Interrelated power delivery controls, including engine control inventions 01/07

20070021265 - Vehicle and method for controlling an engine in a vehicle: A method for controlling an engine in a vehicle including a transmission is provided. The method utilizes feedforward control by determining when a neutral transmission gear is selected, and adjusting an engine parameter to control the engine operation based on at least one predetermined condition when it is determined that... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20070021266 - Mechanism and method of controlling an automatic shifting power transmission to effect a first gear launch: The present invention provides a mechanism and method of launching a vehicle using a conventional automatic shifting power transmission. By slipping a first gear reaction clutch during a launch, an efficient hydrodynamic fluid drive with a low stall speed may be used with negligible impact on launch performance. The reduced... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070021267 - Engine controller and control method: An engine controller controls an engine, which drives a generator, an auxiliary device, and a vehicle. The generator generates electricity, and supplying the electricity to a battery and a plurality of current consumers. A generator controller controls the generator. An auxiliary device controller controls the auxiliary device. An electric power... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070021268 - Method and apparatus for estimating transmission ratio: A method and apparatus for estimating a transmission ratio of a power transmission path defined between input and output shafts is provided. The method includes detecting a rotational speeds of the input and output shafts, calculating a rotational-speed ratio between the detected rotational speeds of the input and output shafts,... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070015624 - Control apparatus and control method of an automatic transmission: A control apparatus and control method of an automatic transmission that establishes a plurality of speeds of different speed ratios by selectively engaging and/or releasing a plurality of engagement devices, detects abnormal engagement of at least one of the engagement devices which causes tie-up to occur in the automatic transmission;... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070015625 - Automatic gear box with infinitively-variable ratio: The invention relates to an automatic gearbox, for a motor vehicle, with infinitely-variable ratio, which may be operated in a constant speed mode, or an acceleration mode, whereby the revolution speed in the acceleration mode can be increased or reduced in steps.... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20070015626 - Apparatus and method providing automatic park brake on an agricultural windrower: Apparatus and a method providing a park brake for a propulsion system of an agricultural windrower having a FNR lever assembly including a FNR lever movable in relation to a neutral position in first and second directions, and a sensor for sensing positions of the FNR lever as the lever... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070015627 - Control apparatus for automatic transmission: There is provided a control apparatus for a vehicular automatic transmission which reliably inhibits switching between ranges caused by an erroneous operation of a shift lever and enables a vehicle to continue running normally without interfering with the operation of returning the shift lever to a normal position. When the... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070015628 - Apparatus and method providing neutral safeing for the propulsion system of an agricultural windrower: Apparatus and a method providing neutral safeing for a propulsion system of an agricultural windrower having a FNR lever assembly including a FNR lever movable in relation to a neutral position in first and second directions, and a sensor for sensing positions of the FNR lever as the lever is... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070015630 - Fuel injection controller of internal combustion engine: A crankshaft of an internal combustion engine is connected to an automatic transmission mechanism through a torque converter. A difference in a load applied to the crankshaft between a D range and a P range is sensed based on a difference in a command fuel injection amount during idling stabilization... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070015629 - Method and device for operating a drive unit: A method and a device for operating a drive unit provide a switch between half-engine operation and full-engine operation. A switch takes place between two operating states of a first component of the drive unit as a function of a first performance quantity of the drive unit. A switch takes... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070010373 - Transmission shift control method: A method is provided for shifting a powershift transmission in a vehicle having an engine controlled by an electronic engine control unit and a powershift transmission controlled by an electronic transmission control unit. During a shift the powershift transmission has an off-going clutch and an on-coming clutch. The method includes... Agent: Deere & Company

20070004552 - Continuously variable transmission controller: A continuously variable transmission is mounted on a vehicle capable of selecting plural drive modes and changes a target engine speed between drive modes. A pulley ratio is controlled by a motor. An ECU for transmission control includes a calculation section which outputs a target engine speed as a function... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070004553 - Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control method: A vehicle has a drive control ECU that controls an internal combustion engine or a transmission on the basis of a target drive force. The drive control ECU has a first arbitrator that sets the target drive force on the basis of a driver's request and the like, and filters... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070004554 - Method for operating a drive train of a motor vehicle: 1. Method for operating a drive train of a motor vehicle. 2.1. In motor vehicles having a power-shift automatic transmission, delayed reactions of the motor vehicle to shifting-down requests occur owing to reaction times in the activation of the automatic transmission. The object of the invention is to propose a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070004555 - Engine shut-down control to reduce or eliminate engine run-on: A vehicle powertrain including a multiple cylinder internal combustion engine and a controllable transmission controls engine shutdown by shutting off a fuel supply device or devices such as a fuel pump or fuel injector(s) while the transmission is in gear to load the engine and reduce or eliminate engine run-on.... Agent: Bir Law, PLC/fgtl

20070004556 - Transmission: In a transmission having two revolving transmission elements, each of which has at least one running surface for a revolving coupling element, at least one running surface having at least two running paths for the coupling element having different running radii and the two transmission elements being braced, while incorporating... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070004557 - Method and arrangement for distributing brake torque on a vehicle: Method and apparatus for distributing brake torque between at least one first and one second brake device on a motor vehicle including at least two wheel pairs. The first brake device is a friction brake which acts on at least one wheel pair and the second brake device acts on... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP