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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7950749 | Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control method In a vehicle control apparatus, a hybrid ECU automatically stops and starts an engine if a predetermined condition is met while the vehicle is stopped. A brake ECU controls the braking force applied to wheels. A hybrid ECU controls the brake ECU so that braking forc... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7377600 | Turning behavior control device for vehicle A turning behavior control device for vehicle has a left and right wheel driving force adjustment mechanism for adjusting a difference in driving force between rear wheels, a braking force adjustment mechanism for adjusting a difference in braking force between the ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7303241 | Pump drive motor control apparatus A pump drive motor control apparatus controls a motor used for driving a hydraulic pump. Every time the supply of electricity to the motor is resumed (every time the motor control signal changes from a low level to a high level), the apparatus measures a time which ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7241249 | Driving condition control method and system In a driving condition control system, a sensing unit is configured to sense a first physical quantity indicative of a rotation of the first rotatable axle assembly and a second physical quantity indicative of a rotation of the second rotatable axle assembly. A corr... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7165818 | Vehicle attitude control system In a vehicle attitude control system of an automotive vehicle employing a pump-and-motor assembly, and a hydraulic actuator that regulates fluid pressures in wheel-brake cylinders of road wheels of the vehicle, independently of each other, a control unit is electron... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7063393 | Electronic brake system without pump unit In an electronic brake system, a brake pedal is operated by a driver according to a requisite braking force. Wheel cylinders equipped at respective vehicle wheels generate braking forces at the respective vehicle wheels. A master cylinder applies a brake fluid press... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7004551 | Vehicular motor-driven brake device A vehicular motor-driven brake apparatus includes an open circuit in which reciprocation of a master cylinder generating a brake pressure is caused by an actuator that operates according to a pedal operation amount, and brake fluid discharged from a wheel cylinder d... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6955409 | Vehicle automatic distance control system and method A vehicle equipped with an anti-lock brake system (ABS) and with anti-slip regulation (ASR) and having the capability of automatically controlling the distance from a vehicle driving in front whereby various vehicle deceleration devices are actuated automatically if... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6755488 | Traction control system A vehicle brakes traction control system and method of operation, for a vehicle having a drive axle with a differential operable between wheels at the two ends of the axle, and brakes for each respective wheel operable by a brake controller. The traction control sys... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6536408 | Engine brake control integration with vehicle service brakes An engine brake control system that is integrated with service brakes for a diesel engine powered vehicle. Three manually selectable modes of operation include an operation with the engine brake control system disabled, an operation with engine braking ac... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6428118 | Arrangement and methods for avoiding rollovers when braking or accelerating motor vehicles An arrangement for avoiding rollovers when accelerating motor vehicles, single-track or double-track vehicles such as motorcycles or passenger cars in particular, with an arrangement for comparing a difference in rotational speed between the speed of at l... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6357839 | Method and device for regulating the longitudinal dynamics of a vehicle The present invention describes a coordination device for nominal values for the brake and/or the engine. The arrangement is based on a system wherein various components contribute to controlling the longitudinal dynamics of a vehicle. According to the pr... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6321154 | Method and apparatus for controlling drive slip In a method and an apparatus for drive slip control, a switchover is made in the initial vehicle movement (drive-off) range from slip control to reference engine speed control. Additionally or alternatively, a braking intervention is performed, the brakin... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6253141 | Braking control system for vehicle A controller for an electric brake system in a vehicle. The brake system utilizes switched reluctance electric motors to apply braking force to wheels. Such motors have non-ideal torque-speed characteristics, wherein excessive amounts of time and current ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6244673 | Method of and device for traction control in a motor vehicle A method and a device are described for traction control in a motor vehicle that is equipped with an anti-lock system. When the brake pedal is depressed and an unallowable slip occurs on at least one driving wheel, the brake pressure built up by the drive... | 06/12/2001 |
| 5850887 | Acceleration slip control system for motor vehicle An acceleration slip control system for a motor vehicle operates so that a request for the upshift of the transmission of the motor vehicle is not output to upshift device in accordance with a road surface condition detected by road-surface condition dete... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5696683 | Method for reducing drive slip of a vehicle In order to optimize control of drive slip, the torque demand of the drive is determined continuously taking into account the interfering torques acting on the vehicle, and the drive torque is reduced to this torque demand when instability occurs.... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5630480 | Acceleration slip control system for a motor vehicle An acceleration slip control system for a motor vehicle, comprising a "fuel-cut number" alteration restraint device (in FIG. 1) for restraining the alteration of the number of those cylinders of the engine of the motor vehicle to which fuel is to be cut o... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5573315 | System for preventing slip of driven wheels An ASR is described which actuates the brakes in the case of spin. A maximum braking torque which depends on the drive torque is specified here in order to prevent strangling of the engine by the ASR operation.... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5291408 | Vehicle traction control system A traction control system limits the spin of a vehicle driven wheel at a spin limit value that is a function of the vehicle turn rate and that is decreased as a function of the vehicle turn rate of change.... | 03/01/1994 |
| 4998782 | Entitled vehicle traction control system A traction control system for limiting the slip of a driven wheel determines an excessive spinning condition of the wheel in response to an excess driving torque applied from the vehicle engine. If the vehicle speed is less than a predetermined value, a b... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4750125 | Vehicle wheel slip control system An excessive slipping condition of one of the driven wheels of a vehicle that is indicative of a loss of traction of that wheel is sensed based on the difference in the driven wheel speeds. An increasing braking force is applied to the wheel with excessiv... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4491919 | Anti-skid regulating system An anti-skid regulating system for front-wheel-drive vehicles. The brake circuits are such that the brakes of one front wheel and one rear wheel, especially the rear wheel diagonally opposite that front wheel, are included in one brake circuit. Measuremen... | 01/01/1985 |
