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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8160796 | Securing driver requested torque An engine control system comprises a driver axle torque request module (DATRM) and a driver axle torque security module (DATSM). The DATRM determines a pedal torque request based on minimum and maximum scaling torques and a torque scalar. The DATRM determines a raw ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8135530 | Vehicular control device, method of controlling a vehicle, and storage medium having stored therein a program that implements the method An ECU executes a program including the steps of: if brake hold control is currently exerted , setting at zero a controlled value of a degree of operation of an accelerator pedal used as a controlled value of a degree of a request made by a driver for acceleration, ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8055425 | Increased capability modular vehicle-dynamics control architecture A system and method for controlling the amount of torque generated by at least one torque generating device in a vehicle is provided. A vehicle layer transmits arbitrated torque request signals indicative of first and second amounts of torque and at least one torque... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050841 | Security for engine torque input air-per-cylinder calculations An air-per-cylinder (APC) security system for a vehicle comprises an APC determination module, an APC threshold determination module, and an APC diagnostic module. The APC determination module determines first and second APC values for first and second cylinders of ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8010272 | Control device for internal combustion engine A driving force control system includes an internal combustion engine model (1000) represented by a model linearized while including a first-order lag component, a calculator (2000) calculating deviation between target engine torque and estimated engin... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7996138 | Control unit for operating a vehicle drive In a control unit for operating a vehicle drive, and to a method for operating the control unit. An upper bound is imposed on the final desired torque output by the control unit with a limiting torque dependent on the measured/manipulated variables of the accelerato... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7979191 | Method for monitoring a starting process of a motor vehicle A method for monitoring a starting process of a motor vehicle, having a drive train including a driving motor, a torque transfer system and a transmission, a controller and an actuator, which is controlled by the controller for actuating the torque transfer system. ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7970524 | Safety concept in electronic throttle control of internal combustion engine controllers In a method for monitoring a function computer in a control unit which controls the generation of torque by an internal combustion engine, a maximum acceptable torque value is determined from a driver request. A torque actual value is determined from operational cha... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7894968 | Accelerator/brake pedal management for torque-based engine control A method and system for regulating a drive torque provided to a driveline of a vehicle includes monitoring an accelerator pedal position and a brake pedal position. An adjusted accelerator pedal position is determined based on the accelerator pedal position and the ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7894969 | Control apparatus for vehicle and method of controlling vehicle A control apparatus includes a torque-boost control portion that boosts torque output from the engine, and corrects the operation amount of an adjustment mechanism that adjusts the amount of air taken into the engine to increase the amount of air during a torque pha... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7774122 | Vehicle controller A vehicle controller includes an obstacle-determining portion and a driving torque reducing portion. The obstacle-determining portion determines whether the vehicle is climbing up an obstacle, more specifically, whether the vehicle starts climbing up the obstacle. T... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7729842 | Electronic four-wheel drive control A vehicle includes an internal combustion engine that drives a first set of wheels, a generator, wherein the generator is powered by the internal combustion engine, a inverter connected to an output of the generator, an AC motor connected to an output of the inverte... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7664588 | Engine overrate detection method and apparatus A method is provided for determining variance of actual engine torque from reported engine torque, including configuring a controller with an algorithm to calculate the ratios of current and maximum engine torque to reported torque upon the initiation of high-thrott... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7596444 | Vehicle skid control device, automobile with vehicle skid control device mounted thereon, and vehicle skid control method Under the condition of a large variation in motor torque demand, the significant torque change may lead to some vibration of a vehicle to temporarily heighten an angular acceleration. The temporary rise of the angular acceleration may cause the angular acceleration ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7502680 | Method and device for influencing driving torque A method and a device for influencing the drive torque of a motor vehicle during a standing-start operation in the sense of a positive vehicle longitudinal acceleration, in which a measure of the drive torque requested by the drive... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7444225 | Engine power controlling apparatus and method Torque generated by the engine is obtained as engine generated torque TQe. Load torque applied to the engine is obtained as estimated engine load torque TQf. The difference between the engine generated torque TQe and the estimated engine load torque TQf is computed ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7434649 | Throttle disable method and system The present invention provides a system and method for degrading and disabling a vehicle's engine throttle. The vehicle disable system includes a throttle position sensor that generates a throttle position signal, an electronic control module (“ECM”) input conne... | 10/14/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7421327 | 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... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7412317 | Vehicle integrated control system A vehicle integrated control system includes an external disturbance load compensator. The external disturbance load compensator executes a program including: a step of sensing a vehicle state; a step of sensing environmental information on the surroundings of the v... | 08/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7376503 | Vehicle running control apparatus and vehicle running control method There is provided wheel speed detection means for detecting a wheel speed V based on a pulse signal corresponding to a rotational speed of a wheel, driving torque integration means calculates an integral value TINdt of driving torque TIN genera... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7363118 | Methods and apparatus for reducing vehicle tire wear A control system and method for minimizing tire wear on vehicles such as highway trucks and tractors determines a drive wheel torque limit based on an assumed tire/road friction coefficient and at least an estimated vehicle weight. The drive wheel torque limit is us... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7340330 | Hybrid type vehicle driving controller, hybrid type vehicle driving control method and its program The invention has an engine maximum torque calculating processor for calculating plural engine maximum torques showing a maximum value of engine torque, and an engine limit torque calculating processor for calculating a minimum value of the respective engine maximum... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325638 | Motor vehicle with a primary engine for acceleration and secondary engine augmented by an electric motor for cruising A motor vehicle having a primary internal combustion engine is equipped with a secondary engine and an electric motor to supplement the power produced by the primary engine. The primary engine provides power for acceleration and hill climbing. When in a cruising mod... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323976 | Wheel lifted and grounded identification for an automotive vehicle A control system (18) for an automotive vehicle (10) has a first roll condition detector (64A), a second roll condition detector (64B), a third roll condition detector (64C), and a controller (26) that uses the roll conditio... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324884 | Method for driving a vehicle with manually shifted transmission, automatic transmission or continuous transmission on streets with low friction value A method for operating a motor vehicle with a manual transmission, a multi-ratio automatic transmission or a continuously variable transmission, on a road with a low friction coefficient, the engine torque is reduced or, as the case may be, decreased, which leads to... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319927 | Constant speed control system A method is provided for controlling a low speed operation of a vehicle. A speed activation switch is activated. A target vehicle speed is calculated in response to an accelerator pedal demand as determined by an accelerator pedal position where each respective acce... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7306542 | Electronic throttle control (ETC) drag torque request security A throttle control method includes generating a throttle request based on a drag torque request and setting a throttle command equal to the throttle request when the throttle request is less than a throttle idle maximum. A throttle maximum increase is determined whe... | 12/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7299120 | Method for reducing juddering vibrations Juddering vibrations are reduced in a motor vehicle drive train that is loadable by a drive device comprising an internal combustion engine, a clutch device and a transmission device, by performing the steps of (i) determining whether juddering vibrations are presen... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7276015 | Device for engine-driven goods vehicle Method and device for providing, in an engine-driven goods vehicle, at least two driving wheels (9, 10, 51, 52) and at least one differential (5, 6, 45, 46, 47) arranged between the driving wheels (9, 10, 51, 52). The device includes an engine c... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276014 | Vehicle stability control system for enhanced transfer case compatibility A vehicle stability control system includes a controller configured to deactivate a traction control clutch, provide a reverse torque across the traction control clutch, and apply a braking torque according to a vehicle stability control strategy. The reverse torque... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274985 | Traction control device A target vehicle speed is switched between a target slip vehicle speed and a target torque vehicle speed on the basis of a result of a determination regarding whether or not a vehicle is insufficiently accelerated. More specifically, if traction control is not perfo... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274984 | Vehicle stability enhancement system A side-slip velocity estimation module for a vehicle stability enhancement control system includes a side-slip acceleration estimation module that estimates a side-slip acceleration of a vehicle. A multiple-order integrator integrates the side-slip acceleration to g... | 09/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7254472 | Coordinated torque control security method and apparatus A method of preventing undesirable vehicle behavior in a vehicle torque control system that includes determining an expected axle torque based on a vehicle speed, a powerplant profile, an accelerator pedal position and/or a cruise control signal. The method also inc... | 08/07/2007 |
