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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7403847 | Engine control device and engine control method for straddle type vehicle An engine control device capable of decreasing engine output while giving less uncomfortable feeling to the rider in the event of a failure, with a simple configuration. Engine output is decreased when a failure has been detected in a throttle valve. When engine spe... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7340335 | Controller of driver for vehicle A control apparatus for a vehicular drive system, including uphill-drive-force control means and constructed to reduce a degree of uneasiness to be given to the vehicle operator during an uphill-road running of a vehicle. The uphill-drive-force control means is arra... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7305295 | Throttle limiting for an internal combustion engine A throttle limit control for an internal combustion engine throttle control is disclosed. Rate limiting is applied to prevent excessive rates of change in throttle actuation. Throttle pedal authority is continually maintained and throttle headroom is not compromised... | 12/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7273026 | Roller follower body The present invention relates to a roller follower, comprising an outer surface, enclosing a first cavity, a second cavity, and a transition opening, wherein the first cavity includes a first inner surface configured to house a cylindrical insert the second cavity i... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7233854 | Method for improving fuel economy and performance when deactivating cylinders with vehicle cruise control A method for controlling the speed in a vehicle includes adjusting at least one gain parameter based on a vehicle speed error and the displacement on demand mode of the engine. A new cruise throttle area is calculated from the adjusted gain parameter. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7216006 | Control system for a plant including a slide mode controller A control system for a plant is provided. This control system can control the plant more stably, when the model parameters of the controlled object model which are obtained by modeling the plant, which is a controlled object, are identified and the sliding mode cont... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7149615 | Absolute steering angle detection device and absolute steering angle detection method for electric power steering device A steering angle θt detected by the torque sensor is read at S900. Then, an electrical angle θm corresponding to a motor rotational angle is read at S902. At S908 through S922, motor rotational numbers are calculated based on θt, θm a... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7112160 | Air intake system for engine In an intake system for an engine that includes plural throttle bodies 2 to 4 having throttle valves for changing an intake passage area, the plural throttle bodies 2 to 4 include manually driven side throttle bodies 2 to 4,... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7101313 | Motor vehicle powertrain control method for low traction conditions A driver-initiated low traction control method limits the drive torque of a motor vehicle during operation on low traction road surfaces. The low traction control mode is initiated by actuation of a switch or by moving a transmission range selector to a Low range wh... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7092810 | Method and system for reducing acceleration-based wheel slip utilizing pedal-to-throttle progression tables A system and method is directed to wheel slip for a mobile vehicle. The method provides for monitoring a plurality of vehicle system signal inputs, determining an actual vehicle speed value, a pedal progression vehicle speed value, and a control signal modification ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089104 | System and method for inhibiting torque steer A method and system for inhibiting torque steer in a vehicle equipped with steerable wheels that are power driven. The method determines a maximum engine torque limit, determines an estimated driver-desired torque, and controls the actual torque, by adjustment of th... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7048670 | Engine control method and device for a vehicle An engine speed control that avoid undesirable transmission conditions such as clutch chattering. This is done by sensing actual conditions, which are likely to result in the undesirable transmission conditions such as clutch chattering and only changing the engine ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050865 | Control system for plant A control system for a plant is disclosed. According to this system, a model parameter vector of a controlled object model which is obtained by modeling the plant, is identified. A controller controls the plant using the identified model parameter vector. An identif... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050864 | Control system for a plant using identified model parameters A control system for a plant is provided. This control system can control the plant more stably, when the model parameters of the controlled object model which are obtained by modeling the plant, which is a controlled object, are identified and the sliding mode cont... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044248 | Method and arrangement for controlling the driving speed of a vehicle The invention is directed to a method and an arrangement for controlling the driving speed of a vehicle. The method and arrangement make possible a use of a driving speed controller even for adverse road conditions. A desired value (VDES) is inputted for the driving... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7027904 | Vehicle driving force control A vehicle driving force control apparatus for a vehicle includes an actuating section to control a driving force of the vehicle so as to cause an actual vehicle speed of the vehicle to follow a target vehicle speed. A target acceleration calculating section calculat... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7004018 | Vehicle driving force control apparatus A vehicle driving force control apparatus controls a control torque command of an electric motor based on a power supplying condition of an electric power source. The power source supplies electric power to the electric motor that drives at least one wheel of the ve... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6952638 | Curve-dependent engine drag-torque control An engine drag-torque control, particularly for motor vehicles, in which the engine torque is increased by an EDC augmenting torque when the driven wheels drop below a slip threshold due to the braking action of the engine and exhibit a brake slip which is too high.... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6941209 | Adaptive customer driveability module An engine control system and method adjusts vehicle driveability based on input from a vehicle operator. A selector switch includes a plurality of selector settings corresponding to a plurality of drive modes. The selector switch is moveable between the plurality of... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6909958 | System and method for inhibiting torque steer A method and system for inhibiting torque steer in a vehicle equipped with steerable wheels that are power driven. The method determines a maximum engine torque limit, determines an estimated driver-desired torque, and controls the actual torque, by adjustment of th... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6873896 | Drive-force distribution controller and drive-force distribution method for four-wheel-drive vehicle A drive-force distribution controller controls a drive-force transmission apparatus of a vehicle in order to control transmission of drive force to rear wheels or front wheels of the vehicle in accordance with a designated drive-force transmission ratio. The drive-f... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6763295 | Driving force control apparatus and method for automotive vehicle In apparatus and method for controlling a driving force for an automotive vehicle, a manipulated variable of an accelerator is detected, a vehicular velocity is detected, a vehicular velocity control purpose target driving force is calculated from an absolute value ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6689015 | Method for influencing the propulsion of a motor vehicle that is driven by a driving motor Method for influencing the propulsive power of a motor vehicle driven by a drive motor. An intervention variable, influencing the torque of the drive motor, is ascertained as a function of the wheel behavior of at least one wheel of the motor vehicle, and... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6600988 | Vehicle trajectory control system and method A method for controlling a powertrain of a vehicle is described. The method determines a desired vehicle condition based on three driver actuated elements. In a preferred embodiment the first element can be pedal position, the second element can be a brak... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6543414 | Vehicle output control limiter A method is described for limiting a change in torque transmitted through a vehicle powertrain when in a predetermined range. Such a method minimizes transmission gear separation, or "clunk". In one approach, the rate cf change of powertrain output is lim... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6493622 | Method and device for protecting the differentials of a motor vehicle The present invention relates to a method and a device for adjusting the output torque or the output speed of an internal combustion engine in order to protect the differentials. The crux and advantage of the present invention lies in calculating and moni... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6480771 | Apparatus for determining a failure of wheel speed sensors An apparatus for determining a failure of wheel speed sensors, which is capable of properly determining whether or not a wheel speed detection system including the wheel speed sensors has failed, if at least a wheel speed detected by the wheel speed senso... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6442455 | Adaptive fuel strategy for a hybrid electric vehicle This invention is a method and system for a hybrid electric vehicle adaptive fuel strategy to quickly mature an adaptive fuel table. The strategy adaptively alters the amount of fuel delivered to an internal combustion engine to optimize engine efficiency... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6349254 | Shift control method for automatic transmission A shift control method for an automatic transmission which includes converting to a lean-burn mode from a normal mode if throttle voltage is less than a first predetermined value; determining if tip-in has occurred in the lean-burn mode using accelerator ... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6334500 | Slip control method for traction control system A slip control method for a traction control system (TCS) used in vehicles. The method includes the steps of generating variables for controlling engine output according to speeds of each wheel after a drive state is determined using wheel speeds, a throt... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6321141 | Method and device for detecting motor vehicle tilt A method and a device are provided for detecting a tendency of a vehicle to tip about a vehicle axis oriented in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. To this end, a variable is ascertained describing the dynamics of the vehicle linear motion. The de... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6308127 | Method and apparatus for controlling driving force of vehicle In driving force controlling apparatus and method for a vehicle, the driving force controlling apparatus includes: a driver's demanding torque setting device that sets a driver's demanding torque; a slip condition detector to detect a slip condition of ve... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6298297 | Slip based throttle progression modifier A control system for adjusting a throttle progression curve to compensate for traction slip calculates a maximum vehicle acceleration value based on wheel torque and vehicle speed conditions, then compares the actual vehicle acceleration to determine if i... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6278911 | Method for recognizing a spontaneous demand by a driver of a motor vehicle for a dynamic response A method for recognizing a spontaneous demand by a driver of a motor vehicle for a dynamic response, the extent of the actuation of an operating device being compared to a threshold value, and the demand for a dynamic response being recognized when the ex... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6269294 | Drive control device for vehicle A drive control device is provided for a vehicle which has an automatic transmission and which is capable of setting a throttle opening independently of an accelerator opening. Herein, the drive control device detects a shift range and an engine speed, ba... | 07/31/2001 |
