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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7971570 | Engine controller An engine controller for a vehicle equipped with an emission reduction apparatus determines whether the emission reduction apparatus has malfunction. When it is determined that the emission reduction apparatus has malfunction an execution of an idle shutdown control... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7762230 | Method for operating at least one drive motor of a motor vehicle The invention relates to a method for operating at least one drive motor, particularly an internal combustion engine, of an automobile, particularly a motor vehicle, wherein the engine speed of the drive motor in the detected idle state of the motor vehicle does not... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7673611 | Leisure vehicle A leisure vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine as a power unit to drive the leisure vehicle, including a drive wheel, a slip sensor unit configured to detect a slip of the drive wheel, a throttle device mounted to the internal combustion engine, a thr... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7370638 | Fuel injection control system ensuring steady balance in pressure in accumulator An accumulator fuel injection system working to energize fuel injectors to inject fuel at a sequence of injection timings into an internal combustion engine and also to control a fuel pump to feed the fuel to an accumulator at a sequence of controlled times for comp... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7293479 | Speed and temperature sensing in separate cavities in a single sensing head A sensor apparatus includes a sensor assembly for maintaining multiple and varying sensor components, wherein the sensor assembly comprises a molded sensor head configured to include a first cavity and a second cavity. A first sensor of a first sensor type can be lo... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292932 | System and method for controlling speed of an engine A system and method for controlling the speed of an engine includes determining a desired engine power output and engine speed, and determining whether the desired engine speed is within one of a number of predetermined engine speed ranges. It is then determined whe... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7275425 | Method for testing at least three sensors, which detect a measurable variable for an internal combustion engine A method for checking at least three sensors which detect a measured quantity in the area of an internal combustion engine. A measure of the sensor signal of the particular sensor to be checked is compared to a reference signal which is obtained from at least one pa... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274164 | Electronic control system for operating groups of a vehicle Electronic control system for an actuation device of operating groups of a vehicle comprising an electronic gearcase that allows the activation and deactivation of said at least one device to be managed. The gearcase defines a first operating condition of the select... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7219007 | Method and arrangement for starting or stopping a motor-driven vehicle The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for starting or stopping a motor-driven motor vehicle having motor functions (1) and motor-independent vehicle functions (5) which can be used independently of the type of drive and independently of ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7204233 | Common rail fuel injection system A pressure-reduction valve that returns fuel in a common rail to a low-pressure system is such one that a valve-opening pressure of the valve device is changed by an actuator into a target common rail pressure. Thus, when the actual common rail pressure in the commo... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7194348 | High acceleration time shift control apparatus and control method for vehicle A high acceleration time shift control apparatus and method for a vehicle is provided. The high acceleration time shift control apparatus includes a transmission which achieves plural shift speeds whose gear ratios are different from each other; and a high accelerat... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7181331 | Engine air-fuel ratio control system An engine air-fuel ratio control system is configured to use a rich air-fuel ratio immediately after starting an engine such that the air-fuel ratio converge rapidly toward a stoichiometric value and then afterwards start an air-fuel ratio feedback control. Upon det... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168410 | Idle speed controller for internal combustion engine An idle speed controller for an internal combustion engine provided with an intake variable valve timing mechanism for varying valve timing and a variable working angle for varying a valve working angle of an intake valve. The controller performs idle speed control.... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7146958 | Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle An object is to improve fuel consumption efficiency. Accordingly, a fuel gradual addition delay time when starting (engine water temperature) TMKSTDLYT which changes in a decreasing trend with an increase in the engine water temperature is set (step S10). A f... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146851 | Diagnostic apparatus for variable valve control system ECU calculates variations of air-fuel ratios of respective cylinders and variations of air-fuel ratios of all the cylinders in variable intake valve lift devices of two cylinder groups. Presence and absence of an abnormality is determined on the basis of whether rat... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143742 | Injection quantity control device of internal combustion engine An engine control unit (ECU) monitors an idling rotation speed of a diesel engine and predicts a tendency of an increase in an injection quantity occurring until an increasing rate of the injection quantity converges based on an initial tendency of an increase in th... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7127344 | Engine air-fuel ratio control system An engine air-fuel ratio control system is configured to use a rich air-fuel ratio immediately after starting an engine such that the air-fuel ratio converge rapidly toward a stoichiometric value and then afterwards start an air-fuel ratio feedback control. Upon det... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7100574 | Common rail type fuel injection system If an inlet pressure of a supply pump sensed by an inlet pressure sensor is higher than a high-pressure side threshold value and an integrated period of the state exceeds a predetermined integration period, it is determined that a high pressure abnormality occurs, a... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7089930 | Wireless heads-up display for a self-contained breathing apparatus A system and method of providing a wireless heads-up display for displaying the amount of breathing gas remaining in an associated breathing gas supply is provided. The system has a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter has a pressure sensor and a controller f... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7073321 | Controller for internal combustion engine A controller for an internal combustion engine that accurately diagnoses heating control of a catalytic device as having or not having an abnormality. The controller increases speed of the engine during engine idle to accelerate heating of the catalytic device with ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7073484 | Internal combustion engine control apparatus An engine control apparatus includes: an operation state determining unit determining whether the engine is in the running or the idle-state from a various sensor's signal; an engine revolution speed detecting unit detecting the revolution speed of the engine from a... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069139 | Control device for internal combustion engine A control device for an internal combustion engine comprises an air flow meter arranged in the intake passage. The air flow meter includes a main passage and a bypass passage and detects a flow rate of air flowing through the bypass passage to detect a flow rate of ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7047123 | Engine air-fuel ratio control system An engine air-fuel ratio control system uses a rich air-fuel ratio immediately after starting an engine to converge rapidly the air-fuel ratio toward a stoichiometric value. Upon determining an air-fuel ratio sensor is active, a stabilization fuel quantity increasin... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036485 | Method and system of throttle control calibration A method and system of throttle calibration control is presented that includes a TPS designed to provide an output indicative of throttle plate position when the throttle plate is opened and provide an output of throttle actuator position when the throttle plate is ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7025572 | Compressor with integral control unit A compressor for a vehicle air conditioner includes a pressure sensor and a torque computing unit for computing the compressor torque. The compressor also has a communication unit that allows data communication with other devices based on vehicle data communication ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024317 | Apparatus and method for fuel measurement and accountability A system for establishing fuel accountability and optimization for a vehicle. The apparatus can include a fuel tank containing hydrocarbon fuels operably engaged to a fuel sensor, an engine positioned inside the vehicle adapted to power the vehicle which is operable... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023102 | Power generation controller for AC generator A power generation controller for an AC generator detects the state of a battery and an electric load to control the output of the AC generator. A current detector detects a current to be used by an electric load on the vehicle. The controller includes a field curre... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017548 | Engine controller An unstable idling state immediately after engine start is stabilized. The difference between a target idling engine speed corresponding to the cooling water temperature and an actual engine speed is integrated. The ignition timing is changed toward advance or retar... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017558 | Evaporative emission control system An evaporative emission control system detects an opening failure of a purge control valve that controls the amount of purge gas flowing from a canister into an intake passage of the engine, and determines whether a significant shift occurs in an air/fuel ratio feed... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7018093 | Apparatus and method for sensing defects in temperature sensors In a temperature controlling apparatus for controlling temperature by using a temperature sensor, a defect state of the temperature sensor is sensed by sensing a change of specific resistance of the temperature sensor. A temperature value of the temperature sensor i... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7002452 | Collision preventing apparatus for a vehicle To maintain a suitable vehicle separation between a driven vehicle and a preceding vehicle, a controller predicts a closest approach distance between the driven vehicle and the preceding vehicle on the assumption that the preceding vehicle decelerates at a decelerat... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6987376 | Watercraft battery control system A watercraft battery control system monitors a battery charge. The system informs the watercraft operator when the battery charge is below a predetermined value. Alternatively, the system automatically controls engine operation by starting the engine or by increasin... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6983735 | Control apparatus for controlling the amount of intake air into an engine A control for controlling an intake air into an engine is provided. A control valve for adjusting an amount of the intake air into the engine is provided. A desired opening degree of a control valve provided in an intake air passage into the engine is determined bas... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6973912 | Method of controlling operation of internal combustion engine An amount-of-air detecting time period Ti is preset based on an intake time period Tr during which intake air is actually drawn into a cylinder chamber. An intake air amount average value Qa during a time period, other than the time period Ti, between intake strokes... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6945223 | Failure diagnostic apparatus for intake air stream control device and control method of failure diagnostic apparatus A failure diagnostic apparatus for an intake air stream control valve which is provided in an intake system for an internal combustion engine, and which forms an air stream in the combustion chamber by changing a flow of intake air when the intake air is introduced ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6945222 | Determining degradation of an idle air throttling device A method to determine degradation of an idle air throttling device in an internal combustion engine. Degradation is determined in a manner that may permit evaluation of both the idle air throttling device and expected engine operating conditions. ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6935309 | Throttle plate manipulator A throttle plate manipulator, for allowing an engine to operate that has a throttle plate, the throttle plate having a gas mixer having cross-hairs including a main opening and vertical and horizontal bars extending across the opening, the throttle plate having a bu... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932050 | Engine controller for a vehicle including an automatic centrifugal clutch An engine controller for a vehicle having an automatic centrifugal clutch device, includes an engine halt controlling means (ECM) for performing engine halt control. The engine halt controlling means halts the engine with the condition that the engine speed becomes ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6927500 | Automotive accessories control system Power generated by an alternator 2 and power generated by an electric motor 12 are controlled such that a power generation amount of either the alternator 2 or the electric motor 12, whichever has a higher power generation efficiency, bec... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6840213 | Control apparatus, control method and engine control unit for variable cylinder internal combustion engine A control apparatus, a control method, and an engine control unit for a variable cylinder internal combustion engine are provided for appropriately performing any of an idling rotational speed control, a deceleration fuel-cut control, and an auxiliary machinery driv... | 01/11/2005 |
