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Interrelated power delivery controls, including engine control July cataloged by category listing 07/08

20080182710 - Control device for vehicular drive system: A control device for a vehicular drive system is disclosed as including reverse drive for suppression means operative to preclude output member, such as an output shaft and drive wheels, of an automatic transmission portion from inputting a reverse drive force to a differential portion. This prevents a power transmitting... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080182711 - Hybrid drive arrangement for a vehicle with a powertrain: A hybrid drive arrangement for a vehicle with a powertrain includes an internal combustion engine, a transmission with a variable gear ratio and defining a driving side and a driven side, at least one electric machine disposed on the driving side and an acceleration element disposed on the driving side... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080182712 - Vehicle drive device and hydraulic circuit thereof: A vehicle drive device includes: an electric motor that drives wheels of a vehicle; a speed reducer that reduces a driving rotation rate of the electric motor; a differential device that distributes an output of the speed reducer to a left wheel and a right wheel of the vehicle; and... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080182713 - Continuously variable transmission, vehicle having the continuously variable transmission, and control device and control method for the continuously variable transmission: Restriction of hunting in the gear ratio of an electronically-controlled continuously variable transmission (ECVT) for a vehicle. A gear ratio change mechanism has a crankshaft as an input shaft, an output shaft and a motor. The motor continuously varies the gear ratio between the crankshaft and the output shaft. An... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080182714 - Control device for automatic transmission for vehicle: A control device for an automatic transmission for a vehicle including a torque converter interposed between an output shaft of an engine and an input shaft of the automatic transmission, the torque converter having a lock-up clutch for mechanically connecting the output shaft and the input shaft in a direct... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080182715 - Automotive-transmission clutch-pressure duration: A method for varying automatic-transmission clutch-pressure duration by determining the clutch-pressure duration at least in part as a function of atmospheric pressure to account for a slower hydraulic fill rate associated with automatic-transmission hydraulic clutches at high altitudes.... Agent: Emerson, Thomson & Bennett, LLC

20080182716 - Acceleration shock reduction control system for vehicle: An acceleration shock reduction control system for a vehicle which can reduce a shock at a transition to an accelerating state without deteriorating an acceleration response. An acceleration shock reduction control system for vehicle includes a control unit which determines a transition from a decelerating state to an accelerating state,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080182717 - Control apparatus for shift range changeover device: A control apparatus for a range changeover device checks whether an actual range agrees with a target range. If the actual range differs from the target range, the control apparatus performs vehicle driving force restriction control irrespective of a presence/absence of abnormality in a range changeover operation. The control apparatus... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080182718 - Control device for automatic transmission and control method for automatic transmission: A control of a control device and control method of an automatic transmission provided on a vehicle to shift the automatic transmission between forward, reverse and neutral gears, includes the steps of: detecting a shift request from one of the forward or reverse gear to the other of the forward... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080182719 - Electro-hydraulic control system with multiplexed trim valves for a transmission: An electro-hydraulic control system is provided, preferably for a countershaft transmission, that uses logic valves to multiplex trim systems to more than one torque-transmitting mechanism, thereby minimizing the number of required components. Additionally, the electro-hydraulic control system preferably has more than one failure mode so that the transmission operates at... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080182720 - Clutch control device: A clutch control device for obtaining a good shift shock reducing effect regardless of a change in clutch engagement point. A target NeV database stores a target NeV map as a target value of the ratio between an engine speed (Ne) and a vehicle speed (V) obtained from the engine... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080182721 - Control device for automatic transmission: A control device for an automatic transmission having a torque converter with a lock-up clutch provided between an engine and the automatic transmission, and a lock-up control device for controlling an engaged condition of the lock-up clutch. The control device includes a plurality of different target slip ratio maps each... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080182722 - Method for controlling engine start in a vehicle: A vehicle and a method for starting an engine in a vehicle are provided. The vehicle has a motor/generator, a disconnect clutch disposed between the engine and the motor/generator, and a transmission disposed between the motor/generator and the vehicle drive wheels. The transmission includes an input clutch which is selectively... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080176705 - Method and apparatus for control of a transmission torque converter clutch: A method and system to capture energy during regenerative braking while managing driveline disturbances by controlling locking and unlocking of a torque-converter clutch based upon operator input, typically throttle position or accelerator pedal position, vehicle speed, and engine load is offered. The exemplary vehicle has an engine, a torque converter... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080176706 - Method and apparatus to control operation of an electro-mechanical transmission: A method and apparatus are provided to control operation of an electro-mechanical torque transmission device selectively operative in one of a plurality of fixed gear modes and two continuously variable modes, and operative to transmit torque input from a plurality of torque-generative devices. The transmission device includes a hydraulic circuit... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080176707 - Vehicle drive device: Power of an internal combustion engine 10 as a first drive source is transmitted to a differential gear of a drive force transducer 40 by a propeller shaft 30. Power of an electric motor 50 as a second drive source is transmitted to the differential gear of the driving force... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080176708 - Method and apparatus for control of transmission shifting: A method and system to control transmission shifting in a motor vehicle having an automatic transmission is provided, wherein a command for a transmission up-shift is detected, and, inhibited, based upon operator input, engine speed, and vehicle operating conditions. A fuel cutoff event is immediately implemented, along with electrical energy... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080176709 - Method and apparatus to monitor devices of a hydraulic circuit of an electro-mechanical transmission: A method and an apparatus are provided to control operation of an electro-mechanical transmission device selectively operative in one of a plurality of fixed gear modes and two continuously variable modes. The method comprises controlling the flow control devices of the electro-hydraulic control circuit, and monitoring a plurality of pressure... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080176710 - Powertrain control apparatus and method: Hydraulic pressure supplied to a first brake and a second brake in a transmission is controlled during an upshift such that the second brake releases from an applied state, and the first brake applies from a released state. The hydraulic pressure supplied to the first brake is increased to a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080176711 - Hydraulic control apparatus for an automatic dual clutch transmission: A hydraulic control apparatus for an automatic dual clutch transmission, comprising a first clutch with a first partial transmission and a second clutch with a second partial transmission, as well as a shifting system for engaging/disengaging gears of the two partial transmissions, a control unit having a first pressure regulator... Agent: Alexander R Schlee Schlee Ip International P.c.

20080171631 - Lubricant-infusing device for linear actuator: The concept of the present invention can be applied to a transmission system which is comprising a power device, a driving link and a driven system wherein the driving link is operatively connected to the power device and for transmitting the motive power generated by the power device to the... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20080171632 - Electric input clutch for a vehicle and method for using the same: A transmission control system for a vehicle. The control system has a control unit that receives a plurality of inputs from the vehicle and the vehicle operator. Then based upon these inputs the control unit sends a plurality of output signals to an engine, an input clutch, and a transmission... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20080171633 - Method and device for controlling a motor vehicle drive train: A method for controlling a drivetrain including an automatically shifted starting clutch and gear-shift clutch and a transmission, with a non self-locking clutch actuator, a gear actuator for engaging and disengaging transmission gears and a control unit which generates control commands for the clutch actuator and gear actuator and transmits... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080167161 - Automatic braking system: A system for braking a vehicle includes a transmission having a plurality of gear sets for establishing a plurality of forward and reverse gear ratios and an actuator for changing the gear ratios. The system also includes a plurality of sensors for detecting a plurality of vehicle operating parameters and... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080167162 - Vehicle ignition switch: A vehicle shifter assembly is disclosed which is mounted in an interior of a vehicle in operable connection with a vehicle transmission for selecting a mode of the transmission. The shifter has a base member, an ignition button, and a cover. The base member is mounted to the vehicle interior... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080161152 - Synchronized speed shifting of multiple motors: A system and method for substantially simultaneously shifting the speed of a plurality of multiple-speed motors that have shifting valves. The system and method includes substantially simultaneously applying an equal shifting force to all shifting valves, resisting shifting of all shifting valves with an equal biasing force arising from deflection... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.a.

20080161153 - Power unit for motorcycle: A power unit for a motorcycle having a continuously variable transmission, which is housed in a transmission chamber inside a engine body and which accomplishes stepless changes in the transmission of power from a drive pulley shaft to a driven pulley shaft by changing the effective diameter with which a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080161154 - Multi-speed transmission with countershaft gearing: A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, a dual clutch assembly, a countershaft, a plurality of co-planar gear sets, a plurality of interconnecting members, and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. The torque transmitting devices include synchronizer assemblies. The output shaft is connected to a final... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080161155 - Transmission, straddle-type vehicle provided with the same, and control method for transmission: An electronically controlled transmission in which a single drive motor is used to drive a shift shaft, in which shift shock is reduced during continuous running. The transmission has a shift shaft, an actuator, a gear box and a control portion. The actuator causes the shift shaft to rotate. The... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080161156 - Vehicle control apparatus and method: A vehicle control apparatus includes a controller. When predetermined conditions are satisfied, the controller executes a neutral control that forcibly places an automatic transmission in a substantially neutral state, the predetermined conditions including the shift position of the automatic transmission being in the drive position. When it is determined that... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080161157 - Method for operating a vehicle: The operation of a vehicle is controllable and/or regulatable by specifying a driver request describing a setpoint rotational speed or a setpoint torque via an accelerator pedal, detecting the instantaneous position of the accelerator pedal and controlling and/or regulating the internal combustion engine such that the setpoint rotational speed or... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080161158 - Shift map switching control unit: A controller selects a shift map for deriving the shift timing of an automatic transmission according to output signals from a front seat seating sensor, a pillion seating sensor and a carrier loading sensor. The controller switches the shift map of a standard type to an output-emphasizing type shift map... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080161159 - Method of detecting and preventing tie-up during a double transition up-shift: A method of detecting and preventing tie-up during a double transition shift of an automatically shiftable transmission operatively connected with an engine is provided. The method includes. A) shifting the automatically shiftable transmission from an initial speed ratio to an intermediate speed ratio; B) commanding the automatically shiftable transmission to... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080161160 - Actuating device for a drive arrangement: An actuating device for a drive arrangement having a drive transmission operatively connected to a metering structure where a clutch is mounted adjacent to drive transmission, an actuating device is positioned to selectively engage the clutch such that the rotational force transferred from the drive transmission to the metering structure... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C