Interrelated power delivery controls, including engine control inventions 12/08

20080318726 - Control apparatus for vehicular power transmitting system: A control apparatus for a vehicular power transmitting system including (a) an electrically controlled differential portion which has a differential mechanism and an electric motor operatively connected to a rotary element of the differential mechanism and which is operable to control a differential state between a rotating speed of its... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080318727 - Control device for vehicle power transmission device: A control device for a vehicle power transmission device including an electrical differential motion portion in which a differential state between input shaft rotation speed and output shaft rotation speed is controlled through control of the operation state of an electric motor linked to a rotating element of a differential... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080318728 - Negative driveline torque control incorporating transmission state selection for a hybrid vehicle: In one embodiment, a hybrid propulsion system for a vehicle is provided. The system comprises at least one drive wheel; a first motor coupled to the drive wheel, said first motor configured to selectively generate electrical energy from kinetic energy received at the drive wheel; a second motor configured to... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080318729 - Automotive drive apparatus: An engine, an electric motor-generator, an oil pump, an air conditioner, and a first power transmitting means that performs power transmission among a crank shaft of the engine, a rotating shaft of the electric motor-generator, and rotating shafts of the oil pump and the air conditioner are included. The first... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080318730 - Power output apparatus, drive system, and control method of power output apparatus: The technique of the invention is applied to a motor vehicle where an engine and a first motor are linked to a driveshaft via a planetary gear mechanism, a second motor is linked to the driveshaft via a transmission, and a battery is arranged to receive and transmit electric power... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080318731 - Method and sytem for controlling start-up of a motor vehicle by dialogue of the engine controlling computer with the piloted mechanical gearbox, during restart of the vehicle in stop and start mode: The invention concerns a method and a system for controlling start-up of a motor vehicle by dialogue of the engine controlling computer with the piloted mechanical gearbox, during a restart of the vehicle in stop and start mode. A “start-up authorization” is transmitted to the gearbox at a time t... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20080312029 - Control apparatus for vehicular power transmitting system: A control apparatus for a vehicular power transmitting system including (a) an electrically controlled differential portion which has a differential mechanism and a first electric motor connected to a rotary element of the differential mechanism and which is operable to control a differential state between rotating speeds of its input... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080312030 - Transmission device and control method for continuously variable transmission: In the case where a belt return of a continuously variable transmission is not determined when the vehicle speed has become equal to or lower than a threshold value, control that causes a hydraulic actuator to have an intermediate pressure by setting a duty of a duty solenoid based on... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080312031 - Method for controlling the mechanical drive train system of a motor vehicle: A method of controlling a mechanical drive train (2, 4, 6, 8) of a motor vehicle having an automatic or automated transmission (6) and a stabilization system (16) that acts on the wheels (14) of the vehicle. The stabilization system including an electronic vehicle control device (18), which shifts the... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080312032 - Control device and method for automatic transmission: A brake pressure predetermined value (Pa) required to bring a vehicle to a standstill is calculated on the basis of an engine rotation speed (Ne), and when the position of a shift lever (7) is in a driving range and a brake pressure (P) is equal to or greater than... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080312033 - Control device and method for automatic transmission: A brake pressure predetermined value (Pa) required to bring a vehicle to a standstill while the vehicle is stationary is calculated on the basis of a slope angle (θ), and when the position of a shift lever 7 is in a driving range, a vehicle speed (V) is equal to... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080312034 - Method and system for controlling transmission temperature: A method for controlling a transmission in a motor vehicle includes determining a temperature of a fluid in the transmission, determining whether the torque converter lockup clutch is applied, and determining an engine torque of the motor vehicle. Then, the torque converter lockup clutch is applied and the transmission is... Agent: Vivacqua Law, PLLC

20080312035 - Vehicle engine control apparatus: A vehicle engine control apparatus provides rotational speed synchronization control during a shift operation. A shift operation detecting component detects a shift position resulting from a manual shift operation of a manual transmission connected to an engine. A vehicle speed detecting component detects a vehicle speed. The computing component computes... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080312036 - Automatic transmission control apparatus: An automatic transmission control apparatus includes an engine rotational speed limit verifying section and a shift control characteristic changing section. The engine rotational speed limit verifying section is configured to receive an engine rotational speed limit value for limiting an engine rotational speed and determine if the engine rotational speed... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080312037 - Automatic gear control device: A control apparatus for an automatic transmission including a gear-type transmission mechanism connected to an output shaft of a motive power source, the gear-type transmission including plural frictional engagement elements. The control apparatus senses a power-on downshift in which the frictional engagement elements are engaged during a downshift in a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080312038 - Shift control device and shift control method for vehicle: A shift control device and a shift control method for a vehicle for reducing shift shock by taking into account the difference in vehicle speeds before and after shifting. In one of the main inventions, the clutch pressure of another clutch (forward clutch) is controlled to match a target vehicle... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Welsh & Katz

20080305923 - Control device for hybrid vehicle drive apparatus: A control device for hybrid vehicle drive apparatus is disclosed which executes an internal-combustion-engine rotation control for rotating an engine output shaft (94) under a circumstance where a consecutive travel distance LM involved in a motor drive running mode exceeds a given consecutive travel distance determining value L1. The rotation... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080305922 - Hybrid drive system for a vehicle and method of operating the hybrid drive system: A hybrid drive system is provided for a vehicle. The hybrid drive system includes, but is not limited to a traction battery, an internal combustion engine and an electric drive. The internal combustion engine and the electric drive provide propulsion drives and are configured to be operatively and selectively coupled... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20080305921 - Method for operating a hybrid vehicle drive and a device for carrying out said method: The invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle drive comprising at least one internal combusting engine (10), at least one electric machine (20) mechanically coupled to said internal combustion engine (10) and at least one power storage battery actively connectable to said electric machine (20) and to... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080305924 - Launch control of a hybrid electric vehicle: A method for controlling a vehicle launch using a transmission having an input, a current gear, an input clutch associated with a target gear and an output, an engine and an electric machine for driving the input, includes the steps of determining a desired magnitude of torque to be produced... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080305925 - Launch control of a hybrid electric vehicle: A method for controlling a vehicle launch using a transmission having an input, a current gear, an input clutch associated with a target gear and an output, an engine and an electric machine for driving the input, includes the steps of using the engine and the first electric machine to... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080305926 - Continuously variable transmission and straddle type vehicle: A continuously variable transmission reduces slips between a primary sheave and a V-belt when decelerating. A target value setting section sets a control target value for control by a control device. In the target value setting section, a normal mode, a kick down mode set to be in a Low... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080305927 - Method for controlling the transmission of a vehicle: Described is a method for controlling a transmission for motor vehicles, especially an automatic transmission or an automatic gearbox, where a gear ratio (“1”, “2”, “3”, “4”, “5”, “6”) is adjusted according to operating conditions by means of pre-determined shifting programs (“0”, “Eco”, “Normal”, “Sport”, “Mountain II”, “Warm-up”, “Tip”) and... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080305929 - Shift control system, shift control method, vehicle control system and vehicle control method: A shift control system and a shift control method perform shift control of an automatic transmission in a vehicle that includes a catalyst and an air-fuel ratio detector. The shift control system includes an operation detector that detects an operation corresponding to a drivel's request for stopping of the vehicle,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080305928 - Transmission: A transmission includes: a shift member, adapted to be moved in a shifting direction and a selecting direction; a shift lug, having a pair of claw portions spaced apart from each other in the shifting direction; and a shift fork, connected to the shift lug via a shift rail. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080305930 - Engine stall prevention system for industrial vehicles and method of controlling the same: Disclosed herein is an engine stall prevention system for industrial vehicles. The engine stall prevention system includes a transmission, which is configured such that a hydraulic shuttle valve for performing forward and reverse switching without requiring the operation of a clutch pedal, and a control unit for controlling the shuttle... Agent: The Rafferty Patent Law Firm

20080305931 - Method for checking the plausibility of the position of the clutch actuator of a clutch, method for determining the touch point of a clutch, and device for carrying out the method: A method for checking the plausibility of an actuation position of a clutch of a double-clutch transmission operated by an actuator, including the following steps: disengaging the clutch assigned to the currently active old subtransmission and simultaneously engaging the clutch assigned to the other subtransmission to shift from the gear... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20080305932 - Method for shutdown of vehicle brakes: At vehicle startup and vehicle shutdown, the driver modulates the brake pressure directly by depressing the brake pedal and the driver feels pedal resistance. During normal conditions of vehicle operation after vehicle startup, pressure boosted actuation of the vehicle brakes is provided by the modulation of boosted pressure from an... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080300099 - Power output apparatus, motor vehicle equipped with power output apparatus, control system for power output apparatus, and control method of power output apparatus: In the presence of a torque change request (step S170) for changing a torque Tm2 of one motor MG2 to enable a smooth gearshift of a transmission interposed between a motor and a driveshaft, when the change of the torque Tm2 is unattainable within the range of an input limit... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080300100 - Control apparatus for vehicular power transmitting system: A control apparatus for a vehicular power transmitting system including (a) an electrically controlled differential portion which has a differential mechanism and a first electric motor operatively connected to a rotary element of the differential mechanism and which is operable to control a differential state between a rotating speed of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080300101 - Compact power transfer unit for transaxle applications: The present invention provides a system for providing an improved compact power transfer unit for use in motor vehicles having a front wheel drive transverse based engine and transaxle, and, more particularly, to a power transfer unit for use with a transaxle arrangement capable of providing all-wheel drive or four-wheel... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20080300102 - Machine and electricity integration type shift controller: A controller for switching the driving status of a car comprising a motor for driving a shift rail of a transfer case, a gear mechanism for transferring the rotation of the motor to the shift rail, a magnet rotating together with the shift rail, and a magnetic sensor element for... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080300103 - Open-loop torque control with closed-loop feedback: A variator torque control system adjusts a variator output so that the actual output torque of the variator closely matches an expected output torque. In an example, pressure values of an existing torque control map are supplemented in real time with calculated pressure supplement values based on the current operation... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080300104 - System and method of controlling an upshift in automatic transmission: An upshift control system for use in an automatic transmission including first and second friction elements, the upshift control system including a control unit that determines variation in an engagement capacity of the first friction element or an engagement capacity of the second friction element on the basis of combination... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080300105 - Method for exiting an engine-idle driving mode in a heavy land vehicle: Method for exiting an engine-idle driving mode in a heavy land vehicle having an automatic transmission. The engine-idle driving mode is established in the vehicle when the engine is running substantially constantly at idle speed and a gear is engaged propelling the vehicle at a corresponding substantially constant, relatively slow... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20080300106 - Control device for vehicular automatic transmission: A control device for a vehicular automatic transmission is provided which can preferably execute backpressure control of accumulators and torque-up control so as to minimize the occurrence of interference between learning on these controls during a gearshift operation. With the control device for the vehicular automatic transmission including the accumulators... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080300107 - Method for clutch disengagement: A method for controlling clutch disengagement in a vehicle having an automated manual transmission including an electronically controlled clutch includes 1. sensing at least two brake pedal positions separated in time, 2. performing a differentiation of the sensed brake pedal positions, 3. comparing the result of the differentiation to a... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20080300108 - Torque transfer device and system: A device for a motor vehicle is provided. The device may comprise an input shaft for supplying torque, a clutch configured for selectively transferring the torque, a first gear configured for connection to the clutch, and a second gear connected to the first gear. The second gear may be fixed... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC