Bizarre Patents
A banana protective device for storing and transporting a banana carefully.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8105202 | Transmission control device for motorcycle To automatically shift the shift position of an automatic transmission depending on whether or not the rider is seated or the side stand is retracted. When the vehicle is at a stop with an engine running, and it is detected that the rider is not sitting on a rider s... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8075445 | Driving force control apparatus and driving force control method In a driving force control apparatus and a driving force control method, a curve ahead of a vehicle is detected; a target vehicle speed is set to pass the curve; a starting-point shift speed is set to pass the starting point of the curve; and an end-point shift spee... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7967724 | Shift map switching control unit A controller selects a shift map for deriving the shift timing of an automatic transmission according to output signals from a front seat seating sensor, a pillion seating sensor and a carrier loading sensor. The controller switches the shift map of a standard type ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963882 | Range-switching device of automatic transmission, and control method of the device A range-switching device of an automatic transmission has a control device that executes a fail-safe process of prohibiting the changing to the parking range if a parking load greater than or equal to a predetermined value occurs when the vehicle is at rest. ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7946955 | Vehicle control apparatus and method A vehicle control apparatus includes a controller. When predetermined conditions are satisfied, the controller executes a neutral control that forcibly places an automatic transmission in a substantially neutral state, the predetermined conditions including the shif... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7918762 | Power output apparatus, control method of power output apparatus, and vehicle equipped with power output apparatus The drive control of the invention executed in a vehicle sets a correction coefficient keg, based on an intake air temperature and an atmospheric pressure reflecting the density of intake air supplied to an engine, and multiplies a power demand required for the vehi... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7862473 | Fluid supply device and fluid supply method of fluid coupling An ECU executes a program including outputting, when the oil temperature THO of ATF | 01/04/2011 |
| 7862472 | Automatic transmission In a planetary gear type stepped automatic transmission, a gear shift control to shift a gear shift stage between a first gear shift stage and a second gear shift stage is performed by a first shift control section by referring to a first gear shift control data use... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7862471 | Valve control system A solenoid control system for implementation with an electronic range selection (ETRS) system that shifts a transmission range between a park position and an out-of-park position. A first solenoid assembly is operable to control a fluid valve to supply pressurized f... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7833127 | Method for adjusting the clutch torque of a motor vehicle depending upon the driving resistance A method for controlling or regulating a clutch torque of a startup clutch of a motor vehicle, which first of all reliably prevents an unintentional rolling of the motor vehicle down a gradient and second enables a comfortable maneuvering mode, which requires no sep... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7641587 | Fuel quality indication for adaptive transmission control A control system and method for adaptively controlling transmission ratio shifting in an electronically controlled transmission. A refueling event is detected. After the detected refueling event, fuel consumption is monitored for a predetermined period during which ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7608012 | Resolving a non-commanded neutral state in a clutch-to-clutch transmission A method of controlling a clutch-to-clutch transmission. The method includes detecting transmission slip speed that exceeds a predetermined amount for a predetermined time period. Based on the detecting, a shift of a gear ratio of the transmission is forced. When th... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7604567 | Control apparatus of vehicle A control apparatus of a vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine; a transmission, including a group of gears made to mesh with synchronizing mechanisms for attaining a predetermined change of gear; an internal combustion engine controller stopping the intern... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7500936 | Fail detecting apparatus for automatic transmission A fail detecting apparatus for an automatic transmission which is capable of quickly detecting a failure of an oil pressure switch with accuracy. In addition to an oil pressure switch state determining process carried out while a vehicle is running, the state of an ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7470211 | Variable valve system of internal combustion engine and control method thereof A valve characteristic changing mechanism is supplied with oil discharged from an electric oil pump in addition to oil discharged from a mechanical oil pump that is driven by an operation of an internal combustion engine. Driving of the electric oil pump is controll... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7452306 | Drive system having slip control A drive system for a work machine is disclosed. The drive system has at least one driven traction device and a transmission operatively connected to the at least one driven traction device. The transmission is configured to drive the at least one driven traction dev... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7441521 | Variable valve mechanism A first arm member and a second arm member are provided. The first arm member is positioned between a cam and a valve body to oscillate in synchronism with the rotation of the cam. The second arm member changes the angle of the first arm member in accordance with th... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7429232 | Drive train and method for controlling a drive train A method for controlling a drive train of a motor vehicle, to a method for controlling a clutch device, and to a drive train of a motor vehicle, the drive train being operated in a normal load operation, in which the internal combustion engine moves the motor vehicl... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427254 | Deceleration control apparatus and method for a vehicle A declaration control apparatus and method for a vehicle, which performs deceleration control such that a deceleration acting on the vehicle becomes equal to a target deceleration by an operation of a brake system which applies a braking force to the vehicle and a s... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7404784 | Fuel saving sensor system The system includes an engine, a sensor, and a controller. The engine provides a driving motion for the vehicle. The sensor unit is configured to determine a range of a leading vehicle. The controller is in communication with the engine and the sensor unit, such tha... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7393305 | Controller for automatic transmission In performing a down-shift based on a driver's intention of deceleration, an engine output increasing control is started at a time when a transfer torque capacity of the releasing clutch becomes small or zero and the actual oil pressure decreases to an initial oil p... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390284 | Vehicle transmission shift quality A vehicle powertrain modelling system includes a powertrain model (20), a vehicle model (30), a seat model (55), a driver model (60) and a correlation element (50) comprising a neural network. As a result vehicle development is enh... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7380538 | Reverse operation of a vehicle A vehicle has a vehicle body, a seat, an engine, an ECU, a throttle body, a throttle valve, a throttle valve actuator, a throttle operator, and a throttle operator position sensor. A shifter is disposed on the vehicle in proximity to the seat for selecting a vehicle... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370547 | Shift control system, shift control method and shift switching device A shift control system rotates an actuator to cause a wall of a detent plate to contact a roller of a detent spring, and detects the position of contact so as to detect the position of the wall of the detent plate. This wall position is set as a reference position o... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367920 | Deceleration control apparatus and method for a vehicle A declaration control apparatus and method for a vehicle, which performs deceleration control such that a deceleration acting on the vehicle becomes equal to a target deceleration by an operation of a brake system which applies a braking force to the vehicle and a s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7357215 | Steering apparatus for electric industrial vehicle A controller controls right and left wheel drive motors based on a tire angle detected by a tire angle sensor such that the angular velocities of a pair of drive wheels about the center of a turn of the vehicle are equal to each other. The controller determines a st... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349767 | Method and system for intention estimation and operation assistance An intention estimation and operation assistance system for estimating an operator's intention and providing assistance to operation of a machine. Reference data, such as the operation of a plurality of hypothetical operators, is provided for comparison with the ope... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349770 | Vehicle control system A vehicle control system is disclosed. The vehicle control system includes a by-wire system with an actuator for changing vehicle conditions and a by-wire control circuit that electrically controls the actuator according to a command for changing the vehicle conditi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343236 | Electronic control system The present invention provides a universal power control module for automatic transmissions. The power control module includes a processor and at least two sensor inputs that convey engine and vehicle data to the processor. This data may include vehicle speed, engin... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7317979 | Speed change control system of automotive automatic transmission In a speed change control system of an automatic transmission incorporated with an engine, there are provided a speed change mechanism that is able to establish a forward speed or a reverse by engaging a hydraulically operated friction element upon switching of the ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311638 | Mechanical automatic transmission apparatus During a period in which a clutch is in a partially engaged state at the time of start of a vehicle, a transmission ECU calculates load acting on the clutch (clutch-absorbed energy). When this load is large, generation of a shift signal based on a gear shift map is ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7299701 | Compressive fatigue and energy test apparatus and method for testing clutch plate friction materials The present invention presents a means for simultaneously testing the compressive strength and measuring the thermal energy dissipated by a given friction material during slip. The testing apparatus includes a rotatable flywheel that rotates a transmission reaction ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7291092 | Shift control apparatus and method for automatic transmission In shift control apparatus and method for an automatic transmission in which an engine speed is inputted, and a shift change in a shift stage of the automatic transmission is performed to make a gear shift, a shift revolution synchronization control in synchronizati... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7278510 | Shifting system for an automobile automatic transmission The invention is an automatic transmission shifting system for automobile, the automobile having a steering column assembly including a steering wheel at one end and steering column, and an electrical wire having first end terminating at the steering wheel and a sec... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278940 | Powertrain with electrically variable transmission providing improved gradeability A powertrain includes an engine with an engine output member and a transmission with two motor/generators and a transmission input member operatively connected to the engine output member. A control unit is configured to selectively cause a device to resist or preve... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276013 | Parallel shift transmission and method for controlling it The invention relates to a parallel shift transmission having a drive unit and two partial transmissions, each connectable to the drive unit via a friction clutch and each having a plurality of gear ratio steps. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275455 | Automatic gear system The present invention broadly comprises a method for the control of a gear engagement mechanism of an automated multiple-ratio transmission having at least one drive shaft and at least one output shaft, including assigning a synchronizer to at least one gear step, a... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7258649 | Shift control apparatus for vehicular automatic transmission and method thereof An automatic shift control is executed in an automatic transmission with 5 shift speeds of range hold type in the highest gear stage of a shift range at the manual shift mode. Upon selection of a shift mode from the automatic shift mode to the manual shift mode, the... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7245225 | Failure monitor for motor drive control system A failure monitor designed to monitor a failure in operation of a motor drive control system. The system works to drive a motor-driven member through an output shaft and includes an angular position sensor for determining an angular position of the output shaft for ... | 07/17/2007 |
