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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185289 | Vehicle driving support apparatus A vehicle driving support apparatus includes: a tire type determination element determining a tire type of a vehicle; a memory storing a curvature threshold data showing a relationship between the tire type and a curvature threshold such that the curvature threshold... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8165771 | Vehicle The center of gravity of a vehicle is estimated to obtain, a limit lateral acceleration alim (=aMin, aMax), and the vehicle turns in a target running state (V*, γ*) requested by an occupant provided the lateral acceleration a* does ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160795 | Drive power control apparatus and method for vehicle A drive power control apparatus for a vehicle includes a controller that adjusts the drive power for driving a vehicle to compensate for a parameter that affects the running state of the vehicle. When the vehicle enters a region where the acceleration of the vehicle... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8135528 | Vehicle control device An actual vehicle actuator operation control input and a model operation control input are determined by an FB distribution law such that the difference between a reference state amount determined in a vehicle model and an actual state amount of an actual vehicle ap... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8046147 | Method and driving dynamics control system for stabilizing a car-trailer combination When swaying motions of a trailer or semi-trailer of a car-trailer combination are encountered, input signals which are taken into consideration to calculate a reference signal frequently include also oscillation components, due to which driving dynamics control for... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7966117 | Method for controlling rotation speed A method for controlling rotation speed of at least one rotary element in the driveline of a vehicle is provided. At least one operating parameter is detected repeatedly, which operating parameter corresponds to an actual value of a torque in the driveline, which is... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7957877 | Curving tendency detection device in vehicle, and vehicle response control apparatus using same A curving tendency detection device is provided to detecting a curving tendency (curving frequency and amount of curvature) in a vehicle roadway or a vehicle running state (behavior). Basically, the curving tendency detection device has a lateral acceleration differ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7949456 | Turning control apparatus for vehicle A turning control apparatus for a vehicle that improves turning ability while avoiding degradation of acceleration ability is provided. The turning control apparatus comprises: a driving torque controller (31) for adjusting driving torque between a lef... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7925410 | Speed control strategy A method is provided for efficiently decelerating a vehicle having a braking circuit for braking a set of brake actuators. A flow of pressurized brake fluid is generated within the braking circuit. Normal force parameters exerted on each wheel of the braking circuit... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7860634 | Method and apparatus for identification of wheels of a vehicle and a vehicle comprising same A method of determining the location information of a plurality of wheels mounted on a vehicle by obtaining a relationship between the lateral location of a wheel and the polarity of a transverse acceleration transmitted by an accelerometer of a wheel in response to... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7844383 | Sideslip angle estimation apparatus and method and automotive vehicle incorporating the same In order to enhance the accuracy of estimation of a vehicle's sideslip angle, a sideslip angle estimation apparatus calculates an angle between the direction of centrifugal force acting on the vehicle body during cornering and the lateral direction of the vehicle bo... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7805234 | Vehicular turning control apparatus and method In turning control apparatus and method for an automotive vehicle, the vehicle through at least one of a deceleration action section and a brake mechanism is decelerated when a turning state of the vehicle satisfies a predetermined condition, an accelerator manipula... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7797094 | Turning control apparatus for vehicle The turning control apparatus for a vehicle has a driving torque controlling mechanism adjusting driving torque of left and right wheels. The apparatus includes a maximum-yaw momentum value calculating means having means for estimating an outside-wheel gripping capa... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7792624 | Cruise control system A cruise control system includes a curve state detecting section, a target deceleration rate calculating section, a deceleration control section, a map matching detecting section, a position evaluating section and a revising section. The deceleration control section... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7761215 | Device operable to control turning of vehicle using driving and braking force for understeering and oversteering A device operable to control a turning of a vehicle, includes: a motion controller operable to: control a first adjuster so as to increase the drive force applied to at least one of front wheels and rear wheels situated in an inner side of the turning, and control a... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7693640 | Lateral acceleration sensor breakdown detection device A lateral G sensor breakdown detection device configured to carry out a breakdown determination control that determines that the lateral G sensor has a breakdown when the difference between the actual lateral G acting on a four wheel drive vehicle measured by the la... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7676314 | Motion control apparatus for a vehicle When the absolute value of the steering angle equals or is greater than a prescribed angle, a vehicle motion control apparatus sets a control gear ratio so that when an estimated vehicle-body speed is equal to or greater than a prescribed value, the control gear rat... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7668637 | Technique for determining motor vehicle slip angle while accounting for road banks A technique for determining a slip angle of a motor vehicle, while compensating for bank angle of the motor vehicle, includes a number of steps. Initially, a first lateral velocity of a motor vehicle is determined, without consideration of a bank angle and is derive... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7643926 | Rolling motion stability control apparatus for a vehicle A rolling motion stability control apparatus restrains a roll increasing tendency of a vehicle, with each wheel of the vehicle being braked by a wheel brake device. A first braking force control device is provided for applying a first braking force to the wheel, whe... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7630816 | Motion control apparatus for vehicle In rollover prevention control, an inner front wheel braking force is generated only in a front wheel located on the radially inner side of a turning locus in a relatively early stage where the absolute value of actual lateral acceleration is between a first value a... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7571043 | Roll-over suppressing control apparatus and method for a vehicle A roll-over suppressing control apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed which can carry out roll-over suppressing control appropriately in response to the type of turning. Upon turning of the vehicle, if a parameter corresponding to the rolling behavior of the vehicle ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7444214 | Obstacle detection apparatus, method and medium An obstacle detection apparatus and method which can detect the state of an obstacle according to a signal generated when the obstacle detection apparatus collides with the obstacle and a change in the posture of the obstacle detection apparatus caused due to the co... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444261 | Turning determination apparatus and turning determination method for vehicle An ECU executes a program that includes the steps of setting a vehicle speed to the minimum wheel speed among wheel speeds of four wheels of a vehicle; calculating a difference between the wheel speeds of right and left driven wheels; turning an abnormality flag on ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7400963 | Speed control method for vehicle approaching and traveling on a curve A vehicle curve speed control system (10) adapted for use with a vehicle (12) having an operator (14), includes a map database (16) representing a current vehicle path, and a locator device (20) communicatively coupled to the datab... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392875 | Four-wheel drive system To provide a four-wheel drive system which improves running performance of an automotive vehicle by inhibiting a driving torque from becoming insufficient upon occurrence of a slip. An R slip sensing means of a DC motor torque calculating means senses a slip ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392116 | Method for operating a chassis regulating system and a device to carry out the method A method for operating a chassis regulating system of a vehicle, in which a control quantity is generated for an actuator, includes providing a first signal, which is representative of the transverse acceleration of the vehicle, providing a second signal, which is r... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7392127 | Vehicle motion control device The vehicle motion control device of the invention utilizes that the detected lateral acceleration Gyd based upon the output from the lateral acceleration sensor takes a value obtained by adding a value corresponding to the roll angle to the actual lateral accelerat... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7386379 | Method and apparatus to control coordinated wheel motors A method and system providing coordinated torque control and speed control of a vehicle equipped with individual wheel motors, a steering system, and yaw-rate detection to achieve a desired yaw moment for the vehicle, based upon operator input and vehicle operation,... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7364196 | Vehicle control method and vehicle control apparatus When feedback control is carried out to ensure that the drive torque of an electric motor for driving each wheel of a vehicle should be equal to a motor torque instruction value, micro-vibration is applied to each tire by superposing a micro-vibration signal to a dr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356401 | Drivetrain protection and management system A drivetrain protection and management system (DPMS) monitors and determines individual wheel speeds to detect wheel spin and slip conditions on a drive axle. Wheel spin is caused by low surface friction, excessive input torque, lack of inter-axle differential and d... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353096 | Diagnosis monitoring device for yaw rate sensor A yaw rate sensor failure diagnosing device judges whether the yaw rate sensor is failure or not. In particular, when the vehicle is in the steady turn state, the failure is judged by comparing a yaw rate value from the yaw rate sensor with a yaw rate value calculat... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353098 | Roll-over suppressing control apparatus for a vehicle The invention provides a roll-over suppressing control apparatus for a vehicle which can suppress overturning of the vehicle while securing the traveling performance of the vehicle through appropriate slowing down control. The roll-over suppressing control apparatus... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7337873 | Steering control apparatus for a vehicle A steering control apparatus is provided for controlling a steered wheel angle of a wheel to be steered. On the basis of a road coefficient of friction estimated between right and left wheels, a braking force difference between the right and left wheels is calculate... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340368 | Determination of dynamic axle loads and/or wheel loads of a wheel vehicle For determination of dynamic axle and/or wheel loads of a wheel vehicle (20), wherein for said wheel vehicle (20), at least two linear transversally oriented with respect to each other accelerations and three rotation rates of a rotation movement aroun... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7317978 | Driving force control apparatus for vehicle A driving force control apparatus for a vehicle includes a first sensor that detects an output command supplied to a power source, a second sensor that detects an operating condition amount of a vehicle and a controller. The controller calculates a basic command val... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316457 | Motion control apparatus for four-wheel drive vehicle A motion control apparatus for a four-wheel drive vehicle performs over-steer suppressing control when the vehicle is in an over-steer state so as to apply a braking force to a front wheel located on the outer side of a turning locus without lowering engine output, ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315776 | Control device for an at least part-time four-wheel-drive motor vehicle In the case of a control device for an at least part-time four-wheel-driven motor vehicle, having a control unit which can variably distribute the driving torque of a drive unit to primary driving wheels, which are permanently connected with the drive unit, and to s... | 01/01/2008 |
