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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7300384 | Methods and devices for controlling a disk clutch Method and device for controlling the position of an automatic disk clutch (3) as a function of the position of a throttle lever (48, 49) arranged in a vehicle is disclosed. In some preferred embodiments, the method is employed when starting the vehicl... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7226389 | Method and device for hill start Method and arrangement for facilitating hill-starting of a stationary motor vehicle. The method includes applying at least one braking device using a brake pedal and estimating the traveling resistance of the vehicle using a control unit (30). The control uni... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7090616 | Kick-down switching speed optimization for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle In the method for kick-down switching speed optimization in a motor vehicle with an automatic transmission, the kick-down upshift point is determined as a function of the load conditions and the road inclination in each case. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7044890 | Control apparatus and method for automatic transmission A control apparatus for an automatic transmission, which executes a neutral control by which an input clutch that transmits driving force from a driving source to the automatic transmission is released when conditions, being i) a shift lever is in a position corresp... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041031 | Calculation of automated friction clutch urge torque on grades The invention relates to a method for calculating a modification to the predetermined amount of torque needed to provide an urge to move sensation for a vehicle, the modification to take account of the weight at which and gradient on which the vehicle is operating a... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6953410 | Automatic selection of start gear An automated clutch system for transferring torque from an engine to a change gear transmission is connected to a processing unit which uses various input parameters to calculate the grade on which the vehicle is operating and its current weight to determine an appr... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6926638 | Method for carrying out an automated clutch actuation during non-driven operational phases The invention relates to a process for carrying out an automated clutch actuation of a motor vehicle with a drive engine and a transmission, connected to said drive engine by way of a clutch, in which process the clutch exhibits both an opened and a closed operating... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6896640 | Shift control apparatus for transmission A shift control apparatus of a transmission for a vehicle having an input shaft driven by an engine and an output shaft connecting with a drive wheel for automatically changing a speed ratio between the input shaft and the output shaft, comprises accelerator pedal o... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6811515 | Transmission control apparatus for an automatic transmission The improved CVT control apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. By using the CVT control apparatus, it becomes possible that the drive feeling is constant independently of a running state, the vehicle is accelerated as the driver's intention if accelerated due to the... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6801844 | Shift control system of continuously variable transmission A shift control system of a toroidal CVT for a vehicle is arranged to calculate a command gear ratio by adding a desired gear ratio and a torque shift compensation quantity for compensating a difference between the desired gear ratio and an actual gear ratio which d... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6755489 | Control device for electric vehicle stopping at slope road A control device for an electric vehicle stopping at a slope road which reduces a power consumption of the electric motor when the vehicle is stopping at the slope road with the generation of a drive torque. The device judges the stopping state of the vehicle at the... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6740006 | Control device for an automatic transmission A control device for an automatic transmission which prevents an automatic transmission from executing a “busy-shift” caused by a lower gear ratio of the highest gear, and which reduces revolutions of a driving power source at high speed. The control device incl... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6676561 | Torque transfer system for a motor vehicle A torque transfer system of a motor vehicle has a clutch, a transmission, a control device, and a traction load detecting device. The traction load is the variable resistance that a vehicle has to overcome to start or to keep moving, e.g., going uphill or... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6626797 | Vehicular control apparatus and method for controlling automatic gear change In the case where a cooperative gear change control of an automatic transmission is executed on the basis of information with respect to a condition around a vehicle or in front of a vehicle, in a cooperative gear change control means, a gear change of th... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6623403 | Shift control method for an automatic transmission A shift control method for an automatic transmission based on one of a first shift pattern based on vehicle speed and an opening degree of a throttle valve and a second shift pattern based on the vehicle speed and a road condition includes the steps of sw... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6616572 | Hill hold control apparatus for vehicle A hill hold control apparatus of an automatic transmission having a plurality of drive gears mounted on an input shaft, a plurality of driven gears meshing with the respective drive gears and mounted on an output shaft and a bypass clutch for engaging the... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6575874 | Working vehicle A working vehicle for work such as a turf grass management is provided, which has an improved climb-up performance and an improved engine-break force at a stage of climbing down a slope. The working vehicle mounts a working machine driven by an engine and... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6533704 | Control system for vehicular automatic transmission A control system (a control valve CV and an electronic control unit ECU) for an automatic transmission TM performs an automatic control to select and establish a speed ratio from a plurality of speed ratios in response to the condition of a vehicle which ... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6519522 | Method for determining a starting gear step The invention relates to a method for determining a starting gear step for a vehicle with a stepped variable speed transmission with several gear steps. It is proposed that a maximum admissible value for a slip time (12) and/or a maximum admissible value ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6503170 | Control device for an automatic transmission A control device for an automatic transmission which prevents an automatic transmission from executing a "busy-shift" caused by a lower gear ratio of the highest gear, and which reduces revolutions of a driving power source at high speed. The control devi... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6500091 | Shift control method for automatic transmission A shift control method for an automatic transmission while a vehicle runs up a slope while towing a trailer includes the steps of determining if present shift lever position indicates a driving range 2, calculating weight-slope resistance if the shift lev... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6412361 | Method for determining a starting gear step The invention relates to a method for determining a starting gear step for a vehicle with a multi-speed stepped variable transmission, wherein the starting gear step is determined by an electronic control device which is dependent on the vehicle mass; and... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6346064 | Driving force control unit for vehicles A driving force control unit for a vehicle, which allows transmission of driving force from a driving motor to driving wheels irrespective of releasing an accelerator pedal at a certain or lower vehicle speed when a transmission is set in a driving range,... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6317671 | Control apparatus for automatic transmission A control apparatus for an automatic transmission capable of sufficiently producing the effect of neutral control by reducing a period of time from stop of a vehicle to the release of an input clutch. Vehicle stop prediction means for predicting immediate... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6275760 | Control system for automatic vehicle transmissions A system for controlling an automatic transmission of a vehicle which determines a downgrade or upgrade parameter based on the vehicle acceleration and selects one from among a plurality of shift maps (programs) based on the determined grade parameter to ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6259984 | Automatic transmission control with object-oriented program An electronic control system for an automatic transmission has an electronic control unit including a CPU and a memory. The control program is programmed based on an object-oriented programming. An object such as a domain control unit or individual contro... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6106434 | Apparatus and method for controlling gearshifts in response to gradient, vehicle speed and busy shift areas or engine brake areas An automatic transmission control apparatus for a vehicle and a control method thereof keep the optimum vehicle speed even on a road with a gradient such as an up hill or an down hill in line. Whether or not it is necessary to change the gear ratio is det... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6095942 | Speed change control device for vehicular continuously variable transmission In a continuously variable transmission, a speed change control device includes a vehicle speed sensor, a brake sensor, a release vehicle speed memory which, when the brake is operated, renews and stores the brake release vehicle speed, and a gradient sen... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6056667 | Engaging force control system of a fluid coupling An engaging force control system of a fluid coupling is provided with a fluid coupling disposed between an input element connected with an engine and an output member connected with a drive wheel side member and including a lock-up clutch which is selecti... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6032096 | System and method for controlling running characteristics of vehicle having automatic transmission A system and method for controlling a running characteristic of a vehicle having an automatic transmision are disclosed in which when a vehicle running condition is changed and a running mode is transferred into a different running mode, the running mode ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6029107 | Control apparatus for an automatic transmission of a vehicle and control method thereof A gear ratio of the automatic transmission is controlled by changing a speed ratio between an input-side rotating member to which the driving force from an engine is transmitted and an output-side rotating member through which the driving force is transmi... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5995896 | Methods and apparatus for controlling shifting processes in a vehicle transmission A method for the control of shifting processes in a vehicle transmission from an initial gear to the next higher target gear includes the steps of continuously determining the vehicle acceleration (a) and the driven rpm (n2) behind the vehicle ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5913746 | System for adjusting the gear ratio of a continuously variable transmission A system for adjusting the gear ratio of a transmission is continuously adjusted with respect to its gear ratio and mounted downstream of the vehicle motor. Furthermore, downhill travel is detected and the adjustment of the gear ratio of the transmission ... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5908461 | Control system for automatic transmission A control system for an automatic transmission having a running status detector for detecting the running status of a vehicle including an input torque from an engine; a running resistance estimator for estimating a running resistance on the basis of the ... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5820515 | Hill holding brake pressure as a function of hill gradient detected as a function of acceleration in a control system for automatic transmission A control system for an automatic transmission having a hydraulic power transmission for transmitting the rotation of an engine to a gear shifter; a clutch to be applied, when a forward drive range is selected, for connecting the hydraulic power transmiss... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5816979 | Vehicle control apparatus capable of selective slip control of lock-up clutch during deceleration and automatic shift-down of transmission during downhill road running An apparatus for controlling an automatic transmission and a lock-up clutch of a fluid-filled power transmitting device of a motor vehicle, including a downhill running control device for shifting down the transmission when the vehicle initiates a downhil... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5813942 | Apparatus for controlling automatic trasmission during downhill running of vehicle by changing a reference acceleration value A shift control apparatus for controlling a speed ratio of an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle having an engine during running of the vehicle on a downhill road, on the basis of an actual acceleration value of the vehicle as compared with a refer... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5806642 | Control system for automatic transmission An automatic transmission control system causes a downshift to a gear which can provide an effect of engine braking greater than that provided before the downshift when the vehicle falls its speed with a specified rate of speed reduction as a result of fo... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5807204 | Vehicle lock-up clutch control apparatus wherein full or partial engagement of clutch is inhibited during vehicle running on uphill road An apparatus for controlling a lock-up clutch for direct connection of an engine and an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, the apparatus including a slip control device for selectively placing said lock-up clutch in one of a fully released state, ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5807205 | Electric vehicle parking lock device control apparatus, adapted to activate electric motor to reduce engagement load between lock gear and pawl upon releasing of lock An apparatus for controlling a mechanical parking lock device of an electric vehicle including an electric motor, the mechanical parking lock device including a parking lock gear rotated with a wheel of the vehicle, a parking lock pawl having a lock posit... | 09/15/1998 |
