Interrelated power delivery controls, including engine control inventions 05/08

20080125283 - Method and apparatus for changing shift scheduling modes of automated mechanical transmission: A method of and apparatus for operating an automated mechanical transmission (AMT) achieves switching between and selecting one of a plurality of automated mechanical transmission shift scheduling modes. Such switching or selection occurs and is controlled by the vehicle operator undertaking a sequence of non-routine operating steps or inputs which... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080125284 - Hydraulic pressure control device for continuously variable transmission: A hydraulic pressure control device is provided that that controls hydraulic pressure of a clutch supplying torque to a continuously variable transmission while the vehicle is stopped and in a running range. The hydraulic pressure control device has an control section that estimates a clutch engagement hydraulic pressure for changing... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080125285 - Straddle-type vehicle: An automatic change gear control device for a motorcycle having a manually operated clutch operation member achieves both easy clutch operation and secure freedom of drive. A clutch is connected and disconnected to change gears in a transmission capable of freely changing gears in plural stages. A clutch actuator drives... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080125286 - Method for controlling a powertrain: A method for controlling a powertrain is disclosed. The powertrain includes a work arrangement, an engine for providing power to the work arrangement, and a transmission for transmitting power from the engine to the work arrangement. The method includes determining an efficient speed range of the transmission, determining at least... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080125287 - Creep control device for vehicle: A creep control device for a vehicle having an automatic transmission including a torque converter with a lock-up clutch. The creep control device includes a throttle angle sensor for detecting a throttle angle, a vehicle speed sensor for detecting a running speed of the vehicle, a slope sensor for detecting... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080119319 - Power output device, control method for the same, and vehicle equipped therewith: In a vehicle, it is determined whether a driver has requested increased driving force based on an accelerator opening degree. If the driver has requested increased driving force, a vehicle speed at the time of the request for increased driving force is derived. Three-dimensional map which corresponds to different vehicle... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080119321 - Control architecture and method for two-dimensional optimization of input torque and motor torque in fixed gear for a hybrid powertrain system: There is provided a control system for a powertrain system including an electromechanical transmission that is selectively operative in a plurality of fixed gear modes and continuously variable modes. The control system is adapted to identify preferred operating conditions for operating the powertrain in a fixed gear operating range state.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080119320 - Method and apparatus for controlling an electro-mechanical transmission during a shift execution: A method and apparatus to control an electro-mechanical transmission during a shift event, including identifying a fault in an off-going clutch, is provided. The method includes deactivating an off-going torque-transfer clutch, monitoring slippage of the off-going torque-transfer clutch, and limiting a change in operation of an electrical machine operatively connected... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080119322 - Vehicle power transmission: Power transmission apparatus (46) for mechanically transmitting motive power from a rotatable input shaft (21) to a rotatable output shaft (38), the apparatus comprising a linkage (28) connecting the input shaft to the output shaft such that rotation of the input shaft can cause rotation of the output shaft, the... Agent: Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP

20080119323 - Control device for vehicle automatic transmission: The present invention intends to provide a control device for controlling a vehicle automatic transmission which can prevents a feeling of sudden starting of a vehicle, even if a special mode running control prohibiting a shifting to a shifting position less than a predetermined shifting position is started during a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080119324 - Control system and vehicle: A motorcycle includes a transmission, an ECU, an engine and a transmission operating mechanism. The engine has a crank. The transmission operating mechanism includes a shift pedal and a load sensor. The load sensor detects an operation of the shift pedal by a driver, and applies a detected value to... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080119325 - Apparatus of an automatic gearbox for generating a startup signal: An apparatus of an automatic gearbox for generating a startup signal according to which starting of an engine, which interacts with the gearbox, is made possible or prevented. The apparatus having a position sensor (1) for detecting the position of a gearshift lever of the an automatic gearbox, and the... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080119326 - Gear clash logic: A system and method for selectively engaging and disengaging auxiliary equipment to avoid gear clash in a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a transmission, a transfer case, and a transmission controller. The transmission has a plurality of gears for establishing a plurality of gear ratios. The transfer case is... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080119327 - Automatic transmission shift control apparatus and method: An automatic transmission shift control apparatus includes a shift point learning-correcting unit and a high acceleration time upshifting unit. The shift point learning-correcting unit executes learning-correction of a shift point during an upshift such that an input rotational speed of the automatic transmission reaches a predetermined target maximum rotational speed.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080119328 - Control apparatus of vehicle: An object of the invention is to provide a vehicle control apparatus which can achieve a smooth start without generating any engine stall even if general drivers perform a rough starting operation in an MT vehicle, and can execute an engine torque operation having no sense of discomfort with respect... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080113847 - Shift control method for an automatic gearbox: A shift control method of a range group transmission with a multi-speed main transmission, which connects with a drive motor, via a clutch (K) and an input shaft. A transmission brake optionally engages the input shaft. At least a two range group is located downstream of the main transmission. A... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080113848 - Control apparatus and method for shift-position changing mechanism: A control apparatus for a shift-position changing mechanism that changes the shift positions of an automatic transmission mounted in a vehicle using a rotational force of an actuator based on the state of an operation member includes: a detection unit that detects a command to change the shift positions based... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080113846 - Combination of an internal combustion engine and an electric machine: A combination drive unit including an internal combustion engine and an electric machine, where the internal combustion engine includes a housing with a crankshaft supported therein; where the electric machine includes a rotor with a rotor shaft, the rotor being supported rotatably on a stationary component, and a stator, which... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080108475 - Transmission structure for an electrically operated bicycle: An improved structure of a transmission structure for an electrically operated bicycle, structured to include an electric mechanism and a pedal coaxially disposed on a pedal shaft of a bicycle. The present invention is characterized in that: a rotating shaft of the electric mechanism is a hollow tube that passes... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080108477 - Downhill vehicle speed control algorithm for electric driven vehicles: A control system that prevents an electric vehicle from increasing its speed on a downhill gradient by providing regenerative braking through a traction motor. The system includes an enable circuit that provides an enable signal if certain criteria are met, such as a brake pedal and an acceleration pedal being... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080108478 - Control module: A control module, in particular for a transmission of a motor vehicle, has a substrate part, a control unit situated on a substrate part, which has a first housing part and a second housing part and a housing interior situated between the first housing part and the second housing part,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080108479 - Power unit: To provide a power unit capable of contributing to simplifying the procedure for fitting the electric motor for speed change use and the starter motor to shorten the motor wiring to facilitate the wiring and for concentrating the mass. A power unit includes a unit case which is journaled in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080108476 - Travel drive system for hybrid vehicle and method using same: A travel drive system for a hybrid vehicle includes a thermal engine with an engine output shaft carrying a clutch, a driven shaft connected to said clutch and linked to a speed variation means, at least one electric machine with a rotor, and a motion transmission chain between speed variation... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080108480 - Control apparatus and method for shift-position changing mechanism: A control apparatus for a shift-position changing mechanism includes a detection unit that is provided on a path along which the operation member with a magnetic member moves, and that detects a change in the magnetic field due to a positional change of the operation member; and a determination unit... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080103018 - System for identifying position of locking differential: The application aims at determining the locked or unlocked state of a differential (10). According to a first aspect, the determination is carried out on basis of a speed difference of output shafts (16, 18) using speed sensors (36, 38). Steering angle may be used as further input. In a... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080103019 - Operator interface for torque controlled transmission: A continuously variable transmission for a machine is disclosed. The machine may have a driven element, a first operator input device, a second operator input device, and a controller. The controller may be configured to receive a first displacement signal associated with the first operator input device, and a second... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080103020 - Reverse inhibitor mechanism for regulating automatic transmission gear shifting, and method of assembling same: A reverse inhibitor mechanism for a transmission of an all terrain vehicle, in which a shift drum is jounalled to a side wall opposite the transmission case so as to be rotatably supported thereon, and a reverse inhibitor arm is detachably engaged with the reverse inhibitor groove formed in the... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates