Interrelated power delivery controls, including engine control inventions 08/07

20070202987 - Control system for power transmission unit of vehicle: A control system for a power transmission unit of a vehicle transmitting power outputted from a prime mover, comprising: a resonance detecting/predicting device for detecting or predicting a generation of a resonance of the power transmission unit resulting from a power transmission; a driving condition detecting device for detecting a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070202988 - Transmission having plural clutches: A transmission having plural clutches includes a first clutch for connecting and disconnecting transmission of driving force to a first input shaft including a driving gear configured to be engaged with a driven gear provided at an output shaft of the transmission driven by a driving force generating device, a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070202989 - Control method for cooling a launch clutch and an electric motor in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain: A method is disclosed for controlling a rate of flow of cooling oil to a friction launch clutch and electric motor in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain. The rate of flow is determined by changes in clutch temperature and motor temperature. Cooling oil flow in excess of the flow required... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20070202990 - Internal combustion engine and a method for such an engine: A method for controlling a diesel engine in a vehicle is presented. The engine comprises at least one cylinder, a fuel injector for each cylinder for injecting fuel into the respective cylinder, and a throttle valve for controlling the flow of air into the cylinder. The throttle valve is adjusted... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

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20070197342 - Device with a unit for actuating a continuously variable motor vehicle transmission: A device is equipped with a unit to actuate a continuously variable motor vehicle transmission in at least one normal mode and in an acceleration mode with a higher driving speed in comparison to that of the normal mode. The unit adjusts the differential value, by which the driving speed... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070197344 - Drive train and method for controlling a drive train: The invention relates to a method for controlling a drive train (40) of a motor vehicle (42), to a method for controlling a clutch device (46), and to a drive train of a motor vehicle (42), said drive train (40) being operated in a first operating mode, the normal load... Agent: C. Paul Maliszewski Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20070191179 - Motor vehicle: A motor vehicle has at least two drive units which can be operated in a drive train, with devices assigned to the drive units which permit identical or different power output from the drive units, and the power output from the drive units is coordinated such that the drive units... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070191180 - Split serial-parallel hybrid dual-power drive system: A split serial-parallel hybrid dual-power drive system, comprised of two or more than two separation drive systems allowing independent operation to respectively drive the load, or all loads driven individually are incorporated in a common frame to drive land, surface, underwater transportation means or aircraft, industrial machines and equipment or... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20070191181 - Method and apparatus for controlling vehicle rollback: A system and method for maintaining a vehicle at a predetermined velocity on a graded surface is provided, which includes a propulsion system to supply motive torque to a vehicle wheel, a vehicle stability sensor, and a control system adapted to receive signal input from the vehicle stability sensor. The... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070191182 - Park inhibit assembly for an electric transmission range selection system: An electronic transmission range selection (ETRS) system for shifting a transmission range of a transmission includes an electro-mechanical park inhibit assembly that operates to disallow the ETRS system from shifting from an Out-of-Park mode to a Park mode under certain circumstances. The park inhibit assembly includes a follower having a... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070191183 - Increased loading to improve low load controlled auto-ignition operation: A method for controlling an engine and a supplemental torque apparatus of a vehicle, the vehicle having a transmission coupled to the engine, the method comprising of operating at least one cylinder with at least partial auto-ignition combustion, and during a transient gear change where the engine temporarily encounters a... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070191184 - Control unit and method for vehicle: An ECT_ECU performs a program including: a step of determining whether the gears are being changed or the gears are not being changed; a step of setting the virtual gear to the current gear, if the gears are not being changed; a step of setting the virtual gear to the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070191185 - Method for preventing load change impacts in a motor vehicle: Load change impacts in a motor vehicle, especially as a result of abrupt changes in the position of the accelerator pedal, are prevented with the novel method. At least one dual clutch mechanism is provided between the drive engine and the gearbox. The gearbox has several selectable gear steps and... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070191186 - Method for the actuation of at least two clutches transmitting torque in parallel in the drive train of a motor vehicle and transmission control unit: A method actuates two clutches which transmit torque in parallel in a drive train of a motor vehicle and have different successive fixed speed transmissions as gear stages between a drive shaft and an output shaft. The clutches are triggered during acceleration processes of the motor vehicle that both clutches... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070184935 - U-turn signal: The “u-turn” signal would be a safety device that would be standard in all motorized vehicles as a normal safety feature such as windshield wipers, headlights, turning signals etc. It would be best to be incorporated as part of the turning signal apparatus but can also be just a button... Agent: Richard Wallis / Marla Wallis

20070184936 - Control apparatus for vehicle: A vehicle having, in a power transmission path, a continuously variable transmission mechanism and a clutch mechanism, whose torque capacity is smaller than that of the continuously variable transmission mechanism. The vehicle also has a control system to prevent a large torque capacity difference with the continuously variable transmission mechanism... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070179014 - Power output apparatus, vehicle including power output apparatus, and control unit and method for power output apparatus: A power output apparatus that suppresses wearing-out of the components of a transmission connected to a drive shaft and a rotating shaft of an electric motor as well as reducing the a shock imparted to the vehicle. The required drive power is output to the drive shaft by appropriately controlling... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070179016 - Engine control apparatus: In an engine control apparatus, a target engine torque after an environment correction is calculated by interpolating it between an environmentally corrected maximum engine torque and an environmentally corrected minimum engine torque according to a target torque ratio which is a ratio of the target engine torque between the maximum... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070179015 - Power system: A power system has a prime mover. The power system may also include a multiple-ratio transmission having a rotary input member and a rotary output member. Additionally, the power system may include a coupler connected between the prime mover and the rotary input member of the multiple-ratio transmission. The power... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070179017 - Controller for automatic transmission: In performing a down-shift based on a driver's intention of deceleration, an engine output increasing control is started at a time when a transfer torque capacity of the releasing clutch becomes small or zero and the actual oil pressure decreases to an initial oil pressure, not causing an acceleration feeling... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070179018 - Control device and control method of automatic transmission: There is a control device and a control method of an automatic transmission including; a plurality of friction engagement devices; a plurality of solenoids whose electrification amount supplied is controlled to adjust engagement force of the friction engagement devices, and which are switched between electrification and non-electrification so as to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070179019 - Torque transmitting mechanism engagement control system and method: A control system operable to engage a torque transmitting mechanism, the control system having at least one variable bleed solenoid valve operable to selectively provide pressurized fluid to selectively engage at least one torque transmitting mechanism. An electronic control unit is also provided to provide control to the at least... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070179020 - Systems and methods for brake regulation of motor vehicles: A brake regulating system for motor vehicles is provided having an electronic control unit, by which an automatic parking brake function is activatable at a standstill of the motor vehicle, whose deactivation is performed as a function of the instantaneous drive torque, is implemented in such a way that in... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group