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| 7415325 | Method and apparatus for data interchange between a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle A method and apparatus for data interchange between a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle coupled thereto. A first electronic device provided in or on the tractor is connected via a data link to a second electronic device provided in or on the trailer; the first a... | 08/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7353096 | Diagnosis monitoring device for yaw rate sensor A yaw rate sensor failure diagnosing device judges whether the yaw rate sensor is failure or not. In particular, when the vehicle is in the steady turn state, the failure is judged by comparing a yaw rate value from the yaw rate sensor with a yaw rate value calculat... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7109853 | System for detecting and releasing a person locked in the trunk of a vehicle A vehicle safety system automatically detects the presence of a person sealed in the trunk of an automobile by sensing the CO2 respiration of the person. Visible, audio and radio alarms are generated in response to the detection of a person in the trunk. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7093536 | Fault tolerant operating method for a cotton packager A fault tolerant operating method for a cotton compactor of a cotton module builder or packager of a cotton harvesting machine, which serves as an alternative to shutting down the compacting process or erratic operation thereof, in the event of indication of a fault... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096108 | Brake system with distributed electronic control units incorporating failsafe mode A brake system for a heavy vehicle includes a control network, a brake component, a central control unit, and a distributed electronic control unit. The central control unit generates central control signals adapted to control the brake component, which control sign... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7080705 | Apparatus and method for data communication An electronically controlled compression ignition engine is connected with an advanced cruise control system. The advanced cruise control system is capable of measuring distance to a vehicle or other object in front of equipment that is power by the compression igni... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6922624 | Vehicle brake control apparatus It is checked based on entered information as to whether a vehicle should be decelerated or not (S106). When the vehicle should decelerate, an automatic brake operation is carried out with a braking force being set to be smaller by a predetermined ratio than ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6915203 | Apparatus and method for diagnosis of vehicular system An engine control system has a self-diagnosis function of an exhaust system. The self-diagnosis function includes a first mode for detecting a failure or abnormality of the exhaust system as a whole, and a second mode for determining and locating a specific failed c... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6915241 | Method for segmentation and identification of nonstationary time series A method, implemented on a computer having a fixed amount of memory and CPU resources, for analyzing a sequence of data units derived from a dynamic system to which new data units may be added by classifying the data units, is disclosed. The method comprises determi... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6904991 | Method and device for stabilizing a vehicle A method and a device for stabilizing a vehicle having at least one wheel tending to spin, are provided. In response to the tendency to spin, a driver-independent braking intervention occurs in the at least one wheel. The engine torque is reduced if the driver-indep... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6860351 | Apparatus and method for data communication An electronically controlled compression ignition engine is connected with an advanced cruise control system. The advanced cruise control system is capable of measuring distance to a vehicle or other object in front of equipment that is power by the compression igni... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6819980 | Method for the avoidance of rollover phenomena in semitrailers In a method for the avoidance of rollover phenomena in semitrailers with the emission of warning signals for the driver of the vehicle when driving inappropriately, the center of gravity of the load of the semitrailer is calculated in an on-board computer. From the ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6804564 | System and method for controlling and/or monitoring a control-unit group having at least two control units A system for controlling and/or monitoring a control-unit group having at least two control units, a first control unit and at least one second control unit, the first control unit being designed for performing its control function and for monitoring this control fu... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6651004 | Guidance system A method and apparatus for directing a pursuing vehicle, such as a torpedo, on an intercept trajectory from a launching vehicle to a target vehicle with evasion capabilities. The guidance system bases a solution on vectors on a first Cartesian coordinate ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6606549 | For a four-wheel-drive vehicle A drive-force distribution controller for a four-wheel-drive vehicle in which drive force produced by an engine is transmitted directly to front or rear wheels and is transmitted to the remaining wheels via a torque distribution clutch, and the engagement... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6578648 | Drive axle control system Tandem drive axles include a pair of drive axles interconnected by a thru-shaft. An inter-axle differential allows speed differentiation between the pair of axles. Differences in tire rolling radii and variations in axle load distribution between the pair... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6499552 | Drive axle control system Tandem drive axles include a pair of drive axles interconnected by a thru-shaft. An inter-axle differential allows speed differentiation between the pair of axles. Differences in tire rolling radii and variations in axle load distribution between the pair... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6434457 | Apparatus for detecting abnormality of a vehicle sensor and method An apparatus for detecting abnormality of a vehicle sensor and a method are provided. The apparatus is capable of preventing erroneous detection of abnormalities of sensors. The apparatus has a grip degree detecting device for detecting grip degree of a w... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6360156 | Method and system of determining an acceptable torque level to be applied to at least one clutch pack of an automobile A method is provided for determining an acceptable torque level to be applied to at least one clutch pack (of an automobile) which includes the requirement of internal slip to transmit torque. The automobile includes a plurality of wheels. A velocity is s... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6345225 | Electromechanical brake system This invention relates to an electromechanical brake system, in particular for automotive vehicles, which includes a pedal module and at least two brake modules. Further, a central module may be provided. Connection between the aforementioned modules can ... | 02/05/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6292733 | Vehicular brake controlling apparatus A vehicular brake controlling apparatus comprises: a brake unit to enable a suppression of boosting a braking liquid pressure independently of each wheel cylinder, each wheel cylinder operatively braking a corresponding one of vehicular front and rear roa... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6282484 | Cruise control apparatus There is provided a cruise control apparatus whose reliability can be improved by protecting the actuator from failing. A cruise control apparatus with a controller ECU capable of canceling the cruise control when the temperature data given by the actuato... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6243629 | Electronic control unit for automotive vehicles An electronic control unit for an automotive vehicle which can be manufactured at a low cost and which is compact in size, includes a first microprocessor which has a first memory storing one of a plurality of arithmetic programs for controlling respectiv... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6125321 | Motor vehicle drive system controller and automatic drive controller A motor vehicle drive system controller is adapted to automatic drive control, the engine and the transmission being among the objects of control. The power output of the motor is controlled so as to maintain either a consistent drivable mode or a consist... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5884207 | Emergency wheel fast recognition process The present invention describes a process for a vehicle including an electronic control system, which processes input signals representative of the rotational behavior of the individual wheels, and wherein the differences of the tire tread circumferences ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5867803 | Traction control apparatus A traction control apparatus is provided with a control factor calculation section for determining current slip values of the driving wheels, differential values of the wheel slips, a value of the vehicle speed, values of longitudinal acceleration and jer... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5802491 | Motor vehicle control system and method A control system for motor vehicles in which the errors in wheel velocities created by tolerances between the tires are compensated.... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5792968 | Method for detection of a spinning vehicles wheel A method of an accurate detection of a spinning vehicle wheel. Observed wheel speeds are derived by measuring the speed of each wheel and the slowest speed is set as the slowest observed wheel speed. A maximum probable wheel speed is derived by multiplyin... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5771479 | Wheel diameter difference judging system and wheel speed correcting system A wheel diameter judging system and wheel speed correcting system which calculates a driven wheel slip rate, and a driven wheel torque. A variation characteristic of the driven wheel slip rate relative to the variation in driven wheel torque is presumed u... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5754963 | Method and apparatus for diagnosing and isolating faulty sensors in a redundant sensor system A sensor failure and detection apparatus and method for use in a redundant sensor system are disclosed. A control circuit disconnects reference power supplied to a sensor and then monitors the voltage decay output by the sensor. The monitored rate of volt... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5519616 | Driving force controlling apparatus for vehicle To prevent a great variation of a detected wheel velocity for a period of time after a front wheel sensor or a rear wheel sensor for detection of a wheel velocity actually fails until a microcomputer detects the failure, it is determined whether or not an... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5463551 | Integrated traction control system A traction control approach provides for smooth and precise control of engine output torque to reduce slip of the driven wheels during acceleration thereof through an integrated control of engine ignition timing and engine fueling in automotive vehicles r... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5459661 | Traction control apparatus in which a driving force is increased when a stalling condition is detected A traction control apparatus provided in an automotive vehicle includes a determining part for determining a slip ratio of driving wheels of the vehicle, a drive torque control part for performing a traction control process in which a driving force of the... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5455771 | Traction control permit/prohibit determination apparatus A traction control permit/prohibit determination apparatus has a traction controller which applies a traction brake pressure to a brake system provided on the drive wheel when spinning of the drive wheel is detected. The traction controller is set to an o... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5418726 | Traction control apparatus for automotive vehicle A traction control apparatus for carrying out a traction control process of an automotive vehicle in order to control a throttle position of a throttle valve. The apparatus includes: a feedback control part for performing a feedback control process to adj... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5403247 | Return throttle means of traction control apparatus with traction control for inhibit means whenever a shift signal is issued for automotive vehicle equipped with automatic transmission A traction control apparatus for an automotive vehicle with an automatic transmission includes a first sensing part for outputting a shift signal indicating a shifting condition of the automatic transmission, a second sensing part for outputting an engine... | 04/04/1995 |
