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Motor vehicles April category listing, related patent applications 04/09

20090107738 - Robotic platform: An articulated vehicle including a main frame, a drive system disposed on the main frame, and at least one arm having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the at least one arm being pivotally coupled to the main frame and the distal end being pivotable... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090107739 - Air conditioning for belt-alternator-starter hybrid electric vehicle: A hybrid electric vehicle having an air conditioning system, an engine and a belt-alternator-starter motor-generator, and a method of operation, is disclosed. A torque transfer assembly, such as a pulley and belt assembly, engages the engine and motor-generator, and includes a clutched member for selectively disconnecting the torque transfer between... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090107740 - Hill hold for an electric vehicle: A method for braking an electric utility vehicle including a motor and an electromechanical brake. The method includes storing a value indicative of at least one of an amount of current, voltage, and power that is commanded to a motor of the electric utility vehicle to maintain the electric utility... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090107743 - Power generation and battery management systems: The disclosed power system may comprise first and second batteries; an electrical power generator; an electrical load powered by at least one of the first battery, the second battery or the electrical power generator; a converter; and a battery management controller. The converter is connected to both the first and... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090107744 - Hybrid drive: A hybrid drive is disclosed, having at least two primary assemblies and a hydraulic or electric machine; one primary assembly and the hydraulic or electric machine are operatively connected to a drive train, and the hydraulic or electric machine, with this primary assembly, forms a parallel hybrid drive, and with... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20090107745 - Method and system for monitoring signal integrity in a distributed controls system: A method to monitor integrity of a signal in a distributed control system for a powertrain system includes communications link transmitting signals between control modules. Integrity of each of the control modules is monitored. The signal is generated and verified in an originating control module and transmitted to a receiving... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090107741 - Limited slip differential for electric vehicle: An electric vehicle, such as a golf car or utility vehicle, is provided with an electric motor that provides dynamic braking for the vehicle. The vehicle drivetrain is provided with a limited slip differential in order to prevent the wheels from turning freely when traction is lost.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090107742 - Method and system for controlling a power inverter in electric drives of vehicles with two-mode transmissions: Methods and systems for controlling a power inverter in automobiles utilizing two-mode transmissions are provided. The various embodiments control the power inverter by, responsive to a commanded torque of the electric motor being below a first torque level, controlling the power inverter to set a switching frequency of the power... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gm)

20090107746 - Drive system: In a vehicle drive system including a motor and a secondary battery, the motor and secondary battery are integrated to provide a drive system having good mountability. In a gap between a cylindrical outer housing (116) and a rotor (112), a layered cylindrical secondary battery is provided within the outer... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090107749 - Closed loop traction system for light-weight utility vehicles: A traction control system for a light-weight utility vehicle is provided. The system includes a wheel speed sensor that generates a wheel speed signal in accordance with a rotational speed of a non-driven wheel of the utility vehicle. An accelerator position sensor generates an accelerator signal in accordance with a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090107747 - Detection and control of power induced hop during traction control in a vehicle: A method for controlling a powertrain of a vehicle with wheels during a traction control event is provided. The method comprises adjusting wheel torque in response to an amplitude of a band-pass filtered driven wheel speed and a direction of acceleration of driven wheels.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090107748 - Stuck vehicle with time and pedal related traction control: A method for controlling a powertrain of a vehicle is provided for traction control. The method comprises controlling wheel slip to a first amount, the first amount independent of a driver requested output; and controlling the wheel slip to a second amount when a vehicle speed is less than a... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090107751 - Motorcycle: To prevent damage, for example, to a rear side cover that covers a seat rail from outward in a vehicle width direction, a motorcycle is disclosed having a glove bar fixed to seat rails and configured to be grasped by a fellow passenger seated on a seat. The glove bar... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090107750 - Saddle-riding type small vehicle and motorcycle: There is provided a saddle-riding type small vehicle where a power unit is mounted on a vehicle body frame. The power unit includes a valve control device that controls the operation of valve-operation mode changing mechanisms capable of changing operation modes of engine valves, and a clutch control device that... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090107752 - Exhaust system protection device: An exhaust system protection device is described that can be installed on the exhaust pipe of a vehicle. The device is designed to protect valuable components of the exhaust system from unauthorized removal. The device has a first locking collar that is configured to be removably positioned around the exhaust... Agent: Emch, Schaffer, Schaub & Porcello Co

20090107753 - Vehicle having multiple-piece pivot shaft assembly: The present invention provides a vehicle including a frame, a rear wheel, a swingarm coupling the rear wheel to the frame, and a pivot shaft assembly rotatably coupling the swingarm to the frame. The pivot shaft assembly includes a first shaft having a non-circular outer surface engageable with a corresponding... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090107754 - Vehicle having a detachable pulley mount: The present invention provides a vehicle including a frame, a drive assembly supported by the frame, a rear wheel coupled to the frame, and a pulley assembly supported for rotation on the frame and positioned between the drive assembly and the rear wheel. The pulley assembly transfers power generated by... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090107755 - Method and apparatus to control motor cooling in an electro-mechanical transmission: A method for controlling a powertrain including an transmission coupled to an engine and an electric machine and a hydraulic control system providing hydraulic flow to a cooling circuit of the electric machine, wherein the transmission is adapted to selectively transmit mechanical power to an output membe, includes monitoring a... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090107756 - Motor rotation angle detection device: A motor rotation angle detection device, comprising a resolver which detects a rotation angle of a motor generating an assist torque for steering road wheels. The resolver includes an annular rotor disposed inside an annular stator with an air gap interposed in between an outer circumferential surface of the rotor... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090101420 - Stress-induced bandgap-shifted semiconductor photoelectrolytic/photocatalytic/photovoltaic surface and method for making same: Titania is a semiconductor and photocatalyst that is also chemically inert. With its bandgap of 3.0, to activate the photocatalytic property of titania requires light of about 390 nm wavelength, which is in the ultra-violet, where sunlight is very low in intensity. A method and devices are disclosed wherein stress... Agent: David J. Cole

20090101421 - Hybrid vehicle and controlling method thereof: When an ignition key is turned ON, a control apparatus predicts the arrival time to a chargeable location (such as home). When the control apparatus determines that the expected arrival time is in the nighttime, it sets SOC control upper and lower limit values for an EV traveling-importance mode that... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090101422 - Interchangeable power plant for automobiles: A hybrid automobile chassis, heat engine and secondary battery are designed such that the secondary battery and the heat engine can be swapped easily to address different needs. For regular daily use, the secondary battery will be used. For long distance trips, the secondary battery is wheeled out and the... Agent: Narayanan M. Subramanian

20090101423 - Moving body: A moving body is equipped with fuel cells structured to have multiple corners. The fuel cells have a fuel gas exhaust port formed to discharge a fuel gas, which is subjected to an electrochemical reaction at anodes of the fuel cells, out of the fuel cells. The fuel cells are... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090101425 - Ground interface for a vehicle: A ground connection for a vehicle comprising a wheel (1), a sliding suspension for a wheel carrier relative to a support (10) connected to the vehicle, the suspension comprising a substantially vertical pillar (8) fixed to the wheel carrier, the degree of freedom of suspension of the wheel carrier relative... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090101424 - In-wheel motor drive unit: An in-wheel motor drive unit (21) comprises a casing (22), a motor part (A), a deceleration part (B), a wheel hub (31), and a wheel hub bearing (33) rotatably supporting the wheel hub (31) with respect to the casing (22). The wheel hub bearing (33) includes first and second outer... Agent: Clark & Brody

20090101419 - Vehicle controller: There is provided a vehicle controller that is mounted in a box-shaped manner beneath the floor or on the roof of a vehicle so as to supply electric power to vehicle apparatuses. The vehicle controller is configured with a plurality of functional modules 4; each of the functional modules 4... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090101426 - Vehicle: Vehicle for operation on various grounds, including a hull (1) having a first sidehull (10) and a second sidehull (12), a front skirt device (14), a stern skirt device (16), and side skirt devices (18) having side skirt elements (54) movably fastened to the hull (1) by means of a... Agent: Christian D. Abel

20090101427 - Motorized personal transport vehicle: The vehicle (1) includes a chassis (2) and a pair of track assemblies (3, 4) mounted at the front and rear of the chassis respectively. At least one of the track assemblies is powered by a motor (5) to propel the vehicle. The chassis include mounting points (6, 7) for... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20090101428 - Vehicle and control method thereof: The occurrence or non-occurrence of a certain slip of a drive wheel is detected based on only a motor torque used for driving a vehicle, a brake torque, and a rotation speed of a motor computed from an output of a rotational position detection sensor. In response to detection of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090101429 - Steer-by-wire steering apparatus with actuatable mechanism: A steering apparatus (10) for turning steerable wheels of a vehicle in response to rotation of a vehicle steering wheel (12) comprises a first assembly (16), a second assembly (26), and a mechanism (108). The first assembly is operatively coupled to the steering wheel and includes components (18, 22) for... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20090101430 - Power steering apparatus: A power steering apparatus includes a steering shaft, a hydraulic power cylinder connected to the steering shaft and having first and second hydraulic chambers, a hydraulic pump that discharges a hydraulic pressure to the power cylinder, a control valve that supplies the hydraulic pressure from the pump to the first... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090101431 - Steering apparatus for motor vehicle: A planet gear mechanism 19 interposed between a steering 2 and steerable wheels 4L and 4R is interposed. A torque controlling motor 25 for controlling a torque acting on the steering 2 and a transmission-rate varying motor 20 for driving the planet gear mechanism 19 are arranged coaxially (on an... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090095544 - Remotely controlled vehicle with a track mechanism and independently operated wheels: A remotely controlled vehicle with a track mechanism and independently operated wheels is described. The vehicle includes a track assembly that includes a center track drive wheel and corresponding endless center track. A pair of driving wheels are mounted on opposing lateral sides of the track assembly. Two independently operated... Agent: Tope-mckay & Associates

20090095545 - Pressure control system and method: A vehicle includes an engine and a liquid pump configured to pump liquid from a liquid intake system to an outlet. The vehicle further includes a pressure control system operably coupled to the engine via a communication connection, the pressure control system receiving a first signal from the engine representing... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090095546 - Directly injected internal combustion engine system: An engine system for a vehicle, comprising of a combustion chamber, a first in-cylinder direct injector configured to deliver a first substance including at least gasoline directly to the combustion chamber at a first pressure; and a second in-cylinder direct injector configured to deliver a second substance including at least... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090095547 - Motorized personal mobility transportation device for outdoor recreational access: A personal mobility transportation device is adapted for outdoor recreational use by a user. The device includes an aluminum frame employing non-corrosive fasteners. Four wheels, mounted on the frame, each includes a turf tire that is configured to operate in dry sand when loaded with at least 200 lbs. A... Agent: Bryan W. Bockhop, Esq. Bockhop & Associates, LLC

20090095548 - Drive system with fluid pump: A drive system (10) including an internal combustion engine (12), a planetary gear-set (16), an electric motor (18) and a transmission (20), wherein the internal combustion engine (12) and the electric motor (18) each drive the transmission (20) via the planetary gear set (16), and the electric motor (18) drives... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090095549 - Hybrid vehicle drive system and method and idle reduction system and method: One embodiment relates to a hybrid vehicle drive system for a vehicle including a first prime mover, a first prime mover driven transmission, a rechargeable power source, and a PTO. The hybrid vehicle drive system further includes a hydraulic motor in direct or indirect mechanical communication with the PTO and... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090095550 - Electric cable organizer for a battery box in an automotive vehicle: A battery cable organizer (22) is associated with a battery box (10) to route battery cables (18, 20) coming out of the box and secure them to the organizer using cable ties (44).... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20090095551 - Anti-skid control device and automatic brake control device: An anti-skid control device or an automatic brake control device gradually increases a W/C pressure for a boost control valve for a front wheel FR or FL on a high-μ surface, by repeating a cycle in which the differential pressure for the boost control valve at the high-μ surface side... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090095552 - Vehicle: The invention relates to a vehicle, especially a bicycle, comprising at least one drive wheel (1), a motor (3) connected to the drive wheel (1), a power accumulator (5) for supply of the motor (3), a control device (6) for controlling the motor (3), and a pedal crank (7). The... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20090095553 - Straddle type vehicle: A straddle-type vehicle with a radiator having heightened support stiffness. An engine bracket extends vertically and has an upper portion mounted to a front end of a body frame and a lower portion suspending a front wall of an engine. The radiator includes an upper radiator arranged along a front... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090095554 - Roll over protection system: Roll over protection system for a passenger car, comprising at least one extended top unit (1) having substantially vertical beam(s) or tube(s) terminated or bridged by a connecting member (7) at their top ends. Initially in a crash, the upper part of the top unit only deforms by being bent... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090095555 - Rollover protection system for motor vehicles with a sensor-controlled actively deployable rollover body: It is proposed that blocking bolt arrangement has a housing affixed to the vehicle and open at the end, in which locking bolts are positioned at the end with a single pressure spring positioned in between, by means of which locking bolts can be driven into locking holes.... Agent: Flaster/greenberg P.C. 8 Penn Center

20090095556 - Exhaust temperature reduction device for aftertreatment devices: An Exhaust Temperature Reduction Device for Aftertreatment Device is provided useful for lowering the temperature of exhaust gasses exiting the tailpipe of a vehicle having an aftertreatment device. The Exhaust Temperature Reduction Device for Aftertreatment Device may be manufactured from a single piece of formed sheet metal, two pieces of... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20090095559 - Framework of vehicle: A framework of a vehicle provided with an engine mounted in an engine room and having a crank shaft, includes a subframe extending in the lateral direction of a space at the back of the engine. A steering gear box provided above the subframe extends in the lateral direction and... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090095557 - Inverter buffer structure for a hybrid vehicle: An inverter buffer structure for a vehicle is provided so that even when a head-on collision occurs, no damage is caused to the inverter case and its internal contents. In one embodiment an inverter buffer structure for a vehicle is disposed with an inverter in an engine compartment and is... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20090095558 - Transmission mount assembly: A mount assembly (74) for a transmission (78) on a vehicle having at least two frame members (16A, 16B) and a cross member (12) extending substantially between the frame members includes a mounting member (40) that is attached to the cross member. A cradle member (60) is coupled to the... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20090095560 - Suspended floorboard: A materials handling vehicle is provided comprising: a frame; a set of wheels supported on the frame to allow the materials handling vehicle to move across a floor surface; a rider compartment located within the frame for receiving an operator; and an operator support assembly. The operator support assembly comprises... Agent: Stevens & Showalter LLP

20090095561 - Hydraulic steering system for a vehicle: A steering system for an agricultural vehicle with a hydraulic steering motor incorporates an internal pump, a distribution valve, an input shaft which in use is coupled for rotation by the steering shaft of a vehicle steering wheel, and connectors for hydraulic lines leading to a high pressure source of... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20090095562 - Steering control device for vehicle: A steering control device for a vehicle includes a first adjustment value determination means for determining a first adjustment value of a value corresponding to a wheel steering angle based on an actual value and a target value of turning state quantity, the first adjustment value is a value directing... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090095563 - Hydraulic power steering system with charging valve and air cushion in the tank: A hydraulic power steering system which includes a tank and a power steering pump which takes in a pressure medium from an intake area which is decoupled from the prevailing atmospheric pressure on the side of the tank wall and delivers it under pressure to the power steering system. A... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090095564 - Apparatus for controlling vehicle: Tire-uniformity components may generate a rotating force on the vehicle, when the vehicle is in a turning movement. The rotating force may spoil or deteriorate a turning performance of the vehicle. The controller controls a motor of an electric power steering system to modulate an assist torque acting on steerable... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090095565 - Apparatus for controlling vehicle: Tire-uniformity components may generate a lateral force on a vehicle body, when the vehicle is in a turning movement. The lateral force may cause vibrations on the vehicle body. The controller controls a motor of an electric power steering system to modulate an assist torque acting on steerable wheels in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090090570 - Track assembly for an all-terrain vehicle: The present invention provides track assemblies and a method that allow bringing the contact patch towards the inside (the outside) of the suspension arm, by providing a asymmetric track assembly, either by lowering at least one inside (outside) support wheel relative to the remaining support wheels, or by using a... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20090090571 - Driving unit for vehicle: A driving unit for a vehicle includes plural gear sets, plural switching clutches, a lever member, an output shaft, a motor generator, a separating clutch provided for interrupting a force transmission between the output shaft and the motor generator, and a separating shifter supported to be movable in a direction... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090090573 - Hybrid electric vehicle and towable trailer that uses renewable solid fuel: A hybrid electric vehicle having an array of batteries that recharge with a generator connected to a Stirling engine, steam engine and/or steam turbine powered by combusting a solid fuel product. The battery array for this vehicle, which is a series hybrid, can be recharged using residential electrical current. A... Agent: Gary P. Topolosky

20090090574 - Vehicle drive system and vehicle equipped with it: A vehicle drive system comprises inverters connected electrically with a power supply line and a ground line and controlling the current flowing through each stator coil of each of first and second motor generators and a switch making or breaking the connection between the neutral of the stator coil of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090090572 - Method for operating a hybrid vehicle: A method for operating a hybrid drive having at least one first and one second drive-connected drive machine, in which an actual torque of at least one of the drive machines is influenced by a reference-forming element in that, from a combined setpoint torque, a first setpoint torque is formed... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090090575 - High-voltage battery unit mounting structure for vehicle: To make even a high-voltage battery with an extraordinarily large capacity, mountable on a vehicle, a high-voltage battery is installed on a rear floor panel in a rear portion of a fuel cell electric vehicle, and a cooling fan unit for cooling the battery is connected to the high-voltage battery... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090090576 - Motorcycle: A motorcycle includes a body frame having right and left frame members 15R and 15L and an air cleaner 10 having an air cleaner case 3 and an air filter element 6. The air cleaner case 3 includes a lower section 3a, a part of which being positioned between the... Agent: Watchstone P+d, PLLC

20090090577 - Anti-drunk driving apparatus for vehicle: An anti-drunk driving apparatus for a vehicle including: an alcohol drinking determination device which determines whether or not a first person seated in a driver's seat is drunk; a driving restriction device which restricts driving of the vehicle in a case where it is determined that the first person seated... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20090090578 - Push forward shifter assemblies: Shifter assemblies to be mounted onto a motor vehicle are provided. According to one embodiment, a shifter assembly comprises a mounting plate configured to be mounted onto a motor vehicle adjacent to a floorboard. A pivot assembly is connected to the mounting plate. The shifter assembly also comprises a first... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

20090084615 - Solar powered irrigation machine: An apparatus and method of moving a mobile tower using solar power are disclosed for use with an irrigation system. The disclosed improvement includes a solar panel with a collecting surface to convert light energy to electrical energy, an electrical charge source in communication with the solar panel to receive... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20090084616 - Electric power steering device: An electric power steering apparatus in which, when an abnormality is generated in an electric power steering apparatus, an assist is reduced smaller than normal when a steering burden is estimated to be small; and the assist can be increased to normal and the steering burden can be sufficiently reduced... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090084617 - Integrated reminder function in a personal mobility vehicle, such as a wheelchair: A personal mobility vehicle, such as a wheelchair system, includes a user interface having a user input and a display for displaying information to the user and a control unit that includes a data processor and a memory. The data processor is responsive to the user entering information into the... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20090084618 - Hybrid powertrains and methods of operating: Hybrid powertrains and methods of operating the hybrid powertrains are provided. In an embodiment, the method includes determining whether a temperature of a battery pack in a battery pack module is above or below a first threshold, and providing a command to an electrically variable transmission module to select either... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gm)

20090084620 - Actuator: An actuator AE1 includes a lock mechanism R1 configured to fill a gas G generated by operating a gas generator 35 at inside of a cylinder 22 and moving forward a piston 38 along with a support rod 40 for restricting a rearward movement of the support rod moved forward.... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090084619 - Hood positioning structure of multi-purpose vehicle: A hood positioning structure is provided for a multi-purpose vehicle, including a crossbar and two brackets. The crossbar has opposite ends forming connection portions and a middle section forming a fixing seat, by which connection portions and fixing seat, the crossbar is fixed to a hood of the vehicle. Each... Agent: Leong C Lei

20090084621 - Rack-mounted service center having separately removable housing: A service center for use with a machine having a frame is disclosed. The service center may have a mounting member rigidly connected to the frame of the machine, and a plurality of serviceable components connected to and supported by the mounting member. The service center may also have a... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090084622 - Method of mass transit: Disclosed is a method for converting the area of federally protected wetlands, like those located between the Anacostia River's edge and the boundary of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA) Anacostia Metrorail Station's property line, into a right-of-way or a specific travel route for the safe passage of hovercraft... Agent: Michael Ries

20090084623 - Load sensor for a vehicle electronic stability system: A vehicle comprising a seat defining a driver seat portion and a passenger seat portion, an electronic stability system, adapted to receive inputs from a load sensor, a wheel rotation sensor and a lateral acceleration sensor, the electronic stability system adapted to provide outputs to at least one of the... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)