A method for automatically controlling an internal combustion engine-generator unit, in which, in a generator installation with closed-loop load equalization control, a speed limitation curve can be varied as a function of a speed set value (nM(SL)). ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7110868 | Method for determining state of engine speed sensor for vehicle Disclosed is a method for determining the state of an engine speed sensor for a vehicle which can improve stability of the engine during the slow speed rotation of the engine through prompt entry into failure mode by changing a condition of the failure determination... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7096111 | Method for converting a fuel quantity into a torque With a method for converting a fuel quantity (MF) into a torque (TQ) in an internal combustion engine, the efficiency (H) of the internal combustion engine is determined at the current operating point prior to the conversion as the ratio of actual torque (TQ) and ac... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7082924 | Internal combustion engine speed control A method of operating an internal combustion engine is provided which includes the step of determining a desired intake manifold pressure or gas density, based at least in part on a value indicative of a difference between a desired engine speed and an actual engine... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7055496 | Strategy for engine fueling during return to positive power flow after engine brake de-activation An internal combustion engine that propels a vehicle has a fuel injection system for injecting fuel into engine cylinders at desired injection control pressure. A control system controls activation and de-activation of a hydraulic actuator for an engine brake. A pro... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051703 | Method, computer program, and control and/or regulating device for operating an internal combustion engine and corresponding internal combustion engine In a method for operating an internal combustion engine, the fuel is supplied via at least one injection valve. The injection fuel quantity is influenced by the injection duration. In order that the internal combustion engine be operated optimally with respect to em... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7044886 | Shift control apparatus for automatic transmission The invention prevents a clutch from being damaged and ensures a driver of a feeling of responsiveness even if an accelerator pedal is depressed when an automatic transmission is shifted from a drive range to a non-drive range. If neutral has been selected and if an... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7034481 | Power transmission device for hybrid vehicle To provide a power transmission device that can increase the range of speed variation between an engine and a power output shaft and effectively achieve reduction in size and cost of the device arrangement. The speed reduction ratios from an engine 1 to first... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7013866 | Airflow control for multiple-displacement engine during engine displacement transitions A method for controlling airflow in an intake manifold of a multiple-displacement engine during an engine displacement mode transition includes determining, before a displacement mode transition, a post-transition mass air flow rate necessary to maintain a pre-trans... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6994074 | Method for controlling an internal combustion engine generator unit In a method of controlling rotational speed for an internal combustion-generator unit, a filtered rotational speed is monitored with respect to rotational speed oscillations. When such oscillations are detectd, their frequency is compared with a first limit value, a... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6968826 | Control system parameter monitor A system and method for monitoring a control system parameter determine a difference between a desired and estimated or measured parameter value, apply a weighting factor to the difference, and select a control strategy based on the weighted difference. The weightin... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6964260 | Electronic engine control device An electronic engine control unit for a motorcycle or other two-wheeled vehicle gradually decreases engine torque at the time of a failure so as to eliminate an uneasy feeling that an operator might experience if the engine torque were to be reduced abruptly. When a... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6959688 | Method for monitoring engine order forcing frequency A method of monitoring engine order forcing frequency comprises the steps of: selecting at least one engine order for an engine, the engine order being related in a known manner to one or more engine vibration responses generated b... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6953023 | Acceleration pedal interpretation when engine torque is limited A method for controlling a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine having electronically controlled airflow comprising limiting a currently available maximum engine torque below maximum torque based on a limited torque output condition, the limited torque output c... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6945221 | Method and device for operating a drive unit having an internal combustion engine A method and a device for operating a drive unit having internal combustion engine, in particular of a vehicle, making an expansion of the adjusting range of a regulator possible without significant additional complexity. In at least one operating state a setpoint v... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6941928 | Method and arrangement for controlling the drive unit of a vehicle A method and an arrangement for controlling the drive unit of a vehicle make possible a central coordination of various reserve torque requests. A reserve for an output quantity of the drive unit is formed. Various reserve requests of different physical significance... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6941914 | Internal combustion engine A twin cylinder engine, includes a pair of cylinder members mounted to mounting surfaces of a crankcase, and cylinder heads mounted to the cylinder members. The cylinder members are modular components, which may be pre-assembled with components of the valve train as... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6923156 | Air intake system for multi-cylinder engine A throttle device is arranged in the midstream of an individual passage consisting of a low-speed individual intake passage and a high-speed individual intake passage on the downstream of a surge tank. A valve body is rotatably provided in the throttle valve device.... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920863 | Intake-air measuring apparatus for internal combustion engine An intake-air measuring apparatus for an internal combustion engine, enabling to calculate a mass of intake-air inducted into the internal combustion engine, with a small map but at high accuracy, comprises: a means for measuring out an air mass passing through a th... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6915781 | Engine control system with throttle preload during cylinder deactivation An engine control system and method for a displacement on demand internal combustion engine includes a throttle preload signal generator that outputs a throttle preload area signal having a base portion and ramp out portion. A combining circuit combines the throttle... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6904668 | Method of manufacturing a modular fuel injector A method of fabricating a modular fuel injector permits the fabrication of the electrical group subassembly outside a clean room while a fuel group subassembly is fabricated inside a clean room. The fuel injector comprises a valve group subassembly and a coil group ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6904883 | Modular internal combustion engines A line of small internal combustion engines, including twin cylinder engines and single cylinder engines. The engines each include a crankcase, and one or more cylinder members attached to the crankcase, the cylinder members being separate components from the crankc... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6892697 | Fail-operational internal combustion engine A fail-operational engine is provided. The inventive engine is a single engine which continues to operate at partial power after a single, or several, failures of any of several subsystems. ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6886530 | Method and device for operating a drive engine of a vehicle A method and an arrangement for operating a drive motor of a vehicle are suggested. A resulting desired torque for controlling the drive motor is pregiven in dependence upon the driver command torque and additional desired torque quantities. To limit the resulting d... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6883493 | Method and device for operating the drive motor of a vehicle A method and an arrangement for operating a drive unit of a vehicle are suggested. Starting from a driver command torque which is converted into a resulting desired torque while considering additional torques, a correction of the resulting desired torque is undertak... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6877479 | Apparatus and a method for controlling an internal combustion engine When an air excess rate is controlled to be reduced based upon an early activation demand of an exhaust gas purification apparatus or a regeneration demand of NOx trap catalyst at a state immediately after an engine has started from at a cold condition, a fuel injec... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6863050 | Apparatus and method for controlling intake air amount of internal combustion engine In an internal combustion engine provided with a variable valve mechanism that varies at least a valve operating characteristic (valve lift amount and the like) of an intake valve, a target intake air amount equivalent to a target torque is set based on operating co... | 03/08/2005 |
