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| 7234556 | One-touch cruise control system A vehicle cruise control system comprises a plurality of pre-set cruise control speed buttons and cruise control logic circuitry coupled to the pre-set cruise control speed buttons. Each one of the pre-set cruise control speed buttons corresponds to a respective pre... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7165640 | Traction chain comprising a gear mechanism integrated in a wheel Traction chain for an automobile vehicle including a wheel support (K) which supports a rotating hub designed to receive a drive wheel (W), and a rotating toothed wheel having the same rotation axis as that of the drive wheel, the toothed wheel meshing directly with... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159679 | Cruise control indicator A motorcycle comprising a frame, a front wheel coupled to the frame, a rear wheel coupled to the frame and an engine adapted to propel the motorcycle. The motorcycle also includes a cruise control system including an off condition, an on condition, and a set conditi... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7128059 | Air induction system and evaporative emissions control device A device comprising an air intake duct and at least one passive one-way air intake valve disposed in the air intake duct. There is also an actuator coupled to the one-way valve for biasing the one-way valve in a closed position. During operation, the one-way air int... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124852 | Acceleration sensor and engine control for motorcycle A motorcycle has an engine and other components that are controlled based upon output from an acceleration sensor. The motorcycle also has an alarm system that uses the same acceleration sensor to detect vibrations indicative of a potential theft of the vehicle. Var... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7108096 | Vehicle control system with slow-in-turn capabilities and related method A control system with slow-in-turn capabilities for use with a self-propelled, steerable vehicle, such as a lawn mower, is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system slows the vehicle speed when turns are made beyond a predetermined range and the speed is at or above ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7101313 | Motor vehicle powertrain control method for low traction conditions A driver-initiated low traction control method limits the drive torque of a motor vehicle during operation on low traction road surfaces. The low traction control mode is initiated by actuation of a switch or by moving a transmission range selector to a Low range wh... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6941206 | Tip-over detection device for motor vehicle A vehicle includes a tip over detection device that uses a vertically oriented sensor to improve the accuracy of detecting when the vehicle has tipped over. An ECU communicates with the accelerometer and controls engine operation. The ECU stops the engine, preferabl... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6754574 | Controller for automatic transmission When changing gear, engagement side clutch coupling force of an automatic transmission (32) is controlled in response to an engagement side clutch coupling force control amount set in advance in an engagement side clutch coupling force control amount storage ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6542793 | Pedal apparatus for vehicles and a vehicle equipped with the same There is provided a pedal apparatus for vehicles, which comprises a pedal reaction-force addition means 4 for adding a reaction force to a pedal 1 of a vehicle, a pedal force detection means 2 for detecting a force added to the pedal 1, a pedal reaction-f... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6513610 | Shift control system for continuously variable transmission A shift control system for a continuously variable transmission CVT) has a gear ratio controller for controlling the gear ratio of CVT by determining a target gear ratio from a drive point determined on the basis of at least a throttle opening and a vehic... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6427110 | Apparatus for controlling a drive system for an industrial truck An apparatus for controlling a drive system for an industrial truck having an internal combustion engine and a hydrostatic transmission wherein the hydrostatic transmission has a pump the delivery volume of which is variable and at least one hydraulic eng... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6424905 | Vacuum actuated vehicle speed control system A method and system adjusts powertrain controls to avoid significant deviations from set speed during speed control operation. Low vacuum conditions of a reservoir vacuum resulting from high load conditions are detected and eliminated through the initiati... | 07/23/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6122588 | Vehicle speed control with continuously variable braking torque A system and method for reducing speed of a vehicle to maintain a target vehicle speed include determining an actual vehicle speed, comparing the target vehicle speed to the actual vehicle speed to generate a speed error, determining a continuously variab... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5524724 | Throttle valve control apparatus A throttle valve control apparatus serves to electrically drive a throttle valve which adjusts a rate of air flow into an engine mounted on a vehicle. The throttle valve control apparatus includes a lever connected to the throttle valve for movement in an... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5507361 | Control system for influencing the speed of a motor vehicle A control system for influencing the speed of a motor vehicle. The invention is characterized in that the retarder controller and the pertaining servomechanism already available in a vehicle with an installed retarder is in traction operation additionally... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5477679 | Apparatus for controlling revolution speed of prime mover for hydraulically propelled work vehicle A prime mover revolution speed control system for a hydraulically propelled vehicle controls the revolution speed of a prime mover to optimize vehicle acceleration in a vehicle propelling mode, and to optimize engine output and economy in a working mode. ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5420793 | Vehicle speed control system with quadratic feedback control A speed control system maintains vehicle speed at a desired speed by controlling the engine throttle. The speed control system includes feedback from a quadratic control signal having an amplitude related to a square of the speed error signal and also hav... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5348115 | Cruise control for hydraulically driven vehicle An apparatus is provided for use in a vehicle having a source of pressurized fluid and a pair of hydraulic drive motors connected to the pressurized fluid source and powered thereby. First and second ground engaging devices are connected to and driven by ... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5333109 | Vehicle speed control system with adaptive learning A speed controller maintains the engine throttle at a desired throttle position based upon an initial throttle position and a speed error signal. The initial throttle position is generated by multiplying vehicle speed by a constant and adding an offset va... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5243523 | Method and device for computing a stabilized vehicle speed value from a pulse signal A method is provided for computing a stabilized vehicle speed value from a detected vehicle speed pulse signal and a detected engine speed signal, the vehicle speed value being for use by a vehicle speed control system. The method comprises several contin... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5230400 | Vehicle cruise control system A cruise control system for vehicles uses a video camera to follow a vehicle driving ahead at a constant distance and speed on a highway. The system detects the distance to a vehicle and a relative speed to set the upper and lower limitations for the dist... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5224045 | Automotive vehicle microprocessor control having grade-holder vehicle speed control A microprocessor engine control for a diesel engine powered truck is provided with a grade-holder vehicle speed control by another algorithm that is effective to cause the engine operation to move from one horsepower vs. speed curve to another when the ve... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5197563 | Constant-speed cruising control system for vehicles A constant-speed cruising control system for vehicles comprises a car-speed sensor, a command switch group, a car-speed memory, an actuator for driving a throttle, and a control mechanism which has a cruising control function, a resuming control function ... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5064015 | System and method for automatically controlling vehicle speed to a desired cruise speed A system and method for automatically controlling a vehicle speed to a desired cruise speed includes an inhibit switch connected in parallel to a line between a power supply and a main self hold power supply switch (self-hold type) of an automatic cruise ... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5033571 | Drive speed control system for a motor vehicle having a continuously variable transmission A control system for a motor vehicle has a continuously variable transmission, a transmission ratio control system for controlling the transmission ratio, and a cruise control system for controlling speed of the vehicle to a desired cruising speed. A resu... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5033570 | Fixed operating speed control device A fixed speed control device including a predetermined vehicle operating speed controller, a release time limit set-up system, a release switch system, and a memory system, which are all electronically connected to an electronic control circuit. The fixed... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4947950 | Vehicle speed control device A vehicle speed control device in a vehicle having a variable speed engine and drive train arrangement connecting the engine to a drive wheel therefore includes a foot pedal movable in first and second directions, a vehicle speed transducer arrangement fo... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4936403 | Drive speed control system for a motor vehicle having a continuously variable transmission A control system for a motor vehicle has a continuously variable transmission, a transmission ratio control system for controlling the transmission ratio, and a cruise control system for controlling speed of the vehicle to a desired cruising speed. The tr... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4934476 | Vehicle speed control system A vehicle speed control system compares current vehicle speed against a target vehicle speed and automatically controls the position of the throttle valve of an engine in accordance with the difference therebetween for reducing the difference. A plurality... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4917206 | Apparatus for automotive vehicle speed control An apparatus for controlling a throttle valve to retain the speed of running of an automotive vehicle within an insensible range having a predetermined width defined by upper and lower limits. The apparatus includes a first sensor sensitive to vehicle spe... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4905786 | Vehicle speed control system for motor vehicle having an automatic transmission control system A vehicle speed control system for a motor vehicle having an automatic transmission control system includes first reference data for exclusive use with only automatic transmission control and second reference data for exclusive use with both automatic tra... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4896267 | Electronic speed control system for vehicles, a method of determining the condition of a manual transmission clutch and of a park/neutral gear in an automatic transmission A method to disengage an electronic speed control as a function of the condition of the park/neutral gear or manual clutch. If the automatic transmission lever is bumped from "drive" or the manual transmission clutch is depressed while the electronic spee... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4860210 | Method of determining and using a filtered speed error in an integrated acceleration based electronic speed control system for vehicles Speed error is calculated by finding the difference between set speed and vehicle speed and then filtering the result. The error is tested for polarity and magnitude before selecting a desired acceleration rate. This acceleration rate is used in an accele... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4848502 | Constant vehicle speed retaining device for motorcycle A constant vehicle speed retaining device for motorcycle, comprising a control mechanism connected to a cable provided between a throttle valve and a throttle grip, for controlling the angle of opening of the throttle valve during the time interval betwee... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4796716 | Automatic speed control system for motorcycles An automatic speed control mechanism for a motorcycle that embodies a separately driven vacuum pump for controlling the throttle valve of the motorcycle independently of its induction system vacuum. In addition, an indicator system is provided that indica... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4795000 | Cruise control device for automotive vehicles A cruise control device for automotive vehicles is disclosed including an actual speed sensor which actuates, by way of a control circuit, the throttle valve of the vehicle motor for keeping the vehicle speed constant. The accelerator pedal can be overrid... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4790403 | Output condition monitor apparatus for a velocity sustaining device A vacuum actuator for actuating the throttle valve of a vehicle is driven by a surge tank via three valves which are actuated by their respective solenoids. These solenoids are energized by their respective driver circuits. The input signal applied to eac... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4754831 | Constant speed running apparatus A constant speed running apparatus has a surge tank for storing a vacuum for driving a vacuum actuator, a vacuum switch for judging the amount of vacuum stored in the surge tank, and a vacuum pump activated when the amount of vacuum stored in the tank dec... | 07/05/1988 |
