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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165766 | Method for controlling a drivetrain of a vehicle, with a drive motor and a gearbox A method for controlling a vehicles drivetrain including an engine and automatic transmission, such that transmission ratios are shifted within a range of transmission ratios in a continuous and/or stepped manner as function of preset target speeds that are adjustab... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8155848 | Vehicle control apparatus A vehicle control apparatus includes a vehicle drive device having a friction engagement element capable of being engaged and disengaged by an oil pressure generated by an electric oil pump, a start operation detecting unit that detects a start operation of the vehi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150588 | Methods and system for time of arrival control using time of arrival uncertainty Methods and a system for vehicle control are provided. The system includes an input device configured to receive a required time of arrival at a waypoint and a processor communicatively coupled to the input device. The processor is programmed to determine a forward ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8135522 | Control device for vehicular drive system A vehicular drive system switchable between a continuously-variable and step-variable shifting states, and a control device for controlling the vehicular drive system so as to reduce a shifting shock of an automatic transmission included in the drive system, which t... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8010267 | Methods and system for time of arrival control using available speed authority Methods and a system for a vehicle control system using a reference time profile including an upper control bound and a lower control bound are provided. The system includes an input device configured to receive a required time of arrival at a waypoint and a process... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7930086 | Shifting apparatus and shifting control method thereof An ECU executes a program including a step of detecting a running speed of a vehicle and a current gear stage of the vehicle, a step of determining whether or not shifting is required, a step of calculating a required period T(D) for performing double clutch control... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7801655 | Signal processing system with rapid signal processing A signal processing system with rapid signal processing, for example for controlling the transmission of a motor vehicle, with an input module that calls for a desired reaction by emitting a request signal, a signal processing module, and a target module that implem... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7769516 | Automatic gear control device An ECU executes a program including determining whether a mode is a neutral control execution mode, determining whether the mode is a neutral control return mode, detecting a proceeding state of the neutral control return mode when an accelerator is activated during... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7599778 | Transmission with intelligent gear synchronization and shifting This is a constant-mesh transmission that uses special latches, electromagnetic actuators to operate said latches, and an associated computerized control unit to command said actuators and, at the same time, synchronize the speed of the motor/engine and the gear tra... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7444221 | Vehicle backward movement detection apparatus and vehicle braking force control apparatus A vehicle braking force control apparatus detects a period of time from when a braking force of a brake device is cancelled until a vehicle body speed in the backwards direction of a vehicle on a hill reaches a predetermined state, determines a brake output accordin... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7384375 | Apparatus for controlling an automatic transmission When a charge control is applied to a clutch during a shifting operation of an automatic transmission, a charge counter of this clutch is set to a predetermined value. When a drain control is applied to the clutch, the charge counter is counted down. In response to ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7366612 | Method and apparatus for compensating attitude of inertial navigation system and method and apparatus for calculating position of inertial navigation system using the same Provided are a method and apparatus for compensating an attitude of an inertial navigation system and a method and apparatus for calculating a position of the inertial navigation system using the same. The method of compensating an attitude of the inertial navigatio... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7351175 | Drive train for a motor vehicle A drive train for a motor vehicle includes a coupling device between a drive unit and a transmission for torque or moment transfer between the drive unit and the transmission. The coupling device has at least one coupling arrangement that can be activated by a press... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349785 | Method of controlling clutch slip during gear shifts of an automatic transmission A method is provided for controlling engagement of a clutch which carries torque before, during and after a shifting event in a transmission which is connected to a throttle-controlled engine. The method includes providing a feed forward input command which increase... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337052 | Method for automatically controlling a transmission brake of an automatic transmission configured as a countershaft transmission A method for controlling and regulating a transmission brake of an automatic transmission designed as a gear reduction unit in which the rotation speed of a countershaft of the gearbox can be decelerated in an upshift such that it corresponds to the synchronized rot... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7324885 | Shift through neutral control in an electrically variable transmission A shift control for an electrically variable transmission shifts between modes through a neutral mode wherein the output is decoupled from the transmission. Normally, shifts between modes are accomplished synchronously through a duration of fixed-ratio operation. Ex... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7285247 | Apparatus and method for operating a fuel reformer so as to purge soot therefrom A method of operating a fuel reformer includes advancing a first air/fuel mixture having a first air-to-fuel ratio into the fuel reformer. The method further includes determining if a soot purge is to be performed and generating a purge-soot signal in response there... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275455 | Automatic gear system The present invention broadly comprises a method for the control of a gear engagement mechanism of an automated multiple-ratio transmission having at least one drive shaft and at least one output shaft, including assigning a synchronizer to at least one gear step, a... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7247126 | Method and apparatus for shift control of an automatic transmission Whenever a 4 to 3 shift condition is satisfied during a 3 to 4 upshift, 4 to 3 shifting is started before the 3 to 4 shifting is finished. The 4 to 3 shifting is executed according to a predetermined hydraulic control pattern. Therefore, responsiveness in shifting i... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244281 | Method and apparatus for trapping and purging soot from a fuel reformer A plasma fuel reformer assembly for producing reformate gas includes a fuel reformer having an air/fuel input assembly, an electrode assembly, and a soot trap positioned downstream of the electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode and a se... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7236878 | Method and apparatus for peripheral vehicle position calculation A signal processing unit of a radio communication section of a vehicle-mounted device mounted on a vehicle broadcasts first sets of data, each set of data including a vehicle speed and a traveling direction of the vehicle at a predetermined period when the vehicle c... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7181328 | Method and arrangement for selecting a starting gear and a vehicle comprising this arrangement Method and arrangement for selecting a starting gear for a vehicle having an engine (3), an AMT-type transmission (5) and a power take-off (9) for maneuvering at least one body device on the vehicle. The method includes the steps of generating a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7152725 | Control system for transmission A control system for a transmission (T/M) including a select lever (r) operable to shift from a neutral position (N) to a running position (D, R) and vice versa, and a control part (c) to control a changing gear operation of the transmission in accordance with the p... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7146265 | Control device with time measuring function A control device with a time measuring function measures a turned-off time of an ignition switch with a low consumption current and high accuracy at a level adapted for a demand from the controlling side, as well as a turned-on time of the ignition switch. The contr... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142967 | Features of main control computer for a power machine The present invention is directed to a computer based control system for controlling hydraulic and electromechanical actuators on a power machine, such as a skid steer loader. The computer based control system is configured to implement a number of features to enhan... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139654 | Method for synchronizing a gearbox and device for damping the vibrations in gearbox, especially during synchronization A method for synchronizing a gearbox in a vehicle, whereby the engine and/or the clutch are controlled in a suitable manner during synchronization. In addition, a device for damping the vibrations in a gearbox, especially during synchronization, wherein at least one... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7133760 | Method for controlling the speed of a vehicle A method is directed to the control of the speed of a vehicle wherein the actual speed is caused to track the desired speed. For reducing the actual speed, a transmission (1) of the vehicle (5) is driven to downshift and thereby the brake system is pro... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7115069 | Electronic adaptive swap-shift control for an automatic transmission for automotive vehicles A control system and control method for a swap-shift transmission having auxiliary and main gearsets wherein precise synchronization control of ratio changes of each gearset at the start and at the end of a swap-upshift progression is achieved using an adaptive cont... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108632 | Control apparatus of automatic transmission An automatic transmission including plural friction engaging elements configures plural shift ranges based on combinations of each friction engaging element being in engaging or disengaging condition and a controlling unit for controlling the friction engaging eleme... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107135 | Auxiliary gearset shift progression command generator for a swap-shift automatic transmission A target command generator for use in a control system for an automatic transmission having a simple planetary gearset in series with a multiple-ratio gearset, the target command generator providing input for a controller for the simple planetary gearset to achieve ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102313 | Apparatus and method for providing protection to electric traction motor of vehicle An apparatus provides protection to an electric traction motor of a vehicle. The vehicle has a first powertrain and a second powertrain. The first powertrain includes an engine and it is coupled with a first set of road wheels. The second powertrain includes the ele... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7080568 | Select control system for a vehicle transmission A select control system for a vehicle transmission includes a gate mechanism having plural gates respectively selected upon a shift operation and having at least an actual gate, a temporary target gate, and a target gate, a select position determining mechanism adju... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7079932 | Method for tie-up detection in an automatic transmission A method for detecting tie-up in an automatic transmission is provided. The rate of change of the output shaft acceleration is calculated by twice differentiating with respect to time the transmission output shaft speed. The calculated rate is then compared to a pre... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7069123 | Adaptive algorithm for locating network devices in an ECP brake-equipped train A method of locating nodes in train having at least one node per car and includes enabling each node; querying each enabled node to respond during a response interval; disabling each node which responded; and re-querying the enabled nodes until no further responses ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7048672 | Method for controlling the shifting of an automated twin-clutch transmission A method for controlling the shifting operation of an automated twin-clutch transmission includes executing a shifting operation between a load gear and a target gear assigned to a first transmission unit by using an intermediate gear assigned to a second transmissi... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7043347 | Hydraulic clutch control of vehicle power train A hydraulic clutch transmits driving torque in a power train of a vehicle. An oil pressure supply unit supplies oil pressure for engagement to the clutch and a controller controls the unit. The controller causes the unit, prior to engagement of the clutch, to precha... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7001299 | Control apparatus of automatic transmission According to an aspect of the present invention, an automatic transmission includes plural friction engaging elements configures plural shift ranges based on combinations of each friction engaging element being in engaging or disengaging condition, a controlling uni... | 02/21/2006 |
