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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190339 | Shift control apparatus for automatic transmission A shift controller controls a downshift to a low shift speed, spaced apart from a high shift speed by two or more steps, through an intermediate shift speed, by first releasing first and second shift release elements, then engaging a first shift engagement element, ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190340 | Shift control device for automatic transmission and control method thereof In a shift control device for an automatic transmission according to this invention, when the engine load increases such that a shift to a first gear position on a low speed side of a current gear position is required, control is performed to calculate an estimated ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8140231 | Abnormal-period automatic shift control apparatus of automated manual transmission In an abnormal-period automatic shift control apparatus of an automated manual transmission (AMT), a controller includes a first state detecting section configured to detect whether the AMT is in a first state where the AMT is thrown into a shift stage during an eng... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131437 | Method for operating a powertrain system to transition between engine states A powertrain system includes a multi-cylinder engine coupled to a hybrid transmission. The engine is selectively operative in one of a plurality of main engine states to transfer engine torque to the hybrid transmission. A method for operating a powertrain system in... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126624 | Method for selection of optimal mode and gear and input speed for preselect or tap up/down operation A powertrain system includes an engine mechanically coupled to an electro-mechanical transmission at an input thereto selectively operative in one of a plurality of transmission operating range states and one of a plurality of engine states. A method for controlling... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8099219 | Method and apparatus for securing an operating range state mechanical transmission A hybrid powertrain system includes a transmission operative in a plurality of operating range states. An operating range state can be secured, including assigning each operating range state to a group that can be verified, monitoring a transition path from a first ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095286 | Method for controlling shifts in an automated gearshift transmission A method for controlling a vehicle's automated transmission, which is arranged in a drive train in the force flow between a engine and a drive axle or a transfer box, depending on certain operating parameters and control actions of an adaptive cruise control system ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8082085 | Method for engaging a gear in a gear position in an automated shift transmission A method for shifting a gear into a gear position in an automated shift transmission with several gears and an automated shift transmission adapted to perform said method are suggested. Via a shifting fork, a shifting sleeve can be shifted from a neutral position in... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8068964 | Method for determining the driving resistance of a motor vehicle A method for determining the driving resistance of a motor vehicle simultaneously with a shift of an automated shift transmission from a load gear to a target gear such that if a difference between a first driving resistance value F_fw_1 and a second driving resista... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8036801 | Control device for vehicle drive device A control apparatus for a vehicular drive system including a differential mechanism including an electric motor. The drive system includes a switching clutch and switching brake to switch the transmission mechanism between a continuously-variable shifting state and ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032288 | Upshift control system of an automatic transmission and method thereof An upshift control system and method of an automatic transmission. The system includes a vehicle speed detector outputting a vehicle speed signal; a transmission control unit for receiving the signal, calculating a target hydraulic pressure based on a change of the ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8014926 | Vehicle control device A vehicle control device for executing the following control are provided. When a driving mode is input, a CPU of an ECU outputs an instruction for shifting a power transfer mechanism in accordance with the input driving mode, and controls a power control mechanism ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014925 | Control apparatus for automatic transmission for vehicle A control apparatus for an automatic transmission includes an operational condition detecting unit for detecting a vehicle operational condition, a slope detecting unit for detecting a road surface slope, and a shift characteristic selecting unit for selecting one o... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010264 | Control device for a hybrid electric vehicle A hybrid electric vehicle is arranged such that a driving force of an engine and a driving force of an electric motor can be transmitted to driving wheels through an automatic transmission having a plurality of forward gears. When it is detected that the vehicle is ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010265 | Effective driveline vibration detection algorithm in transmission TCC slip control A method for adjusting the slip of a torque converter for a plurality of selected engine speeds, transmission gears and engine torque. A sensor is used to determine vibrations transmitted through the torque converter to the driveline of the vehicle. The sensor signa... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7979184 | Automatic transmission solenoid control system and method An automatic transmission controller system and method are disclosed. In particular, disclosed is a system and method for controlling solenoid pressure control valves associated with an automatic transmission. The automatic transmission controller system comprises a... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7966115 | System and method for controlling transmission shift points based on vehicle weight A system and method of controlling shift points of a transmission coupled to an internal combustion engine by modifying at least one transmission shift point schedule may comprise determining a weight of a vehicle carrying the engine and the transmission, modifying ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7949452 | Optimizing shift strategies through driving simulation A motor vehicle includes a clutch and an automated transmission between the engine and the drive wheels of the vehicle. A method for shift control in the motor vehicle when starting off or under way includes continuously performing computer simulations of the future... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7920949 | Feedback adjustment for open-loop torque control map A variator torque control system and method utilize a hydraulic actuator to control the variator output via a torque control map, wherein the values of the torque control map are evaluated and modified during use of the map to improve map accuracy. In an example, er... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917267 | Method to determine an optimized shift point, in particular upshift point, for a manual transmission In order to determine an optimized upshift point, it is proposed that a control circuit, on the basis of a current engine operating point (TQCUR;N) calculates a new engine operating point (TQNEW; NNEW) produced when shifting up at ap... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912615 | Method for gear selection during driving of a vehicle in a heavy uphill drive condition A method for gear selection during driving of a vehicle in a heavy uphill drive condition is provided, the vehicle including an engine, an automated mechanical transmission, a clutch, a control unit for receiving input signals including signals indicative of vehicle... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7774118 | Control apparatus and control method of a vehicle, and recording medium on which a program that commands a computer to realize that control method is recorded An ECT_ECU executes a program that includes the steps of i) starting a TD (1) timer when a shift determination is made and a change amount ΔTH of a throttle opening amount is greater than ΔTH (1), ii) starting a TD (2) timer when ΔTH is great... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7739017 | Device for controlling an automatic transmission having an electronic control unit For controlling an automatic transmission having an electronic control unit and having a power control element, the control unit detects a desired-power signal corresponding to the position of the power control element and, basically as a function of this desired-po... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7693637 | Hybrid vehicle control system A vehicle control system is comprised of a controller which is arranged to select an optimal mode adapted to a driving point of a vehicle from an optimal mode map of defining a plurality of running modes of the vehicle, to detect a generation of a mode transition in... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7653469 | Automatic transmission shift point control system and method of use An automatic transmission control system for controlling gear shifting in an automatic transmission in a motor vehicle having an automatic transmission in a motor vehicle in operative communication with a transmission control unit, the transmission control unit has ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7627411 | Control apparatus for automatic transmission A control apparatus for controlling a step-variable automatic transmission of a vehicle to effect a shifting action of the automatic transmission on the basis of a target throttle valve opening angle for realizing a target vehicle drive force, so as to prevent a shi... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7546197 | Driving force control device of vehicle A driving force control device can set driving force characteristics which conform to tastes of drivers using one vehicle thus giving the easy-to-drive feeling to the drivers. An E/G13ECU possesses three modes 1 to 3 as control modes and sel... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7532968 | Vehicle driving force control apparatus A vehicle driving force control apparatus is provided to prohibit a change in a shift schedule that will cause insufficient power generation of a generator that supplies power to an electric motor to drive a first drive wheel. The vehicle driving force control appar... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7529607 | Method for controlling selection of an automatic transmission gear ratio A method for controlling selection of an automatic transmission gear ratio with staged ratios or constant variation for a vehicle including a control for preventing/allowing extension of the gear ratio or for controlling a shortening the transmission gear ratio if, ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7505842 | Method for configuring a transmission control for motor vehicles A method for configuring an electronic transmission control unit of an automatic transmission in a motor vehicle. Selectable shift programs are offered to a user of the motor vehicle at an input unit for configuring the electronic transmission control unit. From the... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7463962 | Shift point strategy for hybrid electric vehicle transmission A method for determining a shift point strategy in a hybrid vehicle includes providing at least two power sources, selectively coupling the two or more power sources to a hybrid vehicle transmission, defining an input shaft speed for best acceleration, defining an i... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7428457 | Method for interpreting driver requested axle torque A torque request generation system for use with a coordinated torque control system of a vehicle includes an input receiving a vehicle speed and an axle torque command. A datastore records a three-dimensional torque surface defined in terms of a coordinate system ha... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7413526 | Automatic shifting-operation control system An automatic shifting-operation control system having an engine control unit that controls the operation of an engine by a signal of an intake air amount detected by intake air amount detecting unit which detects an intake air amount of an engine, and which includes... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7396317 | Vehicle and method for automatic gear selection in a gearbox forming part of a vehicle Method and arrangement for providing a vehicle having an internal combustion engine and a drivetrain coupled to the internal combustion engine. A control unit is utilized for automatic gear selection, based on a function of the current rotational speed of an input s... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7373233 | System and method for controlling the coupling between the driveshaft and the primary gear shaft in a motor vehicle with a servo-controlled gearbox What is described is a control system for controlling the coupling between a driveshaft of a motor vehicle propulsion system and a primary input shaft of a gearbox by means of a servo-assisted friction clutch. A control unit receives at its input signals indi... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7359784 | Control apparatus and control method for automatic transmission A control apparatus and a control method for an automatic transmission installed in a vehicle, which detect an inclination of a road on which the vehicle is running; calculate actual torque of an engine installed in the vehicle; store reference torque of the engine;... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356398 | Synchronous shift control in an electrically variable transmission Synchronous shift control in a multi-mode, hybrid transmission utilizes motor torques to control clutch synchronizations and torque conditions thereacross for substantially torque disturbance free shifting from one mode to another. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354378 | Motor vehicle, control unit, driving force transmission system, and motor vehicle control method A large gearshift shock that occurs if a renewed gearshift operation is forcibly carried out in order to meet a new gearshift request made through a driver's operating an accelerator pedal or a signal from an operation lever during a current gearshift operation. Gea... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350435 | Motor, especially a gear motor or a selector motor of a transmission actuating system, and method for detecting the moving direction of a motor The invention relates to a method for determining the moving direction of a motor, especially an electric motor of a transmission actuating system for gear selection and/or shifting, whereby at least one signal of the motor is detected. The inventive method is chara... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343236 | Electronic control system The present invention provides a universal power control module for automatic transmissions. The power control module includes a processor and at least two sensor inputs that convey engine and vehicle data to the processor. This data may include vehicle speed, engin... | 03/11/2008 |
