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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185280 | Method and apparatus for shifting gears in transmissions A method of changing from a first gear position to a second gear position of a transmission arrangement is disclosed. The arrangement includes a rotatable transmission member, a hydrostatic continuously variable transmission coupled to the transmission member and op... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175778 | Control apparatus and control method for automatic transmission If a mode-detection value is switched from an automatic shift-mode to a manual shift-mode, a T-ECU changes a shift-stage to a speed lower than a speed that is obtained before the switching of the mode-detection value. The T-ECU determines that a state of the T-ECU r... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8135521 | Control device for automatic transmission A control device for an automatic transmission capable of operating in an automatic shift mode in which a gear ratio is automatically selected based on driving conditions of a vehicle, and also capable of operating in a manual shift mode in which the gear ratio is c... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8086379 | Control apparatus for automatic transmission A control apparatus for an automatic transmission capable of operating in an automatic shift mode in which a speed ratio is automatically selected based on driving conditions of a vehicle, and a manual shift mode in which the speed ratio is changed based on an upshi... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8055414 | Shift control apparatus and method for continuously variable transmission An ECT-ECU executes a program that includes a step of executing a stepped shift control if cruise control is not being executed during sequential shift control (stepped shift control) and a step of executing stepless shift control in response to cruise control being... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7747372 | Systems and methods for user control of vehicular transmission shift points Systems and methods for user control of vehicular transmission shift points. In one embodiment, a user may control a transmission shift point by adjusting a selector having non-discrete selectable positions. Such selector may generate a signal indicative of its posi... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7460943 | Electronic control unit for controlling sequential gearshift ranges of vehicles In response to an upshift of a gearshift position SP in a sequential gearshift range, the drive control of the invention once lowers the rotation speed Ne of an engine. This variation in rotation speed of the engine enables the driver to have adequate gear change fe... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7367922 | Device for controlling an automatic gearbox A device for controlling an automatically shifting transmission of a motor vehicle is provided. A first selection device which sets gear speeds adjustable in an automatic mode, a second selection device which manually sets the gears of the transmission in a manual m... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366601 | Automatic transmission having torque converter with lockup clutch and method of controlling same lockup clutch When a downshift instruction has been detected, the oil pressure of a lookup clutch is controlled, and the state of operation of the automatic transmission is detected. If a starting condition has been met, a slip rotation speed of the lockup clutch is calculated, a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354378 | Motor vehicle, control unit, driving force transmission system, and motor vehicle control method A large gearshift shock that occurs if a renewed gearshift operation is forcibly carried out in order to meet a new gearshift request made through a driver's operating an accelerator pedal or a signal from an operation lever during a current gearshift operation. Gea... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7337051 | Shift control apparatus for step-variable automatic transmission A shift control apparatus for controlling shifting actions of a step-variable automatic transmission having a plurality of selectable groups of forward-drive positions (e.g., normal-spread group and narrow-spread or wide-spread group) having respective different set... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337050 | Method and apparatus for controlling a gear shift in a parallel shaft gear of a motor vehicle The invention relates to a method for controlling a gear shift, especially a pulling upshift in a parallel-shift transmission of a vehicle, said parallel-shift transmission having two transmission branches situated parallel to each other between an output shaft of a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7313470 | Vehicle torque monitoring system A distributed torque monitoring and control system for a hybrid vehicle. The hybrid vehicle has a power transfer unit adapted to drive a vehicle wheel and a power source adapted to drive the power transfer unit. The system includes a local torque monitor and a vehic... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7292922 | Target volume based torque phase control during upshift A transmission control system includes a first gear engagement element that receives fluid and engages a first gear. An electromagnetic actuator selectively interrupts fluid flow to the first gear engagement element based on a duty cycle of a control signal. A contr... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7247121 | Control device for automatic transmission A position sensor for an automatic transmission has multiple switches, each of which generates “ON” or “OFF” signal depending on a selected position of a shift lever. Signal patterns (“ON” and “OFF” signals) of the normal operation are memorized as a... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7249193 | SRDF assist Transmitting data from a source to a destination, includes receiving the data from the source and providing the data to the destination using a network, where the data is acknowledged to the source as being successfully received at the destination prior to all of th... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246675 | Adjustment of the speed of a motor vehicle with an automatic gearbox A method relieves the burden of a driver of a motor vehicle in which the drive train is provided with a gearbox which can be operated in an automatic mode and a manual mode. The method comprises the following automatic steps: a) detection whether the speed of the ve... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246670 | Work vehicle with hydrostatic steering system A work vehicle with a hydrostatic steering system is disclosed which is capable of performing optimum control of the absorption torque of a hydraulic pump according to running load; capable of preferentially ensuring turning performance and implement speed when runn... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244215 | Transmission control system and method A vehicle transmission transmits torque from an engine to a drive axle and includes a power shift transmission and a reverser module. A control system and method automatically partially disengages the reverser module during a shift of the power shift transmission wi... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7237661 | Integral input shaft brake and disconnect apparatus An input shaft brake and disconnect apparatus is provided in a housing between an engine and a transmission. The disconnect apparatus has a first cavity that receives pressurized fluid causing a piston to shift and disconnect an input shaft from a clutch. Pressurize... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7225071 | Vehicle transmission control system Clutch pressure is reduced when a vehicle is stopped with an engine (1) in an idling state. Once a turbine rotation speed increases to a predetermined rotation speed, the clutch pressure is increased to an initial pressure. After the initial pressure is reach... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7200477 | Driver-aid method and device for shifting gears in an automatic transmission A driver-aid method for shifting gears in an automatic transmission, wherein an automatic operating mode of the automatic transmission provides for shifting automatically by means of an optimization strategy based on information signals. Manual shifting of the gears... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7181328 | Method and arrangement for selecting a starting gear and a vehicle comprising this arrangement Method and arrangement for selecting a starting gear for a vehicle having an engine (3), an AMT-type transmission (5) and a power take-off (9) for maneuvering at least one body device on the vehicle. The method includes the steps of generating a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7151989 | Twin-clutch gearbox and method for shifting an initial gear upwards into a target gear in the twin-clutch gearbox of a motor vehicle The invention relates to a method for shifting an initial gear upwards into a target gear in a twin-clutch gearbox of a motor vehicle. According to the invention, the engine torque (MMotor) of the vehicle is altered when a target gear is selected incorrec... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149617 | Method of timed shift to neutral in apparent stationary modes A control for a transmission and a clutch monitors conditions to determine when a vehicle associated with the clutch and transmission is likely in a stationary state. If the vehicle appears to be stationary, with the transmission engaged and the clutch open, then th... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7111912 | Control handle with spiral position sensor and integral switches A control handle for electro-mechanical devices, such as the brakes of a train or other vehicle, is disclosed. The control handle incorporates elements for electrical switching as well as elements for measuring the angle of rotation between the control handle's rota... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7096106 | Method and system for the regulation and/or control of an engine gearbox unit in a motor vehicle A method for regulating and/or controlling an engine-transmission unit in a motor vehicle includes prioritizing torque demands to obtain an only torque value, storing the only torque value as a current successful situation and retaining the torque value for the prev... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093536 | Fault tolerant operating method for a cotton packager A fault tolerant operating method for a cotton compactor of a cotton module builder or packager of a cotton harvesting machine, which serves as an alternative to shutting down the compacting process or erratic operation thereof, in the event of indication of a fault... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7075259 | Motor control apparatus for adjusting target rotation speed of motor in accordance with current condition of motor load A motor control apparatus, for controlling an electric motor to move a control object from a current position to a target position, estimates a condition of a load currently being applied to the motor (e.g., whether it is a positive or a negative load) based on the ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066862 | Method for a shift control of a power shift transmission A method for a shift control of a power shift transmission includes closing an incoming, engaging clutch unit assigned to a new gear and opening the outgoing, disengaging clutch unit assigned to an old gear such that the closing and the opening overlap in time. The ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063394 | Method and apparatus for setting a desired deceleration of a vehicle A braking system for a vehicle in which, when a brake pedal is depressed, a corresponding braking effect is generated. The system includes an operating device which is in operative connection with an accelerator pedal, for setting a desired deceleration. When the ac... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7065441 | Shift control system and method for V-belt type continuously variable transmission A shift control system for a V-belt type continuously variable transmission is provided. The shift control system comprises a controller programmed to store an actual transmission ratio of the continuously variable transmission at stop of an associated vehicle drive... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7058497 | Apparatus and method for determining a failure in an automatic transmission When a shift routine is not being executed in an automatic transmission and a difference between an actual turbine speed and a calculated synchronous speed is equal to, or greater than, a preset value α, a difference ΔNT between an estimated turbine speed and the ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7029421 | Method for operating an automatic gearbox on a motor vehicle A method is described for operating an automatic transmission in which a command for changing a current ratio of the automatic transmission is generated when achieving preset operating states of the vehicle automatically or by manual input in a manual shifting mode,... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7022045 | Vehicle accelerator pedal device An accelerator pedal device includes a pedal reaction force providing device for providing a reaction force to an accelerator pedal according to an amount of depression of the accelerator pedal operated by a driver. The reaction force to be provided from the pedal r... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7005814 | Motor control apparatus having current supply phase correction In a motor-driven shift position switching device, when the difference between a target position and the rotation position of a rotor has become smaller than a prescribed value in a motor feedback control, a transition is made to a deceleration control. A phase lead... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7001307 | 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... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001308 | Shift device for an automatic transmission of a vehicle A shift device for an automatic transmission of a vehicle, particularly of a motor vehicle, is proposed in which the request to change the current ratio of the automatic transmission upon reaching preset operating states of the vehicle can be automatically generated... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6959941 | Bicycle shift control apparatus that selectively restricts speed stages An electronic shift control apparatus is provided for a bicycle having a transmission with a plurality of speed stages. The apparatus comprises a shift unit that provides signals for shifting the transmission, a restriction selecting unit operated by a user to selec... | 11/01/2005 |
