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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176798 | Method and apparatus for determining laundry load A method and apparatus for operating a laundry treating appliance that has a rotating treating chamber, which is rotatable about a rotation axis by a motor operably coupled to the rotating treating chamber, with the operation of the motor being controlled by an unde... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7363175 | Query based electronic battery tester An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery provides a test output indicative of a condition of the battery. Electronic measurement circuitry provides a measurement output related to a condition of the battery. The battery condition is determined base... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7319304 | Shunt connection to a PCB of an energy management system employed in an automotive vehicle A method of coupling a shunt to a printed circuit board (PCB) of an energy management system is provided. The method includes coupling flexible electrical connectors to the shunt and soldering the flexible electrical connectors to connection points on the PCB of the... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7295936 | Electronic battery tester with relative test output An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery determines a condition of the battery. The condition is a relative condition and is a function of a dynamic parameter of the battery and an empirical input variable. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7246015 | Alternator tester An alternator tester is provided for testing an alternator of a vehicle while the alternator is coupled to the vehicle. A sensor is configured to couple to the vehicle and sense a signal related to operation of the alternator. A memory contains data related to opera... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7126341 | Automotive vehicle electrical system diagnostic device An automotive vehicle electrical system diagnostic apparatus includes first and second electrical connections configured to electrically couple to an electrical system of an automotive vehicle which includes a battery. Digital samples are obtained during operation o... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7106070 | Broad-band low-inductance cables for making Kelvin connections to electrochemical cells and batteries A broad-band technique for reducing the distributed inductance of a four-conductor Kelvin cable is disclosed. A special inductance-canceling cable section is connected in tandem with the cable section contacting the cell/battery. Connections between the two cable se... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7034541 | Query based electronic battery tester An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery provides a test output indicative of a condition of the battery. Electronic measurement circuitry provides a measurement output related to a condition of the battery. The battery condition is determined base... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7003410 | Electronic battery tester with relative test output An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery determines a condition of the battery. The condition is a relative condition and is a function of a dynamic parameter of the battery and an empirical input variable. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003411 | Electronic battery tester with network communication An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery includes test circuitry configured to provide a battery test output related to a condition of the battery. A memory stores a battery tester address of the battery tester, and communication circuitry transmit... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6998847 | Electronic battery tester with data bus for removable module An electronic battery tester is provided for testing storage batteries. Battery test circuitry is configured to couple to the storage battery and measure a condition of the battery. A removable module is configured to couple to the battery tester to add increased fu... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6906523 | Method and apparatus for testing cells and batteries embedded in series/parallel systems A “three-point” measurement technique effectively removes system effects to determine impedance, admittance, resistance, or conductance of an individual cell, battery, or interconnecting conductor embedded in a series or series-parallel electrochemical battery o... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6742402 | Steering-angle sensor Multiple forces act upon a steering spindle. Further, the mounting support of the steering spindle and the steering spindle itself are affected by tolerances, as a result of which the steering spindle with its longitudinal axis is moved radially relative to the vehi... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6325321 | Process for operating a reel winding device, a reel winding device, and a measuring device Process for winding a reel and a reel winding apparatus, as well as a measuring apparatus. The process includes determining the driving forces at the locations of the introduction of the driving force onto the reel, and determining a difference between th... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6199020 | External force measuring apparatus In an external measuring apparatus, a past zero signal value V0 is first read out. A subtracted value obtained by subtracting the zero signal value V0 from a read signal value Vin from an angular velocity detector is compared with a preset first threshold... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6144928 | Method and device for determining vehicular mass A vehicular mass is determined, or a signal indicative thereof is generated, in particular for a commercial vehicle having a towing vehicle and a trailer/semitrailer. The vehicle has actuatable braking devices, which act, in particular, on the wheels of t... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5559408 | Apparatus for controlling a motor using piezoelectric resistance A method of controlling operation of a DC motor including the steps of detecting the level of acceleration caused by the rotation of the output shaft of the DC motor; determining the square root of the detected level of acceleration; and supplying the DC ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5523561 | Enhanced position signals in optical torque sensors A torque sensor, or relative angular movement sensor, capable of measuring the angular displacement of a component in a power-assisted steering system, comprises an input member coupled to one end of a torsion bar, an output member coupled to another end ... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5479556 | Rotation control apparatus employing a comb filter and phase error detector A rotation control apparatus employing a comb filter to cut off a specified frequency and multiples thereof in response to speed error data detected from a rotation detector. A phase error detector detects a phase error between the rotation detector and a... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5099700 | Extensometric sensor for measuring the stresses acting on a drilling element and a device for mounting such a sensor An extensometric sensor for measuring stresses acting on a drilling element at a bottom of a well, with the sensor including a first measurement zone formed from at least two traction blades, on which are mounted measurement gauges, connected at their end... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4758967 | Computer simulated inertia for motor vehicle powertrain testing The large rotational inertia applied to a driveline component during normal driving conditions is simulated in a test stand that contains a component that driveably connects an input motor and an output motor. A computer repetitively executes an algorithm... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4693077 | Closed-loop engine control with feedback torque error compensation A closed-loop engine control system is disclosed in which an engine is controlled to provide power to a load as a function of measured feedback torque. A programmable digital controller modifies the feedback torque by adding to it a synthesized correction... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4691288 | Torque sensor for internal-combustion engine A method and apparatus for providing a signal representative of the output torque of an internal combustion engine utilizes a correlation of average engine speed and variations in instantaneous sub-cyclic engine speed. The variations in instantaneous sub-... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4550595 | Torque measurement circuit and method An improved torque measurement circuit and method for an internal combustion engine of the four cylinder, two-cycle type includes synchronous detection circuits and circuits to account for inertia forces due to the mass of the pistons and connecting rods.... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4548079 | Method and apparatus to automatically determine the weight or mass of a moving vehicle This invention teaches a method and apparatus for the determination of the weight of a moving vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine. The invention provides means for the determination of a value corresponding to the driving torque of the engine,... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4370883 | Method of measuring the power output of an automative vehicle engine on a roller testing bench This method of measuring the power of an automotive vehicle engine on a roller-type testing bench comprises selecting the vehicle velocity and/or the engine speed whereat it is desired to make the measurement; increasing the engine speed during a first ac... | 02/01/1983 |
