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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8073608 | Yaw stability control system The present invention relates to a yaw stability control system for a vehicle using a steering system and a method of controlling by detecting the occurrence of understeer, determining the degree of understeer after the occurrence of understeer is detected determini... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8010273 | Method for adapting emergency braking detection to sequenced braking recognition A method for controlling braking in a motor vehicle equipped with a brake servo unit capable of being implemented in a braking system including: a hydraulic master cylinder associated with a vacuum brake booster and with hydraulic circuits supplying the wheel brakes... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7937205 | Method for controlling the functions of an electronic driving stability program for a motor vehicle In order to ensure problem-free operation of a vehicle when a wedge of material is formed between the roadway and the vehicle, a method for controlling the functions of an electronic driving stability program automatically activates or deactivates the driving stabil... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7571044 | Vehicle and suspension system for negotiating low traction situations A method for controlling a vehicle having a suspension is provided. The method comprises, during longitudinal oscillations of the vehicle, adjusting a suspension member to vary a normal force between the vehicle and the surface, where the suspension adjustment is ba... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7512474 | Vehicle and control method of vehicle When a driver returns a brake pedal on a climbing road, brakes of front wheels to which power is output from an engine with brakes of rear wheels being held are released (S140), and a throttle opening TH is gradually increased so that a rotation speed of the ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7444214 | Obstacle detection apparatus, method and medium An obstacle detection apparatus and method which can detect the state of an obstacle according to a signal generated when the obstacle detection apparatus collides with the obstacle and a change in the posture of the obstacle detection apparatus caused due to the co... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7426428 | Steering apparatus for vehicle and method for controlling the same A vehicle steering apparatus includes a drive unit for changing a steering angle of a steered wheel. A calculation unit calculates a control target amount of the steering angle based on a vehicle model. A control unit controls the drive unit to change the steering a... | 09/16/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7412318 | 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 |
| 7392120 | Vehicle dynamics control apparatus In a vehicle dynamics control apparatus capable of balancing a vehicle dynamics stability control system and a lane deviation prevention control system, a cooperative control section is provided to make a cooperative control between lane deviation prevention control... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7373236 | Vehicle control device and vehicle control method Steering stability of a vehicle under a traveling state such as cornering is enhanced by controlling a state of the vehicle based on cornering powers of right and left wheels. A detecting unit 1 detects action force containing longitudinal force Fx, lateral f... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373227 | Integrated sensing system A vehicle control system includes a housed sensor cluster generating a plurality of signals. An integrated controller includes a sensor signal compensation unit and a kinematics unit, wherein the sensor signal compensation unit receives at least one of the plurality... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7366602 | Roll stability control system for an automotive vehicle using an external environmental sensing system A roll stability control system for an automotive vehicle includes an external environment sensing system, such as a camera-based vision system, or a radar, lidar or sonar-based sensing system that generates image, radar, lidar, and/or sonar-based signals. A control... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7337049 | Vehicle control apparatus A vehicle control apparatus includes an attribute information collection unit for collecting attribute information relevant to a plurality of units in a vehicle, an environmental information collection unit for collecting environmental information, a required perfor... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328686 | System and method to control cylinder activation and deactivation Engine cylinder reactivation from a fuel-cut state is controlled based on a calculated future engine speed and a minimum allowable engine speed. The future engine speed is calculated based on the current rate of change of engine speed and a duration required to reac... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320305 | Regulating device for regulating the air intake of a vehicle internal combustion engine A regulating device for regulating the air intake of an internal combustion engine, and comprising at least one throttled body having at least one air feed conduit connectable to the engine, and a first and second throttle housed in said at least one feed conduit to... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7292924 | Vehicle stability control enhancement using tire force characteristics A method of controlling an advanced chassis control system of a vehicle such as an anti-lock brake system, traction control system, vehicle stability control system, or roll control system affecting the vehicle dynamic performance and safety is disclosed. A control ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292925 | Acceleration estimation device and vehicle In an acceleration estimation device for estimating acceleration of a vehicle, a Karman filter for a constant speed estimates x-direction acceleration offset and z-direction acceleration offset when a motorcycle is stopped and is traveling at constant speed. An offs... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7263460 | Device and method for measuring accelerations for a passenger protection system in a vehicle Disclosed is a device for measuring accelerations for a vehicle passenger protection system, whereby a first and second acceleration sensor with a first or second sensitivity direction are fitted in relation to a prespecified main direction of measurement, which for... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263424 | Apparatus and method for controlling driving force supplied to wheels on opposite sides of vehicle An apparatus for controlling driving forces supplied to left and right wheels of a vehicle, for effectively inhibiting oversteer and understeer states, includes driving force adjusting device for adjusting driving forces supplied to the left and the right rear wheel... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7236874 | Torque control apparatus and vehicle control system having the same In an engine torque loss computing section, a pump loss computing section computes a pump torque loss, and a frictional loss computing section computes a frictional torque loss. The pump torque loss and the frictional torque loss are summed to obtain an engine torqu... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7197388 | Roll stability control system for an automotive vehicle using an external environmental sensing system A roll stability control system (18) for an automotive vehicle (10) includes an external environment sensing system, such as a camera-based vision system, or a radar, lidar or sonar-based sensing system (43) that generates image, radar, lidar, a... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194377 | Method for calibrating an analog sensor A method for determining the absolute angle of an angle position sensor over a predetermined rotation range and in which the sensor generates a repeating periodic analog signal across the rotation range. The initial position of the sensor is stored in memory when th... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194341 | Method and device for determining the geometric vehicle inclination of a motor vehicle A method is for determining a geometric vehicle inclination α of a motor vehicle, where an acceleration signal of at least one acceleration sensor is used and a speed gradient dv/dt is determined from a measured vehicle speed v, where a) in the case of a moving or ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7184874 | Device for the longitudinally guiding a motor vehicle A device for the longitudinal guidance of a motor vehicle, having a speed sensor for measuring the driving speed of the vehicle; a distance sensor for measuring the distance to an obstacle possibly located in front of the vehicle; and a controller, which intervenes ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7162346 | Vehicle control method and apparatus A vehicle mode controller, a driving mode collecting means, and a plurality of subsystem controllers including an engine management system, a transmission controller, a steering controller, a brakes controller and a suspension controller, provide an improved system ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7146261 | Vehicle control system for exiting ruts A vehicle control system adapted to facilitate exiting of ruts includes an active steering system having a steerable wheel defining a steering angle. The active steering system also includes a steering wheel providing a driver input control angle, the active steerin... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7104614 | Method and system for preventing rollover of a vehicle train A method and system for preventing rollover of a vehicle train comprising a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle. A control system is provided in the tractor vehicle which automatically initiates actuation of the braking system of the tractor vehicle and/or of the ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7079930 | System and method for monitoring the handling of a vehicle A system for monitoring the handling of a vehicle has a plurality of individual systems for influencing the handling of the vehicle, a management device being provided for managing the influence on the handling by the individual systems. A method for monitoring a ha... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7072752 | Method for influencing the roll behavior of motor vehicles In a method for influencing the roll behavior of a motor vehicle having at least one axle with wheels at opposite sides of the motor vehicle, vehicle body movements caused by transverse forces acting at the center of gravity are reduced in that for each vehicle axle... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7062372 | Method and arrangement for controlling the drive unit of a vehicle A method and an arrangement for controlling the drive unit of a vehicle make possible the jolt-free enablement of a rapid actuating path (5) for the conversion of a desired value for an output quantity of the drive unit. The desired value for the output quant... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7039504 | Vehicle backward movement assist device and vehicle parking assist device A vehicle backward movement assist device includes a vehicle path determining means for determining a path from a current position of the vehicle moved at a moving amount detected by a vehicle moving amount detecting means to a first target position or a second targ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7024290 | Active motor damping to mitigate electric vehicle driveline oscillations A system and method for actively damping driveline oscillations in a motor vehicle having a traction motor to drive a vehicle's drive wheels and an antilock brake system (ABS). A traction motor controller controls a torque output signal of the motor to effectively t... | 04/04/2006 |
| 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 |
