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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7440838 | Torque based air per cylinder and volumetric efficiency determination A method of regulating operation of an internal combustion engine includes monitoring a manifold absolute pressure (MAP) of the engine, determining an engine torque based on the MAP, estimating an air per cylinder (APC) based on the torque, determining a volumetric ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7367921 | Electromechanically actuated valve control for an internal combustion engine A system and method to control engine valve operation in an internal combustion engine. Valves are controlled to improve vehicle drivability and reduce vehicle noise. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7237531 | Throttle and recirculation valves having a common planetary drive A valve arrangement for a power source is disclosed. The valve arrangement has a first valve element and a second valve element. The valve arrangement also has an actuator configured to drive the first and second valve elements. The valve arrangement further has a p... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7225073 | Cruise control for vehicle The present invention relates to a motor vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine and a first electronic control unit (48) for controlling the engine depending on the setting of a manual throttle, an electronic control unit (45) for controlling... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7213570 | Method and apparatus for controlling throttle during vehicle coasting A method and system to improve fuel economy of an engine on a vehicle is offered. An electronic throttle control device is commanded to a wide open throttle position during vehicle coast down, thus improving engine breathing and reducing pumping losses, and improvin... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7200469 | Apparatus and method for processing sensor output signals A method and apparatus are provided for generating a vehicle control signal that controls a function of a vehicle device associated with a sensed event. The apparatus comprises a first sensor that is configured to provide a first sensor output signal having a first ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7044107 | Method for enabling multiple-displacement engine transition to different displacement A method for enabling a transition of a multiple-displacement engine to a different engine operating displacement includes determining a temperature measure correlated with an instantaneous engine oil temperature at an engine start-up, for example, a detected engine... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7016803 | Acceleration control device In order to improve a response to a sensitivity of an accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle and a sudden acceleration of the vehicle, width of an insensitive zone provided in a vicinity of a portion of a first logic pattern for auto-cruise control, in which portion a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6988481 | Control system for cylinder cut-off internal combustion engine In a control system for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders whose operation of the engine can be switched between full-cylinder operation during which all of the cylinders are operative and cut-off-cylinder operation during which some of th... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6970779 | Vehicle speed control system and program In a vehicle speed control system, each node existing ahead of a vehicle is detected, and a stable running speed at which the vehicle runs stably when the vehicle passes over each node, and a deceleration needed to accelerate/decelerate the vehicle so that the vehic... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6932053 | Control device of internal combustion engine A catalyst for purifying exhaust gas is provided in an exhaust pipe of an engine. When air-fuel ratio dither control is performed, an ECU calculates a requested torque to be generated by combustion of the engine based on an accelerator opening angle or the like oper... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6923158 | Engine torque control apparatus An engine torque control apparatus for controlling the output torque of an engine (60) connected to a transmission (40) in a vehicle has a temperature sensor (55) for detecting the temperature of oil used by the transmission (40), and a c... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6857415 | Control system for internal combustion engine A bypass passage for bypassing a check valve is connected with a vacuum introducing passage of a brake booster. The bypass passage is provided with a switching valve. Just before the start of an engine, the switching valve temporarily opens the bypass passage whereb... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6848419 | Wetstacking avoidance in internal combustion engines An apparatus and method for reducing or eliminating wetstacking in internal combustion engine systems operating substantially under capacity comprising establishing an exhaust temperature minimum set point, monitoring exhaust temperature of an engine; and restrictin... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6830032 | Control system for throttle valve actuating device A control system for a throttle valve actuating device is disclosed. The throttle valve actuating device includes a throttle valve of an internal combustion engine and an actuator for actuating the throttle valve. A control object model is defined by modeling the th... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6832147 | Method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle with a gear-shift transmission In a vehicle with a gear-shift transmission of a kind that requires a torque-free state to shift gears, the riding comfort is improved by a method of shifting gears where a gear shift is preceded by the steps of: reducing the vehic... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6671603 | Efficiency-based engine, powertrain and vehicle control A method is provided for controlling power units of a vehicle powertrain for optimizing their respective efficiencies, thereby optimizing an overall vehicle efficiency. The method includes the steps of determining an efficiency of a power unit, determinin... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6541934 | Electric drive control In a method for controlling an electric drive, a controlled variable is adjusted to a desired value. To protect the electric drive, the controlled variable is first adjusted to the desired value in a precise manner. Thereafter, the control operation is in... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6459981 | Process and system for the automated influencing of the vehicle handling of a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine In a process for automatic adjustment of handling of a motor vehicle having an internal-combustion engine, operating and condition quantities are determined and compared with reference values. If the operating and condition quantities deviate from the ref... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6445153 | Method and system for adjusting headway in an adaptive speed control system based on road surface coefficient of friction In an adaptive speed control system for a vehicle, a method and system for automatically adjusting a selected following interval for the vehicle based on driving conditions is provided. The method includes determining a driving surface coefficient of fric... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6363310 | Apparatus and method for vehicle speed control An apparatus and method for controlling the speed of a vehicle, the apparatus manipulates a cable having one end secured to a throttle and the other secured to a motor for applying a force to the cable. A motor controller provides commands to the motor an... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6318490 | Motorcycle cruise control A cruise control for a vehicle having a throttle controller mounted to a handlebar is provided. The cruise control includes a throttle-pipe handle having a throttle-pipe spur gear attached thereto, a cruise control spur gear coupled to the throttle-pipe s... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6317680 | Automatic aircraft engine fuel mixture optimization A computer-assisted method for controlling the delivery of fuel to an engine. The method includes receiving an input signal indicative of a sensed speed of the engine, validating that the engine is in a cruise power mode based on the input signal, and pro... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6285153 | Method and system for adjusting headway in an adaptive speed control system based on road surface coefficient of friction In an adaptive speed control system for a vehicle, a method and system for automatically adjusting a selected following interval for the vehicle based on driving conditions is provided. The method includes determining a driving surface coefficient of fric... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6275024 | Device for electronically transforming displacement of automobile accelerator lever In a device for electronically transforming displacement of automobile accelerator lever, an accelerator pedal and a return member are provided, the latter of which returns the accelerator lever back to an original position. A detector device is provided ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6236929 | Auto-cruise controller An auto-cruise controller to control the throttle angle of an engine so that the actual vehicle speed is equal to the target vehicle speed. In the controller, the pressure control of a lock-up clutch of an automatic transmission is conducted based on an a... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6226588 | Informing apparatus for cruise control system An informing apparatus is designed for use with a cruise control system having at least one of a function of inter-vehicle control for enabling a present vehicle to follow a preceding vehicle and a function of constant-speed travel control for enabling th... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6208106 | Method and system for adjusting headway in an adaptive speed control system based on road surface coefficient of friction In an adaptive speed control system for a vehicle, a method and system for automatically adjusting a selected following interval for the vehicle based on driving conditions is provided. The method includes determining a driving surface coefficient of fric... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6135227 | Motorcycle cruise control A cruise control for a vehicle having a throttle controller mounted to a handlebar is provided. The cruise control includes a throttle-pipe handle having a throttle-pipe spur gear attached thereto, a cruise control spur gear coupled to the throttle-pipe s... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6134489 | Automobile cruise control parameter recording apparatus An apparatus to aid motor vehicle operators who wish to contest speeding tickets that may have been unjustly issued is disclosed. The invention comprises an electronic interface within a motor vehicle that registers and records the last speed setting of t... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6052644 | Apparatus and method for limiting vehicle speed of a working vehicle The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for limiting the vehicle speed of a working vehicle which can provide a smooth traveling condition during vehicle speed limit, and which can set a vehicle speed limit suited to environmental condi... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5961566 | Engine speed control with optional cruise control An apparatus and a method for controlling engine speed in a motor vehicle engine (9) by an engine management system (1) with an engine control output (8,46). The engine management system (1) provides the following operations. A driver demand controller (3... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5954617 | System for controlling internal combustion engine performance in accordance with driver behavior A system for controlling internal combustion engine performance in accordance with driver behavior includes a vehicle control computer operable to receive a plurality of vehicle operating parameter signals and control engine fueling based thereon. In acco... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5673668 | Method and apparatus for electronic throttle monitoring A method and apparatus for executing a strategy of electronic throttle monitoring of a powertrain system including an electronic powertrain control module, and an electronic throttle control, includes an independent processor receiving signals shared with... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5627438 | Pulsing control for an inertial drive system for a multi-motor binary array vehicle A pulsing drive system delivers pulsed power signal of the driven wheels of a vehicle for improving the efficiency internal combustion or an electric motor driven vehicles. A controller receives signals such as velocity and demand, and communicates to a m... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625558 | Drive-by-wire vehicle engine output control system Described herein is a drive-by-wire vehicle engine output control system. The system permits good-response acceleration by a driver's simple and reasonable operation, i.e., by operating an accelerator pedal and also a prompt response even when a sudden lo... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5557519 | Apparatus for detecting the running resistance of a vehicle A running resistance detecting apparatus detects a running resistance of a vehicle indicative of the running state thereof on the basis of an engine torque and a vehicle acceleration. A number of devices, such as a cruise control device, an automatic tran... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5535720 | Induction system An induction system and method for enhancing the efficiency and performance of an internal combustion engine connectable between an air filter and an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine is provided. The induction system comprises: a governor ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5465208 | Power source output control system of vehicle with travel resistance detector A target torque is determined in a target torque determination device on the basis of an accelerator operation amount detected by an accelerator operation amount detector and power source output detected by a power source output detector. A target driving... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5121324 | Motor vehicle magagement and control system including solenoid actuated fuel injection timing control An electronic integrated engine and vehicle management and control system includes an electronic vehicle control module and a fuel injection control module, in communication with each other, which together control the total vehicle and engine operation fu... | 06/09/1992 |
