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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113170 | Method for idle speed control A method is disclosed for controlling engine output in a vehicle having a hydraulic power steering system. The method may include, during an idle condition where an engine speed is set to an idle speed, adjusting engine output based on a learned absolute steering wh... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8001950 | Method for idle speed control A method is disclosed for controlling engine output in a vehicle having a hydraulic power steering system. The method may include, during an idle condition where an engine speed is set to an idle speed, adjusting engine output based on a learned absolute steering wh... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7954473 | Vehicle, controller and control method therefor, and abnormality detection system for idle speed control device and abnormality determining method for idle speed control device A vehicle speed sensor detects a rotational speed of a rear wheel. A throttle valve is positioned downstream of an intake pipe. An idle speed control device controls the amount of air flowing through the intake pipe to perform an idle speed control. An electronic co... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7814884 | Air bypass apparatus in fuel injection apparatus To accurately supply idle air without influence of pulsative pressure generated within an intake passage, a lower end surface (21a2) of a bottom portion (21a) of an air control valve (21) is arranged in a contact manner via ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7694662 | Bypass-intake-flow control apparatus The invention aims to prevent the dust passing through a gap provided for sliding movement of bypass valve from being attached to a screw mechanism, and thus to guarantee smooth motion of the screw mechanism. Provided is a bypass-intake-flow control apparatus includ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7370632 | System for providing assistance in regenerating depollution means integrated in an exhaust line of a vehicle diesel engine A system in which a depollution apparatus is associated with an oxidation catalyst and the engine is associated with a common rail for feeding it with fuel and adapted to implement a regeneration strategy using at least one post-injection of fuel into the cylinders.... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367329 | Intake device for engine An intake device for an engine includes a fuel supply system for supplying fuel to an intake passage and a plurality of plates. The plurality of plates are positioned on an upstream side and a downstream side along a direction of a flow of intake air and arranged at... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7353812 | Vehicle engine with integral vacuum generator An integral vacuum generator system for an internal combustion engine includes a throttle body and intake manifold defining a bypass passage which is connected with a vacuum manifold by both a venturi and a direct vacuum supply passage. Vacuum flow through the ventu... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353791 | Sound increase apparatus A sound increase apparatus includes a first hollow body member that communicates with an intake flow path of an internal combustion engine, a second hollow body member that communicates with the first hollow body member, and a vibration member capable of vibrating i... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7331315 | Two-stroke engine with fuel injection A two-stroke internal combustion engine is provided with a fuel injector. The two-stroke internal combustion engine may have at least one transfer passage, an air channel, and a fuel injector. The transfer passage is between a crankcase and a combustion chamber of t... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7305965 | Method for operating a hybrid motor vehicle A method for operating a hybrid motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine and at least one electric machine is provided. At least one of the electric machines supplies a varying torque to the internal combustion engine such that cyclic irregularities of the... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7284367 | Control apparatus of internal combustion engine The ignition timing is sustained at an initial value during a predetermined time beginning at a start of an engine, and is retarded after the predetermined time is elapsed to heat a catalyst at an early time. The predetermined time ends when the negative pressure of... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278395 | Manually operated implement driven by an internal combustion engine A manually guided implement driven by an internal combustion engine having a carburetor that is actuated by a throttle lever arrangement, which includes a throttle lever that is mounted in the implement so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis, and also includes a t... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267101 | Throttle default system An electronic throttle control unit includes an air bypass channel having a removable obstruction that opens in response to receiving an electronic throttle control fault signal and thereby allowing the vehicle a limp home condition. The throttle plate defaults to a... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7231286 | Engine torque reduction control method According to an embodiment of the present invention, an engine torque reduction control is not performed when an ignition timing advance condition is satisfied at an idle state, and therefore, ignition timing retardation by an unnecessary torque reduction request fr... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7201129 | Intake pipe An intake pipe includes a plurality of passages that join in a section upstream of the throttle body. The intake pipe includes an interference prevention member that prevents air passing through a specific one of the passages from flowing into the other passages. Th... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201123 | Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine of a vehicle A method and a device for operating an engine of a vehicle, which allow a power demand of a steering device supported by the engine To be dynamically compensated for. In this context, a derivative-action signal for adjusting an output variable to be output by the en... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198027 | Low speed combustion air bypass tube An air intake assembly having a bypass and method of operating an engine are disclosed. The air intake assembly has a first opening having a throttle plate disposed in the opening and configured to control the passage of combustion gas through the opening. A second ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7185629 | Motor driving type throttle apparatus An throttle valve is controlled by using an electric actuator. A cover for covering one end side of the throttle valve shaft is attached to a side wall of a throttle body. a throttle position sensor unit and an electronic control module for controlling the throttle ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7174879 | Vibration-based NVH control during idle operation of an automobile powertrain A system and method of operating a vehicle powertrain that employs active control to reduce NVH, particularly during idle. The method includes selectively operating the powertrain in at least a non-idle condition and an idle condition; receiving vibration signals fr... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7156073 | Idle speed control apparatus in throttle body for single cylinder A single idle air control passage (5) open toward a suction air passage (2a) downstream from a throttle valve (4), a starter passage (6) and an air screw passage (7) independently branched from an upstream side passage (5... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150263 | Engine speed control apparatus; engine system, vehicle and engine generator each having the engine speed control apparatus; and engine speed control method An engine speed control apparatus includes a throttle valve for adjusting the amount of an intake air sucked into an engine, a drive unit for driving the throttle valve, and a control unit for generating a PWM signal for driving the drive unit. The control unit incl... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7128309 | Automatic choke system for carburetor An automatic choke system includes: a wax-type temperature sensing section; and an output section which opens a choke valve of a carburetor in response to heat receiving operation of the temperature sensing section. Temperature sensing section includes: a bottomed c... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7117829 | Method and device for controlling the drive unit of a vehicle A method and a device for controlling the drive unit of a vehicle are described, which make it possible to suppress faults during controlling. On a first level, at least one first control variable is formed for controlling at least one actuator of the drive unit. On... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7073487 | Fuel pressure control apparatus for multicylinder internal combustion engine A fuel pressure control apparatus for a multicylinder internal combustion engine includes fuel injection valves arranged one for each of M cylinders (M≧3), a fuel rail, a high pressure fuel pump performing N (≧2) fuel discharge strokes to the fuel rail during a ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7073484 | Internal combustion engine control apparatus An engine control apparatus includes: an operation state determining unit determining whether the engine is in the running or the idle-state from a various sensor's signal; an engine revolution speed detecting unit detecting the revolution speed of the engine from a... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066149 | Internal combustion engine fuel pressure control apparatus An internal combustion engine fuel pressure control apparatus includes: fuel pressure control means including a spill valve and a high-pressure fuel pump that pressure-feeds fuel to an accumulation chamber; and control means that calculates a control quantity of the... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7064525 | Method for improved battery state of charge A method for improving vehicle battery state-of-charge (SOC) for initial vehicle customer delivery is disclosed. The method is focused on vehicle assembly plant practices and ensuring that battery discharge is minimized or eliminated during the vehicle assembly proc... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7054722 | Device for reliable signal generation A device for reliably generating signals in a motor vehicle, having a control arrangement which is supplied at least one control signal, the control arrangement generating a trigger signal as a function of the control signal in order to trigger at least one switchin... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7051710 | Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine A method, a device and a computer program for controlling an internal combustion engine, in which a torque model is used within the framework of calculating instantaneous variables and/or actuating variables. In doing so, a basic value ascertained under standard con... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047798 | Method for checking the operativeness of a tank-ventilation valve of a tank-ventilation system A method for checking the operativeness of a tank-ventilation valve of a tank-ventilation system of a motor vehicle is characterized by the following steps: the tank-ventilation valve is triggered in a stepped manner in a preselectable working point; the intake-mani... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040284 | Internal combustion engine controller A torque correspondence value (e.g., estimated indicated torque) is determined. The degree of torque correspondence value variation in a plurality of previous cycles is digitized as a variation index value (e.g., locus length). If the variation index value is smalle... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7035729 | Method for controlling the speed of a torque-controlled internal combustion engine A method for controlling the speed of a torque-controlled internal combustion engine in which the generation of the drive torque is regulated by actuators which are controlled from a control value of the instantaneous torque and by a control value of the predicted t... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7017550 | Electronic throttle controller In an electronic throttle controller, when an intake air amount detected by an air flow meter is smaller than a stall prevention judging-purpose each cylinder intake amount, a stall prevention adding amount “large” is added to intake throttle opening degree devi... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017707 | Herschel-Quincke tube for vehicle applications An HQ tube arrangement suitable for packaging within a vehicle may be designed by creating a mathematical model representing a tube arrangement having a first passageway and a second passageway fluidly connected to the first passageway at first and second junctions.... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013868 | Accelerator signal offset system A disclosed accelerator pedal offset system includes a first connector that can be coupled to an accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle and a second connector that can be coupled, in place of the accelerator pedal, to an engine control module of the vehicle. The secon... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6999865 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine; control and/or regulating device for an internal combustion engine; computer program; and electrical storage medium of an internal combustion engine In a method for operating an internal combustion engine, the air-fuel ratio in a combustion chamber is a function of the operating conditions and/or the operating state of the internal combustion engine. It is provided that, with the aid of a data model, a variable ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994653 | Method and arrangement for controlling the internal combustion engine of a vehicle A method for controlling an internal combustion engine of a vehicle makes possible an acceleration of the shift operation especially of an automatic transmission or of an automated manually shifted transmission of the vehicle. In a shift operation, an operating stat... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6973912 | Method of controlling operation of internal combustion engine An amount-of-air detecting time period Ti is preset based on an intake time period Tr during which intake air is actually drawn into a cylinder chamber. An intake air amount average value Qa during a time period, other than the time period Ti, between intake strokes... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6959915 | Attachment for a throttle plate to reduce sound A block of material is attached to a surface of a throttle plate in a throttle body assembly for the purpose of reducing sound emanating from the throttle plate region. The block of material has a first edge attached proximate to a perimeter of the throttle plate an... | 11/01/2005 |
