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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175791 | Automatic vehicle start/stop control method A method of managing the degraded modes of a system for the automatic starting/stopping of a heat engine of a vehicle, whereby the system receives information supplied by measurement and detection sensors and by a bus for the communication of vehicle operating data.... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170778 | Internal combustion engine system, control method of internal combustion engine system, and vehicle On incompletion of port learning, an auto stop-permitting water temperature is set to a temperature which is higher than a temperature set on completion of the port learning and is higher than a port injection temperature as an upper limit temperature that enables a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160804 | System and method for thermal management of engine during idle shutdown A system and method for controlling an internal combustion engine of a vehicle during an automatic shutdown process, in particular to cool the engine to a predetermined safe shutdown temperature, includes the steps of determining that vehicle-idle conditions exist a... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155864 | Method and device for controlling a combustion engine during a temporary stoppage A method for controlling, during temporary stoppage, a four-stroke combustion engine including a block delimiting cylinders which define combustion chambers equipped with pistons into which opens an intake pipe and an exhaust pipe, both provided with valves that can... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150605 | Coordination of variable cam timing and variable displacement engine systems Systems and methods are provided for operating an internal combustion engine including a variable cam timing (VCT) mechanism in cooperation with a plurality of deactivatable cylinders, each cylinder with a plurality of cylinder valves. One example method comprises, ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8131453 | Methods and systems for assisted direct start control Methods and systems are provided for expediting engine spin-down in an engine that is shutdown during engine idle-stop conditions and restarted during restart conditions. In one example, the method comprises, during an automatic engine idle-stop, turning off spark, ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8116966 | Low power microwave vehicle stopper with feedback A low power remote vehicle stopper with feedback that can disable a moving vehicle with low power microwave interruption signal. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a system for disrupting an internal combustion engine is provided. The system includ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8095298 | Variable valve actuation system of internal combustion engine In a variable valve actuation system of an internal combustion engine employing a variable valve actuator capable of variably adjusting at least intake valve closure timing depending on engine operating conditions, a processor of a control unit is programmed to phas... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086390 | Pumping loss reduction systems and methods An engine control system comprises a base air per cylinder (APC) module, a catalyst temperature adjustment module, an ambient temperature adjustment module, and an APC adjustment module. The base APC module determines a base APC to reduce first engine pumping losses... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8050851 | Power output apparatus, vehicle equipped with power output apparatus, driving system, and control method of power output apparatus In a hybrid vehicle, once an engine is started in response to prohibition of an operation stop of the engine based on a deterioration factor, the operation stop of the engine is not allowed irrespective of the value of the deterioration factor D until elapse of a ce... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8032295 | Pressure-maintaining function in a fully hybrid drive A method for maintaining and/or adjusting a system pressure in a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine, in which the internal combustion engine is a part of an hybrid power train, which includes in addition at least one further drive. A system press... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8000885 | Engine stop control device Target rotation speed at a reference point, which is set at a top dead center (TDC) preceding a target stop position of engine rotation by a predetermined crank angle, is set. A target trajectory of an engine rotation behavior extending since an engine rotation stop... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7987042 | Engine oil level detection system An oil level detection apparatus having a float-type oil level detector (50) and a mode switching unit. The oil level detector emits a signal indicating that the oil level has dropped when a movable contact disposed on a float (54) makes contact with f... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983833 | Internal combustion engine system, control method of internal combustion engine system, and power output apparatus At a time of stopping operation of an engine, after elapse of a preset time period since start of self-sustaining operation of the engine at a stop rotation speed Nstop, the drive control sets a torque command Tm1* of a motor MG1 to a rotation speed-de... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7957890 | Valve control device and method for internal combustion engine A valve control device performs control for eliminating or preventing fixation of an EGR valve (30) by opening/closing the valve near its fully closed position. After an engine stops, the valve control device performs “a fixation avoiding operation” for o... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953543 | Device and method for communication between a control system for small internal combustion engines and an external computer By incorporating digital control systems for ignition of, and to some extent for fuel injection in, small internal combustion engines, opportunities have been created for the connection of external computers, in order thereby to be able to change the characteristics... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7941266 | Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine in stop/start operation In a method for controlling an internal combustion engine (1) for a motor vehicle in stop-start operation, the internal combustion engine (1) is operated in the idling operating state. If there is a request for switch-off of the internal combustion eng... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937212 | Internal-combustion-engine stop determination device A device is provided with which it is made possible to rapidly determine that an internal combustion engine is in a stop state and to prevent an erroneous determination of starting. In a stop determination device provided with a detection unit that detects the rotat... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933711 | Methods and systems for assisted direct start control Methods and systems are provided for expediting engine spin-down in an engine that is shutdown during engine idle-stop conditions and restarted during restart conditions. In one example, the method comprises, during an automatic engine idle-stop, turning off spark, ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7899609 | Method for controlling the power supply of a pre-heat plug in an internal combustion engine A method for controlling power supply of a pre-heat plug in an internal combustion engine to reach an ignition temperature for restarting the engine after the engine has stopped. The temperature of the pre-heat plug is determined using a first mathematical model and... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7890243 | Method for controlling an automatic shut-off process and/or start-up process of an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle A method controls an automatic shut-off process of an internal combustion engine having a start/stop device, when predetermined shut-off conditions are satisfied by corresponding influential variables, and controls a start-up process, when predetermined start-up con... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7877193 | Method for operating a shutoff device for a device, in particular an internal combustion engine and/or an electric machine, as well as a shutoff device A method for operating a shutoff device for a device, in particular an internal combustion engine and/or an electric machine, in which an operating element for initiating a shutoff operation is provided, and in which a transmission path is provided via which a shuto... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873463 | Method and device for operating a drive unit, a computer program product and a computer program A method and a device for operating a drive unit, a computer program product having program code and a computer program which allow for an adaptation of a torque loss even outside of an idling operating state of the drive unit. In this instance, the losses of an out... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7869932 | Engine autostop and autorestart control Systems and methods are described for controlling engine operation of an engine that may be shut-down during engine idle stop conditions. The engine may include a high pressure direct injection fuel system. In one embodiment, a method stops the engine when a tempera... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7860637 | Eco-run control device and method for resetting the same An eco-run control device is mounted on a vehicle and is capable of performing eco-run control to stop an engine when predetermined stop requirements are satisfied and restart the engine when predetermined start requirements are satisfied later. This eco-run control... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860636 | Eco-run control device and engine restart method An eco-run control device sends an engine stop request to an engine control device when predetermined stop requirements are satisfied, causes the engine control device to perform an engine stop control operation, and drives a starter to restart the engine when prede... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7848873 | Control apparatus for internal combustion engine An electronic control unit 9 performs a delay control for extending the period from when an engine stop request is made to when the engine is actually stopped. During non-execution of the delay control, the electronic control unit 9 adjusts the opening... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7844390 | Method of operating an engine upon occurrence of abnormal combustion and operation control apparatus therefor A method and apparatus for operating an engine with a plurality of cylinders, which are capable of appropriately controlling the engine after the cutoff of fuel into a cylinder having heavy knock, without at once stopping the engine upon the detection of the heavy k... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7826961 | Control apparatus for internal combustion engine and method of controlling internal combustion engine In an engine ECU (60), a threshold line LS1 and a threshold line LS2 are set as threshold lines used when stopping of an engine is prohibited based on a coolant temperature Tw. The threshold line LS1 is set to ensure a predete... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7822535 | Internal combustion engine stop controller and stop control method When engine stop control is executed, an ECU estimates input power to a power storage device in accordance with an estimation of power generated by a generator and estimation of total power consumption of circuitry from the generator to the power storage device in t... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7822534 | Fuel supply device and fuel supply method for internal combustion engine A fuel supply device (30) for an engine (1) pressurizes the fuel drawn up from a fuel tank (31) by the low-pressure fuel pump (32) and stores it in a delivery pipe (34), and injects the fuel stored in the delivery pipe (34) ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7813868 | Method and device for operating a drive unit A method and a device for operating a drive unit, in particular of a vehicle, are provided, which allow for an adaptation of losses of an output variable of the drive unit, in particular of a torque, which is precise and which restricts as little as possible a reque... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7809493 | Stop position control apparatus for internal combustion engine An engine model is configured so as to include a crankshaft periphery motion equations computing block, a friction model, an intake air pressure estimation model, an in-cylinder pressure estimation model, a combustion waveform calculation block, an atmospheric press... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7801672 | After-stop fuel pressure control device of direct injection engine A pressure reducing valve is provided for reducing fuel pressure in a high-pressure fuel system, which supplies high-pressure fuel from a high-pressure pump to an injector, after an engine stops. An ECU detects or estimates an engine stop position when the engine st... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7797099 | Apparatus for controlling operation of engine mounted on vehicle provided with idle stop function An apparatus is for controlling rotation of an engine mounted on a vehicle. In the apparatus, a count of a crank counter is updated based on a signal changing in accordance with rotation of a crankshaft. The count indicates a rotational position of the crankshaft. T... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7788023 | Power output apparatus, vehicle equipped with power output apparatus, and control method of power output apparatus A hybrid electronic control unit sends a combustion start command to an engine ECU when the rotation speed of an engine reaches a combustion start rotation speed by engine cranking. The engine ECU sends an initial explosion advance notification to the hybrid electro... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7751964 | Control unit for controlling an automatic shut-off and/or start-up process of a vehicle power plant A control unit and method are provided for controlling an automatic shut-off process of a vehicle power plant in a motor vehicle, wherein the control unit emits a shut-off signal for initiating corresponding shut-off measures for automatically shutting off the vehic... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7706960 | Capacitor-discharge ignition system for internal combustion engine In a capacitor-discharge ignition system for an internal combustion engine having a power generation coil, a capacitor connected to the power generation coil, an ignition coil having a primary winding connected to the capacitor through a thyristor and a secondary wi... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7702450 | Automatic idle adjustment and shutdown of vehicle A vehicle is disclosed having an automatic idle adjustment system. The vehicle may also include an automatic shutdown system. A method for utilizing the automatic idle adjustment system and the shutdown system is also disclosed. ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7698053 | Economy running system, economy running controller and navigation apparatus An economy running system having: a function of stopping an internal combustion engine of a vehicle when the vehicle stops and all of stop conditions are satisfied; and a function of restarting the internal combustion engine of the vehicle. The economy running syste... | 04/13/2010 |
