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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180550 | Slip suppression control system for vehicle A slip suppression control system for a vehicle comprises a monitored value detecting device for detecting a monitored value corresponding to a difference between a rotational speed of a front wheel of the vehicle and a rotational speed of a rear wheel of the vehicl... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8170768 | Slip ratio estimating device and slip ratio control device The present invention provides a slip rate estimating device measuring a slip ratio without the need for a body speed and a slip ratio control device using the slip ratio estimating device. A motor torque measured by a torque measuring instrument is input to each of... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7957880 | Slip detection and traction control for a vehicle A slip detection system for a vehicle comprises an engine speed detector configured to detect an engine speed of an engine mounted in the vehicle, an engine speed increase rate detector configured to detect an increase rate in a predetermined time of the engine spee... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957881 | Vehicle and method of controlling driving force for the vehicle based on detected slip of the drive wheel The occurrence or non-occurrence of a certain slip of a drive wheel is detected based on only a motor torque used for driving a vehicle, a brake torque, and a rotation speed of a motor computed from an output of a rotational position detection sensor. In response to... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7894970 | Motorcycle, device and method for controlling the same and device and method for detecting slip quantity of motorcycle Traction control for a motorcycle including a driving wheel speed sensor and a driven wheel speed sensor. An ECU controls an engine on the basis of a corrected slip signal obtained by subtracting a low frequency component of a pre-correction slip signal from the pre... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7885750 | Integrated control system for stability control of yaw, roll and lateral motion of a driving vehicle using an integrated sensing system to determine a sideslip angle A method of controlling a vehicle includes determining a desired sideslip angle in the moving road plane, determining an actual sideslip angle in the moving road plane, a desired yaw rate in the moving road plane, and an actual yaw rate in the moving road plane. A c... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7487028 | Device and method for evaluating low-μ road and power distribution control device for four-wheel drive vehicles A power distribution control device 42 calculates a low-μ information magnitude, associated with the friction coefficient of the road surface, based on the slip rate and the vehicle acceleration operation magnitude. If the low-μ information magnitude exceed... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7434893 | Device for controlling or regulating auxiliary brake torque in a motor vehicle Method and arrangement for controlling or regulating total auxiliary brake torque in a motor vehicle. The device includes at least one first auxiliary brake (4) of a first type and at least one second auxiliary brake (4, 6) of a second type that is dif... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434647 | Driving force control apparatus for four-wheel drive vehicle A driving force control apparatus for a four-wheel drive vehicle is provided for stably launching the vehicle irrespective of whichever condition of a road surface and whether or not a road is gradient. In the driving force control apparatus for a four-wheel drive v... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7418325 | Suspension system for vehicle A suspension system for a vehicle includes a roll control device, which includes an actuator, for controlling roll, and a control device including a target control value determining portion determining target control value of the actuator and an operation control po... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412318 | 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... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7400964 | Deceleration control apparatus and method for a vehicle In a deceleration control method for a vehicle, by which deceleration control of the vehicle is performed based on a distance between the vehicle had an obstacle including a preceding vehicle ahead of the vehicle, a target deceleration at which the vehicle is to be ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392875 | Four-wheel drive system To provide a four-wheel drive system which improves running performance of an automotive vehicle by inhibiting a driving torque from becoming insufficient upon occurrence of a slip. An R slip sensing means of a DC motor torque calculating means senses a slip ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7377349 | Slip control device for vehicle, vehicle mounted with the device, and the method of controlling vehicle slip Under the condition of a large variation Tm in motor torque demand Tm*, the significant torque change may lead to some vibration of a vehicle to temporarily heighten an angular acceleration. The temporary rise of the angular acceleration may cause the angular accele... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7364003 | Systems and methods for the mitigation of hop A system for mitigating hop in a propelled machine is provided. A controller is operable to receive an aggressiveness command based on an operator input. A sensor is operable to measure a parameter indicative of hop and output a hop signal indicative of a magnitude ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366598 | Device for estimating drift amount of lateral acceleration sensor, device for correcting output of lateral acceleration sensor, and device for estimating road surface friction state An SAT estimating section estimates self-aligning torque (SAT) on the basis of a steering torque, which is detected by a steering torque detecting section, and an assist torque, which is detected by an assist torque detecting section. An SAT model value computing se... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363138 | Wheel slip detection and torque management A method of controlling traction in a vehicle having at least one non-driven wheel speed sensor. Actual vehicle acceleration and a wheel speed difference are detected. At least one of the actual vehicle acceleration and the wheel speed difference is compared to at l... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7337047 | Vehicle behavior control device The inventive vehicle behavior control device employs a novel control strategy, suppressing deterioration of a vehicle behavior which would be induced during control processes, and being useful especially for correcting or inhibiting excessive deterioration of a veh... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337054 | Systems and methods for controlling slip A system is provided for controlling slip of a ground-engaging traction device of a work machine. The system includes an actual slip calculator operable to transmit an actual slip signal corresponding to an actual slip experienced by the work machine. The system als... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7315777 | Vehicle control method and vehicle control apparatus A target resultant force to be applied to a vehicle body is calculated, the magnitude of a critical friction circle of each wheel is estimated, and a critical resultant force is estimated from the estimated magnitude of the critical friction circle. Subsequently, a ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7302331 | Wheel lift identification for an automotive vehicle A roll control system (16) for an automotive vehicle (10) is used to detect if one of the plurality of wheels (12) is lifted. The system generates a pressure request to determine if the wheel has lifted. A roll control pressure request may also ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7280907 | Method of enhancing accelerator pedal safety interlock feature A method for an accelerator pedal safety in a vehicle with an internal combustion engine having an Electronic Control Unit, (ECU), said method comprising: starting the engine; determining whether the engine is running; determining whether there is a request for addi... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277816 | Tire grip sensor and control system using the sensor A system for directly measuring tire grip conditions is provided which can measure a skidding condition with no need of applying a vibration. A tire rotation speed sensor comprising a detection gear and a magnet sensor is mounted to a rotating shaft of a tire. An ou... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276015 | Device for engine-driven goods vehicle Method and device for providing, in an engine-driven goods vehicle, at least two driving wheels (9, 10, 51, 52) and at least one differential (5, 6, 45, 46, 47) arranged between the driving wheels (9, 10, 51, 52). The device includes an engine c... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274985 | Traction control device A target vehicle speed is switched between a target slip vehicle speed and a target torque vehicle speed on the basis of a result of a determination regarding whether or not a vehicle is insufficiently accelerated. More specifically, if traction control is not perfo... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7266437 | Temperature dependent trigger control for a traction control system A method a operating a traction control system using a traction controller (30) for an automotive vehicle (10) is provided. A slip target is first determined. Then, an operating temperature turning characteristic or slope of the slip curve may, in comb... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260458 | Steering device In a steering apparatus, in accordance with a grip limit control process (30b′), it is determined whether or not a grip degree ε estimated by a grip degree estimation arithmetically operating process (30a) is less than a predetermined ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254472 | Coordinated torque control security method and apparatus A method of preventing undesirable vehicle behavior in a vehicle torque control system that includes determining an expected axle torque based on a vehicle speed, a powerplant profile, an accelerator pedal position and/or a cruise control signal. The method also inc... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7241249 | Driving condition control method and system In a driving condition control system, a sensing unit is configured to sense a first physical quantity indicative of a rotation of the first rotatable axle assembly and a second physical quantity indicative of a rotation of the second rotatable axle assembly. A corr... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7236872 | Speed sensor instability detection A speed sensor instability detection and correction system for use with a vehicle includes a speed sensor output variation extractor monitoring and recording change in output of a speed sensor over time. A speed sensor output variation comparison module detects spee... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232191 | Apparatus and method for controlling vehicle stability An apparatus for controlling vehicle stability includes a pressure calculator calculating a brake pressure. In one embodiment, the calculated brake pressure is calculated based on a yaw rate signal input from a yaw rate sensor. In other embodiments, the calculated b... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225059 | Method for operating a motor vehicle In a method for operating a vehicle having a drive, a value of an internal torque to be supplied by the drive is determined from a positive propulsion torque requested by a user or a control and/or regulating system and the drive is triggered accordingly. Furthermor... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225071 | Vehicle transmission control system Clutch pressure is reduced when a vehicle is stopped with an engine (1) in an idling state. Once a turbine rotation speed increases to a predetermined rotation speed, the clutch pressure is increased to an initial pressure. After the initial pressure is reach... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7212935 | Method for in-system auto zeroing of a torque sensor in an automatic transmission drive train The invention relates to torque sensors or more particularly to automotive torque sensors which measure the torque transmitted at one or more positions within an automotive power train. The invention provides a method for zeroing an automotive power train torque sen... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204332 | Vehicle driving force control apparatus A vehicle drive force control apparatus configured to make it possible to increase the drive force when the vehicle is accelerating from a stopped condition without increasing the size of its electric generator. In particular, an output of an engine is delivered to ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7197380 | System for controlling the stability of a vehicle using an algorithm comparing average slopes of variation of a parameter System for controlling the stability of a vehicle, the system comprising means for imparting a longitudinal force on the tire and means for calculating the slip parameter GOpt at each activation of the means for imparting a longitudinal force on the tire ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191043 | Vehicular passenger protection system against lateral collision A vehicle has two acceleration sensors, which are provided forward and rearward respectively from the rear end of a driver seat in the vehicle. The acceleration sensors output signals, which are the basis for sensing a signal related to rotation of the vehicle. The ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7152707 | Vehicle driving force control apparatus and method There is provided a driving force control apparatus for an automotive vehicle, including an internal combustion engine to rotate main drive wheels of the vehicle by engine torque, a generator driven by the engine; a motor powered by the generator to rotate subsidiar... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149614 | Method and device for identifying and eliminating the risk of rollover A device and the method are for the recognition and rectification of the danger of rollover of a vehicle, outfitted with a regulating system, about a vehicle axis oriented in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The regulating system controls actuators using i... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146267 | Engine control apparatus An engine control apparatus includes a valve operating mechanism for transmitting the rotation of a crankshaft to camshafts through a timing wrapping member. A control unit includes a phase detection section that detects the phase of a camshaft relative to the crank... | 12/05/2006 |
