Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8061464 | Traction and stability control system and method for a vehicle with mechanically independent front and rear traction wheels A vehicle powertrain with mechanically independent sets of front and rear traction wheels has separate motive power units. An electronic control system including traction wheel slip control is electronically coupled to a first motive power unit and to a second motiv... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7997373 | Steering control device for vehicle A steering control device for a vehicle includes a first adjustment value determination means for determining a first adjustment value of a value corresponding to a wheel steering angle based on an actual value and a target value of turning state quantity, the first... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7946372 | Dual tracked mobile robot for motion in rough terrain The invention is an autonomous dual tracked mobile (10) robot system comprising two or more tracked driving units (12x) configured to travel in tandem and a separate mechanical linkage (16), which joins each of the mobile units to the uni... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7938218 | Children's ride-on vehicles having ground detection systems Children's ride-on vehicles having a drive assembly that is selectively configured between a plurality of drive configurations, such as responsive to user inputs via user input devices, and a ground detection system that is adapted to detect when at least one of a p... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7909126 | System and method for integrating a torque vectoring differential with a stability control system Methods and apparatus are provided for integrating a torque vectoring differential (TVD) and a stability control system in a motor vehicle. The integrated system is utilized for more efficiently correcting understeer and/or oversteer slides in a motor vehicle. In co... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7798272 | Systems and methods for controlling slip of vehicle drive members A system for controlling slip of vehicle drive members is disclosed. The system includes a power train including a plurality of drive members and a hydraulic transmission configured to supply torque to at least one of the drive members. A magnitude of the torque is ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7784577 | Vehicle tack-in prevention control device In a driving-force distribution control unit, a first transfer-torque calculation unit calculates an input-torque sensitive transfer torque, a second transfer-torque calculation unit calculates a steering-angle/yaw-rate sensitive transfer torque, and a third transfe... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7779947 | Acceleration based automated slip control system A system for controlling slip of a machine is disclosed. The system has a power source configured to produce a power output, at least one driven traction device, and a transmission operably connected to transmit the power output from the power source to the at least... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7770681 | Traction control method in machine using lockable differential A method of operating a machine having a lockable differential includes monitoring a first operating parameter indicative of wheel slip, and monitoring a second operating parameter different from the first parameter, the method further including controlling locking ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7753156 | Control system and vehicle including the same A control system for a vehicle includes an ECU, a front wheel speed sensor, a rear wheel speed sensor, and an engine. The ECU detects an actual slip speed and an actual slip ratio of a rear wheel on the basis of respective detected values of a front wheel speed sens... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7641014 | Traction control system and method A method and system of controlling the traction of a vehicle having at least a front axle and a rear axle. One method includes determining a stability status of the vehicle, identifying a driving style of a driver of the vehicle, generating a first drive slip target... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7614470 | Torque proportioning control system A method of proportioning and delivering drive torque to the four wheels of a vehicle includes the steps of sensing the wheel speeds, yaw rate and body side slip of the vehicle, calculating the torque split for delivery to the front, rear, left and right of the vehi... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7591335 | Children's ride-on vehicles having ground detection systems Children's ride-on vehicles having a drive assembly that is selectively configured between a plurality of drive configurations, such as responsive to user inputs via user input devices, and a ground detection system that is adapted to detect when at least one of a p... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7543670 | Wheel slip control system A wheel slip control system includes wheel speed sensors that generate wheel speed signals and a control module that controls torque production of at least one of an engine and an electric motor and that detects a negative wheel slip based on the wheel speed signals... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7500534 | Vehicle slip control system and method A vehicle is equipped with a motor that receives a supply of electric power, which is output from a battery and is boosted up by a DC/DC converter circuit, via an inverter circuit and outputs a torque to a drive shaft. In response to an estimated variation in road s... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7455142 | Scaling of side-to-side torque bias to improve cornering in a programmable four wheel drive system The present invention provides a method for improving cornering performance. From a given vehicle speed and lateral acceleration, in instances of a decrease in drive torque, individual wheel torque is shifted from inside wheels to outside wheels to increase vehicle ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7451847 | Vehicle control method In response to detection of a slip occurring on left and right front wheels (62a, 62b) caused by spin of one of the left and right front wheels (62a, 62b), the control technique of the invention restricts a tor... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7426427 | System for controlling and/or regulating an electric machine of a motor vehicle A system for controlling and/or regulating an electric machine, particularly a crankshaft starter generator, of a motor vehicle is provided. The system has prioritization devices by which different priorities can be assigned to demands on the electric machine. Coord... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424326 | Method and computer program for modeling an interfering pulse in a vehicle electric system A method and a computer program for modeling an interfering pulse in a vehicle electric system are described. Previous approaches for synthesizing such interfering pulses have proven to be insufficiently realistic for the simulation of certain application cases. An ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424359 | Anti-slip control method for a drive system in a motor vehicle A method for controlling a drive system in a motor vehicle having at least one electronic control device, which detects the accelerator pedal position as an input signal and therefrom, corresponding to a basic characteristic curve, determines a wheel torque desired ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421328 | Vehicle slip state determination system and traveling state control system A vehicle slip state determination system serves to calculate an estimated vehicle speed VB, an estimated vehicle deceleration in the vehicle speed DVB, and each of wheel speed differences between right front and rear wheels and between left front and rear wheels Δ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7412319 | Motor vehicle state detecting system System for detecting stability/instability of behavior of a motor vehicle upon occurrence of tire slip or lock. State of the motor vehicle is determined on the basis of an alignment torque (Ta) applied from a road and a side slip angle (β). By taking advantage of s... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410023 | System and method for braking a vehicle A system and method is provided for braking a vehicle having multiple wheels. The method includes applying friction braking and powertrain braking to the vehicle. The method includes reducing the powertrain braking by a predetermined amount. The method also includes... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408452 | Wireless wheel speed sensor In accordance with one or more aspects of the present invention, a wireless sensing system is disclosed, where the system has particular application to sensing the speed of a vehicle wheel, for example. To sense wheel speed, a sensing unit senses changes in magnetic... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406374 | Steering ratio control system of vehicle A steering ratio control system of a vehicle includes a variable steering ratio mechanism variably adjusting a steering ratio of a steer angle at left and right steered road wheels to a steering-wheel rotation angle, and a braking/driving force control unit individu... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7400962 | Method and device for regulating the drive torque following a load change in hybrid vehicles A method for regulating the drive torque following a load change in hybrid vehicles, in which the drive torque is influenced in a load change in that a brake slip at the driven wheel of the hybrid vehicle as a result of the load change is already counteracted in the... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395891 | Engine torque truncation method for a four-wheel drive vehicle A four wheel drive powertrain control for an automotive vehicle is disclosed. It includes a torque transfer case that distributes power from an engine-powered transfer case mainshaft to a secondary driving axle through a friction clutch as power is distributed direc... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7377349 | Slip control device for vehicle, vehicle mounted with the device, and the method of controlling vehicle slip Under the condition of a large variation Tm in motor torque demand Tm*, the significant torque change may lead to some vibration of a vehicle to temporarily heighten an angular acceleration. The temporary rise of the angular acceleration may cause the angular accele... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7374012 | Operation control system for small-sized vehicle An operation control system for a small-sized vehicle is capable of reducing an electric power consumption of a battery used for a power steering apparatus. The operation control system includes a main switch configured to turn on/off an engine, and a power switch f... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376503 | Vehicle running control apparatus and vehicle running control method There is provided wheel speed detection means for detecting a wheel speed V based on a pulse signal corresponding to a rotational speed of a wheel, driving torque integration means calculates an integral value TINdt of driving torque TIN genera... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370471 | Internal combustion engine controller An internal combustion engine controller for automobiles which realizes torque increasing performance and exhaust gas purifying performance in a well-balanced manner even when a high-response torque increase is demanded in uniform charge stoichiometric combustion wh... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364003 | Systems and methods for the mitigation of hop A system for mitigating hop in a propelled machine is provided. A controller is operable to receive an aggressiveness command based on an operator input. A sensor is operable to measure a parameter indicative of hop and output a hop signal indicative of a magnitude ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364196 | Vehicle control method and vehicle control apparatus When feedback control is carried out to ensure that the drive torque of an electric motor for driving each wheel of a vehicle should be equal to a motor torque instruction value, micro-vibration is applied to each tire by superposing a micro-vibration signal to a dr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363138 | Wheel slip detection and torque management A method of controlling traction in a vehicle having at least one non-driven wheel speed sensor. Actual vehicle acceleration and a wheel speed difference are detected. At least one of the actual vehicle acceleration and the wheel speed difference is compared to at l... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363118 | Methods and apparatus for reducing vehicle tire wear A control system and method for minimizing tire wear on vehicles such as highway trucks and tractors determines a drive wheel torque limit based on an assumed tire/road friction coefficient and at least an estimated vehicle weight. The drive wheel torque limit is us... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357213 | Starter with electric oil pump for hybrid vehicle The present invention provides a hybrid vehicle, which has both the function of supplying hydraulic oil to a transmission when the idle operation of an engine is stopped, and the function of providing start force when the engine is cold started, thus reducing space ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357208 | Control system for an at least temporarily four wheel-driven motor vehicle A control unit of an at least temporarily four wheel-driven motor vehicle is provided. The control unit is arranged such that a displacement path for an actuator that actuates a transmission clutch is assigned to a setpoint clutch torque via a characteristic curve, ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359787 | Stability control apparatus and load measuring instrument for wheel supporting rolling bearing unit A stability control apparatus, includes: a grip detector that changes an output based on a grip force applied in a direction hindering a slippage of a wheel, acting on a contact face between the wheel supported by a wheel supporting rolling bearing unit and the road... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357214 | Four-wheel drive combine with slip control An agricultural combine has a variable displacement pump connected to four drive motors that drive four wheels. An electronic controller monitors the speed of each wheel and reduces the torque of the motor that drives the wheel when the wheel slips. The controller r... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354374 | Differential unit A differential unit which can be arranged in compact as a whole, while a differential limit and a differential lock are appropriately executed. The differential unit is provided with a differential mechanism transmitting from a differential case (45) to a pai... | 04/08/2008 |
