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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8090510 | Device and method for controlling transmission mechanism, and method for controlling motor vehicle In a motor vehicle having a clutch and a transmission, an additional shift command is accepted during an already ongoing shift operation, thereby providing control that makes possible a responsive shift operation. When a shift command is issued during an ongoing shi... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7970522 | Gear shifting control system for work machine A work machine gear shifting control system provides gear shifting conditions for an automatic gear shifting mode in accordance with work site conditions. An area 62 of a display device 49 displays a permissible velocity setting range and setup operati... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7953535 | Drive line torque perturbation for PTO mode shifting A method of controlling a machine drive having a driveline PTO establishes a driveline torque perturbation via conversion of internal inertia through two transmission neutral conditions. In an example, when a request is received, e.g., from an operator, to shift the... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7869926 | Fixed speed operation in a hybrid transmission A method of operating a hybrid transmission includes controlling the transmission according to a drive mode, which includes a continuously variable speed relationship, and controlling the transmission according to a fixed speed relationship mode, which includes a pl... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7774119 | Shift control system of automatic transmission and method thereof A shift control system of an automatic transmission and a method thereof include controlling the off-going and on-coming clutches according to hydraulic pressures of the off-going and on-coming clutches calculated based on a flare amount when a flare occurs, control... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7706951 | Shift control system of automatic transmission and method thereof A shift control system of an automatic transmission and a method thereof include controlling the off-going and on-coming clutches according to hydraulic pressures of the off-going and on-coming clutches calculated based on a flare amount when a flare occurs, control... | 04/27/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7402118 | Control device for controlling V-belt continuously variable transmission A control device for controlling a continuously variable transmission (5) is disclosed. The control device has an oil pressure control unit (100) which supplies an oil pressure to a primary pulley (10) and secondary pulley (11) based on a... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7389178 | System and method for vehicle driver behavior analysis and evaluation A system and method for analyzing and evaluating the performance and attitude of a motor vehicle driver. A raw data stream from a set of vehicle sensors is filtered to eliminate extraneous noise, and then parsed to convert the stream into a string of driving event p... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7376510 | Map display for a navigation system A system and method are disclosed for displaying map information on a portable computing device. When approaching a location at which maneuvering guidance is to be provided by the portable computing device, the portable computing device presents alternating images o... | 05/20/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7368887 | Servo control device and method of adjusting servo system A servo control device that displays, by a two-dimensional image, evaluation of control precision of a servo system, includes: an instruction unit that instructs a position instruction having periodicity; a unit that records a track of position data based on a posit... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366601 | Automatic transmission having torque converter with lockup clutch and method of controlling same lockup clutch When a downshift instruction has been detected, the oil pressure of a lookup clutch is controlled, and the state of operation of the automatic transmission is detected. If a starting condition has been met, a slip rotation speed of the lockup clutch is calculated, a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7340335 | Controller of driver for vehicle A control apparatus for a vehicular drive system, including uphill-drive-force control means and constructed to reduce a degree of uneasiness to be given to the vehicle operator during an uphill-road running of a vehicle. The uphill-drive-force control means is arra... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7274983 | Shift control method and apparatus of automatic transmission of vehicle When a sport mode shifting request occurs during gear shifting of an automatic transmission according to a vehicle running state, a transmission control unit determines whether or not to accept the sport mode shifting request on the basis of an expected turbine spee... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7264572 | Hydraulic control method for an automatic transmission for accelerator tip-in during static shifting and apparatus thereof A duty jumping amount at an actual shift-begin point (SB point) during static shifting is calculated dependent on an automatic transmission fluid temperature and a turbine torque. Therefore, an adjustment of hydraulic pressure supplied to an on-coming clutch at the ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261672 | Method and system for controlling rate of change of ratio in a continuously variable transmission Systems and methods for efficiently and effectively controlling the rate of change of ratio, not simply the ratio, in a CVT. By controlling the rate of change of ratio, the acceleration or deceleration of a vehicle can be controlled in an efficient manner. Furthermo... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255019 | Method of detecting false neutral in an automated transmission system A method and system for controlling downshifting in an automated mechanical transmission system (10) utilized on a vehicle. When an automatic power downshift from a currently engaged ratio (GR) is required, the engine acceleration (EA) is monitored and compar... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255946 | Fuel cell power plant system for moving bodies and control method thereof A fuel cell power plant system for a moving body includes a drive device (2) for driving the moving body by receiving power,-a power plant (10) having a fuel cell (1) for supplying power to the drive device (2) and a fuel supply device ( | 08/14/2007 |
| 7228215 | Method for operation of automatic clutch apparatus The proposal is to compare determined measurement values in the form of the actual engagement position to a set engagement speed of the clutch apparatus with a set position and a set engagement speed so that, upon the attainment of a known set-position and the prese... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220214 | Shift control system for automatic transmission A shift control system for an automatic transmission. The shift control system includes an oil temperature sensor, a hydraulic controller to operate a hydraulic clutch, and a control unit in operative communication with the oil temperature sensor and the hydraulic c... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7214163 | Method and system for controlling an engine of a vehicle during an upshift of an automatic transmission Regarding torque reduction control of an engine started during an upshift, a reference deviation is set on the basis of a predetermined vehicle parameter. Accordingly, when the current turbine speed is within the reference deviation from the target turbine speed, th... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7206681 | Adaptive vibration management system for a work machine A vibration management system for a work machine may include at least one machine component configured to respond to input commands from an operator of the machine. One or more vibration sensors may be configured to output a signal indicative of a vibration level ex... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200477 | Driver-aid method and device for shifting gears in an automatic transmission A driver-aid method for shifting gears in an automatic transmission, wherein an automatic operating mode of the automatic transmission provides for shifting automatically by means of an optimization strategy based on information signals. Manual shifting of the gears... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194348 | High acceleration time shift control apparatus and control method for vehicle A high acceleration time shift control apparatus and method for a vehicle is provided. The high acceleration time shift control apparatus includes a transmission which achieves plural shift speeds whose gear ratios are different from each other; and a high accelerat... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7160227 | Control apparatus and control method for vehicle A control apparatus and method for a vehicle including a stepped automatic transmission and a shift control device which controls an operation of the automatic transmission based on a vehicle state such as a value corresponding to a driving force required for the ve... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162353 | Automotive control apparatus and method An apparatus and a method for controlling an automotive vehicle are disclosed, in which a control amount for securing safety of the vehicle and the control amount for achieving a state intended for by the driver of the vehicle are switched in such a manner as to red... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7146264 | Method and system for controlling an automatic transmission using a GPS assist having a learn mode A method and system for controlling an automatic transmission is disclosed. The method and system include obtaining positioning data using a global positioning satellite (GPS) and monitoring the automatic transmission to obtain transmission data. The method and syst... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7139653 | Common control interface for diverse automated manual transmissions A gearshift to transmission controller interface is based on a controller area network and a gearshift interface interposed between the gearshift and associated displays and the network bus. The shift controller can be made universal to all transmission types of aut... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139652 | Range selection control device of automatic transmission A range selector issues a range selection command signal representative of an operation range of a shift-by-wire type automatic transmission meeting with a driver's intention. The operating range is at least one of P(parking)-range, R(reverse)-range, N(neutral)-rang... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7132924 | Construction machine A construction machine which is less vulnerable to theft compared with conventional machines is provided. The system includes an antenna (6) for detecting removal of an engine key (8) after the engine has stopped, an angle detector (35) for dete... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130733 | Control method for an automatic transmission Control method for effecting a gear shift in a stepped automatic transmission with an input shaft and an output shaft for transmitting power between two inertia components at distinct speed ratios with a first power transmission path and a second power transmission ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7103462 | Control device of automatic transmission When a request to switch to a shift to a new third shift step is made during performing a shift from a first shift step to a second shift step, a method of performing the shift to the third shift step is changed according to an engagement pattern of respective frict... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097587 | Ratio selection method for a continuously variable transmission A gear ratio selection method for a transmission in a motor vehicle includes detecting a power request, detecting a vehicle speed of the motor vehicle, and providing an engine speed of the motor vehicle. A first desired engine speed is calculated from a first variog... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7076355 | Shift control apparatus for vehicle step-variable automatic transmission A shift control apparatus for controlling shifting actions of a step-variable automatic transmission for a vehicle, which has a plurality of selectable groups of forward-drive positions having respective different sets of speed ratios, each one of the selectable gro... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069132 | Method for modifying a defined adaptive driving strategy A method for modifying a defined adaptive driving strategy, which is stored in the control system for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, for adaptation to another type of driver with a different driving style, consists in that the parameters used for the ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7029421 | Method for operating an automatic gearbox on a motor vehicle A method is described for operating an automatic transmission in which a command for changing a current ratio of the automatic transmission is generated when achieving preset operating states of the vehicle automatically or by manual input in a manual shifting mode,... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7006907 | Control apparatus and method for automatic transmission In control apparatus and method for an automatic transmission, an initial hydraulic reference value is calculated which provides a reference value of an initial hydraulic from a shift kind and a throttle opening angle or from the parameter value corresponding to the... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7003387 | Method for controlling an automatic gearbox according to a road profile A method for automatically controlling the gearbox of a road vehicle uses a computer using information on displacement speed and transversal acceleration of the vehicle and engine load in order to apply various shifting rules according to the road profile. The gearb... | 02/21/2006 |
