Interrelated power delivery controls, including engine control inventions 09/07

20070225113 - Control device for an electric vehicle: An electric vehicle is provided with an electric motor and a transmission capable of being shifted by a shift mechanism from a neutral state to a start-up speed stage selected state in which a speed stage for start-up of the vehicle has been selected. On a request for a shift... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070225115 - Control device and method for automatic transmission: A hydraulic pressure of each corresponding one of a plurality of friction elements of a gear shift mechanism of the automatic transmission is controlled to downshift the gear shift mechanism from a current gear stage to a next gear stage, at which an engine brake is operated, upon receiving a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070225114 - Automatic transmission with neutral coast down feature: A system for controlling the engagement and disengagement of one or more clutches that are adapted to operatively connect an engine and an automatic transmission. The system including a control device for determining if a negative torque condition exists and to provide an output or signal to decrease the rotational... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070225116 - Engine driven vehicle with exhaust emission cleaning: A method of producing lower emissions in the operation of a vehicle includes an internal combustion engine which gives off exhaust gases to an exhaust system comprising a catalytic converter, injectors which are designed to inject hydrocarbon into at least one of the exhaust system and the engine combustion chamber,... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20070225117 - Parking control system for vehicle: A vehicle parking control system includes a range-switching device 26 that operates in conjunction with a shift lever 61, which is operated by an operator, and that switches a shift range of an automatic transmission 20 and switches a parking mechanism 27 that is provided in the automatic transmission 20... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070219045 - Control device for a hybrid electric vehicle: A hybrid electric vehicle is equipped with an engine output system that makes the engine generate a driving force and outputs the driving force of the engine and a motor output system that makes an electric motor generate a driving force and outputs the driving force of the electric motor,... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070219046 - Device for controlling an automatic gearbox: A control system for an automatically shifting transmission is described. A direct upshifting or downshifting starting from the automatic mode is permitted, by using a corresponding programming of the electronic control device when a certain selecting device is operated, without transition into the manual mode taking place. A gear change... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070219047 - Operating apparatus for hydrostatic continously variable speed-change device for work vehicle: A work vehicle includes: a hydrostatic continuously variable speed-change device; a gear type multiple-stage speed-change device disposed downstream of the hydrostatic continuously variable speed-change device with respect to a direction in which power is transmitted; first and second oil passages interconnecting between a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor in... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070219048 - Control device for a continuously variable transmission and control method thereof: In a control device for a continuously variable transmission comprising a controller 40 for controlling the speed ratio of a belt continuously variable transmission via an actuator 80, the continuously variable transmission is capable of selecting a first speed ratio i1 corresponding to a biggest speed ratio and a second... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070213175 - Control device and method of vehicle: A control device of a vehicle which switches a lockup clutch to an operating state depending upon vehicle conditions determines switching of the lockup clutch from lockup-ON switching lines established when the lockup clutch is in an engaged state, or from lockup-OFF switching lines established when the lockup clutch is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070213173 - Device for actuating a gearshift element: c

20070213174 - On-board hybrid transmission auxiliary-pump priming control system: A method and article of manufacture is provided to control an automatic transmission which includes a hydraulic fluid circuit having an electrically-driven auxiliary hydraulic pressure pump. It includes determining the internal combustion engine is shut off during vehicle operation, and monitoring fluidic pressure at a plurality of locations in the... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070213176 - Vehicle power train control apparatus: A vehicle power train control apparatus is provided that basically comprises an output characteristics changing section, an operation mode determining section and a control section. The output characteristics changing section changes engine output characteristics of a vehicle with respect to an operation of an accelerator pedal. The operation mode determining... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070213177 - Powertrain control apparatus and method: A powertrain control apparatus that controls a powertrain including a lock-up clutch, which connects an engine, in which fuel supply may be cut off, directly to an automatic transmission. The control apparatus includes an output unit, a control unit, and a setting unit. The output unit outputs an instruction to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070207892 - Method for operating a parallel hybrid drive train of a vehicle: A method is described for operating a parallel hybrid device train (1) of a vehicle having an internal combustion engine (2), an electric engine (3) and an output (5) wherein the electric engine (3) is disposed in the power train between the output (5) and the internal combustion engine (2)... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070207893 - Vehicle power transmission device using a fluid coupling: A vehicle power transmission device in which an engine 61 equipped with a turbo charger 62 and a fluid coupling 2 with a lockup clutch are combined together, wherein a timing for connecting the lockup clutch 25 is normalized to accomplish a smooth connecting during the low-speed traveling after the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070207894 - Method for the opearation of a traveling power take-off shaft coupled to a driving motor: A method for the operation of a traveling power take-off shaft clutch connected to a drive motor, in a case of known wheel or vehicle speed, the speed of rotation of the power take-off shaft, electronically evaluated through the speed of rotation of the motor, can be made to agree... Agent: Dale And Bujold

20070207895 - Method for controlling a drive system and/or a wheel brake system: A method for controlling a drive system and/or a wheel braking system, a total braking torque consisting of a drive braking torque and/or a wheel braking torque to be applied to the wheels of a motor vehicle is adjusted such that the desired wheel braking torque is reduced by an... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070207896 - System and method for matching engine speed to vehicle speed with a manual transmission: A method of automatically matching engine speed to vehicle speed while a manual transmission is shifted. The currently selected speed ratio is determined from the ratio of engine speed and vehicle speed. The operator initiates a shift by disengaging the clutch. The operator's throttle inputs before and after clutch disengagement... Agent: Mannava & Kang, P.C.

20070207897 - Hydraulic servo for a gear change: Described herein is a hydraulic servo for a gear change provided with a control shaft; the servo has: a frame; a first hydraulic actuator, which is carried by the frame and has two first chambers, which are alternatively filled with a pressurized fluid for displacing the control shaft axially in... Agent: Kenneth L. Sherman, Esq. Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20070207898 - Device and method for control of an automatic gearbox for control of lock-up and lock-up release: A control device for an automatic gearbox, coupled to the engine or a motor vehicle, by a torque converter, including a locking device for a fixed connection of the output shaft of the engine to the input shaft of the automatic gearbox, to produce a lock-up and conversely to release... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.