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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7686736 | Shift and throttle management during cruise control A control system for regulating operation of a vehicle having a transmission driven by an engine during a cruise control mode includes a first module that determines an operating point of the vehicle and that compares the operating point to one of a shift line and a... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7641588 | CVT system having discrete selectable speed ranges A continuously variable transmission control system is disclosed. The control system has a first operator input device to receive operator input and produce a corresponding first signal indicative of a selected one of a plurality of available predetermined discrete ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7637845 | System and method for controlling vehicle speed A system is provided for controlling the speed of a vehicle having a power plant and a transmission. A control unit is configured to receive a signal indicative of the speed of the vehicle. The control unit is further configured to determine a desired output speed o... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7556586 | Shift control device and shift control method for vehicle A shift control device and a shift control method for a vehicle for reducing shift shock by taking into account the difference in vehicle speeds before and after shifting. In one of the main inventions, the clutch pressure of another clutch (forward clutch) is contr... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7544148 | System and method for controlling vehicle speed A system is provided for controlling the speed of a vehicle having a powertrain including a power plant operably coupled to a transmission. The system includes a control unit configured to receive a signal indicative of vehicle speed, receive a signal indicative of ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7537544 | Control device for vehicle A cruise control device executes a program including the steps of: when shift information transmitted from an ECT-ECU changes from fifth gear to fourth gear, and the time T (1) from a change in the shift information has elapsed, determining that down shifting... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7479091 | Engine running at fixed speed incorporated controllable transmission power system A power system of controllable transmission incorporated with an engine running at fixed speed that controls the engine to run at a fixed speed or approaching a fixed speed within an rpm range with higher BSFC (braking specific fuel consumption) when the engine is s... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7285072 | Vehicle control system A control system for a vehicle, the vehicle including an engine, a variable transmission for varying the transmission ratio between an output member of the engine and a ground engaging drive apparatus, the control system including at least one control apparatus whic... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7273125 | Variable resolution control system The present disclosure is directed to a control system for a power machine that provides selected resolution of the adjusted speed control and other controls, such as attachment controls, to provide more options to the operator for fine positioning. The present disc... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7258650 | Systems and methods for controlling a powertrain A system is provided for controlling the operation of powertrain, including an engine and a torque converter having a torque converter clutch. The system may include a torque governor for controlling a torque output of the engine and a speed governor for controlling... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257522 | Simulator for automatic vehicle transmission controllers A simulator comprising computer-aided design programs for simulating a shift control algorithm stored in an ECU of an automatic transmission having hydraulic clutches. In the simulator, a simplified hydraulic model describes the entire system so as to design a third... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7234556 | One-touch cruise control system A vehicle cruise control system comprises a plurality of pre-set cruise control speed buttons and cruise control logic circuitry coupled to the pre-set cruise control speed buttons. Each one of the pre-set cruise control speed buttons corresponds to a respective pre... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7207924 | Vehicle trajectory control system A method for controlling an engine coupled to a transmission is described. The method is suited for a transmission having at least one gear in which an over-running clutch is present. The invention describes a method for adjusting an engine operating parameter to ma... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204784 | Apparatus for controlling a gear ratio changing operation in a transmission An apparatus for controlling a gear ratio changing operation in a transmission includes clutch controlling device, a motor generating an assist driving torque, and an assist driving torque controlling device for controlling, in response to a clutch operation, the mo... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7194352 | Method and arrangement for controlling the speed of a vehicle A method and an arrangement for controlling the speed of a vehicle make possible a comfortable adaptation of an incrementation or decrementation of a pregiven desired speed. The desired speed is changed by the actuation of an operator-controlled element (1). ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7133760 | Method for controlling the speed of a vehicle A method is directed to the control of the speed of a vehicle wherein the actual speed is caused to track the desired speed. For reducing the actual speed, a transmission (1) of the vehicle (5) is driven to downshift and thereby the brake system is pro... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7119506 | Drive controlling device of a motor-driven vehicle A motor control for an electric motor powered vehicle having an accelerator control connected to a control circuit for supplying the desired driving power that senses possible errors of various types and stops the supply of driving power until normal operation resum... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7115065 | Vehicle control apparatus An apparatus for controlling an automotive vehicle including a target-drive-force setting portion operable to determine a target vehicle drive force, such that the determined target vehicle drive force permits a smooth change of an actual vehicle drive force with a ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7101312 | Vehicular power take-off control A vehicular powertrain includes a throttle controlled engine and a power take-off system for driving external loads. A power take-off control executed in a first processor seeks to have engine control authority in accordance with operator invoked switch states inclu... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097021 | Running control device for industrial vehicle The present invention provides a running control device for an industrial vehicle which generates no speed change shock when the traveling direction is switched to the opposite direction by the forward-reverse selection member during the running of the vehicle. The ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7061131 | Method and system for optimizing energy storage in hybrid off-highway vehicle systems and trolley connected OHV systems A hybrid energy system for propelling an off-highway vehicle includes an engine rated at a first power capacity, and a power converter driven by the engine for providing primary electric power. A traction motor system receives the primary electric power, the tractio... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055473 | Control system for outboard motor An internal combustion engine comprising an engine body. A combustion chamber is formed in the engine body and has at least one valve seat. A valve is configured to move between an open position and a closed position of the valve seat. A valve actuator is configured... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058487 | Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle In a control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle which is able to travel under the driving force from at least one of an internal-combustion engine E and a drive motor connected to the internal-combustion engine, when an FI/AT/MGECU and a MOTECU execute motor damping whi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7042347 | Electronic programmable speed limiter An improved electronic programmable speed limiter for drivers of vehicles which can be preprogrammed and controlled from a remote location via a radio link to update the driver performance and adjust the controls on the speed limiter. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7021283 | Control device for engine of boat A throttle opening command value setting device for setting a throttle opening command value, a throttle control device for controlling a throttle valve of an engine based on a throttle opening command value set by the throttle opening command value setting means, a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7018254 | Fuel injection control for marine engine A watercraft has an engine that is controlled to reduce the likelihood of engine damage and rider discomfort when the watercraft engine speed is rapidly increased due to a lack of load on the propulsion unit. The engine is controlled by a method that detects engine ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6970075 | Electronic programmable speed limiter The instant invention utilizes a programmable circuit which has a 186EM Micro controller therein to operate a circuit which integrates peripherals such as a memory controller, a programmable input and output, a timer and serial controller to increase system function... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6934620 | Fuel injection quantity control device A fuel injection quantity control device includes: vehicle speed detection unit; gear position detection unit; engine revolution speed detection unit; accelerator opening degree detection unit; target acceleration value computation unit for finding a basic target ac... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6918803 | Outboard motor An outboard motor in which a location on a hull of a throttle operating unit (81) such as a throttle lever and a location on the hull of an outboard motor main body accommodating therein an engine are positioned away from each other on the hull and in which a... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6915201 | Method and device for controlling vehicle speed during descent A method and a device for controlling a vehicle in which the vehicle's speed is only regulated, i.e., limited, if descent is detected. Descent detection is carried out based on the vehicle's actual acceleration and a calculated model acceleration of the vehicle, des... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6907950 | Hybrid vehicle system A hybrid vehicle system comprises an engine (1), a gearbox (4), a clutch (3) for engaging or disengaging the gearbox (4) with or from the engine (1), a rotating machine (2), a power transmission mechanism (5) for tran... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6909947 | System and method for driver performance improvement A method (500) of informing a vehicle operator to improve the operator's performance includes the steps of receiving vehicle operating data (502); monitoring an interior portion of the vehicle and receiving operator activity data from the interior port... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6902512 | Power output apparatus and movable body with power output apparatus mounted thereon The technique of the invention sets a relationship between the throttle opening (corresponding to the accelerator opening), the vehicle speed, and the target torque of a drive shaft, so as to enable a greater braking torque to be output in a working status of a crui... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6832147 | Method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle with a gear-shift transmission In a vehicle with a gear-shift transmission of a kind that requires a torque-free state to shift gears, the riding comfort is improved by a method of shifting gears where a gear shift is preceded by the steps of: reducing the vehic... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6805326 | Device and method for saving traction energy in rail vehicles The invention relate to, among other things, a device (5) for a rail vehicle that comprises a control unit (10), which calculates a switch off time using given data and measured values after which the coasting rail vehicle arrives on time at the next s... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6671601 | Continuously variable transmission controller A decision is made as to whether a vehicle is traveling in an uphill traveling mode or in a downhill traveling mode with reference to an incremental running resistance ƊR determined on the basis of a running resistance that will act on the vehicle while ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6602162 | Control device for the internal combustion engine and the automatic gearbox of a motor vehicle An input device having keys for selecting rearward driving (R), neutral position (N) and forward driving (D), as well as a decrementing control switch (5) and incrementing control switch (4) for manually lowering and raising the gear stage. Starting from ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6574535 | Apparatus and method for active driveline damping with clunk control A propulsion system designed for hybrid vehicles utilizing a first torque path from a coupled motor generator system and internal combustion engine through and automatically shifted manual transmission having a secondary torque path from a secondary torqu... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6553302 | Work vehicle with operator selected load control and fuel economy control A work vehicle such as an agricultural tractor includes means for the operator to select between manual or automatic engine speed control and to select among multiple automatic modes each having a different amount by which the engine speed is reduced when... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6497637 | Vehicular constant-speed control apparatus and method of controlling vehicle speed If a throttle valve is fully-closed, it is determined whether or not a transmission is to be downshifted, by determining whether or not an acceleration of the vehicle is equal to or greater than a downshift criterion value. The downshift criterion value i... | 12/24/2002 |
