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Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product
A food product comprising a multilayer cookie or snack having outer layers formed from a crispy type edible food product such as a potato chip or corn chip, etc. with an intermediate marshmallow layer being in contact with the inner surface of each crispy chip and one or more filler substances.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8082088 | Method for controlling rotation speed A method for controlling the rotational speed of at least one rotating element in a vehicle's drive line is provided. A first control model and a second control model are defined. The first control model calculates a permitted slippage of at least one of the vehicle... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7720589 | Vehicle control device utilizing brake hydraulic pressure A vehicle control device using brake hydraulic pressure includes a hydraulic unit having a housing and an electronic control unit having a casing. The housing of the hydraulic unit is mounted on a mounting surface of the casing of the electronic control unit so that... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7711469 | Method and device for controlling the braking system of a motor vehicle A process and device for controlling the brake system of a motor vehicle with all-wheel drive are described. The process and the device include an electronic control unit which controls at least one coupling unit for engaging and disengaging an all-wheel drive, so t... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7653471 | Active driven wheel lift identification for an automotive vehicle A roll control system (16) for an automotive vehicle (10) is used to actively detect if one of the plurality of the driven wheels (12) is lifted. The system generates a pressure request to determine if the wheel has lifted. By comparing the chan... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7463965 | Roll-over suppressing control apparatus for a vehicle The invention provides a roll-over suppressing control apparatus for a vehicle wherein appropriate braking force can be applied to a turning outer wheel in response to a situation and a rolling state of the vehicle to suppress otherwise possible roll-over of the veh... | 12/09/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7349787 | Method of servo-control in a braking system having electric brakes The invention relates to a method of servo-control in a vehicle brake system including at least one electric brake having at least one actuator comprising a pusher facing friction elements and driven by an electric motor to apply a force selectively against the fric... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346443 | Method of servo-control in a braking system having electric brakes The invention relates to a method of servo-control in a vehicle braking system that includes at least one electric brake provided with at least one actuator comprising a pusher facing friction elements and driven by an electric motor to apply a force selectively aga... | 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 |
| 7325636 | Front-wheel drive steering compensation method and system A method of controlling the speed of a right front wheel and a left front wheel on a work machine includes receiving a speed command based at least partially on an operator input and monitoring at least one wheel steering angle of at least one front wheel. A first f... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7302331 | Wheel lift identification for an automotive vehicle A roll control system (16) for an automotive vehicle (10) is used to detect if one of the plurality of wheels (12) is lifted. The system generates a pressure request to determine if the wheel has lifted. A roll control pressure request may also ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299701 | Compressive fatigue and energy test apparatus and method for testing clutch plate friction materials The present invention presents a means for simultaneously testing the compressive strength and measuring the thermal energy dissipated by a given friction material during slip. The testing apparatus includes a rotatable flywheel that rotates a transmission reaction ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302328 | Steering control apparatus for vehicle and method for steering control A steering control apparatus obtains a steered amount by which a steered wheel is steered based on a left-and-right braking force difference control amount, a vehicle state control amount, and a steering control amount. The apparatus changes the magnitude of the bra... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7266444 | Driver load measuring method, device, and program for a vehicle accompanied by attitude changes, and storage medium for storing the program A driver load measuring method, device, and program, and a storage medium for storing the program for accurately measuring a load on a driver driving a vehicle accompanied by attitude changes. The driver load measuring device includes a yaw rate detecting section fo... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266437 | Temperature dependent trigger control for a traction control system A method a operating a traction control system using a traction controller (30) for an automotive vehicle (10) is provided. A slip target is first determined. Then, an operating temperature turning characteristic or slope of the slip curve may, in comb... | 09/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7256514 | Device and method for operating an electrical machine for a motor vehicle Device and method for operation of at least one electrical machine for a motor vehicle. In order to coordinate torque requirements for the propulsion system and voltage requirements for the vehicle power supply system and at least one battery for the vehicle power s... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7244003 | Vehicle onboard brake pad/lining wear estimators with temperature estimations The brake lining and wear estimation system operates using extant vehicle sensors such as those used to implement height and stability control systems or anti-lock brake systems. This minimizes, or eliminates, the need to modify the brake units themselves. Compresse... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7236872 | Speed sensor instability detection A speed sensor instability detection and correction system for use with a vehicle includes a speed sensor output variation extractor monitoring and recording change in output of a speed sensor over time. A speed sensor output variation comparison module detects spee... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233236 | Passive wheel lift identification for an automotive vehicle using operating input torque to wheel A control system (18) and method for an automotive vehicle (10) used for detecting lift of a wheel includes a speed sensor (20) coupled to the wheel producing a wheel speed signal and a torque control system (57) coupled to the wheel for ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222684 | System, apparatus, and method for providing control of a toy vehicle A system, apparatus, and method for providing a soft-start for a toy vehicle configured to be operated by a person. The method includes receiving a throttle signal operable to induce motion via a motor operating as a drive mechanism of the toy vehicle. A transition ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7200479 | Method for guiding a multitrack vehicle on a curved path A method of guiding a multitrack vehicle on a curved path which is defined by the vehicle driver by way of a set steering angle or the like, a curved-path signal representing this desired curved path being guided in a form appropriately revised by an electronic cont... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191048 | Vehicle motion control apparatus A vehicle motion control apparatus is provided for performing a vehicle stability control on the basis of a parameter indicative of lateral margin for a tire on a road. The apparatus includes a steering control device for controlling a relationship between a steerin... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181326 | Active front steer control for vehicle stability enhancement An AFS control system that combines and weights yaw rate feedback and side-slip rate feedback to provide increased vehicle stability enhancement control. The AFS system includes a yaw rate sub-system that generates a desired yaw rate signal. The AFS system also incl... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7165644 | Method and apparatus of controlling an automotive vehicle using brake-steer as a function of steering wheel torque A method of controlling an automotive vehicle having a turning radius includes determining a hand wheel torque and applying brake-steer as a function of hand wheel torque. ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165820 | Brake control system According to the present invention, there is provided a method and system for providing brake control, autobrake and antiskid brake functionality by recognizing that the only difference between the three functions is the amount of deceleration they allow. Unlike a c... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7152935 | Operation of a vehicle brake system in dependence upon brake surface temperatures The invention provides a solution, which makes it possible to determine brake surface temperatures for a vehicle brake system in dependence upon decelerations or accelerations acting on a vehicle in an activated state of the vehicle brake system and to control the v... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7142970 | Vehicular brake force control apparatus and method In a vehicular brake force control apparatus, an engine brake force Feb is calculated; a road surface friction coefficient μ and a rear wheel degree of grip εr is calculated; and a threshold value Ke is calculated such that the threshold value Ke increases as the ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7136737 | Coordinated brake control system A coordinated brake control system is for a hybrid brake system including a regenerative brake unit and a friction brake unit for a vehicle and is arranged to generate a total braking torque which is a combination of a regenerative braking torque generated by the re... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7110873 | Brake control system According to the present invention, there is provided a method and system for providing brake control, autobrake and antiskid brake functionality by recognizing that the only difference between the three functions is the amount of deceleration they allow. Unlike a c... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7072755 | Electronically programmable method for improving the control behavior of an anti-lock braking control system The present invention relates to a method for improving an anti-lock control system, in particular for improving driving stability during braking on laterally different coefficients of friction. According to the method, a desired yaw rate is determined using at leas... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7040722 | Method of estimating the risk of a vehicle overturning The invention relates to a method for redundantly estimating, i.e. by various sub-methods, the risk of lateral overturn of a vehicle. One sub-method involves estimating the risk of overturn according to the actual braking state of the vehicle—braking or strong bra... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039517 | Brake control system According to the present invention, there is provided a method and system for providing brake control, autobrake and antiskid brake functionality by recognizing that the only difference between the three functions is the amount of deceleration they allow. Unlike a c... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035727 | Apparatus and method of controlling vehicle creep control under braking The present invention provides in one embodiment a method for controlling vehicle creep control. Measurements are received from a brake pedal sensor, where the measurements are indicative of a brake pedal travel. A target creep speed value is derived based on the me... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031819 | Device and method for influencing the operating mode of at least one vehicle stabilizing device arranged in a vehicle A plurality of vehicle stabilizing devices which operate according to different strategies and which actuate, independently of the driver, brake actuators which are assigned to the vehicle wheels, in order to stabilize the vehicle are arranged in the vehicle. The ve... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7020551 | Roll stability control system A roll stability control system for a pneumatically operated vehicle brake system is implemented using simpler ABS hardware rather than more complex EBS hardware. For each brake chamber or channel, two 3/2 solenoid controlled valves are used. An ECU is operative to ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016778 | Method for controlling a vehicle The invention relates to a method for controlling a motor vehicle, in particular a traction-slip control system (TCS), wherein a diagonal axle twist is detected and evaluated as a regulating variable. ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6964325 | Integrated tagging system for an electronic shock absorber An integrated tagging system for an electronically controlled shock absorber having a shock absorber with damping characteristics unique to the shock absorber. An electronic control module is in electronic communication with the shock absorber for controlling the sh... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6961649 | Vehicle motion control apparatus The present invention is directed to a vehicle motion control apparatus, which includes a hydraulic pressure regulating device disposed between a master cylinder and a pair of wheel brake cylinders included in each of a dual hydraulic circuit, and a monitor for moni... | 11/01/2005 |
