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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180538 | Adapting stroke pressure of a transmission control element A method for controlling a transmission includes applying a reference stroke pressure to an oncoming control element while executing a downshift to a target gear, determining a stroke pressure adjustment in response to a turbine speed flare during the downshift, and... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7765047 | Shift control method of automatic transmission A shift control method of an automatic transmission includes the steps of: determining whether a road has a gradient; calculating road gradient in real time; filtering the gradient; controlling shifting according to the greater of calculated and filtered gradients i... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7647152 | Control device for vehicle ECU executes a program including the steps of: detecting a mode input by a driver, detecting an accelerator opening degree TA to calculate an operation potential Pta based on the accelerator opening degree TA and an accelerator operation speed dTA, counting the numb... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7574295 | Method for controlling automatic or automated transmission downshift used for power braking The invention concerns a method for controlling automatic or automated transmission downshift used for power braking and comprising set of predetermined shifting laws, characterized in that it consists, below a certain arbitrary threshold Ethreshold of th... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7383103 | Electronically servo-assisted bicycle gearshift and related method A method for electronically servo-assisting a bicycle gearshift, including the steps of: a) driving an actuator of a bicycle gearshift to displace a chain of the gearshift in an axial direction with respect to a gearshift group comprising at least two sprockets; b) ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7352322 | GPS-based positioning system for mobile GPS terminals The present invention discloses a GPS system that uses call-processor intelligence to determine the mode of operation of a GPS receiver located in a GPS terminal. The modes are selected based on the availability of network facilities, the GPS information that can be... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7301302 | Supply of electric power using fuel cell and chargeable/dischargeable storage Intended to utilize a fuel cell efficiently while ensuring good output responsiveness by the fuel cell. In a vehicle having a motor as the drive power source, a fuel cell and battery are on board as the power source for the motor. A target output value for th... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290458 | Bicycle derailleur with a motor disposed within a linkage mechanism A bicycle derailleur comprises a base member, a movable member for supporting a chain guide, a first link member pivotably coupled to the base member and to the movable member through respective first and second link pins, a second link member pivotably coupled to t... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292927 | Control system A control system which controls a control amount via a movable mechanism, such that it is possible to reduce impact occurring when a movable part of the movable mechanism is driven to a limit of the movable range, and time required for the driving, in a compatible m... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288038 | Bicycle shift control apparatus with preferential shifting A shift control apparatus is provided for a bicycle that has a front transmission and a rear transmission, wherein each transmission has a plurality of gear steps. The apparatus comprises a travel condition sensing unit and a control unit that operates one of the fr... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7257522 | Simulator for automatic vehicle transmission controllers A simulator comprising computer-aided design programs for simulating a shift control algorithm stored in an ECU of an automatic transmission having hydraulic clutches. In the simulator, a simplified hydraulic model describes the entire system so as to design a third... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247108 | Method and apparatus for controlling an automatic bicycle transmission An apparatus for determining when to shift a bicycle chain from a first sprocket having a first number of teeth to a second sprocket having a second number of teeth comprises a memory for storing a reference value, and a processor that determines a shift value corre... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7223189 | Electronically servo-assisted bicycle gearshift and related method A method for electronically servo-assisting a bicycle gearshift, including the steps of: a) driving an actuator of a bicycle gearshift to displace a chain of the gearshift in an axial direction with respect to a gearshift group comprising at least two sprockets; b) ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216025 | Adaptive pressure control method for synchronous downshifts in a multiple-ratio transmission An adaptive pressure control method for synchronous downshifts in an automatic transmission that uses pressure actuated friction elements. The method uses characteristic parameters that determine downshift quality for both power-on downshifts and power-off downshift... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207916 | Transmission for power take-off A PTO transmission transmits power from an engine-driven shaft to a PTO shaft. The transmission includes a variable displacement hydraulic pump driven by the engine-driven shaft. A planetary transmission unit includes a ring gear driven by the engine-driven shaft, a... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7200980 | Drive system of a self-propelled working machine A self-propelled forage harvester includes front and rear sets of driven ground wheels. The front set of wheels is driven through a transmission including an input shaft driven by a variable displacement motor and coupled to the front set of wheels by a gear train i... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195580 | Vehicle control system A vehicle control system which is capable of performing a quick decelerating operation in all vehicle speed regions and setting a direct region where power from an engine is transmitted through a mechanical transmission unit only in a hydro-mechanical transmission. ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7188008 | System for controlling the operation of at least one aircraft engine A system for supervising the speed of at least one engine of an aircraft includes three independent information sources determining first, second and third values for an aerodynamic parameter of the aircraft and precision information indicating the precision of thes... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181327 | Method and apparatus for controlling fluid supply to a clutch pack of an automatic transmission When an engine is restarted after a predetermined period of being stopped oil is supplied to a clutch pack for a 2–3 and/or 3–4 shift while a transmission is engaged in the first speed for the first time since starting. The amount of oil drained during the prede... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7149653 | Information system in a motor vehicle with driving-style-dependent production of information to be outputted Information system in a vehicle, having a plurality of information sources for outputting respectively associated information. The information which is to be output is generated and/or filtered as a function of the state of the driver and/or of the behavior of the d... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144027 | Bicycle control apparatus that sets a bicycle transmission to a predetermined gear ratio A control apparatus for an electrically operated bicycle transmission comprises a power supply sensor and a control unit operatively coupled to the power supply sensor. The power supply sensor senses a power characteristic of a power supply, and the control unit pro... | 12/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7131931 | Gearbox control system In a gearbox control system (8) for detecting systematic errors and long-term changes, the behavior of a real gearbox (1) is compared to the behavior of an ideal gearbox (7), which is implemented in the form of a gearbox model in the gearbox con... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121978 | Shift shock system of automatic transmission A shift shock reduction system comprises a first section that causes an engine to produce a normal engine torque in accordance with an existing operation condition of a vehicle; a second section that changes an output rotation of the engine to an output rotation of ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121967 | Control circuit and method for generating a control signal for controlling a continuously variable belt transmission The invention relates to a control circuit for generating a control signal (I) for controlling the transmission ratio adjustment of a belt transmission continuously adjustable with respect to its transmission ratio. The belt transmission includes a drive end (7 | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120531 | Method of determining a default transmission input speed A default value of transmission input speed in a motor vehicle powertrain having an automatic-shift multi-gear ratio power transmission is continuously updated based on a measured value of the input speed and other reliable speed data including transmission output s... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7110988 | Automated system and method for creating aligned goals A method of aligning a new goal of an entity ensures that the new goal is a child goal of a parent goal. The method also ensures that a group is linked to the parent goal, and ensures that the entity is subordinate to the group. In one embodiment, selection lists co... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107134 | Method of determining a default transmission output speed A default value of transmission output speed in a motor vehicle powertrain having an automatic-shift multi-gear ratio power transmission is continuously updated based on a measured value of the output speed and other reliable speed data including transmission input ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099762 | Powertrain of a motor vehicle and method for controlling said powertrain The power train (1) includes a controlled drive source (3), a clutch (6), an automatically shifting transmission (7) and a data transmission device (2). The power train contains an additional drive source (12) and is fitted ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7092807 | Device for inclination determination and arrangement for the setting of a driver command The invention relates to a device for the determination of the inclination of the roadway in a vehicle, with an arrangement (4), for at least the indirect determination of parameters, which at least indirectly characterize the inclination of the roadway. Said... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086974 | Actuator for a bicycle gear-shift A bicycle gear-shift actuator (10, 100) having an articulated quadrilateral support (11) with four connecting rods (21, 22, 23, 24) hinged together by four pin elements (41, 42, 43, 44), and a motor member (12), having a variable l... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7079927 | Method for analyzing tendency of operation of moving object, operation control system and its constituent apparatus, and recorded medium An operation management system includes a sensor section for detecting behavior of a vehicle, a recorder section for recording the behavior detected by the sensor section on a memory card, and a behavior analyzer for setting a condition pattern for determining the b... | 07/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7042123 | Bicycle electrical generator hub A bicycle gearshift system is mounted on the rear part of the frame of the bicycle. The bicycle gearshift system includes an electrically powered rear derailleur, a rear hub, a charger part, and a gearshift control part. The electrically powered rear derailleur is m... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039519 | Vehicle weight estimating device A vehicle weight estimating device includes an acceleration detecting portion, a driving force estimating, a filtered acceleration obtaining means portion for eliminating a low frequency component from the detected acceleration, a filtered driving force obtaining po... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035723 | Method for rapid data table initialization The present invention provides a fast learn algorithm for quickly providing data to a data table and a controller. Existing data is considered, such that information gathered from prior events is not arbitrarily overwritten. An error is determined for a first data c... | 04/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7000602 | Engine system and fuel vapor purging system with cylinder deactivation Various systems and methods are disclosed for carrying out combustion in a fuel-cut operation in some or all of the engine cylinders of a vehicle. Further, various subsystems are considered, such as fuel vapor purging, air-fuel ratio control, engine torque control, ... | 02/21/2006 |
