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A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7959538 | Device and method for controlling engine and hydraulic pump of working vehicle An engine of a working vehicle in which an adverse effect of oil temperature rise is avoided, by decreasing a load applied to an accelerator when the working vehicle moves while lifting a boom and approaches a place where the load in a bucket is to be dumped during ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7909735 | Sudden acceleration eliminator system A safety system for a motor vehicle which prohibits the sudden acceleration of the vehicle as a result of hydraulic brake pressure. The throttle-control system of the vehicle is bypassed by providing an ignition switch connecting a starter to a battery, the battery ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7608014 | Deceleration control device for vehicle A deceleration control device for a vehicle including an automatic transmission capable of changing the gear ratio by a shift operation of a driver. The control device controls the load of a brake actuator or engine so that the vehicle is decelerated, when the drive... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7241249 | Driving condition control method and system In a driving condition control system, a sensing unit is configured to sense a first physical quantity indicative of a rotation of the first rotatable axle assembly and a second physical quantity indicative of a rotation of the second rotatable axle assembly. A corr... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237453 | Acceleration pedal module with controllable friction device A power control device for drive motors in motor vehicles, in particular an accelerator pedal, includes an operating lever which may be operated by an operating force against a return force from a rest position on pivoting about a pivot axis. A damping device for da... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7214166 | Method and arrangement for distributing brake torque on a vehicle Method and apparatus for distributing brake torque between at least one first and one second brake device on a motor vehicle including at least two wheel pairs. The first brake device is a friction brake which acts on at least one wheel pair and the second brake dev... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7168413 | Fuel injector control apparatus for cylinder injection type internal combustion engine A fuel injector control apparatus for a cylinder injection type engine includes driving circuits each shared by plural fuel injectors classified groupwise and having one ends connected in common to a potential source, switching means (13, 17, 19) connected to... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7074160 | Controller for driving system of vehicle A control device for a drive line of a vehicle, in which a drive line from a power source to drive wheel includes a wheel control for controlling the speed of the wheels, and a connection mechanism for increasing/decreasing a torque transmission capacity between the... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7059999 | Method and device for controlling the drive unit of a vehicle A method and an arrangement for controlling the drive unit of a vehicle are suggested which prevent a lost motion and a dead path in the interpretation of the position of the accelerator pedal for forming a desired acceleration. An acceleration command is derived fr... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6979280 | Control apparatus and control method for vehicle In a control apparatus for a vehicle, when a coast downshifting is performed in response to a downshifting command from a vehicle operator during braking operation under the fuel cut control, the braking force of the wheel brake is increased so as to increase the de... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6973383 | Control apparatus and method for automatically stopping and starting internal combustion engine mounted in vehicle An engine is automatically stopped when a predetermined amount of time has passed with a predetermined stopping condition being fulfilled, even if learning is not yet complete, when an automatic stopping condition of the engine and a learning execution condition of ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6969341 | Engine deceleration control system An engine deceleration control system for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle is arranged to prohibit correcting an air quantity supplied to the engine when an elapsed time period from a moment of turning off of an accelerator of the engine is within a first ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6961654 | Controlled engine shutdown for a hybrid electric vehicle A method and system to control engine shutdown in a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) are provided. Tailpipe emissions are reduced during the many engine shutdowns and subsequent restarts during the course of an HEV drive cycle, and evaporative emissions are reduced dur... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959238 | Vehicle control apparatus A vehicle control apparatus generates an appropriate driving force according to the will of a driver when an internal combustion engine is restarted from a condition in which the idling of the engine is being stopped. In a condition in which the idling of an interna... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6932743 | Throttle control and failure accommodation One embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus including an internal combustion engine for powering a ground travelling vehicle, a throttle control arrangement including a device for sensing position of an operator-adjustable pedal to provide a throttle con... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6898506 | Braking force control apparatus for vehicle and method thereof The braking force control apparatus for a vehicle which has a function of applying a braking force to the vehicle by rotational resistance of the engine, by stopping the fuel supply to the engine during coasting of the vehicle and by controlling a torque capacity of... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6878096 | Method and device for securing the standstill of a vehicle, notably in conjunction with a vehicle speed control A method and an arrangement for ensuring the standstill of a vehicle, especially in combination with a control of the speed of the vehicle, are suggested, wherein a braking force is built up to realize a parking brake when standstill of the vehicle is detected and/o... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6773374 | Brake negative pressure control apparatus and method, and engine control unit for internal combustion engine A brake negative pressure control apparatus and method, and an engine control unit for an internal combustion engine are provided for ensuring a negative pressure within a brake booster and a stable combustion while avoiding a complicated control. The brake negative... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6763298 | Controlled engine shutdown for a hybrid electric vehicle A method and system to control engine shutdown for a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) is provided. Tailpipe emissions are reduced during the many engine shutdowns and subsequent restarts during the course of an HEV drive cycle, and evaporative emissions are reduced dur... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6554744 | Apparatus and method of controlling the road speed of a motor vehicle An apparatus (10) for controlling the road speed of a motor vehicle has an accelerator pedal (12), which is biased counter to its actuating direction into an inoperative position and is movable from the inoperative position into a neutral position, from w... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6478716 | Vehicle deceleration controller A vehicle deceleration controller which is able to relatively reliably satisfy the intended deceleration of the driver irrespective of changes in the vehicle speed, the gradient of the driving road surface and the total weight of the vehicle includes a de... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6449554 | Travel speed controller for electrically powered light weight vehicle, and electrically powered light weight vehicle A travel speed controller for use in an electrically powered light weight vehicle with a battery-powered motor and a control circuit. If an operator applies some accelerating force or a physical force, to the vehicle body, the control circuit receives a p... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6434453 | Engine control system for hybrid vehicle An engine control system for a hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine and an electric motor as driving force sources, for permitting stopping and restarting of the engine in accordance with predetermined drive conditions. The engine control s... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6397694 | Method and apparatus for calibrating a fluid retarder A method and apparatus is configured for calibrating a fluid retarder 155 in a transmission system. The transmission system may include an engine 120 connected to a transmission 135 through a driveshaft 118, or power input shaft. The driveshaft is mechani... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6334835 | Fuel-cut control device and fuel-cut control method Abrupt deceleration of a vehicle is detected based on a depression amount or a depression speed of a brake pedal. If abrupt deceleration of the vehicle has been detected during fuel-cut control, a command is issued to make forcible restoration of control ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6290627 | Control unit of automatic transmission A control unit for an automatic transmission provides improved responsiveness to a speed reduction operation by the driver. The control unit includes a speed reduction requirement judging logic which judges whether or not there is a speed reduction requir... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6251046 | Automatic engine-stop control apparatus for internal combustion engine An automatic engine-stop control apparatus for a vehicle includes a vehicle speed sensor and a brake pedal depression sensor which are coupled to a control unit. The control unit is programmed to decide that the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6182002 | Vehicle acceleration based traction control An improved traction control system in which a wheel spin condition is detected based on measured vehicle acceleration instead of measured wheel speeds. An electronic controller detects a wheel spin condition by computing the acceleration of the vehicle d... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6045485 | Circuit for interfacing vehicle drivetrain, service brake, and power take-off with engine control A circuit interfaces the brake, the drivetrain, and an accessory driven from the engine through a power take-off with the engine control so as to disallow application of the brake from discontinuing running of the engine at running speed set by the thrott... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6007454 | Traction control device of automobile automatically adapted for high and low gear driving In an automobile having a pair of front wheels, a pair of rear wheels, a brake system for selectively braking each of the pairs of front and rear wheels, an engine, a transmission system including a speed change gear device for selectively providing a plu... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5722914 | System and method for increasing engine idle during operation of an anti-lock brake system A system and method for increasing engine idle during operation of an anti-lock brake system includes car-speed sensing means, in which the state of an electronic signal, outputted according to a driving speed of an automobile, is changed; engine revoluti... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5640322 | System for controlling the operation of a vehicular transmission A system to control the operation of a vehicular transmission embodying the concepts of the present invention utilizes a controller, at least one pulse width modulation solenoid valve and a torque transfer device operatively controlled by each of the sole... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5351795 | Electronically controlled hydrodynamic retarder with adaptive duty cycles based on decelarations An electronically controlled hydrodynamic retarder interconnects with the output shaft of a vehicle transmission to selectively apply a braking torque thereto. The retarder includes a solenoid valve, the operating duty cycle of which controls the retarder... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5328006 | Traction control system for motor vehicle A traction control system for a motor vehicle having driving wheels and driven wheels includes a device for detecting the speed of each of the driving wheels of the vehicle, a device for detecting the speed of each of the driven wheels of the vehicle, a d... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5125485 | Motor vehicle movement control A movement control system for a motor vehicle comprising a movement control device, an acceleration or deceleration signal and a vehicle speed reference signal insensitive to the vehicles' direction are sent to a controller. The system also includes a thr... | 06/30/1992 |
| 4946015 | Vehicle traction control system When an excessive acceleration spin condition is detected in one or both of the driven wheels of a vehicle, braking pressure is applied to one or both wheel brakes to quickly take control of the respective excessive spin condition. A value representing th... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4630577 | Stop-start device for controlling the operation of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle provided with an automatic transmission The device comprises sensors for providing electrical signals indicative of the speed of the vehicle, the speed of rotation of the engine, the position of the accelerator pedal and the position of the brake pedal. An electronic monitoring and control unit... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4352404 | Device for the control of the traveling speed of a motor vehicle A device for the control of the traveling speed of a motor vehicle with an electrical controller applied by an actual speed signal and a desired speed signal, an output stage which contains a servo-motor being in operative connection with an element, pref... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4267914 | Anti-kickback power tool control An impending kickback condition is the operation of a power tool or machine tool system is sensed and used to control or eliminate the kickback. The ability to sense an impending kickback condition can be used in all categories of power driven tools. The ... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4253437 | Fuel control means for internal combustion engines Engine fuel control system includes a slow fuel passage for providing a supply of fuel mostly under a light load engine operation. A solenoid type shut-off valve is provided in the slow fuel passage so that the fuel supply is cut-off during deceleration. ... | 03/03/1981 |
