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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166843 | Shift transmission control device of vehicle, vehicle and method for controlling shift transmission in vehicle A shift transmission control device of a vehicle includes a transmission, a clutch, a shift transmission controller, and a shift inhibition state detector. The shift transmission controller is configured to control the transmission and the clutch. The shift inhibiti... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8047091 | Method for controlling an automatic vehicle transmission in order to reduce back-and-forth shifting A method of controlling an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle having clutches controlled by an electronic control unit. A transmission rotational speed in an initial transmission stage is determined. If a first transmission shifting rotational speed is reache... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7992458 | Utility vehicle having a drive motor and a shifting claw transmission with an electric motor In a motor vehicle, in particular a utility vehicle, having a shifting claw transmission and an electric motor connected to a countershaft of the transmission to facilitate central synchronization for gear speed changes, a transmission controller is connected to the... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992459 | Shifting claw transmission and shifting method therefor In a shifting claw transmission for a motor vehicle including a main shaft and a countershaft and an electric motor for rotating the countershaft or being rotated thereby with freely rotatable gear wheels supported on the counter shaft and engageable with the counte... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7874226 | Transmission heater system and method A method for heating a transmission is provided. The transmission has at least one solenoid valve that hydraulically actuates a valve. The method includes the steps of measuring a transmission temperature, determining whether the transmission temperature is greater ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7779714 | Surrogate engine speed signal for controlling a dual clutch powershift transmission A method for launching a vehicle having an engine shaft, first and second transmission input shafts, first and second input clutches, a coupler, a power path, and an output, the method including engaging the coupler to connect the first input shaft and the first out... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7597019 | Transmission operating apparatus for vehicle A transmission operating apparatus for a vehicle includes a shift lever manipulable by a driver, and at least one counterforce applying unit which electrically applies a counterforce counteracting a shifting operation of the shift lever to the shift lever correspond... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7597020 | Gear selection strategy for a dual clutch transmission A method for controlling gear shifts in a multiple speed power transmission for a vehicle that includes a first clutch for transmitting power through a first power path producing a reverse gear, and a second clutch for transmitting power through a second power path ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7555967 | Shift control apparatus for automatic transmission A shift control apparatus for an automatic transmission having an automatic shift mode for performing a shift operation by determining a gear ratio to be set according to a vehicle running condition and a manual shift mode for performing a shift operation instructed... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7540211 | Gear shifting completion determining device and gear shifting completion determining method The ECU executes a program including the step of setting a threshold value A to be compared with a stroke amount of an actuator for determining whether gear shifting has completed or not, taking no account of a deflection amount C of the hardware due to the shift lo... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7490528 | Park inhibit assembly for an electric transmission range selection system An electronic transmission range selection (ETRS) system for shifting a transmission range of a transmission includes an electro-mechanical park inhibit assembly that operates to disallow the ETRS system from shifting from an Out-of-Park mode to a Park mode under ce... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7472616 | Step-by-step variable transmission and method for controlling the same A method for controlling an automated step-by-step variable transmission which has a plurality of gear stages which set up a different transmission ratio in each case. The method comprises the steps: a) detecting whether a gear stage is to be engaged, b) detecting a... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7469612 | Method for determining an engaged ratio in a gearbox The invention relates to a method for determining the speed of a vehicle with the aid of sensors on board said vehicle, whereby the vehicle is moved by an engine (6) coupled to a gear box (8), wherein the speed is determined by multiplying the value of... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7434488 | Transmission for tractor A transmission for a tractor comprises a transmission case having an opening that opens to exterior of the transmission case and a speed change device that is housed in the transmission case. The transmission also includes a cover removably attached to the transmiss... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7370551 | Gearshift operating device To provide a small-sized and lightweight gearshift operating device that is capable of performing a gearshift operation in a short time at low power consumption, a guide slit having a plurality of slits 41 parallel with the shift fork shafts and a plurality o... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367923 | Apparatus and method for controlling transmission of straddle-type vehicle A transmission control apparatus is provided for a straddle-type vehicle that has a clutch and a transmission with a dog clutch having a first gear and a second gear. The transmission control apparatus includes a clutch actuator configured to engage and disengage th... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7350433 | Transmission control system A transmission control system for maintaining good positioning performance even if a dynamic characteristic of a transmission is out of a predicted range. A sliding mode controller provided in a shift controller has two degrees of freedom and can independently speci... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349784 | Control method for automobile transmissions A control method for automatic transmissions wherein a reverse motion condition in the neutral or drive ranges, caused by burning or the like in the operating devices of the automatic transmission, can be automatically detected to prevent an unwanted reverse motion ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347118 | Process and device for preventing the engagement of an impermissible speed in an automated gearbox A process for preventing the engagement of an impermissible speed in an automated gearbox with a gear-switching member, which can be moved along a gear-selection speed range and out of it into speed step ranges containing the following steps: acquiring the speed ste... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331897 | Active shift transmission, transmission control unit and automobile The object of the invention is to provide a less expensive active transmission control system for an automobile, capable of disconnecting an engine, without increasing the number of dog clutches. In an active shift transmission, a second intermediate shaft is... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324885 | Shift through neutral control in an electrically variable transmission A shift control for an electrically variable transmission shifts between modes through a neutral mode wherein the output is decoupled from the transmission. Normally, shifts between modes are accomplished synchronously through a duration of fixed-ratio operation. Ex... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319910 | Method and device for controlling a movement of a movable machine element of a machine tool or production machine A method and device for controlling a movement of a movable machine element of a machine tool or production machine with at least two drive axles are disclosed. At least one mechanical characteristic frequency is determined for each drive axle of the machine, and th... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316288 | All terrain vehicle with multiple steering modes Methods and apparatus for steering a vehicle are disclosed. A vehicle in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is capable of operating in a first steering mode and a second steering mode. The vehicle may comprise an input device capable of... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311015 | Multi-step manual transmission for an internal combustion engine A multistage transmission for an internal combustion engine has a disconnect-type clutch, a drive shaft and a driven shift on which engaged gear wheels are arranged to achieve different gear steps. Clutches actuated via shift forks are used to move the speed gears t... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311624 | Apparatus for controlling speed of a water pump For enhancement of heating performance of a vehicle, operating speed of a water pump of an engine is varied in accordance with engine operation conditions, so a speed of a coolant temperature increase can be accelerated when needed. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7302872 | Method of determining a shift gate position for a vehicle transmission and a shift gate position determining system for the same At least one shift gate includes a stabilizing range for stabilizing an engagement between the engaging portion and the at least one shift gate. The system stops movement of the movable member by driving the actuator and determines a portion at the movable member as... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303057 | Parking device of vehicle A parking device for vehicles in which when an engine is brought into a halt, a clutch is disconnected and the revolution of an input shaft of a transmission cannot be controlled by frictional force of the engine, the parking device includes a parking gear provided ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299664 | Device for controlling motor in washing machine and method for controlling process of washing machine by using the same Device for controlling a motor in a washing machine and a method for controlling a process of a washing machine by using the same, the device including a motor, a power source part for supplying a voltage to the motor, a plurality of torque varying parts parallel to... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290779 | Bicycle shift control apparatus that cancels a tentative shift A bicycle shift control apparatus comprises a threshold value setting unit that sets a threshold value of a running condition for shifting a bicycle transmission, a decision unit that decides if a current running condition value passes the threshold value, and a ten... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7278510 | Shifting system for an automobile automatic transmission The invention is an automatic transmission shifting system for automobile, the automobile having a steering column assembly including a steering wheel at one end and steering column, and an electrical wire having first end terminating at the steering wheel and a sec... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278950 | Stage-geared gearbox for motor vehicles A stage-geared gearbox for motor vehicles, includes an unsynchronized basic gearbox, at least one synchronized auxiliary gear and at least one control unit for controlling engagement and disengagement of the gears of the gearbox and also neutral position. In the gea... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276013 | Parallel shift transmission and method for controlling it The invention relates to a parallel shift transmission having a drive unit and two partial transmissions, each connectable to the drive unit via a friction clutch and each having a plurality of gear ratio steps. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275455 | Automatic gear system The present invention broadly comprises a method for the control of a gear engagement mechanism of an automated multiple-ratio transmission having at least one drive shaft and at least one output shaft, including assigning a synchronizer to at least one gear step, a... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269491 | Cross-checking processors for powertrain control systems using a dedicated serial data link An engine management system for a vehicle includes engine and transmission control modules that are connected to a serial vehicle data bus. A dedicated serial data bus is connected to the transmission control module and the engine control module. The engine and the ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255018 | Transmission with low shaft deflection A transmission (1) having at least one transmission input shaft (4), at least one countershaft (5), one reverse gear shaft (30) and at last one transmission output shaft (6) in which, upon at least one transmission input shaft and ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255019 | Method of detecting false neutral in an automated transmission system A method and system for controlling downshifting in an automated mechanical transmission system (10) utilized on a vehicle. When an automatic power downshift from a currently engaged ratio (GR) is required, the engine acceleration (EA) is monitored and compar... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252622 | Transmission, and control system and control method for the transmission When torque transmission through the transmitting torque variable mechanism (e.g., an assist clutch) is changed to torque transmission through a meshing gearing after the gearshift, a controlled variable per unit time when the transmitting torque variable mechanism ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246534 | Double clutch transmission Engine torque selectively inputted through first and second input shafts is received and changed selectively by first and second output devices respectively having first and second output shafts. A parking gear is disposed on one of the first and second output shaft... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246535 | Method for the recognition of the synchronization position and the end of the synchronization operation of an automated shiftable transmission A method for recognition of the synchronization position and the end of the synchronization operation in an automated shiftable transmission with an electromotive shift actuator is disclosed, which is characterized in that the rotational speed of the shift actuator ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243565 | Twin-clutch manual transmission A twin-clutch manual transmission including: first and second input shafts provided with respective clutches; a counter shaft parallel to these input shafts; gear sets of an odd-numbered gear range group disposed between the rear end portion of the first input shaft... | 07/17/2007 |
