Motor vehicles inventions 05/07

20070119634 - Control apparatus and method for electric vehicles: In electric vehicle control, system voltage stabilization control is executed to reduce the difference between a target value and detected value of a system voltage generated by a voltage boosting converter for an AC motor. Further, conversion power control is executed to reduce the difference between a command value and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070119635 - Traveling robot: A traveling robot includes a main body frame having a front wheel supported in a front portion thereof in a traveling direction, a first traveling part having a first driving wheel to drive in the traveling direction, a first rear wheel disposed in a rear side of the first driving... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070119636 - Coil system and voltage rectifiers for communication and inductive powering of devices inside rotating tyre of a vehicle: The present invention relates to a power feeding arrangement for electric loads (R) positioned in tires (20) of vehicles. According to the invention the arrangement comprises at least one feed coil (Lf) arranged in the vehicle (10), at least one receiver coil (Lr) arranged in the tire (20), and at... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070119638 - Fuel cell system using external heat sources for maintaining internal temperature: A solid oxide fuel cell system including electric resistance elements for heating of space and components within the “hot zone” enclosure of the system, preferably in combination with means for using “waste” heat from other sources, to assist in warm-up from a cold start and/or to maintain a stand-by temperature... Agent: Paul L. Marshall, Esq. Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070119637 - Harness routing structure for vehicle: A high-voltage harness routing structure includes: a subframe; a driving power unit; an electric power distribution unit; an electrical auxiliary unit arranged to cause the driving power unit to be sandwiched between the electric power distribution unit and the electrical auxiliary unit; and a high voltage harness connecting the electric... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070119639 - Secondary power system for automobiles: An engine system for a motor vehicle combines a battery-powered system with an internal combustion system so that, at low speeds, the battery-powered system is used to drive the vehicle while at high speeds the internal combustion engine drives the vehicle. The battery-powered system includes a flywheel.... Agent: Sung I. Oh, Professional Law Corporation

20070119640 - Control system for hybrid vehicles: A control system for a hybrid vehicle, in which an engine is connected to a first motor generator and to an output shaft through a power distributing mechanism (12), in which a second motor generator is connected to the output shaft through a transmission (6) wherein a torque capacity is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070119641 - Battery quick-release structure for an electric mobility scooter: A battery quick-release structure for an electric mobility scooter includes a chassis, a battery case, hasps, retainers, connection rods, a handle, and elastic members. The battery case is mounted on the chassis. The retainers are disposed on the chassis. The battery case is provided with the hasps. The hasps are... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070119642 - Bug off clip screen: The present invention is a clip-in-place screening device for an automotive, industrial, or agricultural vehicle that is used to filter out insects and other debris from the fins of air conditioner condensers, coolers, and air-charge coolers placed in front of radiators.... Agent: Judy E. Williams

20070119643 - System for fixing fenders in motorcycles: The present invention concerns a system for fixing fenders in motorcycles. It is essentially characterised in that it comprises applying a key 1, 5 to a specific fixing area of the fender, such key being either interchangeable, so that the holes thereon are made to match the holes in the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070119644 - Stabilizer control apparatus: In a stabilizer control apparatus for transmitting a power through a speed reducing mechanism, a rolling motion of a vehicle body is restrained smoothly and rapidly, without being affected by transmitting efficiency of the speed reducing mechanism. As for a stabilizer (SBf) including a pair of stabilizer bars (SBfr, SBfl)... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070119645 - Motorcycle drive shaft offset assembly: A power transmission assembly for transmitting rotational torque from a motorcycle engine to an oversized rear wheel of a motorcycle, the assembly including a front drive shaft, an intermediate offset power transmission assembly and a rear drive shaft, all provided in a motorcycle swingarm. +The intermediate offset power transmission assembly... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens LLC

20070119646 - Fuel tank supporting structure: Fuel tanks (52, 54, 56) are disposed in parallel along a vehicle transverse direction on a rear sub frame (40). The fuel tank (54) is placed on fuel tank supporting brackets (62) which span between a cross rail (46) and a cross rail (48) of the rear sub frame (40).... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070119647 - Automatic driving position adjustment control system and method: An automatic driving position adjustment system and its method are disclosed in which a manual adjustment to a first adjustable component results in the automatic adjustment of a second adjustable component. When the position or angle of a seat or other first adjustable component is adjusted by the driver, a... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070119648 - Frame structure and structure for supporting automotive power unit: Generally triangular first and second longitudinal side portions are arranged in the lower half region of a longitudinal side member between the first and second flat members vertically spaced apart from each other and form projections and depressions longitudinally and alternately. Generally inverted triangular third and fourth longitudinal side portions... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070119649 - Drive and steering unit for a wheel of a floor conveyor: Drive and steering unit for a wheel of a floor conveyor, in which a driving motor and a steering motor are disposed coaxially one below the other and are each one coupled via a drive gear or a steering gear, respectively, with a shaft of the wheel or the bearing... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070114074 - Wheel supporting device for vehicles: A wheel supporting system for vehicles in which the wheel (1) is supported by a fork (10) with at least one bracket (10a, 10b), on which the wheel (1) is journalled rotatable round a horizontal axle. The fork (10) is turnable round a vertical axle and controllable by a turning... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070114075 - Reconfigurable robot drive: A robot including a robot body, a plurality of wheels on the robot body for propelling the robot body, and an axle for each wheel. Each wheel is configured to alternately attach to an axle at or proximate the center of the wheel for high efficiency mobility on flat terrain... Agent: Iandiorio & Teska

20070114076 - Apparatus and method for controlling self-propelled machines: Apparatuses and methods are provided for controlling a self-propelled machine wherein the apparatuses and methods include a handle and a control device and can utilize first and second linking members. The control device is pivotably coupled to the handle, and includes a slidable control portion that is linearly translatable relative... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070114077 - Motor vehicle with a capacitor device for storing electric energy: A motor vehicle is provided with a capacitor device for storing electric energy. The capacitor device is specifically discharged by a short-circuiting switch, which is arranged in parallel to the terminal posts of the capacitor device, without any intermediary activity of a separate discharge resistor.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070114080 - Dual electric motor four wheel drive personnel carrier: Described is a battery powered, four-wheel, all-terrain vehicle, with independently operable, variable speed, bi-directional electric motors, one of which may selectively used to drive the front wheels of the vehicle, the other of which may be selectively used to drive the rear wheels of the vehicle. A front differential drive... Agent: Lemoine & Associates L.L.C.

20070114079 - Front wheel stabilizing device for an electric motor-driven wheeled vehicle: A front wheel stabilizing device includes a mount adapted to be secured to a main frame of an electric motor-driven wheeled vehicle, and an axle disposed between two side plates of the mount. A wheel mounting member has a tubular head which is rotatably sleeved on the axle, and a... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20070114078 - Super hybrid and enhanced electric cars: The Super Hybrid and the Enhanced Electric Car inventions modify existing designs for commercial Hybrid vehicles and Electric Cars by replacing the conventional power sources with the use of Turbine engines, which provide continuous power source. Using Turbine engines allow the reduction of multiple storage batteries in existing designs to... Agent: Dr. Esther T. Ososanya University Of The District Of Columbia

20070114081 - Electric vehicle drive control device and control method therefor: An electric vehicle drive control device includes a first electric motor and a second electric motor that are mechanically connected with an engine; a differential device that includes first, second and third rotational elements, wherein the first rotational element is connected with the first electric motor, the second rotational element... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070114082 - Hybrid vehicle drive control system: A hybrid vehicle drive control system has a first clutch interposed between an engine and a motor/generator, a transmission including several gear position clutches arranged between the motor/generator and a drive wheel, and a controller. The controller selectively starts the engine using torque from the first clutch during a drive... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070114083 - Vehicle power supply system: In a vehicle power supply system including a battery, an inverter unit for converting DC electric power of the battery into AC electric power and supplying it to a rotating electric machine to drive it, an AC wiring line for connecting the rotating electric machine and the inverter unit, and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070114084 - Device and method for regulating the driving speed of a vehicle: A device and a method implementable therewith for regulating the driving speed of at least one vehicle, having an electric motor/generator connected or connectable to a drive train for at least one wheel as a function of at least its actual speed and setpoint speed. The device includes a control... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070114085 - Frame construction for a vehicle: A frame assembly is described including a tunnel, an engine cradle disposed forward of the tunnel and connected thereto, and a sub-frame disposed forward of the engine cradle and connected thereto. A forward support assembly extends upwardly from the subframe. An upper column extends upwardly from the engine cradle to... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)

20070114086 - Vehicle propulsion system and vehicles adapted to include propulsion system: A propulsion system includes a first torque transmission element and a second torque transmission element, the first torque transmission element being adapted to transmit torque to the second torque transmission element. The propulsion system further includes a first torque transmission element crank coupled to the first torque transmission element by... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20070114087 - Rapid assembly structure for scooter body of electric scooter: A rapid assembly structure for the scooter body of an electric scooter improves and modifies on some current devices of the scooter body to achieve a stable and rapid assembly structure, and thus facilitate to carry and store up the electric scooter. The assembly structure includes a front body and... Agent: Hdsl

20070114088 - Shaft support structure for a vehicle: A shaft support structure for a vehicle, capable of enhancing a degree of freedom for setting an assembly process of a to-be-supported member without the necessity of a dedicated tool. A collar is screwed in an internally threaded hole of one of pivot plates attached to a body frame with... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070114089 - Front and rear drive power distribution control device for vehicle: With a drive power distribution control section, limited differential torque correction value TLSDS is estimated and calculated by a limited differential torque correction value calculating section based on input torque TCD. Also, a transfer torque calculating section calculates transfer torque TLSD2 by multiplying input torque sensing transfer torque TLSD1 by... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070114090 - Collision object protection device: A collision object protection device inflates and expands an air bag on a vehicle as soon as a collision of a collision object with the vehicle is detected or predicted. The collision object protection device includes: the air bag having a main body portion that expands along a lower part... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070114091 - Automatic calibration of vehicle transmission using load sensing: A method for automatically calibrating a transmission of a vehicle using load sensing includes sensing a change in ride height of the vehicle and measuring a magnitude of the change in ride height of the vehicle. The method includes selecting a predefined set of parameters to calibrate the transmission depending... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070114092 - Hydraulic brake and steering system: A hydraulic system is disclosed. The hydraulic system includes a source of pressurized fluid and a plurality of fluid actuators configured to affect an amount of resistive torque applied to an associated traction device. The hydraulic system also includes a plurality of valves each configured to selectively communicate pressurized fluid... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070114093 - Electric power steering apparatus: An electric power steering apparatus (1, 64) comprises a housing (10) for supporting a steer shaft (9) for axial slide movement, a speed reduction mechanism (23), and a motion converting mechanism (24, 76). The housing (10) includes a plurality of split housings (36, 37; 36, 37A, 70) connected to each... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070114094 - Electric power steering apparatus: In an electric power steering apparatus, a phase control characteristic for a signal corresponding to detected steering torque is changed according to the judgment whether the steering is in a return steering state or a feed steering state, so that a response of a variation of target output value of... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070107949 - Air power energy transformation to electrical energy for hybrid electric vehicle applications: A vehicle having one or more small vehicle-mounted electricity generating wind turbines located within an area of wind recirculation. The electricity generated is used to recharge vehicle batteries, partially power an auxiliary electric propulsion motor, or supply vehicle parasitic loads.... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20070107950 - Anti-dive/squat suspension system: A suspension system is provided for a vehicle track assembly having a lower front idler wheel, a lower rear idler wheel, an upper drive wheel, a support link, a plurality of lower support wheels arranged between the idler wheels and mounted on the support link, and an endless belt mounted... Agent: Deere & Company

20070107951 - Axle driving unit for a lawn tractor: An axle driving apparatus for a vehicle includes an axle, a vertical pump shaft, a hydraulic pump having a movable swash plate, a pair of trunnion shafts provided coaxially at respective opposite sides of the movable swash plate, a hydraulic motor having a motor shaft drivingly connected to the axle,... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070107952 - Axle driving unit for a lawn tractor: An axle driving apparatus includes a housing for supporting an axle, a hydrostatic transmission including a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic motor, and a center section. The center section has a pump mounting surface and a motor mounting surface substantially perpendicular to each other. A rotational axis of a motor shaft... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070107953 - Axle driving unit for a lawn tractor: An axle driving unit includes a pair of axles, a differential unit for differently connecting the pair of axles to each other, a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic motor, a motor shaft, an output gear on said motor shaft for drivingly connecting to said differential unit, a center section having a... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070107954 - Electric vehicle: This invention relates to a mini-type electric vehicle, which is mainly used for individual person or traffic in a certain field. It includes frame, seat, front & rear wheel, driving device, battery, steering system and front wheel suspension device. A casing, where the battery is placed on, protrudes forward at... Agent: Butzel Long

20070107955 - Powered wheelchair configurations and related methods of use: A wheelchair includes a frame, a chair, a pair of drive wheels, a pair of rear wheels, and a pair of front wheels. Each front wheel is part of a front arm assembly that is rigidly coupled to a drive via a mounting plate. The mounting plate is connected to... Agent: Woodcock Washburn, LLP

20070107957 - Automobile propulsion system: An automobile propulsion system is disclosed. The system utilizes, at least in part, an electric motor to propel a vehicle. This is achieved by using the drive shaft of the vehicle as the axle of the motor. The electric motor can be used in conjunction with an internal combustion engine.... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070107956 - Hybrid power unit: A first reduction section of a hybrid power unit reduces an output of a motor when a transmission is shifted. A charge determining section determines whether charging of a battery is permitted. If the charge determining section determines that charging of the battery is not permitted in a period where... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070107958 - Regeneration and brake management system: A regeneration and brake management system includes a prime mover, an energy storage device associated with the prime mover, and a regenerative braking system including a controller and at least one friction brake, wherein the regenerative braking system is configured to at least partially disable the at least one friction... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070107959 - In-wheel motor system: An in-wheel motor system having a flexible coupling for transmitting the drive torque of a motor to a wheel. The flexible coupling 10 simple in structure and easily assembled comprises a motor-side plate (11A) mounted to the rotating side case of the motor, a wheel-side plate (11C) mounted to the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070107961 - Electric vehicle drive control device and control method therefor: An electric vehicle drive control device that includes a first electric motor; a second electric motor; a differential device that includes first, second, and third rotational elements, wherein the first rotational element is connected to the first electric motor, the second rotational element is connected to the second electric motor... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070107960 - Hybrid drive apparatus: A hybrid drive apparatus including an input shaft; a first motor and a second motor; a power distributing planetary gear; an intermediate transmission shaft; and a partition wall provided between a motor part including the first motor and the second motor and a transmission part including the transmission such that... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070107962 - Cooling apparatus for a motor vehicle having a drive which comprises two motors: A cooling apparatus for a motor vehicle having a drive which comprises two motors, of which one is an internal combustion engine and the other is an electric motor (3) which is connected to an inverter (2), which is connected to an electrical energy source (1), via electrical cables (4,... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20070107963 - Rapid-assembly battery structure of electric scooter: A rapid-assembly battery structure of an electric scooter is disclosed. The rapid-assembly battery structure of the present invention comprises a scooter body. An accommodating tank is provided in an upper portion of the scooter body so as to accommodate a battery housing. Two electricity-conductive pieces are provided on the interior... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20070107964 - Motor vehicle provided with a stiffener strut: The invention relates to a vehicle, in particular a cabriolet car whose body comprises a least one strut (4, 5, 7, 8) provided with an element (4c, 5c, 7c, 8c) which is longitudinally movable with respect to the body by repetitive longitudinal stresses opposite to the vehicle driving direction. According... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070107965 - Device for detecting a road traveling lane: A device for detecting a road traveling lane, which is capable of stably defining a position of a boundary of a traveling lane. The device has edge point detection means (ED) for detecting a plurality of edge points in a contour on an image, edge histogram producing means (HD) for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070107966 - Method for identifying an object within a protective zone with a protective device for a vehicle: Objects within an area of coverage are located at predetermined points in time with an optical sensor. Based on detected locations of the objects, a driving direction and/or a speed of the vehicle is determined as a function of measuring variables measured with the optical sensor. Based on the determined... Agent: Venable LLP

20070107967 - Motorcycle: A motorcycle that with a head pipe neighboring section of tank rails. Left and right tank rails are formed such that a vehicle width direction space becomes narrower as the tank rails extend toward the head pipe side. Left and right body covers have a front side neighboring section adjacent... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070107968 - Motorcycle: A motorcycle includes a rear arm, at one end of which a rear wheel is axially supported and the other end of which is pivotally supported by a body frame via a pivotally supporting shaft. A spring unit is interposed between the rear arm and the body frame so as... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070107969 - Vehicle passenger restricting system for vehicle rollover condition: A vehicle passenger restricting system is provided to restrict passenger movement so that a space between a passenger's head and the ceiling of the vehicle is effectively enlarged when a rollover condition occurs. The vehicle passenger restricting system has a passenger seat, a rollover detector, a seat tilting device and... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070107970 - Manufacturing method of supporting structure for vehicle: A manufacturing method of a supporting structure for vehicle has steps of preparing a casting mold having: a first and a second casting mold, which are matched to each other at casting, and has forming faces which form at least sides of first and second fixing portions and the connecting... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070107971 - Product designing system and method, and computer-readable recording medium having product designing program recorded thereon: Disclosed is a product designing system for designing a given product while setting a design parameter value for each of a plurality of design parameters of the product each contributing to noise and vibration characteristics of an installation base for the product. The system comprises vibration-system setting means for setting... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070107972 - Vibration transfer rate reducing device and method: A vibration transfer rate reducing device and method are provided that can reduce the vibration transfer rate of a shaft to improve the noise and vibration performance in a vehicle. The vibration transfer rate reducing device includes a shaft that transfers rotation driving force, joints connected to the end parts... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070107973 - Motor drive control apparatus and electric power steering apparatus: A motor drive control apparatus for controlling a motor has a main control part that performs a flux weakening control by a vector control of d-q axes and a rate-limit control part that controls a rate of change in a d axis current command value in the vector control. Further,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070107975 - Electric power steering device: An electric power steering device is provided which is excellent in the nature being mounted on a vehicle. The electric power steering device 1 comprises a rack shaft 20 constructed to be movable reciprocatively, a rack housing 10 receiving the rack shaft 20 therein, a sleeve 41 arranged coaxially around... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070107976 - Electric power steering system equipped with worm gear clearance compensator: Disclosed is an electric power steering system including a housing; a steering shaft positioned in the housing; a worm wheel mounted on the steering shaft; a worm shaft; a worm gear formed on the worm shaft so as to mesh with the worm wheel; a motor for driving the worm... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070107974 - Steering device for vehicle: An automotive steering device (1) includes an electric motor (12) which generates a steering assist force. The electric motor (12) includes a stator (22) surrounding a rotation shaft (13), and first and second rotors (18, 19) rotatable together with the rotation shaft (13). The stator (22) includes a plurality of... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070107977 - Vehicular steering control apparatus and vehicular steering control method: The ratio of the angular speed of a pinion shaft to the angular speed of a steering wheel is computed. The steering torque Tst transferred to the steering wheel is computed as a multiplication product of the ratio of angular speed and the steering torque Tm of the pinion shaft.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070107978 - Control unit for electric power steering apparatus: In a differential operation or a phase lead operation in a control unit for an electric power steering apparatus, by using the differential operation or the phase lead operation utilizing a decimation, noises are exclusively eliminated from information such as the road information detected by a sensor or the like,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070107979 - Vehicular steering control apparatus and control method thereof: An operation torque estimating portion estimates an operation torque Th of a driver based on an input angle θh and an input torque T output from a torque sensor. A non-holding state detecting portion determines whether the driver is holding a steering wheel by comparing an absolute value of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070102204 - Guided airplane relocating device: A guided vehicle relocation device has a frame. The frame has an opening to allow one or more wheels of a vehicle to enter an interior area of the frame. At least one drive mechanism is coupled to the frame. The drive mechanism engages the wheel of the vehicle, rotating... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20070102205 - Hybrid vehicle control system: A hybrid vehicle control system is configured to improve fuel economy by optimizing a torque transfer capacity of a clutch transmitting drive power from both an engine and a motor/generator while the motor torque provides at least part of the drive force. In particular, the system selectively controls a pair... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070102206 - Apparatus and method for controlling command torques in hybrid electric vehicle: An apparatus and method for controlling command torques in a hybrid electric vehicle, in which information on the command torques maintains an appropriate range by dividing the function of a hybrid control unit (HCU) into first and second levels. A function is included for setting operating points of the HCU... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070102208 - Hybrid vehicle control system: A hybrid vehicle control system is configured to use automatic braking to compensate for an excess or deficiency of a braking force available from the power train of a hybrid vehicle that occurs when the hybrid vehicle switches from an electric drive (EV) mode to a hybrid drive (HEV) mode... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070102207 - Hybrid vehicle drive control system: A hybrid vehicle drive control system is configured to perform engine startup when switching from an electric drive mode to a hybrid drive mode, without creating a sense of output torque loss. In particular, a controller selectively controls a first clutch disposed between the engine and the motor/generator and a... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070102209 - Hybrid drive for a tracked vehicle: A drive for a tracked vehicle with a drive shaft which drives two track drive wheels, and at least one differential gear arrangement which can superimpose a steering rotational speed of a steering drive on at least one track drive wheel is disclosed. The drive shaft has a drive connection... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070102210 - In-wheel drive unit suspension device: An in-wheel drive unit suspension device suspends an in-wheel drive unit disposed inside a wheel on a vehicle body. The in-wheel drive unit suspension device has a longitudinally extending first arm member and a vertically extending vertical member. The first arm member has a in-wheel drive unit attachment portion pivotally... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070102211 - Hybrid vehicle drive control system: A hybrid vehicle drive control system has a first clutch interposed between an engine and a motor/generator, a transmission including several gear position clutches arranged between the motor/generator and a drive wheel, and a controller. The controller selectively starts the engine using torque from the first clutch during a mode... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070102212 - System for managing the supply of electrical energy in a motor vehicle: controlled electrical switches able to selectively control the connections of the non-priority loads with the generator (1) and with the battery, a plurality of sensors able to supply signals or data indicating values or states of a plurality of parameters related to the operation of the motor vehicle, a detector... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070102213 - Cooling system for battery unit and motor control unit of hybrid vehicle: A cooling system is provided for a battery unit and a motor control unit of a hybrid vehicle. Preferred cooling systems can have a compact structure and can efficiently cool the battery unit and the motor control unit mounted in a vehicle using air, thus ensuring stable operation of the... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070102214 - Method and system for improving traffic safety: A method for improving traffic safety when driving a vehicle on a roadway is disclosed. The method includes detecting at least one object in the immediate surroundings of the vehicle, analyzing the at least one detected object, deciding whether the at least one analyzed object is relevant in terms of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070102215 - Induction system for a four cycle engine: A four cycle engine having at least one cylinder unit is disclosed. The engine includes a continuously variable transmission (CVT) connected to the engine on one side of the engine. An air box is also provided that is located on the same side of the engine as the CVT. The... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)

20070102216 - Straddle-type vehicle: A straddle-type vehicle with reduced ineffective fuel residue, simplified fuel supply system construction and increased air cleaner volume. A seat is arranged rearwardly of a fuel tank and an air cleaner is mounted below a rear portion of the fuel tank. A bottom plate of the fuel tank is formed... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070102217 - Control system and motorcycle with the same: A control system includes a vehicle speed sensor, a roll rate sensor, a steering angle calculation unit, a steering angle control unit, an actuator, and a rear wheel steering angle sensor. The steering angle calculation unit acquires a roll rate and vehicle speed of a motorcycle and determines a target... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070102218 - Swing-arm-type suspension device of vehicle: A swing-arm-type suspension device for a vehicle transmit rolling from a vehicle body frame side to a rear wheel side quickly. In a swing-arm-type suspension device for a motorcycle, a swing arm is mounted swingably on a pivot shaft provided on a vehicle body frame side, to be more specific,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070102221 - Method for damping axial shocks onto a driver's lower extremity: A method of damping axial shocks which affect a driver's lower extremity situated on an accelerator, when the vehicle impacts on an obstacle is provided. In this case, by way of a device for generating an adjustable restoring force applied to the accelerator, in response to an accident-detection signal of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070102219 - Pedestrian protecting apparatus of vehicle hood: An actuator is longitudinally aligned along a side of the vehicle body in the fore and aft direction of the vehicle, and a lower and upper links connected to the actuator is widely opened and lift the hood, thereby minimizing the occupancy of the actuator and linkage, and preventing interference... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070102220 - Vehicle collision detecting device: A vehicle collision detecting device includes a capacitor type sensor mounted on a portion of the vehicle, a resonant circuit connected to the sensor by a lead wire and a microcomputer for judging a collision with an object and a breakdown of the lead wire. The sensor has a pair... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070102222 - Vehicle body structure: A vehicle body structure includes a dash panel that partitions an engine chamber from the vehicle interior. An intake manifold for an engine is housed in the engine chamber, and an air box extends in a direction of the width of the vehicle and is located above the dash panel.... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070102223 - Hydraulic power unit: A compact dual hydraulic pump unit having a low profile configuration. The inlet and outlet ports of the pumps may be located on opposite transverse sides of the unit for easy connection to adjacent motors coupled to the drive wheels of a vehicle.... Agent: Don W. Bulson (parker Hannifin) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070102224 - Exhaust system of motorcycle and motorcycle including exhaust system: An exhaust system for a motorcycle provides enhanced steering stability and improved function for purifying exhaust gas. Front exhaust pipes connected with front cylinders of a V-type engine are joined to a front part of an exhaust chamber. Rear exhaust pipes connected with rear cylinders of the engine are joined... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070102225 - Apparatus and method for reducing torque steering: An apparatus is provided for suppressing torque steering in a vehicle in which left/right drive shafts are coupled via outerjoints to left/right front wheels. The drive shafts are connected via inner joints a an engine and transmission. The height of the inner joints is set 5-20 mm lower than the... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070102226 - Rudder angle sensor: To provide a rudder angle sensor with high accuracy, it is constituted such that a storage means capable of storing a correction value to correct a rotational delay of a driven gear relative to a main drive gear caused by a backlash at a time of reverse of a steering... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070102227 - Vehicle power steering system: A first vehicle power steering system includes a twistable steering torsion bar, a magnet, a Hall sensor, and a valve. The steering torsion bar has a first end fixedly connected to a vehicle steering wheel. The magnet is movable in a first and an opposite second longitudinal direction with respect... Agent: Dayco Products, LLC

20070102230 - Electric power steering apparatus for automobile having belt-type transmission device: An electric power steering apparatus for an automobile includes a pinion shaft connected to a steering wheel of the automobile; a rack bar having a ball screw formed on an outer peripheral surface thereof; a motor for generating steering power; a motor pulley positioned on a motor shaft of the... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070102228 - Electric power steering device: An electric power steering device provided with two belleville springs for suppressing the axial movement of a worm rotated by a steering-assisting electric motor and having shaft portions at its both end portions, and limiting members for limiting the deflection amounts of the two belleville springs. The limiting members are... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070102229 - Vehicle steering apparatus: In a vehicle steering apparatus in which a housing for supporting coaxially to a rack shaft a ball nut that is provided with a ball screw mechanism constructed between itself and the rack shaft for moving in an axial direction for the purpose of steering and that is rotated by... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070095580 - Power wheelchair with clutch control device: A power wheelchair includes a pair of clutches, each coupled to a respective drive power source and a respective drive wheel, and a clutch control device that includes a pair of rod pivoting units, a control unit, and a flexible linking unit interconnecting the control unit and the rod pivoting... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070095581 - Stair chair with an adjustable glide track resistance and braking device: A stair chair for transporting a person up and down a flight of stairs and over a surface is disclosed. The stair chair comprising a main frame and a glide track assembly to support the stair chair for movement on the flight of stairs. The glide track assembly is pivotally... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20070095582 - Wheelchair with mechanical arm: The invention relates to a wheelchair, provided with a seat at a first level and a backrest, supported by an undercarriage, and at least one armrest, located at a second level, above said first level, wherein a mechanical arm is provided, comprising a series of segments, driven by at least... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070095583 - Apparatus for driving a vehicle: An apparatus for driving a vehicle is mounted in a general vehicle or a hybrid vehicle so as to play the roles of a transmission, a generator, and a differential gear in the vehicle, thereby decreasing the number of parts in a power transmission system for driving the vehicle, improving... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070095584 - Hybrid drive mechanism and method for operation thereof: A device and method for implementing a hybrid drive mechanism, which stands out by a very low construction expenditure, a small need of installation space, low cost of parts and a simple and effective maneuverability. Particularly, the start and stop of the internal combustion engine should stand out by simplicity... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070095587 - Hybrid vehicle drive train and method: A drive train for a hybrid vehicle having first, second and third motors includes a first variable transmission, having an input shaft, and an output shaft coupled to a drive wheel of the vehicle, and first, second, and third clutched rotational drive connections. The rotational drive connections selectively interconnect an... Agent: David R. Mckinney, P.C.

20070095586 - Power regeneration system: A power regeneration system is provided that includes a regenerative charging system having a rechargeable power supply and a power regeneration system connected to the rechargeable power supply. The regenerative charging system further includes a controller configured to engage the power regeneration system upon detecting a deceleration condition.... Agent: Dean D. Small The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20070095585 - Vehicle drive unit: A vehicle drive unit, for quickly recovering a grip even if a wheel slips, in which in a slip state or at a time when the slip state is going to be generated, by pulsating a torque applied to the wheel, an angular velocity W of the wheel is changed... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070095588 - Controlling vehicle dynamics through the use of an image sensor system: A method for controlling vehicle dynamics in a motor vehicle, at least one sensor recording at least one measured value; at least one actuator for controlling vehicle dynamics being driven as a function of the at least one measured value; at least one image sensor system generating image information from... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070095589 - Wheel slip control system: A wheel slip control system includes wheel speed sensors that generate wheel speed signals and a control module that controls torque production of at least one of an engine and an electric motor and that detects a negative wheel slip based on the wheel speed signals. The control module increases... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070095590 - Device for transferring two-wheel motorbike into three-wheel vehicle: A device for transferring two-wheel motorbike into three-wheel vehicle includes a rectangle frame directly connected to the frame of the two-wheel motorbike and two side frames are connected to two ends of the rectangle frame. Two wing rods ARE connected to the two side frames respectively and an arm is... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070095591 - Motorcycle: A power transmission mechanism of a motorcycle includes a drive case which is disposed at the rear end of and outside of a rear swing arm, and which surrounds the axle of a rear wheel and incorporates a transmission device. In addition, the power transmission mechanism includes a drive shaft... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070095592 - Energy storage type of differential mixed power distribution system: An energy storage type of differential mixed power distribution system to drive an all wheel driving carrier; a revolution output end of an internal combustion engine (or any other revolution power source) to drive the front-end load through an intermediate transmission and control interface device, and to also drive an... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20070095593 - Torque proportioning control system: A method of proportioning and delivering drive torque to the four wheels of a vehicle includes the steps of sensing the wheel speeds, yaw rate and body side slip of the vehicle, calculating the torque split for delivery to the front, rear, left and right of the vehicle, calculating the... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20070095594 - Drive and steering equipment for a floor conveyor: A drive and steering equipment for a floor conveyor, with a drive unit which has a driving motor, a gear and a driving wheel and which is mounted in a bearing around vertical axis in a vehicle-fixed frame of the floor conveyor, a steering motor which pivots the drive unit... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070095595 - Anti-squeeze method utilizing airbag information: An anti-squeeze control utilizes information provided by a safety restraint system, such as an airbag system for example, to control window raising speed and/or a squeeze detection threshold in a vehicle. The airbag system includes a plurality of occupant sensors that generate data related to weight and size of a... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070095596 - Catch device of a lengthwise adjustment mechanism of a motor vehicle seat with two pairs of rails: A catch device of a lengthwise adjustment mechanism of a motor vehicle seat comprises a first pair of rails and a second pair of rails, each having a bottom rail and a seat rail. A first detent ledge is associated with the bottom rail and comprises first detent openings and... Agent: Mccarter & English LLP Cityplace I

20070095597 - Variable steering rack system: A variable steering rack system includes: a movable steering rack bar; a case with a through-hole through which the steering rack bar penetrates; a stopper with a second through-hole through which the steering rack bar penetrates, disposed in the first through-hole and rotatable through a predetermined angle, and regulating a... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070095599 - Hydraulic power steering apparatus: A hydraulic power steering apparatus is provided with a check valve regulating a back flow of a working fluid from a power cylinder mechanism to a hydraulic pump side. A valve element slidably accommodated within a valve body of the check valve has three guide portions protruding to an outer... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070095598 - Hydraulic steering system with a variable flow device: An apparatus (10) for turning steerable wheels (12, 14) of a vehicle in response to turning of a steering wheel (18) of the vehicle. The apparatus includes a hydraulic power steering gear, which does not include a rotary valve responsive to a steering input generated by turning of a steering... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070095603 - Belt-type electric power steering apparatus: Disclosed is a belt type electric power steering apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a gearbox housing enclosing a rack gear and a ball screw; a motor pulley housing coupled to the gearbox housing and enclosing an electric motor, a belt for transmitting rotational force of the electric motor to a rack... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070095600 - Belt-type transmission and electric power steering apparatus having the same: The present invention relates to a belt-type transmission. In the belt-type transmission, a rotatable drive shaft is coupled with a drive pulley, and a rotatable driven shaft is spaced from the drive shaft at a predetermined distance. A driven pulley is coupled with the driven shaft, the drive shaft is... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070095602 - Electric power steering device and attachment structure for motor and controller for the same: An electric power steering device includes a motor 12 for giving a steering assist force to a steering system and a controller 15 for controlling a turning on state of the motor 12 in accordance with a steering torque of the steering system. The motor 12 and the controller 15... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070095601 - Motor-driven power steering unit support structure: To provide a motor-driven power steering unit support structure that can absorb mounting errors of a steering shaft. A vehicle includes a steering shaft rotatably supported on a vehicle body frame. A steering bar handle is attached to the upper end of the steering shaft. A motor-driven power steering unit... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070095604 - Vehicle counting counter-steer operation by driver in oversteer suppress control: When the driver makes a counter-steer operation to steer back the steering wheel during the execution of an automatic oversteer suppress control by the turn behavior control device, the counter-steer of automatically decreasing the steering angle of the steered wheels and the counter-steering by the driver overlap to cause an... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC