Motor vehicles inventions 06/09

20090159346 - Crawler crane: In a crawler crane of the present invention, a plurality of winches 11-14 for winding wire ropes are disposed on a rotating frame 6 of an upper rotating body 3 in a row in a plane view. A cabin 17 and a power unit 18 are disposed on the front... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090159347 - Electrochemical cell having a coiled core: There is disclosed a core for an electrochemical cell that comprises an anode sheet, a cathode sheet, and a separator sheet disposed between the anode sheet and cathode sheet. The anode sheet, cathode sheet, and separator sheet are wound to form a flattened coil structure. The flattened coil structure has... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090159348 - Ac voltage output apparatus and hybrid vehicle including the same: An AC command voltage obtained by compensating a reference value of a commercial AC voltage output from a multiplication unit using an FB control unit is multiplied by k (0≦k≦1) by a multiplication unit and output to a first inverter control unit, and the remaining part is output to a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090159349 - Control apparatus for hybrid driving apparatus: In a hybrid vehicle, an ECU performs speed-change control and selectively changes a speed-change mode between a stepless speed-change mode and a fixed speed-change mode in accordance with the travel condition of the hybrid vehicle. At this time, in the condition that the fixed speed-change mode is selected, if an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090159351 - Hybrid vehicle and control method of the same: In a hybrid vehicle 20, when a deceleration demand based on accelerator-off is made in selecting an S position that allows arbitrary selection of shift positions SP1 to SP6, and fuel cut cannot be prohibited from a state of a battery 50, an engine 22 and motors MG1 and MG2... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090159350 - Vehicle controller, vehicle and vehicle control method: A controller for a vehicle including at least one motor driving wheels, an inverter driving the motor, and a boosting converter supplying a dc power supply current to the inverter, is provided with a control portion performing rectangular wave control and non-rectangular wave control on the inverter in a switched... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090159352 - Cooling device for vehicle: A cooling device for a vehicle, comprising a fan comprising an input end and a power supply, a transmission box having an input end, a universal joint coupling having an input end and a pulley; wherein the input end of the transmission box is connected to the universal joint coupling,... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20090159353 - Radiator assembly for an automotive vehicle, automotive vehicle and method for mounting a radiator assembly on a body structure of an automotive vehicle: A radiator assembly for an automotive vehicle is provided that includes, but is not limited to a radiator of a radiator unit and at least one decoupling element for fixing the radiator to a vehicle body structure. The at least one decoupling element is connected to the radiator and comprises... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090159354 - Battery system having interconnected battery packs each having multiple electrochemical storage cells: A battery system having interconnected battery packs is disclosed. Each battery pack includes a plurality of rectangular prismatic shaped cells. Each cell includes a positive terminal at one end and a negative terminal at the other end. The cells are housed in a battery pack housing in a side-by-side manner.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090159355 - Method of processing waste product into fuel: Fuels used may be derived from existing waste streams such as animal wastes and streams of discarded or unwanted animal byproducts generated at animal slaughterhouses. A method of processing organic waste products into fuel includes homogenizing the waste products. The waste products are heated and pressurized. Water is removed from... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090159356 - Off road vehicle: Means of delivering most of the power to each of the driven wheels by means of shaft drives is also described. Here speed-correcting differentials are close coupled to each driven wheel where the first input to the said differentials is by means of shaft drives, and the second input to... Agent: Dr. Ian J. Spark

20090159357 - Vehicle: At least one further accelerator actuating device in a motor-drivable or motor-driven vehicle comprising a first accelerator actuating device, which can be manually actuated.... Agent: Hudak, Shunk & Farine, Co., L.p.a.

20090159358 - Industrial vehicle: A pump impeller (4) of a torque converter (2) is connected to an internal combustion engine (1) of a forklift truck and an automatic transmission (3) is connected to a turbine runner (5) of the torque converter (2) so as to drive wheels (17). A cargo-handling pump (40) which drives... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090159359 - Independently suspended and driven asymmetric axle shafts: An independently suspended, driven axle shaft set in which the axle shafts are asymmetric with respect to each other, wherein the asymmetry provides mitigation of powerhop. The asymmetric axle shafts are asymmetrically selected such that the relative torsional stiffness therebetween is different by a ratio substantially between about 1.4 to... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090159360 - Energy efficient power steering pump control system: An electronic control unit monitors pressure conditions present at the input to the steering system and other vehicle data signals and then provides override control of a hydro-mechanical flow control device. An electro-hydraulic valve is connected to the supply side of the hydro-mechanical flow control device and reacts to the... Agent: Automotive Components Holdings LLC C/o Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090152025 - Hydraulic system for leveling apparatus in excavator and forestry equipment: A hydraulic system for a leveling apparatus in excavator and forestry equipment is provided, whereby an upper frame of the equipment is kept in a horizontal state even if a lower frame of the equipment is on an inclined ground against a horizontal surface H. The hydraulic system a pair... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090152026 - Mulch distribution device and process: This invention allows for the even distribution of mulch with minimal human effort. Mulch distribution is common with today's homeowner and business owner and will provide a certain aesthetic appeal to the vegetation of a flower bed or the curb appeal of a building. The primary difficulty with mulch distribution... Agent: Law Office Of L. Jack Gibney

20090152029 - Control apparatus and control method for power transmission apparatus for vehicle: A control apparatus for a power transmission apparatus for a vehicle controls the rotational speed of an output shaft of an electric differential portion to a predetermined rotational speed until at least one of a control that starts a main power source and a control that stops the main power... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090152028 - Hybrid drive powertrains with reduced parasitic losses: An apparatus for reducing parasitic losses in a hybrid electric powertrain of a vehicle includes a drivetrain, an electric motor, and a connecting mechanism operative to selectively engage and disengage the drivetrain and the electric motor.... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090152027 - Hybrid vehicle: There is provided a hybrid vehicle capable of attaining excellent acceleration response and reducing pumping loss. When an engine combustion stop demand is issued, the engine is associatively rotated by carrying out a fuel cut-off operation and controlling the speed of a generator to control the engine in such a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090152030 - Apparatus and method for electric vehicle utilizing dissimilar electric motors: An Electric Vehicle is equipped with a plurality of Electric Motors, with at least one motor optimized for operation in one vehicle speed range and at least another motor optimized for operation in a different vehicle speed range. Under acceleration, at any instance in time a majority proportion of power... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090152031 - Outlet duct of battery system for hybrid electric vehicle: The outlet duct of a battery system for a hybrid electric vehicle in accordance with the present invention has a new structure in which the outlet duct, through which air is discharged after air-cooling of the battery system (or high voltage parts), does not extend to an extractor grill; instead,... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090152032 - Attachment device of a combined module consisting of an accumulator and internal heat exchanger: The invention relates to an attachment device of a combined module consisting of an accumulator and internal heat exchanger for use in mobile air conditioning systems with the CO2 coolant R744 on the body of a motor vehicle. The combined module is indirectly connected with mounts which are rigidly secured... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20090152033 - Structure for mounting radiator to front-end module carrier: A structure for mounting a radiator to a front-end module carrier includes an insulator, a bracket body, at least one guide rib on the front-end module carrier, and a screw-fastening boss on the front-end module carrier. The bracket body defines a space for the insulator to be disposed therein. The... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090152034 - Battery unit mounting structure for electric vehicle: A beam member is fixed to a side member of a vehicle body. The side member is provided with a nut member and a reinforcing member. A bolt is inserted into the nut member from under the side member. The reinforcing member includes first and second plate portions. The first... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090152035 - Snowmobile: A snowmobile includes steering handlebars, a pair of left and right skis, and a power transmission mechanism arranged to couple the steering handlebars and the skis. The power transmission mechanism includes a first rotary shaft extending directly downward or obliquely downward from the steering handlebars for rotation along with the... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090152036 - Snowmobile: A snowmobile includes steering handlebars; a steering column attached to the steering handlebars and extending directly downward or obliquely downward; a power steering device having a motor and attached to the steering column; a power transmission mechanism arranged to transmit at least the driving force of the motor; and a... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090152037 - Motorized snowboard: A gasoline engine powered snowboard having an endless track trained about a support frame containing driven and idler wheels. Engine operation is directed from an upright operator support column. A molded chassis is hinge coupled to pivot about alternative contoured track support pan assemblies. The pan support assemblies cooperate with... Agent: Law Offices Of Douglas L. Tschida

20090152038 - Exhaust system for motorcycle and motorcycle including the same: An exhaust system for a motorcycle includes a bracket which includes a joint portion, an engine support portion, and a swing-arm support portion. The joint portion is configured to be connected to a vehicle-body frame. The engine support portion is configured to support an engine. The swing-arm support portion is... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090152039 - Attachable power device for bike: The attachable power device for a bike comprises a base plate installed in an upper side of the rear wheel; a motor and a decelerator which are installed in one side of an upper side of the base plate; an inner casing which includes a power supply unit for supplying... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20090152040 - Apparatus to immobilize an internal combustion engine motor vehicle: A readily transportable and rapidly deployable vehicle immobilization device is provided. The exhaust of an internal combustion engine is obstructed, resulting in choking off and stopping of the engine. In an aspect, a plug is provided having an extension fixed to the plug for human grasping, and facilitating insertion into... Agent: Wax Law Group

20090152041 - External airbag system of vehicle: An external airbag system of a vehicle may include an airbag housing that is disposed behind a bumper of the vehicle and is allowed to slide straight in a forward direction, an airbag cushion that is disposed inside the airbag housing, a sliding device that moves the airbag housing in... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090152042 - Nano-metal bicycle frame and related components: A bicycle comprises a frame. A portion of the frame includes a substrate and a layer of nano-crystalline material extending over at least a portion of the substrate. A conductive interface is disposed between the substrate and layer of nano-crystalline material for improved adhesion of the layer of nano-crystalline material... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090152043 - Mounting structure of fuel tank of compressed natural gas bus: A mounting structure of a fuel tank may include a carrier fixed and mounted onto a roof panel of a vehicle body, fuel tanks sequentially arranged in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, wherein both end portions of each fuel tank are configured to be aligned in a traverse... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090152044 - Steering apparatus for vehicle: A steering apparatus for a vehicle capable of executing a steer-by-wire (SBW) mode of steering road wheels by a steering mechanism mechanically disconnected with a steering device. The steering apparatus includes a clutch which is composed of a shaft rotated together with the steering device, an internal gear ring which... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090145671 - Robotic vehicle with dynamic range actuators: A robotic vehicle including a chassis having front and rear ends, an electric power source supported by the chassis, and multiple drive assemblies supporting the chassis. Each drive assembly including a track trained about a corresponding drive wheel and a drive control module. The drive control module including a drive... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090145672 - Tractor: The present invention aims at simplifying the structure of the inside of a transmission portion and the inside of a clutch portion. Accordingly, in the present invention, a drive shaft is interlockingly connected to an engine by way of a clutch, a distribution power transmission body is mounted on the... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20090145676 - Electric vehicle: A battery unit mounted in an electric vehicle is provided with a battery case and a plurality of battery modules. The battery case includes a tray member on the lower side and a cover member on the upper side. The tray member is fixed to side members by a beam... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090145674 - Hybrid electric vehicle: A highly energy efficient automobile that provides payload, safety and performance capacities similar to a comparable vehicle of a given vehicle class. The current invention is ideal for short to medium range urban and suburban driving. The current invention incorporates components in a unique and novel way, in which these... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20090145677 - Personal mobility vehicle having a pivoting suspension with a torque activated release mechanism: A personal mobility vehicle includes a power-driven base unit that supports a suspension system. The suspension system includes a front suspension arm that supports a front caster wheel and includes a suspension stop. A drive unit is pivotally supported on the base unit by a torque arm. The torque arm... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090145675 - Power supply system and vehicle including the same: A hysteresis characteristic unit switches between outputs of selection instructions (SEL1, SEL2) in accordance with a status characteristic (ST1 and ST2) depending on a present selection state (history). Specifically, the hysteresis characteristic unit makes determination of switching in accordance with the status characteristic (ST1) if the selection instruction (SEL1) has... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090145673 - Torque control for hybrid electric vehicle speed control operation: A hybrid propulsion system for a vehicle. The system including, a transmission device for transmitting torque to a first at least one drive wheel, a first electric energy conversion device coupled to an input of the transmission device, a second electric energy conversion device for transmitting torque to a second... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090145678 - Fuel cell vehicle: A movable body includes a fuel cell, a fuel supply means which supplies fuel containing hydrogen to the fuel cell, a limit means which limits the amount of the supplied fuel, a body which includes a space in which an occupant is housed, a conversion means which converts the supplied... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090145679 - Method for controlling the operation of a generator in a vehicle power train, and a vehicle power train: A method for controlling the operation of a generator connected to an electrical energy storage unit in a vehicle power train. An engine is connected to a drive shaft of the vehicle through a transmission and with an interrupting device with which the transmission of torque from the engine to... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20090145680 - Roll bar exhaust system: A roll bar exhaust system [1000] is described for retrofitting vehicles such as a pickup truck [100]. Two vertical pipes [1100] have exhaust conduits [1110] running through them which exit through exhaust outlets [1180] at their top side. Diagonal supports [1300] attach to a cross bar [1500] or the vertical... Agent: Charles L. Riddle, Esq.

20090145681 - Actuator: The invention provides an actuator A configured as an actuator in which a piston 38 disposed in a cylinder 21 is moved together with a supporting rod 45 connected to the piston 38 by introducing a working fluid G into the cylinder 21 and including a locking mechanism R for... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090145682 - Propulsion drive system for a utility vehicle: A propulsion drive system is provided for a utility vehicle having an internal combustion engine, a hydraulic pump connected, so as to be driven by the internal combustion engine wherein the fluid displacement of the hydraulic pump can be varied by a first actuator. A hydraulic motor is connected by... Agent: Deere & Company

20090145683 - Adjusting and maintaining bearing preload in an axle assembly: An axle differential mechanism includes a carrier, a bearing supporting the carrier in rotation about an axis, a bearing adjuster including a adjuster sleeve held against rotation and axial displacement, and an adjuster nut formed with first teeth, and engaged by screw threads with the adjuster sleeve such that rotation... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090145684 - Safety apparatus for rear steerable vehicle wheels: A steering apparatus (10) turns steerable wheels (14, 16) of a vehicle (12) having first (14) and second (16) sets of steerable wheels. The steering apparatus (10) includes first and second steering assemblies and a braking mechanism (200). The first steering assembly is actuatable to effect turning of the first... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20090139781 - Method and apparatus for an electrical vehicle: One embodiment includes a vehicle that includes a battery to supply a flow of electrical energy, an electric motor arranged to propel the vehicle, a first control circuit coupled between the battery and the motor to control the flow of electrical energy to the motor; a first heat exchange loop... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090139783 - Hybrid vehicle: A hybrid vehicle is optionally driven by an electrical machine which can be supplied with power from a galvanic cell or which, during a generating operation, supplies the galvanic cell with power, and by an internal-combustion engine which can be supplied with a combustible liquid from a tank. An activated... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090139784 - Hybrid traction system: A hybrid traction system for the traction of a vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine, at least a first electric machine and at least a second electric machine, first transmission means suitable for being connected mechanically to said internal combustion engine and to at least one of said electric machines,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090139785 - Hybrid golf car: A hybrid golf car type vehicle powered by a gasoline engine or an electric motor in the forward direction and by the electric motor in the reverse direction with the gasoline engine charging the batteries when the batteries fall below a threshold charge either with a motor generator or an... Agent: William G. Lane William G. Lane, Inc., PC

20090139782 - Automatic traction control for two separately excited motors utilizing a single electronic control: An automatic traction control system is provided for an electric or hybrid-electric vehicle. The automatic traction control system may be used with vehicles using two separately excited motors where the armatures of the motors are connected in series to provide differential control. The automatic traction control system monitors and compares... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20090139786 - Undercover system of an engine compartment of a vehicle: An undercover system is attached to the bottom of a vehicle engine compartment. A cover has at least one inlet to introduce air from under the engine compartment into the engine compartment. The cover may have a downwardly slanted surface, and the inlet may be near the slanted surface. The... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090139787 - Secondary battery electrode, and secondary battery using the same:

20090139788 - Prioritized recapture of energy during deceleration of a dual-hybrid motor vehicle: One energy recovery system (30) that can decelerate the vehicle in response to a brake request stores recovered energy electrically in a battery bank (32). Another energy recovery system (36) stores recovered energy hydraulically in a high pressure accumulator (40). One system is given priority over the other when a... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20090139789 - Energy storage type of differential hybrid power distribution system: An energy storage type of differential hybrid 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 wheel through an intermediate transmission and control interface device, and to also drive an... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20090139790 - Payload control system based on force and speed: In one aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a payload control system for a machine having traction devices. The payload control system may have a force sensor configured to measure a force transmitted through the traction devices. The payload control system may also have a speed sensor configured to... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090139791 - Engine for leisure vehicle: An engine for a leisure vehicle including a crank chamber in which a crankshaft is disposed, a transmission chamber in which a transmission unit of the vehicle is disposed, the transmission unit having an input shaft that is coupled to the crankshaft and configured to be driven by the crankshaft,... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20090139792 - Control system and method for operating a hydrostatically driven vehicle: A hydrostatically powered vehicle includes an engine operatively associated with a pump that supplies fluid to a propel motor. Based on various sensed and engine operating conditions, a controller determines a desired operating condition for the engine while maintaining the travel speed of the vehicle constant.... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090139793 - Steering assist system for motorcycle: A steering assist system for a motorcycle includes an actuator configured to provide a steering torque to steering of a motorcycle. A target-torque calculation unit is configured to obtain a target-torque for the steering, on a basis of a state of the motorcycle. A torque detecting unit is configured to... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.