Motor vehicles inventions 06/08

20080149403 - System and method for creating a networked infrastructure distribution platform of fixed and mobile solar and wind gathering devices: A roadway system for energy generation and distribution is presented. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the roadway system comprises a plurality of ground-based wind energy generating devices, one or more roads, and a roadway system electricity grid. The roadway system may additionally include, for example, a plurality... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.c.

20080149404 - Energy conversion apparatus for wheeled vehicles: Taught is an apparatus for converting energy in a wheeled vehicle, comprising a wheel rim; a tire; and a plurality of hydraulic plunger cylinders alternatively distributed on periphery of the wheel rim.... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20080149405 - Drive unit with an internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine drives, via a belt drive, a first and a second auxiliary unit embodied respectively as a water pump and an air-conditioning compressor and drives a starter-generator operating as a starter and as a generator depending on the operating mode. The belt drive is connected through a... Agent: Manfred Beck, P.a.

20080149406 - Remote mover: A remote controlled self-propelled cart allows a physically compromised user desired movement of equipments and appliances by visual orientation without physical effort. The cart has a self-contained power supply with wheels driven by motors allowing small appliances to be moved over a horizontal surface such as the floor of a... Agent: Ida Williams

20080149407 - Control apparatus and control method for vehicular drive system: In a control apparatus of a vehicular drive system, a charging/discharging-restricted shift control apparatus makes a determination to perform a shift in a shifting portion such that less power is charged to a power storage device or discharged from a power storage device when charging or discharging of the power... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080149408 - Hydraulic arrangement for the activation of two actuators: A hydraulic arrangement for the activation of two actuators, with a hydraulic pressure supply unit which is assigned jointly to the two actuators. The pressure supply unit is designed to be reversible in its direction of action, so that, depending on the direction of action, in each case only one... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080149409 - Engine output adjustment system and vehicle including the same: A motorcycle includes an engine, a CPU, a clutch lever, and a shift switch. When a driver performs a shift operation, the CPU adjusts an output of the engine. When the CPU adjusts the output of the engine, the turning operation of the clutch lever is inhibited by the shift... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080149410 - Arrangement structure of component parts for fuel cell vehicle: The arrangement structure of the present invention includes an engine room, in which a motor 11 and an air blower 12 are mounted on an upper portion of a frame 10, and component parts of an electrical system and a fuel cell system are arranged on an upper portion of... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080149411 - Integrated pedal assembly having a hysteresis mechanism: A pedal assembly including a pedal support and a pedal member rotatably coupled to the pedal support to allow pivotal movement of the pedal member about a pivot axis. The pedal assembly further includes a friction member having a bearing surface, and a clamp member engaged with the pedal member... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20080149412 - Vehicle steering system: In a steer-by-wire vehicle steering system configured to execute a direct-coupled mode via a clutch for failsafe, the clutch includes a first member fixed to a clutch output shaft, a second member defining a cylindrical outer peripheral wall surface in rolling-contact with a cylindrical inner peripheral wall surface of the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080149413 - Electromechanical power assisted steering system: A power-assisted steering system is disclosed. A motor is coupled by a motor shaft and a clutch to a worm shaft, which in turn engages a worm wheel. The worm shaft and the worm wheel are mounted in the gearbox housing. The distal end of the worm shaft is mounted... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080149414 - Vehicular steering apparatus: In a steering apparatus for a vehicle, a target sub steering angle θSREF is set by target-sub-steering-angle setting means on the basis of an output θH of steering-wheel-angle detection means and a transmission characteristic f(θH) of transmission-characteristic setting means, and a target current IREF is set by target-current setting means... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080142283 - Double clutch for a hybrid drive: A double clutch for a hybrid drive of a motor vehicle, has an input shaft that can be driven by an internal combustion engine, and an output shaft that is connected to a transmission. An intermediate shaft extends coaxially to the output shaft and can be driven by an electric... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080142282 - Short-cycling serial hybrid drivetrain with high power density storage: A serial hybrid drivetrain enables “super-efficiency” (fuel efficiency exceeding 100 miles-per-gallon) in a lightweight transportation vehicle, utilizing only high power density storage media (for example ultracapacitor media), with the total energy of storage constrained to minimize storage mass, and the resulting low energy requiring a short-cycle of charge and discharge.... Agent: Efficient Systems, Llc

20080142284 - Double-sided dual-shaft electrical machine: A double-sided dual-shaft electrical machine includes a stator disposed between the inner rotor and the outer rotor. The stator includes a plurality of inner stator coils disposed adjacent to the inner rotor for driving the inner rotor. A plurality of outer stator coils disposed adjacent to the outer rotor for... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20080142285 - Airflow redirector: A system for providing an airflow to an enclosure associated with a power source may include a power source enclosure configured to substantially enclose a power source and a cooling package located external to the power source enclosure, including an airflow provider configured to produce an airflow through the cooling... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.l.p.

20080142286 - Off road vehicle apparatus and method: A ground engaged vehicle includes a front portion and a rear portion joined by an articulation. The articulation rotates around a longitudinal axis. An engine drives a hydrostatic pump which drives four hydrostatic motors, each of the hydrostatic motors in operative engagement with one of four wheels. The wheels are... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080142287 - Liquified fuel gas powered recreational vehicle: An engine system for a motor vehicle including a source of pressurized fuel and an intake system having one or more of a converter unit, a mixer unit, a pressure balance line, and a primer system. The pressure balance line may be configured with offset access to an air stream... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p.

20080142288 - Vehicle: A motorcycle includes rear side frame portions disposed rearward of an engine and swing arms that swing relative to the rear side frame portions 11A. An oil damper provides damping force to the swing arm and extends in a vertical direction. The rear side frame portions have damper supporting sections... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080142289 - Engine room frame structure of fuel cell vehicle: The present invention provides an engine room frame structure of a fuel cell vehicle that improves assembly process by a module operation and reduces the number of assembly processes, thus improving productivity. The engine room frame structure of a fuel cell vehicle includes: a sub-frame on which a motor 11,... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080142290 - Vehicle drive system: A vehicle drive system including: a front drive unit in a front part of a vehicle, which has an engine and a torque converter integrally assembled to one another; a rear drive unit in a rear part of the vehicle, which has a transmission and a differential integrally assembled to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080142291 - Hydraulic steering system with protection against uncontrolled steering movements: The invention relates to a hydraulic steering system (1) comprising a hydraulic steering unit (2) and an auxiliary device (3). Said steering unit (2) feeds a hydraulic medium to a steering cylinder (5) according to the movement of a steering wheel (4). The auxiliary device (3) comprises a valve unit... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080142292 - Electrohydraulic vehicle steering system with a linear pressure characteristics: A vehicle steering system for motor vehicles includes a steering handle, which is connected to steerable vehicle wheels in terms of effect in order to predefine a driving direction, as well as a hydraulic working cylinder including two cylinder chambers. Further, a hydraulic pressure source is provided, which applies hydraulic... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20080142293 - Steering apparatus for vehicle: An electronic control unit inputs a side slip angle β of a vehicle body in step S11. Next, in step S13, the unit calculates, while using the side slip angle β of the vehicle body, a dynamic zero point δo for reducing a lateral force generated in the vehicle due... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080135311 - Steering adjustment screw retainer: A retaining strip arranged to impede the rotation of a stop screw is disclosed. The retaining strip connects with the stop screw on both sides of an attachment bracket. The retaining strip is stretched over the bracket and applies a pressure to the screw that serves to maintain screw rotational... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080135312 - Mobile robot: There is provided a high-speed and stable robot apparatus realizing stable walking by surely grounding legs having wheels even on an irregular ground surface. The mobile robot includes a body having a control device and an inclination angle detecting device which detects an inclination angle and an angular velocity, and... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080135313 - Override control circuit for a lawn and garden tractor: Control circuits for a riding lawn mower. The control circuits provide an override condition for selectively allowing the cutting blades of the lawn mower to operate when the vehicle is traveling in reverse. The circuits incorporate an ignition switch (8), an override switch (80), a vehicle reverse switch (40), and... Agent: Wegman, Hessler & Vanderburg

20080135314 - Driving device, motor vehicle equipped with driving device, and control methods of driving device and motor vehicle: In setting of an oil temperature increasing process mode, the drive control technique of the invention starts an engine to actuate a mechanical oil pump that pressure feeds a flow of lubricating oil for lubricating the mechanical parts of a transmission and other relevant parts, actuates an electric oil pump... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080135315 - Fast search algorithm for finding initial diffusion voltage in electro-chemical systems: A method for rapidly determining an initial diffusion voltage (Vdiff)initial as a starting point in calculating a diffusion voltage in an electro-chemical cell (e.g., a battery used in an automotive vehicle) includes obtaining a time difference toff between a time when the cell was last turned-OFF and a time when... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.c. (gm)

20080135316 - Method and apparatus for modeling diffusion in an electrochemical system: A method for determining a diffusion voltage in an electrochemical cell (e.g., a battery used in connection with an automotive vehicle) includes estimating a previous diffusion voltage, calculating a new diffusion voltage using an equation based on a diffusion circuit model and the previous diffusion voltage, and setting the previous... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080135317 - Straddle type vehicle: Air flowing through a secondary air inducting conduit of a motorcycle is effectively cooled to enhance combustion efficiency of exhaust gas in a catalyzer. A part of the secondary air inducting conduit is exposed to a space behind a front wheel and in front of an engine, and thus acts... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080135318 - Snow eliminator: A snow eliminator is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the snow eliminator includes a base plate; multiple snow drop openings extending through the base plate in spaced-apart, generally aligned relationship to each other; and multiple grip flanges extending from the base plate at the plurality of snow drop openings, respectively.... Agent: R. Keith Harrison

20080135319 - Detachable vehicle configured for convenient towing or transport: A detachable vehicle (100) is configured for quick disassembly so as to be conveniently towed or transported. A front fork assembly (103) is detachable from a chassis (101) and is stowable within the chassis (101). The front fork assembly (103) includes a pair of fork members (106,107) that are pivotally... Agent: Philip H. Burrus, Iv

20080135320 - Tilting independent suspension system for motorcycle trike: A tilting suspension system is adapted for use with a vehicle having three wheels and a frame. The system has two sets of control arms, each set of control arms being pivotally connected to one side of the frame. An upright is pivotally connected to each set of control arms,... Agent: Law Offices Of James E. Walton, Pllc

20080135321 - Personal mobility device with an incorporated safety and informational system: A personal mobility device, such as a wheelchair or a scooter, is disclosed. The personal mobility device includes at least one angle sensor to detect if the personal mobility device has overturned, and at least one accelerometer to detect if the personal mobility device has been struck in an accident.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080135322 - Differential lock control system and associated method: A differential lock control system for controlling a differential lock of a work vehicle is adapted to determine if the work vehicle is oriented to travel in a generally straight direction, and, if the work vehicle is so oriented, automatically command activation of the differential lock. An associated method is... Agent: Deere & Company

20080135323 - Hydraulic control system for automatic transmission: The present invention provides a hydraulic control system for an automatic transmission of a vehicle in which an oil pump of the hydraulic control system generates hydraulic pressure and a manual valve of the hydraulic control system realizes a line conversion according to a selected shift range. The control system... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080135324 - Tractor: The present invention realizes a common use of left and right gear casings aims thus reducing a manufacturing cost by an amount corresponding to the common use of the left and right gear casings. According to the present invention, in a tractor in which a front axle case which extends... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080135325 - Engine-off power steering system: A center-closed power steering system provides power steering assistance in engine-off conditions for reduced fuel consumption. The power steering system includes a hydraulic pump mechanically driven by the engine, a high pressure accumulator, a steering gearbox fluidly connected to the accumulator, and a center closed valve mechanically connected to a... Agent: David Read Us Epa, Nvfel

20080128183 - Tracked vehicle: The present invention is an improved personal tracked vehicle consisting of a platform pivotally mounted on top of a housing, the platform having a right and left side and a central axis. The platform is pivotally movable between a first position wherein the right side of the platform is below... Agent: Elias Borges Suite 406

20080128184 - Lubricating oil compositions having improved corrosion and seal protection properties: A fully formulated lubricating oil, lubricated surface, and lubricant additive concentrates for lubricants providing improved lubricant characteristics. The lubricating oil composition has therein a dispersant mixture derived from a reaction product of polyalkylene compound, a carboxylic acylating agent, and a polyamine. The polyalkylene compound of at least one dispersant in... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.c.

20080128185 - Tool cart having electric motor powered wheels: A tool cart has a front end and a rear end. A bottom of the tool cart having wheels includes at least one front wheel and at least one rear wheel; the tool cart being installed with a driving device for driving the wheels to rotate. The tool cart is... Agent: Chih-ching Hsieh

20080128186 - Telematic method and apparatus with integrated power source: Telematic method and apparatus adaptively uses fuel cell power source in vehicle with integrated power system, electrical system, telematic system, and body/powertrain system. Telematic communications systems including internet, digital video broadcast entertainment, digital audio broadcast, digital multimedia broadcast, global positioning system navigation, safety services, intelligent transportation systems, and/or universal mobile... Agent: Fernandez & Associates, LLP

20080128188 - Method and device for generating mechanical energy: A method for producing mechanical energy with a rotating thermal engine includes using a first liquid working medium and at least one further liquid working medium. The at least one further working medium has a lower boiling temperature than the first working medium. When the at least one further liquid... Agent: Manfred Beck, P.a.

20080128187 - Transportation device adapted with a solar photo module: A transportation device adapted with a solar photo module includes a main frame, at least two side frames disposed on both sides of the main frame; a locating gap to accommodate the solar photo module is disposed to each side frame; and the solar photo module absorbs solar energy to... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080128189 - Systems and methods for controlling slip of vehicle drive members: A system for controlling slip of vehicle drive members is disclosed. The system includes a power train including a plurality of drive members and a hydraulic transmission configured to supply torque to at least one of the drive members. A magnitude of the torque is related to fluid flow in... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.l.p.

20080128190 - Motorcycle: Vibration generators are provided on a vehicle to give vibration to the body of an occupant in response to outside information inputted from the outside of the vehicle, or vehicle information outputted from an in-vehicle system. The vibration generators are installed under the seating faces or inside the back of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080128191 - Running vehicle and running vehicle system, and method for driving running vehicle: A running vehicle has front and rear driving wheels, and a sensor for measuring the acceleration of the running vehicle. The vehicle determines a distribution rate of torque to each of the driving wheels in accordance with the found acceleration, and changes driving torque to each of the front and... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080128192 - Motorcycle hidden fastener cover system: A motorcycle engine cover system includes a backing plate, a cover, and a fastener. The backing plate has at least one aperture for fastening the backing plate to a motorcycle engine and a protrusion including an aperture to accept the fastener. The cover has a mating aperture that is shaped... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20080128193 - Fluid drive system: A fluid drive system for vertical mixer tubs is provided. Rotational power from the power take-off of a tractor or other suitable vehicle is increased in rotational speed by an input gearbox. The input gearbox is, in turn, coupled to a fluid coupler that locks up when the input rotational... Agent: Ulmer & Berne, LLP Attn: Diane Bell

20080128194 - Axle assembly and vehicle: An axle assembly for a vehicle, the axle assembly comprising a differential gear having an input for connection to a drive shaft, and a first wheel hub to support a first wheel and a second wheel hub to support a second wheel, the first wheel hub and the second wheel... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20080128197 - Electric steering apparatus: An electric steering apparatus includes a posture adjusting mechanism having a motor for adjusting tilt and/or telescopic position of a steering mechanism, a speed command unit for outputting a speed command for position adjustment, a motor control unit having a feed-forward control module into which a speed command outputted from... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080128196 - Reduction gear mechanism and electric power steering apparatus: A reduction gear mechanism includes mutually meshing smaller gear and larger gear with their shafts arranged parallel to each other; a first rotor which rotates together with the smaller gear; and a second rotor which rotates together with the larger gear, so as to generate sliding friction between the first... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080128195 - Shaft coupling mechanism for electric power steering apparatus: A shaft coupling mechanism 1 includes a coupling base body 3 coupled to a rotating shaft 2; a coupling base body 5 coupled to a steering shaft 4; rotation transmitting members 6 and 7 which are disposed between the rotating shaft 2 and the steering shaft 4 through the both... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc