Interrelated power delivery controls, including engine control inventions 10/07

20070249461 - Control system for multiphase rotary electric machine: A control system for multiphase rotary electric machines is provided. The control system carries out control of the output of a multiphase rotary electric machine by operating switching elements of an inverter, so that more appropriate measure can be taken when malfunction has occurred in the inverter. A rotary shaft... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070249462 - Resolving a non-commanded neutral state in a clutch-to-clutch transmission: A method of controlling a clutch-to-clutch transmission. The method includes detecting transmission slip speed that exceeds a predetermined amount for a predetermined time period. Based on the detecting, a shift of a gear ratio of the transmission is forced. When this method is implemented in a vehicle, loss of driver... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070249463 - Resolving tie-up in a clutch-to-clutch transmission: A vehicle including a transmission having a plurality of clutches for providing a plurality of speed ratios. A control module of the vehicle detects a possible tie-up of at least two of the clutches. Based on the detecting, the control module releases one of the possibly tied-up clutches. After the... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070249464 - Shift and throttle management during cruise control: A control system for regulating operation of a vehicle having a transmission driven by an engine during a cruise control mode includes a first module that determines an operating point of the vehicle and that compares the operating point to one of a shift line and a torque converter clutch... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070249465 - Electric park brake system: A method for inhibiting automatic actuation of an electric parking brake (EPB) system of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle has an ignition switch for receiving an ignition key so as to mobilize or immobilize the vehicle. The EPB system includes an EPB mechanism for applying an actuating force... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20070243972 - Automatic gearshift control device and vehicle: A target value of a reduction rate of a difference in clutch rotational number can be set on the basis of a result of detection of a throttle opening sensor and the target value setting table in half-clutch control. Then, the difference in clutch rotational number can be calculated on... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070243970 - Power output apparatus, motor vehicle equipped with power output apparatus, and control method of power output apparatus: In a reverse drive with power output from an engine, the control procedure of the invention selects a drive point of the higher rotation speed corresponding to the higher accelerator opening among available drive points that ensure output of a target engine power, and controls the engine to be driven... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070243971 - Torque converter bypass clutch control: A method of using a torque converter bypass clutch to launch a vehicle, mitigate transient vibration, and mitigate vehicle natural frequency harshness. The method uses the torque converter when the bypass clutch power capacity is approaching its limit, when the vehicle load is high, or the vehicle is on a... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070243973 - Automated transmission controller and vehicle including the automated transmission controller: A transmission controller can be configured to initially operate a shift actuator to start a gear change process. Additionally, the controller can be configured to perform a process for reducing engine driving force, such as, but without limitation, an ignition delaying process, a fuel injection quantity reducing process, an air... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070238576 - Method of compensating for engine speed overshoot: A method for controlling the speed of internal combustion engines in heavy duty trucks and the like compensates for the overshoot, i.e., the difference between a targeted or commanded engine speed and a transient overspeed or underspeed. The method comprehends executing a program or subroutine where a throttle or engine... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070238577 - Hydrostatic transmission of a hydrostatic-mechanical power distribution transmission: A hydrostatic transmission of a hydrostatic-mechanical power distribution transmission in which the high-pressure limiting valves in the hydrostatic transmission are eliminated or adjusted to enable a working pressure higher than the working pressure on which the maximum pressure is based. For short time intervals, a pressure substantially higher than the... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070232443 - Speed change control device for automatic transmission and control method thereof: A speed change control device for an automatic transmission according to this invention determines whether or not a request to downshift a gear position of the transmission exists during traveling in a manual speed change mode (S1, S2), and calculates an input shaft rotation speed of the transmission following a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070232444 - Stopping position control apparatus and stopping position control method of internal combustion engine: A stopping position control apparatus of an internal combustion engine includes an engine friction model for calculating the friction around a crankshaft, which calculates friction in the internal combustion engine, and a transmission friction model for calculating the friction around the crankshaft, which calculates friction in a transmission. When a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070232445 - Automatic transmission control system: An automatic transmissions control system varies times to start a shift to securing a good response in engagement pressure for an engagement-side frictional element as well as suppressing occurrence of hydraulic pressure vibrations at low temperatures. The control system has an engagement pressure at-low-temperature regulation section that selectively controls at... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070232440 - Hybrid powertrain optimum ratio selection: A transmission control system for a hybrid electric vehicle including an electric machine includes an energy storage device that is selectively charged by the electric machine and that selectively powers the electric machine. A driver input device generates a driver input signal. A control module receives the driver input signal,... Agent: Christopher Devries General Motors Corporation

20070232441 - Device for controlling an automatic gearbox: A device for controlling an automatically shifting transmission of a motor vehicle is provided. A first selection device which sets gear speeds adjustable in an automatic mode, a second selection device which manually sets the gears of the transmission in a manual mode provide inputs to an electronic control device.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070232442 - Method for controlling accessories of a motor vehicle: A method and system for controlling secondary assemblies of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle having at least one deactivatable secondary assembly which generates a loss torque are provided. The method includes determining the current total loss torque acting on the drive train, determining the deactivation dead time of the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070232446 - Sequential automatic transmission: To alleviate a shift shock of an automatic transmission when a vehicle travels at a certain vehicle speed and a speed range is changed over to a drive range from a neutral range. When a neutral range is selected by a range selection lever, a neutral determination part outputs a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070232447 - Vehicle drivetrain with secondary clutch: A drivetrain including a primary clutch and a secondary clutch is well-suited for use in a single-speed vehicle. The primary clutch may be automatically-engaging or manually-engaging. The secondary clutch, preferably, is normally engaged and is configured to disengage, or slip, at a threshold torque level. Desirably, the slip torque level... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070232448 - Method and device for controlling distance: A method and a device for performing inter-vehicle distance control on a vehicle, an actual value (dact) of a distance variable which describes a distance between the vehicle and a vehicle traveling in front being determined, is provided. A plurality of weighting values (gi) for the distance variable are determined... Agent: William C. Gehris Davidson Davidson & Kappel