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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180547 | Telematics system and method for traction reporting and control in a vehicle In one embodiment, a system and method are provided for detecting a slip condition between a vehicle tire and a road surface, processing contemporaneous vehicle data, such as torque or brake pressure applied, to determine a force of friction, and calculating a coeff... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8170766 | System and method for supplying power to ABS for vehicle A system and method for supplying power to an Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) for a vehicle includes: determining whether an ignition key has been turned on; comparing voltage of a first battery unit, configured to apply the power to an ABS actuation unit, with volta... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8046146 | Adaptive ABS control A method is provided for adaptively determining an anti-lock braking strategy that includes monitoring a distance differential of at least one target in proximity to a driven vehicle. An anti-lock braking strategy is determined as a function of the distance differen... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041491 | Reconfigurable structure method of estimating vehicle lateral velocity A system, method and computer program product is provided for estimating the lateral velocity of a vehicle. The method comprises providing a plurality of estimation structures, each estimation structure corresponding to one of a plurality of dynamic regions in which... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8014927 | Antilock brake system control device and method An object of the present invention is to provide an antilock brake system control device that can realize an accurate constant speed running control by cooperating an ABS control and a constant speed running. The control device includes: an ABS control hydraulic cir... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8000872 | Vehicle anti-skid brake control system and its control method An anti-skid brake control system and its control method for vehicle has a signal collection unit and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit includes a data receiving module, a data processing module and a data control module. The data receiving mod... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7991531 | Antiskid control unit and data collection system for vehicle braking system A wheel speed transducer including a magnetic device associated with a wheel and a sensor device associated with the axle of the wheel provides data indicative of the velocity of the wheel. A processor located at the axle receives the wheel speed data and processes ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7805233 | Antiskid control unit and data collection system for vehicle braking system A wheel speed transducer including a magnetic device associated with a wheel and a sensor device associated with the axle of the wheel provides data indicative of the velocity of the wheel. A processor located at the axle receives the wheel speed data and processes ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7769519 | Motion control device for vehicle A motion control device for a vehicle is configured so that a hydraulic unit mounting therein a pump for generating a controlled hydraulic pressure applied to respective wheel cylinders of the vehicle is integrated with a control unit provided with a yaw rate sensor... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7725235 | Slip-control method and device A method for controlling the slip of a tire (1) of an automobile, said tire comprising a tread (3). The method comprises adjusting said slip using the measurement of a variable linked to the surface temperature (T2) of the tread in the conta... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7693639 | Vehicle dynamics control apparatus A vehicle dynamics control (VDC) apparatus for an automotive vehicle with a differential limiting device capable of limiting at least one of a differential motion between front and rear wheel axles and a differential motion between left and right wheel axles, includ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7627412 | Automatic braking force control apparatus In an automatic braking force control apparatus for a vehicle employing a deceleration feedback control system and an anti-skid control system executing, irrespective of a desired braking force for deceleration feedback control, an anti-skid cycle for preventing a w... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7542838 | Method of adjusting a motor vehicle electronic stability program The invention relates to a method of adjusting an electronic stability program (ESP) for a motor vehicle. This method comprises various steps, including in particular: establishing the curve of the consumption values (Cesp) as a function of time, said curve being re... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7489996 | Antiskid control unit and data collection system for vehicle braking system A wheel speed transducer including a magnetic device associated with a wheel and a sensor device associated with the axle of the wheel provides data indicative of the velocity of the wheel. A processor located at the axle receives the wheel speed data and processes ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7444223 | Skid and roll-over protection system and method for vehicles A system (10) for preventing skidding or roll-over of a road vehicle includes a wheel vibratory sensor arrangement (14) for each wheel (12) configured to measure vibrational motion of the wheel hub along at least two, and preferably three, perpe... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440829 | Steering angle estimating apparatus for vehicle The present invention provides a steering angle estimating apparatus for vehicle that can accurately determine a steady state at all the steering angles, and can estimate the steering angle as much as possible even in a non-steady state. In the steering angle estima... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7433772 | Target speed control system for a vehicle When a vehicle travels along a curve of a road, a target vehicle acceleration/deceleration that is used for accelerating/decelerating the vehicle to a target vehicle speed, which is set for the curve, is calculated. Based on a comparison between a present vehicle sp... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426431 | System for controlling the stability of a vehicle using an algorithm analyzing the variation in a representative parameter over time Vehicle stability control system, the system including means for imparting a longitudinal force on the tire and means for calculating the slip parameter GOpt at each activation of the means for imparting a longitudinal force on the tire in the following m... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7421890 | Tire HIL simulator A tire HIL simulator is provided which is capable of, in a testing apparatus where a vehicle model is incorporated into a tire testing apparatus, reproducing the behavior of a tire which corresponds to the three-dimensional behavior of a vehicle, even if a three-dim... | 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 |
| 7418329 | Steering control apparatus for a vehicle A steering device is provided for controlling steering torque applied to a steering wheel of a vehicle. A braking device is provided for controlling longitudinal force applied to each wheel, and a control device is provided for performing at least one of an anti-ski... | 08/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7389170 | Method and apparatus for judging road surface conditions and program for judging road surface conditions A method, apparatus and program for judging road surface conditions on which a vehicle is running. The method, apparatus and program includes the steps of: obtaining wheel speed rotational information of driving wheels of the vehicle during running from wheel speed ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7380890 | System for controlling brake pulsing at vehicle natural vibration frequencies A system is provided for controlling automatic brake systems to avoid pulsing vehicle brakes at certain natural vibration frequencies of the vehicle's mechanical systems such as a powertrain and driveline. The natural vibration frequencies of the vehicle's systems a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7373236 | Vehicle control device and vehicle control method Steering stability of a vehicle under a traveling state such as cornering is enhanced by controlling a state of the vehicle based on cornering powers of right and left wheels. A detecting unit 1 detects action force containing longitudinal force Fx, lateral f... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370853 | Vibration isolating bushing with embedded angular position sensor A bushing assembly adapted for application in vehicle suspension systems includes an outer, generally cylindrical bushing member, an inner generally cylindrical bushing member arranged concentrically within the outer member. The two bushing members are interconnecte... | 05/13/2008 |
| RE40268 | Wheel lift identification for an automotive vehicle A system for detecting wheel lift of an automotive vehicle has a speed sensor (22) coupled to a wheel (12) of automotive vehicle (10). A torque control system (20) is coupled to wheel (12) to change the torque at the wheel. A contr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7360756 | Vibration isolating bushing with embedded speed/position sensor A bushing assembly adapted for application in vehicle suspension systems includes an embedded position sensor and an embedded speed sensor. ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363116 | Method for determining the mass of a motor vehicle while taking into account different driving situations A method for determining the mass of a motor vehicle while taking different driving situations into consideration, involving an evaluation of a vehicle acceleration, wherein apart from a driving force of a vehicle drive unit, resistance forces resulting from rotatio... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349778 | Real-time vehicle dynamics estimation system A real-time vehicle dynamics estimation system that employs a vehicle parameter estimator, a vehicle condition detector and a rich steering input detector for estimating vehicle understeer coefficient and front and rear cornering compliances in real time. The vehicl... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349775 | 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... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346444 | Power supply for vehicle A capacitor unit used as an auxiliary power source is structured by a plurality of series connected capacitors that have an initial dispersion of characteristics controlled within a predetermined value. During charging, the capacitor unit is monitored if a voltage o... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343148 | Modification of portable communications device operation in vehicles Restrictions on use of a cellular telephone in a vehicle, such as an automobile, are imposed using a global position system (GPS) device to determine the location of a vehicle in relation to geographic regions in which legal or customer restrictions on cellular tele... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7330785 | Method for increasing the driving stability of a motor vehicle A method for increasing the directional stability of a motor vehicle is provided, as well as a corresponding device, and a corresponding computer program product. A model-supported pilot control is used to determine a stabilizing yaw torque, which is applied to the ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7316288 | All terrain vehicle with multiple steering modes Methods and apparatus for steering a vehicle are disclosed. A vehicle in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is capable of operating in a first steering mode and a second steering mode. The vehicle may comprise an input device capable of... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311163 | Regeneration and brake management system A regeneration and brake management system includes a prime mover, an energy storage device associated with the prime mover, and a regenerative braking system including a controller and at least one friction brake, wherein the regenerative braking system is configur... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305292 | Coordination of a vehicle dynamics control system with other vehicles stability systems Described is a device for stabilizing a vehicle in critical driving situations, including a vehicle dynamics control system having a control unit, including a vehicle dynamics control algorithm, and at least one actuator and an additional vehicle stability system ha... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305587 | Electronic control unit for monitoring a microcomputer An ECU (100, 200) includes a monitoring circuit (2) having a counter (3) for selecting an assignment number (21) of an assignment signal (20), a serial communicating unit (4) for transmitting the assignment signal (20... | 12/04/2007 |
