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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7426972 | Control device for vehicular drive system A control device for a vehicular drive system including (a) a differential mechanism operable to distribute an output of an engine (8) to a first electric motor and a power transmitting member, (b) a second electric motor disposed in a power transmitting path... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7377344 | Hybrid drive system for a motor vehicle A hybrid drive system for a vehicle, comprising an internal-combustion engine, a generator, an electric motor, an electric energy accumulator, and a connection device for establishing mechanical connections between the internal-combustion engine, the generator, the ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7246672 | Hybrid-vehicle power train A hybrid-vehicle power train connected to an engine comprises a motor, a CVT unit, a planetary gear unit having at least two input elements, namely, first and second input elements and an output element, a first clutch for engaging/disengaging the first input elemen... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7000717 | Output power split hybrid electric drive system A power split hybrid wheel drive system of the present invention comprises a planetary gear train (16) coupled to the output shaft of a driving engine (12). A primary motor or generator (18) is coupled to an output shaft of the planetary gear tr... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6702715 | Power transmission A power transmission comprises an engine E with a plurality of cylinders, a belt-type continuously variable transmission CVT, which changes the rotational speed being transmitted from the engine, a control valve CV, which variably sets the line pressure u... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6692404 | Engine control system and method for hybrid vehicle An engine control system for hybrid vehicles, so as to smoothly switch the driving operation from the cylinder-deactivated engine operation, in which at least a part of the total number of cylinders of the engine is deactivated, to the all-cylinder-activa... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6684970 | Hybrid system for vehicle with 4WD start mode A hybrid system or a control method for a vehicle having a first set of road wheels and a second set of road wheels is disclosed. The system comprises an engine controller for receiving a torque request for an engine driving torque and combining an idle s... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6679796 | Transmission unit for hybrid vehicle In a transmission unit for a hybrid vehicle, an electromagnetic clutch, a motor, and a continuously variable transmission CVT are disposed in the transmission unit and a resolver to detect a position of a rotor of the motor is disposed on an input axle to... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6679214 | Control system and method for automatically stopping and starting vehicle engine A control system for automatically stopping and starting the vehicle's engine is disclosed, which performs the automatic engine-stop and start control while the negative pressure of the fuel tank is maintained at a suitable level. The system comprises a c... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6672415 | Moving object with fuel cells incorporated therein and method of controlling the same In a hybrid vehicle with fuel cells and an engine mounted thereon as energy output sources, a technique is employed that adequately changes a working energy output source according to a driving state of the hybrid vehicle. The hybrid vehicle has the engin... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6663524 | Hybrid power system A hybrid power system, comprising a first power unit, a secondary shaft, a speed converter, a clutch, and an electric motor. The first power unit has a primary shaft. The secondary shaft is driven by the primary shaft in a rotational movement. The speed c... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6662096 | Vehicle drive system and vehicle controlling method A minimum needed power is computed by adding a reserve drive power to a target drive power, a best fuel cost-performance rotation speed is computed based on the target drive power and the best fuel cost-performance power characteristics of an engine (1), ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6659910 | Hybrid power system with continuously variable speed A hybrid power system with continuously variable speed, comprising a first power unit, a secondary shaft, a speed converter, a clutch, a second transmission device, and an electric motor. The first power unit has a primary shaft. The secondary shaft is dr... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6656069 | Transmission unit A transmission unit includes a transmission mechanism and a hydraulic control valve unit for controlling the transmission mechanism. The hydraulic control valve unit is disposed at a plane parallel to an axis of the transmission mechanism. A housing enclo... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6656083 | Hybrid drive system A hybrid drive system comprises an oil pump for forcing an operating oil to a transmission, an engine operationally connected to the oil-operated transmission through a first clutch, a battery-operated traction motor operationally connected to the transmi... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6655485 | Hybrid drive system wherein clutch in engaged when engine speed has exceeded motor speed upon switching from motor drive mode to engine drive mode A hybrid vehicle drive system including (a) an engine, (b) an electric motor, (c) a planetary gear device having a first rotary element connected to the engine, a second rotary element connected to the electric motor and connected through a first clutch t... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6651436 | Hybrid vehicle control apparatus A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle of the present invention determines whether a brake switch flag F_BKSW is "1" or not (step S101), and in the case where the brake is on ("yes"), obtains a deceleration regeneration computation value DECRGN by table... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6641501 | Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle A hybrid vehicle control apparatus is provided, wherein an unpleasant sensation is not imparted to a driver depressing an accelerator pedal at the time of departure. In a hybrid vehicle control apparatus with an engine and a motor as the drive sources, an... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6637530 | Hybrid vehicle control apparatus wherein battery is charged based on required charging amount and/or energy conversion efficiency of electric generator A control apparatus for controlling a hybrid automotive vehicle including an engine and an electric motor as drive power sources for driving the vehicle, and an electric generator operable by the engine to charge a battery while the vehicle is driven by t... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6638022 | Hybrid vehicle control device A hybrid vehicle includes: a metal V-belt type infinitely variable gear-change mechanism 20 whereby the rotation of an engine E is subjected to change in gear ratio, a forwards clutch 14 and a reverse brake 15 that perform engagement/disengagement control... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6629515 | Engine control device An engine control device is provided, capable of restarting the engine when starting the vehicle rapidly and without giving any feeling of unease to the driver at the time of starting the vehicle by restarting the engine from the idle stop state. The engi... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6629024 | Control apparatus for variable-cylinder engine, and control apparatus for vehicle A control apparatus for a variable-cylinder engine of a vehicle, including a regenerative-braking-state detecting device operable to detect a regenerative braking state of the vehicle, and a decompression-state setting device arranged to place selected on... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6629027 | Control device and control method for hybrid vehicle A control device and control method for a hybrid vehicle is disclosed having an electric storage detecting section 13 which detects a state of charge (SOC) of an electric storage device 10. A target running efficiency calculating section 14 serves as a un... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6621175 | Engine control system for hybrid vehicle An engine control system for a hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine and an electric motor as driving force sources, for permitting stopping and starting of the engine in accordance with predetermined drive conditions. The system includes a ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6615940 | Control system for vehicle having fuel cell A control system of a vehicle including a fuel cell and an electric motor that drives drive wheels of the vehicle with electric energy generated by the fuel cell is provided wherein a traction controller controls the output of the drive wheels so as to se... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6617703 | Auxiliary drive and automobile equipped with the same There are included a first motor-generator; speed change device disposed between an engine and a first wheel drive shaft; demanded braking force detection device for detecting braking force demanded by the driver; engine braking force calculation device f... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6616570 | Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle A hybrid vehicle control apparatus is provided which can improve fuel consumption. There is provided: a cylinder cut-off determination section for determining whether all cylinders should be cut off; a cylinder cut-off cancellation determination section f... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6244368 | Hybrid powered vehicle A hybrid powered vehicle of the present invention reduces the vibrations caused by changes in torque to thereby achieve excellent driving characteristics. The hybrid powered vehicle has an electric motor, an engine and a vehicle driving power source, whic... | 06/12/2001 |
| 4588040 | Hybrid power system for driving a motor vehicle A triple hybrid power system for driving a motor vehicle utilizing an internal combustion engine to drive an electric generator to charge a bank of batteries that provide electrical energy to drive an electric motor/generator that supplies power to a plan... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4455492 | Power unit for motor vehicle utilizing a thermal engine down to the lowest running speeds Power unit for automobile vehicle utilizing an internal combustion engine down to the lowest rotation speeds. Power unit for automobile vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine with its conventional inertia flywheel, a reversible electric machine, a ... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4165795 | Hybrid automobile A parallel hybrid drive system for self propelled vehicles including a direct current motor-generator having a drive shaft in common with an internal combustion engine leading to a variable speed transmission and a final drive train. The motor-generator h... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4042056 | Hybrid powered automobile A gasoline and battery-powered electric automobile wherein the start and the running of the car are effected by an electric motor except in circumstances where the battery charge is depleted, in which case the normal cruising and higher speeds are then ob... | 08/16/1977 |
