Motor vehicles inventions 02/08

20080047766 - Self-propelled infant stroller: An infant stroller that can propel itself under its own power, or in other circumstances provide propulsion assistance to aid the stroller attendant so as to reduce the required effort to push a stroller over various types of terrain. The stroller having a base frame formed of a plurality of... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20080047767 - Battery pack loading structure: In the battery pack loading structure, one end of a harness is led out from a rear end of a junction box to descend along a rear side of a second battery pack. Further, the harness is routed across a space formed between a rear side bottom of the second... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080047768 - Device for locking a lever of a motor vehicle: The present invention describes a device for locking a lever of a motor vehicle. The device permits an operator to quickly lock the lever in an engaged position and unlock the lever from the engaged position. The device may be used even when the manual dexterity of the operator is... Agent: James R. Williams

20080047769 - Engine transmission carrier: In an engine transmission carrier for a rear drive motor vehicle having a longitudinally installed front engine transmission unit, wherein, in order to obtain an optimum between the noise level in the vehicle interior space, the weight and the accident safety of the vehicle, the engine transmission carrier is composed... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20080047770 - Pedal adjustment system and method: System and method for adjusting at least one pedal for a driver in a vehicle in which a determining system determines one or more morphological characteristics of the driver, a motor is coupled to the pedal(s) and is at least automatically controllable without manual intervention to move the pedal(s) relative... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080047771 - Movable floor apparatus for vehicle: Disclosed is a movable floor apparatus for a vehicle, which comprises a movable board 5 disposed beneath feet of an occupant seated in an occupant seat 4, a drive source 6 disposed below the occupant seat 4, and a driving-force transmission mechanism 7 adapted, according to a driving force of... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080047772 - Belt type continuous variable transmission, power unit having he type continuous varible transmission, vehicle mounting thereon the belt type continuous variable transmission, and sheave for continuous variable transmission: A belt type continuous variable transmission comprises a primary sheave, a secondary sheave, and a belt. The primary sheave comprises a first sheave body, a second sheave body that forms between it and the first sheave body a belt groove, about which a belt is entrained, a plurality of push... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080047773 - Motion transfer system: The present invention generally relates to a motion transfer system that is capable of moving along a variable rack. In one aspect, a motion transfer system for moving an object along a path is provided. The system includes a variable rack having at least one straight section and at least... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080047774 - Power steering: Disclosed is a transmission lock for a superposition steering system of a motor vehicle. The transmission lock is for locking a rotatable transmission element associated with the transmission or interacting with the transmission with respect to its rotational movement. A clamping element, such as a clamping roller, is used to... Agent: Craig Hallacher Continental Teves, Inc.

20080047775 - Electric power steering device, and control method thereof: A first compensation torque T1, a second compensation torque T2 and a third compensation torque T3 are added to a basic assist torque Tas. In this case, the second compensation torque T2 and the third compensation torque T3 are corrected by multiplying them by a common control gain G that... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080047776 - Electric power steering device: This invention provides an electric power steering device in which a steering assist force is applied to a steering system of a vehicle using a motor. The electric power steering device includes a first calculating part for calculating a steering assist command value based on a steering torque and a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080041643 - Wind-power vehicle aka wpv: A wind turbine 10 will be used as a propulsion system for a vehicle and will keep it in motion after initial start and take off by a battery pack 14. The air and/or wind being forced on the vehicle as a result of its motion will rotate the turbine's... Agent: Tony N. Khalife

20080041644 - Electric shopping cart/burden carrier: A battery powered, electric motorized cart and burden carrier which may be manually pushed or pulled to a shopping area for use during shopping and for transporting merchandise thereafter. Battery powered motors and gearing associated with the rear driving wheels are controlled from a control box on a lanyard attached... Agent: Arthur L. Tudek

20080041646 - Hybrid power train system for vehicle: A hybrid power train system for a vehicle that has a simple configuration and can efficiently transmit power generated from an engine and a motor to driving wheels while using a general transmission, and obtain high regenerative braking efficiency. The configuration includes coaxial shafts between rotational components.... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080041645 - Method and system for estimating barometric pressure in a hybrid vehicle: Barometric pressure is determined in a hybrid electric vehicle from manifold absolute pressure. During engine operation, wide open throttle is commanded and output torque disturbances are offset by the electric machine. Barometric pressure is estimated based on sensed intake manifold pressure and engine speed dependent pressure offsets. During engine shut... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080041647 - Power train for hybrid electric vehicle: A power train prevents the decrease in the power efficiency accompanied by the converting process between the kinetic energy and the electrical energy due to the large energy flow through the electrical path when the motor generator serves as a transmission and thus prevents the increase in the capacity of... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080041649 - Automotive reservoir with integrated through-the-wall fitting and method for making same: A reservoir for use in an automotive vehicle including at least one plastic wall region and at least one through-the-wall fitting element fused to the plastic wall. The through-the-wall fitting has an outer polymeric face in contact with the plastic wall. At least one of the outer polymeric face of... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20080041648 - Extended range motor vehicle having ambient pollutant processing: A hybrid motor vehicle utilizing electric motor propulsion prior to cruise mode detection condition and internal combustion engine propulsion during cruise mode. The hybrid motor vehicle utilizing an information super highway for system diagnostics or operating mode control as between powering the hybrid motor vehicle by electric motor or internal... Agent: Conrad O. Gardner

20080041650 - Motorcycle with countershaft and adjustable motor mount: A motorcycle having a frame, front and rear wheel assemblies and a motor and transmission assembly. The motor and transmission assembly attaches to the frame through a front mounting assembly and a rear mounting assembly such that the motor is selectively movable horizontally with respect to the frame. The front... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080041651 - Clutch device for seatbelt retractor: A quick acting clutch, the quick acting clutch comprising: a friction plate; a clutch plate movably mounted to the friction plate about a center of rotation of the friction plate and the clutch plate, the clutch plate being configured to rotate with respect to the friction plate; an actuator arm... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080041652 - Safe-driving promotion system and safe-driving promotion device: [Constitution] The safe-driving promotion system includes attachment sensing means 100 for sensing that a male part 11 of the seat belt of an automobile 1 has been attached to a female part 12, and for outputting a first start permission signal α; start controlling means 200 for receiving the first... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080041653 - Drive system for an industrial truck with an internal combustion engine: Drive system for an industrial truck comprising an internal combustion engine, a four-shaft epicyclic gearing consisting of two or one fixed links which with a first shaft may be connected to the shaft of an internal combustion engine, a first electric motor which is mechanically coupled to a second shaft... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20080041654 - Transmission: A transmission (1), preferably for a front axle of a floor transport vehicle (100), comprises at least one transmission stage, a drive sprocket (6), a hollow gear (4, 203), and a housing, wherein the drive sprocket (6) and the hollow gear (4, 203) each have a rotation axis, which axes... Agent: Goodman, Allen & Filetti PLLC

20080041655 - Electro-hydraulic steering feedback and adjustment: A vehicle is disclosed having a hydraulic system. The hydraulic system includes a steering input and a feedback to the steering input. In another aspect of the disclosure, an adjustable gain is provided between steering inputs to the system and the steering output from the system.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080035397 - Power control for hybrid motorcycle: An automatic centrifugal clutch is interposed in a power transmission system between an engine and a driving wheel. A motor, which is capable of generating electricity, is supplied with electricity from a battery to generate auxiliary power. The motor is connected to a crankshaft of the engine. An accelerator operation... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080035398 - Power control for hybrid motorcycle: An automatic centrifugal clutch is interposed in a power transmission system between an engine and a driving wheel. A motor, which is capable of generating electricity, is supplied with electricity from a battery to generate auxiliary power. The motor is connected to a crankshaft of the engine. An acceleration data... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080035399 - In-wheel motor and wheel assembly with this in-wheel motor: A motor has a stator core, a coil, a rotor, and a motor case in which the stator core, the coil, and the rotor are housed. The motor is also provided with a fluid carrying member that is arranged around a coil end of the coil in the motor case... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080035400 - Airflow diverter: In a vehicle (10) of the type having an engine (12) and a radiator (14), an airflow diverter (20) is attachable in fluid receiving communication with the radiator. The airflow diverter generally includes a formed foil (22) having an arcuate portion (24), the formed foil, when placed in an airstream... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080035401 - Construction machine: A pattern selector valve (32) is lodged in a seat supporting stool (22) which supports an operator's seat (23) thereon, with a switch lever (32B) at a front side of the seat supporting stool. An operator can easily check out the position of the switch lever (32B) of the pattern... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080035394 - Drive wheel steering system for lawnmower: A drive wheel steering system for a lawnmower has a handle bar assembly that is pivotal about a vertical axis to provide directional control of the mower and rotatable about a horizontal axis to provide speed control of the mower. A control bar is operable to set a desired forward... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080035395 - Dynamic balancing vehicle with a seat: A device for transporting a human subject over a surface. The device is a dynamically balancing vehicle having a control loop for providing balance. The device includes a platform defining a fore-aft plane. The platform supports a payload including the human subject. A ground contacting module is included which may... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080035396 - Method of making and using a patient support apparatus having a motorized drive assembly: A patient support apparatus has a lower frame and an upper supported above the lower frame and movable relative to the lower frame. A plurality of casters are coupled to the lower frame. A wheel is movable relative to the lower frame between a lowered position engaging the floor and... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg, LLP

20080035402 - Mobile device suitable for supporting apparatus for site imaging while in transit: A mobile device which supports apparatus for site imaging while in transit is disclosed. The mobile device comprises a plurality of wheels, an imaging unit having at least one camera and supported above the head of an operator, a control unit for monitoring and controlling operation of each camera and... Agent: Marsteller & Associates

20080035403 - Externally accessible torque overload components for an off-road motorcycle: A dual wheel drive motorcycle includes a transmission that receives power and torque produced by the engine and, through multiple gears, provides power and torque to a rear wheel drive line and a front wheel drive line. The motorcycle is provided with an expendable and replaceable, torque overload component for... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080035404 - Multiple configuration utility vehicle: A utility vehicle includes front and rear wheel assemblies, a frame supported on the front and rear wheel assemblies, and an operator compartment supported on the frame and having operator controls. The frame includes a central, tubular frame member having a front end portion and a rear end portion. An... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080035405 - Axle drive unit for a drive train: An axle drive unit for an all-wheel drive train comprises an input element which is connectable to an input shaft, such as a cardan shafts. The input shaft extends in a longitudinal direction. The drive unit comprises a power-split device, of which the input member is connected to the input... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080035406 - Switching device of a driving power transmission system and an off-road vehicle: A switching device of a driving power transmission system equipped in an off-road vehicle, including a switching lever configured to switch driving power transmission of the driving power transmission system, and a negative-pressure actuator module that is coupled to the switching lever and is configured to operate the switching lever.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080035407 - Wheel assembly with in-wheel motor: A wheel assembly with an in-wheel motor, which transmits rotational output of an output shaft of a motor to a wheel via a counter gear, is provided with an oil pump that is driven by rotational output of the counter gear and an oil flow path that leads oil from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080035408 - Reversible driving arrangements: A reversible driving arrangement for a tractor or any other vehicle in which a driver's operating station (10) including a seat (11), control panel (13) and steering wheel (12) can be rotated between a forward driving position and a reverse driving position. The operating station (10) is rotatably mounted on... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20080035409 - Belt-driven conical-pulley transmission and motor vehicle with such a transmission: Conical disk pairs of a belt-driven conical-pulley transmission include an axially fixed disk and an axially movable disk that are situated on respective shafts on the input side and the output side and are connectable by an endless torque-transmitting component for transmitting torque. At least one of the shafts has... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20080035410 - Shift control device for straddle-type vehicle, and straddle-type vehicle: A transmission mechanism is provide that can be interposed between a shift actuator and a shift shaft. The mechanism can include first and second coupling parts that can be coupled for movement relative to each other; a biasing mechanism that can be configured for urging the first and second coupling... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080035411 - Electric power steering apparatus: When it is determined that a malfunction has occurred in a rotational angle sensor, an electronic control unit changes the control manner from the normal assist control to the sensorless assist control. In the sensorless assist control, an assist stop command unit receives the information concerning the motor rotational angular... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080035416 - Electric power steering apparatus: An electric power steering apparatus comprises a driving gear driven by an electric motor for steering assist and a driven gear meshed with the driving gear. A steering shaft is rotated along with the driven gear. The steering shaft is rotatably supported by a first bearing and a second bearing.... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080035415 - Electric power steering apparatus equipped with tension adjusting mechanism: An electric power steering apparatus includes: a motor for providing assistant steering power; a following pulley connected with the motor through a belt to receive a driving force; a gear housing surrounding the following pulley; a motor housing rotatably assembled with the gear housing; and a tension adjusting mechanism for... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080035412 - Device for superimposing rotational speeds for a steering system: A rotational speed superimposing device for a vehicle steering system has an input shaft with an output shaft, which is oriented toward the input shaft in the axial direction thereof, and has a supporting arrangement, which positions the input shaft and the output shaft so that they are at least,... Agent: Notaro And Michalos

20080035413 - Electric power steering device: Male splines 21 and 23 formed in both the end parts of a torsion bar 5 are fitted and fixed to female splines 22 and 24 formed in an input shaft 2 and an output shaft 3. Further, the number of irregularities of protruding and recessed shaped stoppers 18 and... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080035414 - Shaft coupling mechanism for electric power steering apparatus: A shaft coupling mechanism for an electric power steering apparatus includes a coupling base body coupled to a rotating shaft; a coupling base body coupled to a steering shaft serving as a rotating shaft; and a rotation transmitting member which is disposed between the both coupling base bodies and transmits... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080029317 - Self-propelled robot for the handling of explosive charges: The invention relates to a self-propelled robot which is used to handle explosive charges and which is of the type that is remote controlled by means of a control console. The inventive robot can be used to handle explosive devices and charges as well as perform special, dangerous operations. According... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080029318 - Congestion-based control of vehicle hybrid propulsion system: A method of controlling a hybrid propulsion system of a vehicle, the hybrid propulsion system including an internal combustion engine and an alternate powertrain torque source capable of propelling the vehicle while the engine is turned off, the method comprising of detecting congestion by receiving and analyzing data that is... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080029322 - Cover for vehicle: An intake system cover for a vehicle is mounted in an engine compartment to cover a reservoir tank that stores coolant for an engine. The intake system cover for the vehicle is formed with a light introduction opening for introducing light to be directed toward a liquid level gauge at... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080029319 - Method and device for controlling a hybrid vehicle: A method and a device control a hybrid vehicle drive. The device contains a multiplicity of control parameter sets having different recovery torques for a conversion control device which sets a recovery torque of the electric motor in an overrun phase, which recovery torques are assigned a respective driving mode... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080029320 - Method and device for controlling a hybrid vehicle drive: A method and a device for controlling a hybrid vehicle drive. The device contains a multiplicity of control parameter sets with different set point charge states for a high performance battery of the electric motor. The set point charge states are assigned to a respective operating mode of the vehicle.... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080029321 - Skid steer rear door and chassis intrerlock: An interlock for a skid steer vehicle with a rear engine compartment and a rear door to that compartment includes a beam that is mounted transversely to the bottom of the door and has an upward facing surface that, like the beam, extends across the entire rear engine compartment opening.... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20080029323 - Hybrid vehicle and driving resistance measurement of hybrid vehicle: In response to a coasting drive instruction for measurement of a driving resistance of a hybrid vehicle, the coasting control procedure of the invention prohibits a change of a gear position in a transmission and stops both an engine and a motor MG1. The coasting control procedure calculates a canceling... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080029324 - Snow vehicle: A ski vehicle includes two front terrain engagement devices, such as front skis, and a rear terrain engagement device, such as a rear ski. The ski vehicle includes a steering assembly having a linkage system. A configuration of the linkage system in combination with rotation of the steering assembly about... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20080029325 - Motorcycle engine guard: A motorcycle engine guard is disclosed which comprises a bar that surrounds the engine of the motorcycle. The bar has a first side that extends from the bottom of the engine on one side of the engine to the top of the engine and the second side that extends from... Agent: Clarence E. Eriksen & Associates, P.C.

20080029326 - Front-wheel driven, rear-wheel steered vehicle: The present invention relates to a front-wheel driven, rear-wheel steered vehicle. In particular, the present invention relates to a vehicle having one front-wheel and one rear-wheel, wherein a power source is used to drive the front-wheel and a steering apparatus is used to transfer inputs from the user to the... Agent: Medlen & Carroll, LLP

20080029327 - Hydrostatic transmission: A transmission for a vehicle includes a fixed displacement pump operable to produce a high pressure flow and a fixed displacement motor. A fluid flow path is disposed between the pump and the motor. The fluid flow path is integrated into a housing containing at least one of the pump... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080029328 - Drivetrain and method for controlling a drivetrain: A drivetrain for a motor vehicle, which has a permanently driven rear axle and a front axle which is driven on demand. The drivetrain comprises a drive unit whose output is connected to an input member of a differential of the rear axle and to a clutch arrangement for driving... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080029329 - Device for deriving information about displacement of a vehicle component: A collision detecting device which is installed in a vehicle comprises a metallic object to be detected having an extending surface which can be displaced toward a coil sensor according a vehicle collision and is arranged to face the sensor surface of the coil sensor.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080029330 - Method for forming a frame assembly: A frame assembly for a motor vehicle includes a tubular frame and a support tube. The tubular frame includes a first portion connected to a second portion. The first and second portions define a hollow cavity therebetween. A support tube is positioned within the hollow cavity between the first and... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080029331 - Process for operating a vehicle power train during an activated engine start/stop function: A process for operating a power train (1) of a vehicle during an activated engine start/stop function for an internal combustion engine (2), having a starter unit (3) for the internal combustion engine (2), by way of which can be generated at least a startup input torque required for starting... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080029332 - Multiplate clutch and motor vehicle having the same: A multiplate clutch includes at least one driving friction plate configured to be rotated by a driving portion, at least one driven friction plate provided to face the at least one driving friction plate and configured to rotate the driven portion, a pressure applying unit configured to apply a pressing... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.