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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170767 | Vehicle stability control system and method A method and system for controlling vehicle stability may comprise determining whether a vehicle is oversteering or understeering and, if the vehicle is oversteering or understeering, determining an amount by which to reduce a speed of the vehicle to correct for und... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8155854 | Vehicle automatic operation control device A vehicle automatic operation control device includes a target required torque calculating part (31) which determines the target required torque from the respective calculated values of a feed-forward calculated value and a feedback calculated value, and an a... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8140236 | Method for regulating the brake pressure in motorcycles A brake system for motorcycles and a method for regulating the brake pressure in a motorcycle having an anti-lock function and having an integral brake function are provided. By means of the integral brake function, front wheel brake means are actuated in connection... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140237 | Method and system for determining a brake pressure predefined by a vehicle control system A method and system for determining a brake pressure which is predefined by a vehicle control system involve effecting a vehicle braking process initiated by an electronic braking system and/or the vehicle driver, determining a vehicle deceleration a, and a brake pr... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135529 | Method for controlling constant-pressure fluid A method for controlling a constant-pressure fluid enables an inverter with a build-in controller to control rotation speed of a pump to achieve constant-pressure control thereof. In the control method, a pressure feedback value of output flow of the pump is measure... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8121770 | Boundary adaptation scheme for spool valve pressure control A method for adapting a closing boundary for a proportional spool valve includes generating or detecting a pressure command signal. Next a pressure error is obtained by subtracting an actual wheel brake pressure from its pressure command. Then a modified pressure er... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8108118 | Brake monitoring system An air brake monitoring system for monitoring a pressure of the system and providing various alarms and/or warnings to a user. The air brake monitoring system configurable to function with the existing wiring of the vehicle and including an air brake monitoring devi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8046148 | Traveling safety device for vehicle A traveling safety device for a vehicle of the present invention includes a brake device, a brake operation detecting device, a storage device, a present vehicle position detecting device, a vehicle state detecting device, a road shape recognizing device, a proper v... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046149 | Brake apparatus for vehicle, and methods of using same A brake apparatus includes first, second and third solenoid valves (hereinafter SOL1, SOL2 and SOL3) respectively disposed in a first branch pipe, a second branch pipe, and a main pipe connecting a master cylinder and a brake caliper. The brake ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7996137 | Method for production of a brake stand-by function In a method of changing the trigger threshold of a brake stand-by function of a vehicle brake, the brake stand-by function generates brake pressure in wheel brakes without application of a brake pedal. The trigger threshold value for the brake stand-by function is d... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7983827 | Brake control apparatus A brake control apparatus for a wheeled vehicle includes wheel cylinders; a pump hydraulically connected to the wheel cylinders for pressurizing the wheel cylinders; a motor for driving the pump; control valves hydraulically connected between the pump and respective... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983828 | Automatic brake control device A stepwise brake control is automatically performed when TTC obtained according to a relative distance and a relative speed between a vehicle and an object is lower than a predetermined value. For example, a brake force or a brake reduction speed is gradually increa... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7962270 | Method for controlling an automotive hydraulic pump A method for controlling an automotive hydraulic pump, wherein the hydraulic pump is activated to increase the pressure in a hydraulic accumulator associated therewith once the pressure falls below a predetermined lower pressure threshold, and the hydraulic pump is ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7945368 | Method of adjusting an automatic parking brake A method of actuating an automatic parking brake for a vehicle, comprising a spring device, designed to absorb the actuating forces, situated in the actuating mechanism of a brake device. This method comprises at least the following steps: application of a preload t... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7917273 | Driving assistance function on following a queue of vehicles A process for assisting the driving of a vehicle in a situation of following a queue. The vehicle is provided with a braking system and a plurality of sensors measuring values of variables defining an instantaneous state of the vehicle. The process includes the step... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7877186 | Method and system for identifying a malfunctioning compressed air consumer circuit in a vehicle electronic compressed air system To detect a failure of a compressed air consumer circuit in a compressed air system for vehicles, pressure is continuously measured in compressed air consumer circuits and evaluated in an electronic control unit which compares the pressure values and/or determined n... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7577509 | Control module for single 3/2 solenoid controlled relay valve In one embodiment, a vehicle braking system, for delivering pressurized air to a brake chamber to achieve a desired braking response, includes an air-pressure controlled relay valve for delivering the pressurized air to the brake chamber. A solenoid receives a varia... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7561953 | Method and system of controlling a vehicle in the presence of a disturbance A system and method of controlling a towing vehicle adapted to be connected to a trailer at a hitch. The method includes sensing a plurality of vehicle conditions indicative of at least a movement of the towing vehicle, and an angle of the towing vehicle, determinin... | 07/14/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7434894 | Method and device for controlling the brake system of a vehicle A method and a device for controlling the brake system of a vehicle, wherein a stand-by phase is made available. The stand-by phase is initiated as soon as the input pressure exceeds a threshold value S1 and the rate of change of input pressure exceeds a thir... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7415341 | Control module for single 3/2 solenoid controlled relay valve In one embodiment, a vehicle braking system, for delivering pressurized air to a brake chamber to achieve a desired braking response, includes an air-pressure controlled relay valve for delivering the pressurized air to the brake chamber. A solenoid receives a varia... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7370523 | Tire deformation calculating method and tire deformation calculating apparatus A deformation of a rotating tire on a road surface is calculated the following. At first, time series data of acceleration extracted from measurement data of acceleration corresponding to one round of tire rotation is subjected to a time integration of second order ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7359786 | Control and power supply network for vehicle braking system An electrically controlled braking system includes a first control unit and a second control unit in electrical communication via a communication link and a human machine-interface manipulatable by a vehicle operator. The human-machine interface includes a first sen... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353099 | Pallet truck tiller arm with angular speed mode adjustment and acceleration control A motorized pallet truck includes an angular indicator on the steering arm mechanism providing an internal controller with an angular position of the steering arm or tiller. The controller applies a brake when the tiller is in either of a substantially vertical or s... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7318408 | Vehicle control apparatus and throttle trouble handling method For setting a predetermined target control amount concerning running of a vehicle according to an operation amount for a predetermined operation member for running the vehicle, an operation amount obtaining part obtaining the operation amount for the operation membe... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7308352 | Enhanced braking system and method Certain exemplary embodiments can provide for automatic power control and/or torque boost for retarding a machine that considers a machine weight and/or a machine slope. The automatic power control and/or torque boost can provide a control margin under retard. Certa... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7308350 | Method and apparatus for determining adaptive brake gain parameters for use in a safety system of an automotive vehicle A control system for an automotive vehicle (10) and method for operating the same includes a controller (26) that is used to control the brake system in response to an adaptive brake gain coefficient. The adaptive brake gain coefficient may be used by ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7302333 | Method and arrangement for automated control of a vehicular drive train Method and arrangement for automated control of a drive train (10) of a land vehicle to be executed when ground conditions exist that impede the initiation or continuation of travel of the vehicle such as being stuck on loose or slippery ground. The automated... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7286909 | Aircraft braking method and apparatus An aircraft is decelerated by applying a braking force to a wheel of the aircraft as it moves along the ground. An anti skid controller calculates the braking force to be applied by taking into account data relating to the vertical load transmitted between the groun... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277816 | Tire grip sensor and control system using the sensor A system for directly measuring tire grip conditions is provided which can measure a skidding condition with no need of applying a vibration. A tire rotation speed sensor comprising a detection gear and a magnet sensor is mounted to a rotating shaft of a tire. An ou... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7262688 | Wheel-state obtaining apparatus, and wheel-position-information obtaining method A wheel-state obtaining apparatus including wheel-side devices each operable to transmit wheel-side information in response to an abrupt change of a tire air pressure of a corresponding one of wheels, when the tire air pressures of the wheels are abruptly changed in... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255407 | Vehicle braking control device for braking force distribution A braking control device for a vehicle executes braking force distribution (BFD) biased to the front wheels, taking into account auxiliary braking control such as braking assist control (BAS) executed when an abrupt or full braking action is performed by the driver.... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7239948 | Tyre pressure monitoring system A tyre pressure monitoring or warning system comprising at least one receiver responsive to signals transmitted by transmitters associated with one or more tyres. The system including a memory which stores a list of identity tags captured by the receiver, and a list... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7209821 | Apparatus for controlling run of a car, and car using the apparatus In a system of accelerating a car using a brake operating mechanism, the driver is required to be ready to step on the brake operating mechanism so as to rapidly decelerate the car in order to avoid danger, if necessary, while he is releasing his foot from the brake... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206685 | Vehicle travel control apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle control apparatus which makes it possible to share information by a plurality of devices and which can improve controllability. An OS switching means (OS-CH) switches a plurality of operating system (OS1 | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206682 | Uphill start-up assistance device for motor vehicle A device for uphill start-up assistance for a motor vehicle including a control for controlling release of the vehicle mechanical brakes that act on the vehicle wheels, so that the vehicle is maintained on the slope when maneuvering uphill without any intervention f... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195323 | Electric brake system The present invention provides an electric brake system in which an actual control variable in the electric brake when overshooting is generated is determined, and the target value is set to a maximum value of the actual control variable in the electric brake when o... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7174247 | Method for improving the regulatory behavior of motor vehicle regulatory systems The invention relates to a method for improving the control behavior of motor vehicle control systems such as ABS, ESP, etc. comprising electrically driven hydraulic pumps, inlet and outlet valves and low-pressure accumulators, wherein the low-pressure accumulators ... | 02/06/2007 |
