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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7987037 | Vehicle motion control apparatus A vehicle motion control apparatus includes a first means applying a first braking force to an outer wheel, relative to a turning direction, for suppressing oversteer when the vehicle is judged to be skidding in vehicle turning movement, a second means obtaining a s... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7415325 | Method and apparatus for data interchange between a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle A method and apparatus for data interchange between a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle coupled thereto. A first electronic device provided in or on the tractor is connected via a data link to a second electronic device provided in or on the trailer; the first a... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412312 | System for automatically determining a public transport vehicle emergency braking characteristics, in particular of a railway vehicle A system for automatically determining a public transport vehicle emergency braking characteristics, in particular of a railway vehicle, includes elements (1) for measuring the vehicle speed, elements (2) for measuring the distance travelled by it, and... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7395145 | Apparatus and method for calculating initial correction coefficient, and program for calculating initial correction coefficient An apparatus for calculating an initial correction coefficient for correcting rotational angular velocities obtained from outputs of rotational angular velocity detecting means. The apparatus includes a judged value calculating means which calculates a judged value ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7349775 | Motor vehicle state detecting system System for detecting stability/instability of behavior of a motor vehicle upon occurrence of tire slip or lock. State of the motor vehicle is determined on the basis of an alignment torque (Ta) applied from a road and a side slip angle (β). By taking advantage of s... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7319927 | Constant speed control system A method is provided for controlling a low speed operation of a vehicle. A speed activation switch is activated. A target vehicle speed is calculated in response to an accelerator pedal demand as determined by an accelerator pedal position where each respective acce... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7302320 | Failure mode operation for an electric vehicle An electric vehicle is described herein which includes a microprocessor based interface module which is used to control electric motors coupled to drive wheels. The interface module is configured to include a backup communications link to allow an operator to contro... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292924 | Vehicle stability control enhancement using tire force characteristics A method of controlling an advanced chassis control system of a vehicle such as an anti-lock brake system, traction control system, vehicle stability control system, or roll control system affecting the vehicle dynamic performance and safety is disclosed. A control ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289898 | Apparatus and method for measuring speed of a moving object An apparatus and method for measuring the speed of a moving object is provided. A first acceleration along the moving direction of the moving object and a second acceleration along the lateral direction of the moving object are measured. A first angular speed along ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7162352 | Electronic apparatus and method of correcting offset value of acceleration sensor According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes acceleration computing unit correcting an output value from a acceleration sensor with an offset value so as to obtain an acceleration of a body, rest determining unit determining whether or not the body ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7142969 | Behavior control system for vehicle In a vehicle behavior control system, a target braking force applied to each wheel of the vehicle is obtained based on a master cylinder pressure so as to be proportional to a vertical load of each wheel. When it is determined that a braking force is applied to the ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7110870 | System and method for detecting roll rate sensor fault A control system for an automotive vehicle having a vehicle body includes a sensor cluster having a housing oriented within the vehicle body. A roll rate sensor is positioned within the housing and generates a roll rate sensor signal corresponding to a roll angular ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7085639 | System and method for characterizing the road bank for vehicle roll stability control A control system (18) for an automotive vehicle (10) having a vehicle body has a roll angular rate sensor (34) generating a roll angular rate signal corresponding to an roll angular motion of the vehicle body. A controller (26) is coupled... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7072749 | Vehicle travel control apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle control apparatus which makes it possible to share information by a plurality of devices and which can improve controllability. An OS switching means (OS-CH) switches a plurality of operating system (OS1 | 07/04/2006 |
| 7065442 | Automatic slowdown control apparatus for a vehicle An automatic slowdown control apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed wherein automatic slowdown control can be ended appropriately and automatic slowdown is prevented from being performed excessively on a road of an ascending gradient. The automatic slowdown control a... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6966223 | Vehicle speed display apparatus A vehicle speed display apparatus capable of displaying an accurate vehicle speed in either 2WD mode or in 4WD mode. A vehicle speed calculating unit 51 calculates the vehicle speed, according to the output from a wheel rotational speed sensor 22. A 2W... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6941205 | System and method for deteching roll rate sensor fault A control system for an automotive vehicle having a vehicle body includes a sensor cluster having a housing oriented within the vehicle body. A roll rate sensor is positioned within the housing and generates a roll rate sensor signal corresponding to a roll angular ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6928355 | Vehicular antiskid control apparatus and antiskid control method If a condition for starting a yaw control during an antiskid control is met while the antiskid control is being executed on one of right and left front wheels during braking on a uneven friction-coeffient road surface, the reference value for making the determinatio... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923512 | Arrangement for ensuring the function of a vehicle brake An arrangement for ensuring the functioning of a brake configuration for a vehicle with a multiplicity of wheels which are arranged on a front axle and at least one rear axle and which support the vehicle. The brake configuration incorporates at least two brake devi... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6904991 | Method and device for stabilizing a vehicle A method and a device for stabilizing a vehicle having at least one wheel tending to spin, are provided. In response to the tendency to spin, a driver-independent braking intervention occurs in the at least one wheel. The engine torque is reduced if the driver-indep... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6865470 | Traction distribution control system for four-wheel drive vehicle A traction distribution control system for a 4WD vehicle is constructed to calculate a difference gain in accordance with a difference in spinning state between main driving wheels, and determine a control signal for controlling traction distribution to driven wheel... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6862512 | Method and system for controlling the performance of a motor vehicle A method for controlling the handling characteristics of a vehicle, including the steps of ascertaining setpoint values that are associated with specific controlled variables, and measuring forces at wheels of the vehicle, the controlled variables being forces or to... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6816769 | Driving performance of a motor vehicle on μ-split slopes A traction control system having a braking intervention in particular for motor vehicles in which a slipping wheel is braked by a braking intervention on exceeding a slippage threshold. To improve the stability and steerability of the vehicle on slopes having differ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6789006 | Method and device for detecting a detached tire Device for detecting a detached tire of a vehicle. This device includes an arrangement for detecting the rotational movements of the wheels and generating first quantities that are dependent on the rotational movements detected. A comparison arrangement is also prov... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6784794 | Method and apparatus for reminding the vehicle operator to refill the spare tire in a tire pressure monitoring system A tire pressure monitoring system (12) for a spare tire of a vehicle (10) includes an indicator (52) and a timer (44) that generates a first time signal corresponding to the time the spare tire is used as a rolling tire and a second time ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6618660 | Anti-lock brake yaw control method An improved anti-lock rear brake yaw control method utilizes a measure of braking intensity to regulate both the initiation of yaw control and the anti-lock braking control parameters once yaw control is initiated. The brake torque and the rate of brake p... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6571164 | Method for controlling an automatic gearbox involving determination of a transverse acceleration value The invention relates to a method for control of an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle wherein an electronic transmission control, by means of signals proportional to wheel speeds (NRA3, NRA4), determines a transverse acceleration value (AQ) for ou... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6510372 | Method of electronic brake force distribution while cornering A method of electronic brake force distribution in a two-axle four-wheel vehicle 1 effects a compensation of the speed differences between left and right vehicle side during cornering. To this end, a compensation speed is calculated for the curve-inward r... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6502029 | System and method for ABS stability control A system and method for ABS stability control is provided, the method comprising the steps of determining whether a first wheel is in an ABS mode; determining whether the first wheel is in an apply mode; determining whether a second parallel wheel is in t... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6442469 | Apparatus and method for controlling vehicle behavior A target yaw rate setting unit of a control characteristics changing unit computes a first target yaw rate based on the radius of curvature of a curve. A target yaw rate setting unit of a braking force control unit computes a second target yaw rate based ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6438482 | Vehicle stabilizing device and method for modifying brake pressures The present invention relates to a vehicle stabilizing device and a method for modifying brake pressures on wheels of a vehicle according to input data. To achieve an optimum from the driver's desire to brake, the vehicle stabilization, the steerability o... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6438480 | Device for changing the speeds of the front and rear wheels in a four-wheel-drive vehicle A device for changing the speeds of the front and rear wheels in a four-wheel-drive vehicle, which is equipped with a continuously variable speed-changing mechanism for the front wheels which changes the input rotational speed and outputs it to the front ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6370467 | Method of calculating optimal wheelslips for brake controller Wheelslip is controlled in an automotive vehicle having at least one wheel for which control is desired. Each wheel is controlled by a corresponding element of a command wheelslip vector. A first wheelslip vector is determined, one element of the first wh... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6360156 | Method and system of determining an acceptable torque level to be applied to at least one clutch pack of an automobile A method is provided for determining an acceptable torque level to be applied to at least one clutch pack (of an automobile) which includes the requirement of internal slip to transmit torque. The automobile includes a plurality of wheels. A velocity is s... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6360150 | Device for controlling yawing of vehicle Provided are a yaw moment generating mechanism a which produces a yawing motion at the vehicle, a vehicle behavior detection means b which detects a vehicle behavior, an actual yaw moment detection means a which is included in the vehicle behavior detecti... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6321141 | Method and device for detecting motor vehicle tilt A method and a device are provided for detecting a tendency of a vehicle to tip about a vehicle axis oriented in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. To this end, a variable is ascertained describing the dynamics of the vehicle linear motion. The de... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6292733 | Vehicular brake controlling apparatus A vehicular brake controlling apparatus comprises: a brake unit to enable a suppression of boosting a braking liquid pressure independently of each wheel cylinder, each wheel cylinder operatively braking a corresponding one of vehicular front and rear roa... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6253887 | Method and system for braking a vehicle In a method and apparatus for braking a vehicle by means of at least a service brake and a retarder brake, the brake pedal velocity (vB) is detected and the brake pressure is increased by a control device (10) if the pedal velocity exceeds a de... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6223107 | Method and device for monitoring sensors in a vehicle A device to monitor sensors in a motor vehicle, with the sensors generating signals, each representing different physical is provided. The device includes first arrangement with which identically defined comparison variables for the sensors are determined... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6208927 | Vehicle maneuvering control device A vehicle maneuvering control device is disclosed. A curve of a road is detected to calculate curve data including a distance between a vehicle and the curve, and a physical quantity indicating a degree of the curve. An allowable deceleration is set at wh... | 03/27/2001 |
