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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7975671 | Engine speed control device, a method for controlling engine speed and an aircraft provided therewith An engine speed control device includes an engine speed control lever that generates an engine speed instruction and a device for delivering the indicative information on the actual engine speed. An actuator applies a mechanical force on the lever according to the d... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7726278 | Internal combustion engine control apparatus In order to accurately detect an abnormal state of a rotation direction detection unit for detecting a rotation direction of a crank shaft, provided is an internal combustion engine control apparatus including: a rotation detection unit including the rotation direct... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7669580 | Electronic engine speed control system for grass mowing machine An electronic engine speed control system for a grass mowing machine powered by an internal combustion engine includes a microcontroller providing an output signal to an engine speed actuator for the engine, a pedal position sensor connected to a foot pedal and prov... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7552712 | Part-throttle performance optimization A system and method for optimizing machine performance using speed shaping in a machine having an engine and a drivetrain implementing engine underspeed module receives a throttle command requesting an increase in engine speed and transmits the throttle command to t... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7536992 | Engine speed controller having PI gains set by engine speed and engine speed error A PI control strategy controls engine speed to an engine speed set-point. A proportional map (36) is populated with data values to be used in calculating the P component of the strategy. An integral map (38) is populated with data values to be used in ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7481200 | Start-up control of internal combustion engines An electric power generation system (20) is disclosed, which includes an electric power generator (22) driven by a four-cycle internal combustion engine (30). The engine (30) includes a plurality of reciprocating cylinders (C1-C... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7478621 | Method of compensating for engine speed overshoot A method for controlling the speed of internal combustion engines in heavy duty trucks and the like compensates for the overshoot, i.e., the difference between a targeted or commanded engine speed and a transient overspeed or underspeed. The method comprehends execu... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7472684 | High low engine speed cruise control A high low cruise control system for a work machine that allows the operator to set and adjust an upper engine speed limit in an upper limit mode or a lower engine speed limit in a lower limit mode and return to these set points easily. Without exiting the cruise co... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7438048 | Fuel injection amount control apparatus for internal combustion engine An object is to prevent deterioration in both exhaust emission and fuel efficiency by suitably combining OTP boosting with power boosting. An electronic control unit (ECU) 30 of the present invention is arranged to control a fuel injection amount of an inject... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7370458 | Speed control system for lawnmower engine In a lawnmower engine speed control system having an actuator moving a throttle valve and a controller controlling operation of the actuator such that the engine speed becomes equal to a predefined desired engine speed, it is determined whether the lawnmower is unde... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7361067 | Method for controlling the acceleration of a marine vessel used for water skiing A system is provided which stores data relating to the operation of a marine vessel during a water skier launch procedure. The data can include a plurality of throttle handle positions that are stored at a frequency which is suitable for reproducing the movement pro... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353804 | Method and arrangement for achieving an adjusted engine setting utilizing engine output and/or fuel consumption A method and associated arrangement for achieving an adjusted engine setting utilizing engine output and/or fuel consumption. An engine that consumes fuel is run. Fuel consumption and/or engine operation output is determined. A value is determined utilizing the dete... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352072 | Method for the closed-loop speed control of an internal combustion engine-generator unit A method for the closed-loop speed control of an internal combustion engine-generator unit with a coupling, in which method, when the engagement of the coupling is detected, a change is made from a first set of parameters to a second set of parameters. In the second... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343897 | Engine control system with user-commanded engine speed adjustments in varying increments An engine control system includes an engine with an output shaft. A power take-off device interfaces with the output shaft and provides rotational power to an auxiliary device. A user input device includes a first engine speed control that commands an increase in en... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7328686 | System and method to control cylinder activation and deactivation Engine cylinder reactivation from a fuel-cut state is controlled based on a calculated future engine speed and a minimum allowable engine speed. The future engine speed is calculated based on the current rate of change of engine speed and a duration required to reac... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320306 | Engine revolution controller of working machine In an engine of a working machine having no governor mechanism, the engine revolution speed is controlled such that the revolution speed can stably be maintained irrespective of the variation in load without adjusting the throttle opening to exploit the full potenti... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7315779 | Vehicle speed limiter A vehicle has a straddle seat, a handlebar, an engine, an electronic control unit (ECU), a throttle valve, a throttle valve actuator, and a throttle operator. A throttle operator position sensor senses a throttle operator position. A vehicle speed sensor senses a ve... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7305298 | Charge motion control valve fuzzy logic diagnostic A method of diagnosing a malfunction of a charge motion control valve coupled to an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine is provided. The method includes: commanding the valve to at least one of close and open; determining a pressure range using fuzzy lo... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305295 | Throttle limiting for an internal combustion engine A throttle limit control for an internal combustion engine throttle control is disclosed. Rate limiting is applied to prevent excessive rates of change in throttle actuation. Throttle pedal authority is continually maintained and throttle headroom is not compromised... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7275374 | Coordinated multivariable control of fuel and air in engines Methods and systems for controlling a diesel engine using a combined fuel and air-side controller are disclosed. An illustrative method may include the steps of providing a combined fuel and air-side controller adapted to coordinate both the fuel and air-side contro... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273033 | Engine control device An engine control device can be capable of suppressing a rise in engine speed at starting. The engine speed can be detected by a speed sensor and a determination can be made whether the engine speed has changed from a starting mode to a normal mode. If the engine sp... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270115 | Method for pressure regulation of an accumulator of a fuel injection system In a method for the pressure regulation in a common rail fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine wherein pressurized fuel is supplied to the various combustion chambers of the engine via injectors under the control of an electronic control unit, a fir... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269490 | Construction machine A construction machine capable of notifying an operator or the like of an energy saving state such that an engine thereof stops irrespective of the operator's will. The construction machine, wherein its engine is controlled to be in an energy saving state when an op... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269495 | Engine output calculation method and engine output calculation apparatus The invention minimizes the man-hours required to develop a map that estimates the torque of an internal combustion engine. The method according to the invention includes making a torque estimation model that defines the relation between indicated torque and charact... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255088 | Engine control system for construction machine An engine control system includes pressure sensors (73, 74), position sensors (75, 76), pressure sensors (77, 78), a target revolution speed modification value computing unit (90), and a modification value adder (70r). A tar... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7245036 | Inverter controlled generator set An inverter controlled generator set including: a power supply unit that uses a generator driven by an engine as a power supply to output a DC voltage; an inverter device that converts the output voltage of the power supply unit into an AC voltage; and a rotational ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245038 | Extending fuel economy operating range in gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines An engine control system for controlling engine operation in high-output (HO) and fuel-economy (FE) modes in a gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine includes an alternator that is driven by the engine and that is regulated by a load control signal. An alternator lo... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240691 | Rotary bleed valve assembly A rotary bleed valve (10) for a gas turbine engine comprises a passage (11) connecting high pressure gases from a compressor to an exhaust and a valve member (12), the valve member (12) may be rotated within the passage (11)so as t... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240487 | Throttle potentiometer adapter A throttle potentiometer adapter provides a direct connection between a pivot nut on a hand throttle linkage and the internal sleeve of a potentiometer. The potentiometer provides a voltage output to an electronic controller, the voltage output corresponding to the ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7236869 | Blended torque estimation for automatic transmission systems A torque prediction module for an automatic transmission system includes a throttle-based torque prediction module. The throttle-based torque prediction module determines a first predicted torque of an engine in a vehicle that is based on a position of a throttle, a... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235963 | Electronic control type throttle valve apparatus, non-contact type rotation angle detecting apparatus used in electronic control type throttle valve apparatus etc. and signal processing apparatus for hall element In an electronic control type throttle valve apparatus, a throttle valve position sensor includes a magnet provided at a throttle valve shaft and a hall element which output changes in accordance with the rotational deviation of the magnet. The hall element is house... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235892 | Load-based quadratic compensator gain adjustment One embodiment includes an internal combustion engine, a sensor signal representative of an observed engine speed, and a controller. This controller is responsive to the sensor signal to determine a control input representative of a difference between the observed e... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233854 | Method for improving fuel economy and performance when deactivating cylinders with vehicle cruise control A method for controlling the speed in a vehicle includes adjusting at least one gain parameter based on a vehicle speed error and the displacement on demand mode of the engine. A new cruise throttle area is calculated from the adjusted gain parameter. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7224578 | Ergonomic control panel for a portable electric generator A control panel for a portable electric generator. The control panel includes three distinct zones having logically organized switches and outlets. The first zone includes those switches used most frequently. The second zone includes a plurality of 120 VAC electrica... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216296 | Method and apparatus for controlled force deployment of user interface devices User interface devices, such as displays and keyboards, are automatically deployed using pulse-width-modulated controlled force in a first safety period. Once safe, force and speed are increased to full deployment. At full deployment, electrical braking dissipates m... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212900 | Method of reducing resonance phenomena in a transmission train of a vehicle internal combustion engine A method of reducing resonance phenomena in a transmission train of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle; when the rotation speed of at least part of the transmission train is such that the frequency of a disturbance harmonic component of the drive torque lies... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207305 | Method for engine speed control A method for engine speed control for an internal combustion engine generating unit (1) is disclosed, whereby a first time point is set when the actual speed (nM(IST)) exceeds a threshold value and a second time point set when the actual speed (nM(IST)) excee... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7191758 | Engine control device of construction machinery A controller of a engine control device according to the present invention is configured to activate an automatic stop control of an engine when there is met a condition that an open state of a gate lever is detected by a limit switch and a rotation speed of the eng... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191583 | Lawn mower control system In a control system of a lawn mower having an internal combustion engine controlled to a desired engine speed by a throttle actuator, a blade connected to the engine to be driven to cut grass, an engine output is estimated based on a detected throttle position and t... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182064 | Method for regulating the rotational speed of an internal combustion engine A method for closed-loop speed control of an internal combustion engine that is provided as a generator drive or a marine propulsion unit, including the steps of: computing a first control deviation (dR1) from a speed variance comparison; computing a first se... | 02/27/2007 |
