Did You Know...
...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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 |
| 8175785 | System and method for performance launch control of a vehicle A system and related operating method for performance launch control of a vehicle begins by receiving a user-selected driving condition setting that is indicative of road conditions. The method also collects real-time vehicle status data during operation of the vehi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8140239 | Slippage condition response system A slippage condition response system for a first machine of a plurality of machines is disclosed. The response system may have a sensing system configured to sense a parameter indicative of a slippage condition of the first machine. Additionally, the response system... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140238 | Detection and control of power induced hop during traction control in a vehicle A method for controlling a powertrain of a vehicle with wheels during a traction control event is provided. The method comprises adjusting wheel torque in response to an amplitude of a band-pass filtered driven wheel speed and a direction of acceleration of driven w... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8090516 | Lane deviation prevention device and method Disclosed herein are embodiments of controllers and methods of control to enable prevention of departure of vehicle even when the degree of the tendency of the vehicle to depart from the travel lane is low. One such controller comprises a lane departure tendency det... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8073607 | Method for populating motor vehicle yaw gain tables for use in an electronic stability control system An automated and algorithmic method utilizing motor vehicle steering geometry knowledge, applicable to small and large turn angles, along with knowledge of motor vehicle understeer gradient, for determining motor vehicle yaw gain by which a motor vehicle yaw gain ta... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7957879 | Brake control method and brake control device A brake control device is provided to a wheel equipped with a tire, which has a function of applying a brake force to the wheel to put a brake thereon while adjusting the brake force. In the device, an acceleration sensor outputs acceleration data in a radial direct... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7937204 | Brake control method and brake control device A brake control device includes a braking device provided to a wheel, the braking device having a function of applying a brake force to the wheel while adjusting the brake force. The brake control device includes: an acceleration sensor for outputting acceleration d... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7925412 | Vehicle stability system with multiple sensitivities A system and method for providing stability control for a commercial vehicle. The system may include multiple selectable control tuning modes or sensitivities for defining when the system may intervene to provide corrective action to aid vehicle stability. The contr... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7917274 | Method and apparatus for vehicle sway detection and reduction A method of controlling a vehicle involves determining if the vehicle is swaying (e.g., if a trailer being towed by the vehicle is exerting a sway force on the vehicle), and if the vehicle is swaying, reducing a torque of an engine of the vehicle and applying indepe... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7853389 | Traction control for performance and demonstration spin A method is provided for controlling a powertrain of a vehicle comprising wheels, and an accelerator pedal actuated by a driver. The method comprises controlling wheel slip to a first amount during a first road condition, the first amount independent of a driver req... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7835846 | Nonlinear vehicle yaw/roll/sideslip command interpreter A command interpreter for a vehicle stability enhancement system that uses a three degree-of-freedom vehicle model employing non-linear suspension and tire characteristics to calculate stability commands. The command interpreter includes a calculator that calculates... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7801657 | Stability-enhanced traction and yaw control using electronically controlled limited-slip differential A control system for a vehicle having first and second wheels is provided that includes a differential apparatus adapted to distribute torque between the first and second wheels and a traction controller for controlling operation of the differential apparatus from v... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7792625 | Traction control system and method for a vehicle A traction control system adjusts powertrain output to reduce wheel slip, where a relationship between powertrain output and pedal actuation is adjusted in response to environmental conditions. ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7769520 | Tractive force map A method of controlling tractive force of a vehicle comprising determining a tractive force request of a driver of the vehicle, determining an actual tractive force of the vehicle, and modifying the actual tractive force of the vehicle to be equal to the tractive fo... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7765050 | Traction control system and method for a vehicle In one example, a traction control system for a vehicle is shown. The system adjusts a relationship between powertrain output and pedal actuation in response to at least one of road grade and direction of wheel spin. ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7698044 | Method and apparatus for braking and stopping vehicles having an electric drive A method and apparatus are provided for braking and stopping a vehicle whose powertrain includes an electric drive. The electric drive is used to generate braking torque which is used to decelerate the vehicle down to a full stop. The braking torque is achieved usin... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7672772 | Apparatus and method for evaluating a degree of a safety in traveling of a vehicle The apparatus acquires acceleration data in time series at a fixed position of a tire while a vehicle having the tire is traveling on a road surface, obtains a spectrum of the acceleration by subjecting the acquired time series acceleration data to frequency analysi... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7577510 | Method for suppressing driveline shudder in a vehicle with a traction control system A method and system of controlling a vehicle 10 having a control system and a driveline comprises detecting driveline shudder and modifying the traction control system output in response to detecting driveline shudder to reduce the driveline shudder. The driv... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7529611 | Adaptive traction control system A method of controlling a traction control system (30) includes continuously adapting a steady state driven wheel speed to reference wheel speed ratio, so that said traction control system can avoid unnecessary actuations (e.g., demanding torque reduction). T... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7499787 | Traction control system and method for a vehicle In one example, A method for controlling a powertrain of a vehicle with wheels, the vehicle having a pedal actuated by a driver, is described. The method may include generating powertrain torque transmitted to the wheels in a first relation to actuation of the pedal... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7474951 | Process for automatic drive slip control (ASR) A method for the control of the drive slip in a vehicle with rear wheel drive, particularly when traveling on difficult terrain or in deep snow, involves independent detection of wheel speeds of both the rear/drive wheels and the front/non-drive wheels. Dynamic valu... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7472012 | Traction control device A newly obtained wheel speed of a drive wheel is not used in a calculation for acceleration slip when a vehicle is stopped, for example, when the wheel speed of a rolling wheel is zero and an engine speed is high. A wheel speed calculated before a previous wheel spe... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7451034 | Traction control using dynamic tire friction potential A method for controlling slip of a driven wheel on low friction surfaces includes determining the current magnitude of static tire friction potential, current magnitude of maximum dynamic tire friction potential, and magnitude of tire torque demanded by an operator ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7444222 | Method and apparatus for generating a cornering-corrected eLSD control signal Methods and apparatus are provided for generating a slip control for an active driveline device (such as an electronic limited slip differential (eLSD)) that corrects for longitudinal tire slip in the turning wheels of a vehicle. Indicia of a yaw rate of the vehicle... | 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 |
| 7424359 | Anti-slip control method for a drive system in a motor vehicle A method for controlling a drive system in a motor vehicle having at least one electronic control device, which detects the accelerator pedal position as an input signal and therefrom, corresponding to a basic characteristic curve, determines a wheel torque desired ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418325 | Suspension system for vehicle A suspension system for a vehicle includes a roll control device, which includes an actuator, for controlling roll, and a control device including a target control value determining portion determining target control value of the actuator and an operation control po... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412312 | System for automatically determining a public transport vehicle emergency braking characteristics, in particular of a railway vehicle A system for automatically determining a public transport vehicle emergency braking characteristics, in particular of a railway vehicle, includes elements (1) for measuring the vehicle speed, elements (2) for measuring the distance travelled by it, and... | 08/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7407235 | Method for improving the control behavior of a controlled vehicle braking system The present invention relates to a method for improving the control behavior of a controlled automotive vehicle system, in particular an anti-lock brake system (ABS), a driving stability control system (ESP), or another brake system extended by other functionalities... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7400962 | Method and device for regulating the drive torque following a load change in hybrid vehicles A method for regulating the drive torque following a load change in hybrid vehicles, in which the drive torque is influenced in a load change in that a brake slip at the driven wheel of the hybrid vehicle as a result of the load change is already counteracted in the... | 07/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7366598 | Device for estimating drift amount of lateral acceleration sensor, device for correcting output of lateral acceleration sensor, and device for estimating road surface friction state An SAT estimating section estimates self-aligning torque (SAT) on the basis of a steering torque, which is detected by a steering torque detecting section, and an assist torque, which is detected by an assist torque detecting section. An SAT model value computing se... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7357120 | Marine vessel running controlling apparatus, and marine vessel including the same A marine vessel running controlling apparatus is applicable to a marine vessel which includes a propulsive force generating unit having an engine with an electric throttle. The apparatus includes a target characteristic storage unit which stores a target characteris... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359787 | Stability control apparatus and load measuring instrument for wheel supporting rolling bearing unit A stability control apparatus, includes: a grip detector that changes an output based on a grip force applied in a direction hindering a slippage of a wheel, acting on a contact face between the wheel supported by a wheel supporting rolling bearing unit and the road... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359770 | Control system for operating long vehicles The present invention is directed to a system and method for optimizing the dynamics and energy usage of long vehicles such as freight trains by determining their operating conditions and calculating an optimal sequence of power and braking control actions. The sequ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
