Motor vehicles inventions

20090266628 - Stair climbing tread hardware for a robot: An easily and quickly reconfigurable robot chassis with at least a pair of forward shafts and a pair of rearward shafts. A wheel is attachable to and removable from each drive shaft. A sprocket is also attachable to and removable from each shaft. A first pair of tracks each extend... Agent: Iandiorio Teska & Coleman

20090266631 - Charge/discharge control device and charge/discharge control method for power storage device, and electric-powered vehicle: A maximum dischargeable current Idmax obtained when electric power output from a battery is increased from a battery current Ib and a battery voltage Vb at present under internal resistance R at present (an operating point 510) until the battery voltage reaches a lower limit voltage Ve (an operating point... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090266630 - Maximum output setting device, driving device including the maximum output setting device, power output apparatus including the driving device, motor vehicle mounted with the power output apparatus, and maximum output setting method: A maximum current Imax is calculated on the basis of an open-circuit voltage Voc, a lower limit voltage Vcapmin, and an internal resistance Rcap of a capacitor and a first maximum output Wcouttmp1 is calculated on the basis of the maximum current Imax and the lower limit voltage Vcapmin. A... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090266629 - Motorized transport vehicle for a pedestrian: Autonomous and lightweight vehicle intended to transport a city dweller combined with the use of public transportation. Formed by one motorized wheel on which the user maintains, through speed, his or her lateral balance, and longitudinal balance is ensured by automatic functioning driven by an accelerometer. The footrests and the... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20090266632 - Air cooling system for electric drive machine: An electric drive machine includes an internal combustion engine remotely coupled to an electrical power generator, which is electrically connected to an electrical components system. The electrical components system is electrically connected to a pair of electric drive motors that are configured to drive wheels of the electric drive machine.... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper Intellectual Property Department

20090266633 - Vehicular cooling device supporting apparatus: A vehicular cooling device supporting apparatus has a radiator support lower 14 formed with a plurality of support-side connecting portions 32 and 34 for altering connecting positions to radiator support sides 16 and 18. This enables a layout position of a radiator main body 20 to be altered depending on... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090266634 - Vehicular radiator supporting apparatus: A vehicular radiator supporting apparatus 10 has a pair of radiator support sides 16 and 18 connected to a radiator support upper 12 to be pivoted about a predetermined pivot axis O. To the pair of radiator support sides 16 and 18, a pair of abutting brackets 34 and 36... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090266635 - Instrument panel and shield member: An instrument panel is provided with: a steering column having a column cover; and an instrument panel body having an opening into which the steering column is inserted and a shield part which is disposed on an edge of the opening so as to shield a gap between the opening... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090266636 - Hybrid motorbike powered by muscle power and an electric motor with the current generated by a fuel cell: A hybrid motorbike is provided which is powered by human muscle power on pedals and supplemented by an electric motor with the current generated by a fuel cell on the motorbike. The motorbike has a crown gear driven by muscle power, and a planetary-gear carrier with planetary gears transmitting power... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090266637 - Straddle-type vehicle: A vehicle body frame has a head pipe, a main frame, a down frame, and a lower frame. The main frame extends downward to the rear from the head pipe. The down frame extends downward to the rear from the head pipe in a position below the main frame. The... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090266638 - Actuator: When activated, an actuator causes a piston rod in a cylinder to move forwards so as to support a receiving member for receiving an object to be protected. A lock mechanism for restricting a backward movement of the piston rod includes a lock ring which is accommodated in an accommodating... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090266639 - Operating system for tractor: An operating system for a tractor to which an implement is attachable, the operating system comprises: a steering wheel provided rearwardly of a hood that houses an engine located in a forward region of the tractor; a control panel provided rearwardly of the hood and adjacent the steering wheel; a... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090266640 - Electric power steering apparatus: Since a housing 101 is integrally formed with a frame main body 123A of a frame 223 so as to surround a rotor yoke 258 and a stator yoke 242, heat generated from a motor 109 is conducted to the housing 101 to be thereby emitted to the outside. Accordingly,... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090266641 - Electric power steering system: In an electric power steering system for a vehicle that controls a force that urges a steering wheel toward a neutral position thereof, a control unit (21) for the system is configured such that an electric motor (9) for providing an assisting force produces a relatively large returning force when... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090260901 - Electric ground working vehicle: There is provided an electric ground working vehicle including a left wheel and a right wheel, at least one caster, a working apparatus, an acceleration operating element for performing acceleration instructions, a turn operating element for performing turn instructions, and a control unit. The left wheel and the right wheel... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090260902 - Suspension unit: A suspension unit, for example for a track-laying vehicle, comprises an oil-filled cylinder within which a piston, connected to a piston rod, is provided. The cylinder 4 is oil-filled, and communicates with an upper region of a spring chamber, the lower region 46 of which contains gas under pressure. The... Agent: Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

20090260903 - Method of compensating for auxiliary loads of hybrid vehicle: The present invention provides a method of compensating for auxiliary loads of a hybrid vehicle, which divides the auxiliary loads into a mechanical auxiliary load and an electrical auxiliary load and performs an appropriate auxiliary load compensation according to the kind of auxiliary loads, thus improving system efficiency as well... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090260904 - Drive-control apparatus for electric drive vehicle: A drive-control apparatus for an electric-drive vehicle drives and controls a vehicle driven by electric power generated from mechanical power produced by an internal combustion engine (1). In order to cool down an electric power converter (3) without increasing the engine-rotation speed during deceleration of the locomotive using electric braking;... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090260905 - In-vehicle device cooling apparatus: A cooling apparatus cools a battery and a DC/DC converter. In a duct, a battery cooling fan having a great rated capacity is installed. The duct branches into a battery-side intake duct and a DC/DC converter-side intake duct on the downstream side of the battery cooling fan. In the battery-side... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090260906 - Automotive vehicle engine apparatus: An automotive vehicle engine apparatus includes an air intake system. In a further aspect of the present application, an automotive vehicle engine apparatus includes an air intake manifold, an air box and an air scoop. Another aspect of the present application employs an air intake shaker and a supercharger. A... Agent: Clark Hill, P.C.

20090260907 - Autonomous parking strategy based on available parking space: A method is provided for controlling a parallel parking of a vehicle. A distance between the first object and the second object is remotely sensed. The distance is compared to a first predetermined distance and a second predetermined distance. An autonomous first steering strategy maneuver is performed for parking the... Agent: General Motors Company Legal Staff

20090260908 - Straddle-type vehicle: A straddle-type vehicle includes an engine, an air intake pipe, a throttle valve being controlled in accordance with an operation amount of an accelerator grip, an engine rotating speed detector or a vehicle speed detector, and an electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU increases the opening degree of the throttle... Agent: Jones Day

20090260909 - Assembling method of tractor and tractor: The present invention aims at the shortening of a main line which constitutes an assembly line. To achieve such an object, in the present invention, an assembly line is constituted of a main line and sub lines, and a first unit which is constituted by connecting a clutch part and... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20090260910 - Motorcycle: The motorcycle is provided in an embodiment with a vehicle body frame, an engine, and an exhaust pipe connected to the engine. The vehicle body frame has a front frame supporting at least a part of the engine, a left rear frame connected to the front frame and extending rearward... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090260911 - Hydraulic drive working vehicle: A hydraulic drive vehicle includes a bypass valve for fluidly connecting or disconnecting a pump/second-motor line and a second-motor/first-motor line, and set a capacity of a first hydraulic motor to a standard capacity which makes a peripheral speed of a first wheel driven by the first hydraulic motor equal to... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090260912 - Working vehicle: There is provided a power transmission device for a working vehicle, in which a drive takeoff shaft for front wheels can be easily mounted on or dismounted from a transmission case and hence the workability of assembly, maintenance, and the like can be improved but the cost of manufacturing the... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20090260914 - Electric power steering rotation isolator: A steering column assembly includes a column jacket extending along a longitudinal axis and a steering shaft rotatably supported by the column jacket. A power assist module includes a housing coupled to the column jacket and a motor. The motor applies a torque to the steering shaft. An isolator connection... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC

20090260913 - Steering apparatus for vehicle: A steering apparatus for a vehicle capable of executing a steer-by-wire (SBW) mode in which road wheels are steered by a steering mechanism mechanically disconnected with a steering device. The steering apparatus comprises: a connecting mechanism which can connect the steering device and the steering mechanism mechanically; and an SBW... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090255738 - Towing device and system: A towing device for towing of a carrier that enables carrying at least one user, wherein the user drives and steers the towing device, includes a front part and at least one steering-element. The front part of the towing device includes a motor and engagement-means wherein the motor is operatively... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090255739 - Power wheelchair: A power wheelchair includes a base frame and a seat frame. The base frame includes front and rear frame members, a pair of front wheels connected rotatably to the front frame member, a pair of rear wheels connected rotatably to the rear frame member, and a pair of mid-wheels connected... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090255741 - Belt alternator starter systems for hybrid vehicles: A belt alternator starter (BAS) system for a hybrid vehicle may include a first pulley, a first belt, a motor generator unit (MGU), a second pulley, a second belt, and a first clutch. The first belt encircles the first pulley and a crankshaft pulley of an internal combustion engine. The... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090255743 - Method and device for adapting a clutch in a hybrid drive train of a vehicle: A method for adapting torque characteristic in a disengaging clutch arranged in a vehicle hybrid drive train between an internal combustion engine and an electrical machine connected to a driven wheel, include the following steps: deciding the engine can be disconnected; switching the engine off and opening the clutch; detecting... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090255744 - Electric motor drive apparatus and vehicle including the same: When fail signals from first and second inverters are rendered inactive, i.e., when all inverters are proper, an ECU renders first and second shut down permit signals active for output to first and second AND gates regardless of the operating state of motor generators. The first AND gate takes an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090255742 - Self-contained & self-propelled magnetic alternator & wheel directdrive units aka:maw-directdrives: MAW-DirectDrives are self-propelled independent direct drive units that connect to the inside of wheels. They rotate and stop electromagnetically and use the rotation of the wheel to generate electricity thru the incorporation of two frameless direct drive permanent magnets BLDC motors. They have one moving part, the integrated drive-plate assembly,... Agent: Dana A. Hansen

20090255740 - Voltage estimation feedback of overmodulated signal for an electrical vehicle: A voltage estimation system for motor control feedback is described. The system may include one or more control modules which may generate voltage commands. An overmodulation or “clipping” module receiving a voltage command can generate a clipped voltage. Rather than measuring directly, a voltage estimator may estimate the clipped voltage... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090255745 - Motorized snowboard: A motorized snowboard is disclosed having a chassis including a rider support platform, a motor supported by the chassis, and an endless track powered by the motor.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20090255746 - Traction and stability control system and method for a vehicle with mechanically independent front and rear traction wheels: A vehicle powertrain with mechanically independent sets of front and rear traction wheels has separate motive power units. An electronic control system including traction wheel slip control is electronically coupled to a first motive power unit and to a second motive power unit to separately establish maximum rear wheel traction... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090255747 - 3-wheeled stand-up personal mobility vehicle and components therein: An electric vehicle with a modular frame that includes a main chassis with a rider platform (standing position), front fork/wheel assembly, handlebar assembly, and rear trailing arm assembly with left and right rear wheels. The front fork assembly bolts to the main chassis. The handlebar assembly fastens to the pivoting... Agent: Michael Kasaba, President Ridevehicles LLC

20090255748 - Motorcycle: A motorcycle including a radiator and having an engine offset, and in which increase in vehicle width is suppressed. A center of the engine is out of alignment with respect to a center of a head pipe toward one side in the vehicle width direction. The radiator is arranged in... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090255749 - Method and apparatus for motor vehicle lockout: A lockout system for a motor vehicle is provided. The system can include a source of input that identifies a status of a driver of the motor vehicle. The system can further include a source of passenger input that indicates if at least one passenger is present in the motor... Agent: Sally J. Brown, Esq.

20090255750 - Steering system for engineering vehicle: A priority valve 7 is disposed between a hydraulic pump 2 and a steering valve 4 and is used to supply priority steering cylinders 103a and 103b with pressurized oil discharged from the hydraulic pump 2 by controlling the differential pressure across a meter-in hydraulic line of the steering valve... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20090255752 - Ball screw mechanism and electric power steering device using the same: In a ball screw mechanism, a retainer is provided between an outer circumference of a ball screw shaft and an inner circumference of a ball nut and has a plurality of retainer grooves arranged in the circumferential direction for retaining a plurality of rolling balls. Each retainer groove of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090255751 - Power steering system, speed reduction mechanism and bearing holder: [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] In a power steering system comprising a wormshaft (14), which is housed in a shaft housing portion (16) formed in a housing (11) and whose one end is rotatably supported by a first bearing (18a), a worm wheel (15) adapted to mesh with the wormshaft, a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090250270 - Steering and driving systems and related vehicles: A ZTR vehicle includes true or proper ZTR steering in the forward and reverse directions. The vehicle has independently driven locomotive drives that drive the wheels to provide mobility and steering to the vehicle. A steering wheel is included that pivots one of two steering input members that rotate to... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20090250275 - Drive device for hybrid vehicle: A casing for integrally accommodating a motor generator and an inverter includes an accommodating portion forming an inverter accommodating space, and an accommodating portion forming a motor accommodating space. The casing has a structure wherein the accommodating portions are integrally formed. Thereby, a drive device for a hybrid vehicle having... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090250277 - Battery equalization using a plug-in charger in a hybrid electric vehicle: In a hybrid electric motor vehicle , a power supply system for storing and supplying electrical power includes a motor-generator located onboard the vehicle, driveably connected to the vehicle wheels and producing AC electric power, an energy storage device for alternately storing and discharging electric power, an inverter coupled to... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090250276 - Hybrid electric vehicle and methods of production: Hybrid-electric vehicle are described herein and comprises: an electric motor, at least one battery pack, at least one capacitor bank, at least one generator, at least one engine, and a controller, wherein the controller is coupled to the at least one battery pack, the at least one capacitor bank and... Agent: Buchalter Nemer

20090250278 - Power output apparatus and vehicle: The hybrid vehicle includes the engine capable of outputting power to the drive gear; the motors MG1 and MG2; the CVT; the planetary gear mechanism having the sun gear connected to the secondary shaft of the CVT, the ring gear capable of rotating in the direction opposite to the rotational... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090250280 - Hybrid vehicle: To provide a hybrid vehicle which is capable of improving durability and efficiency of an electric motor when the electric motor is mechanically connected to an engine, thereby making it possible to improve marketability thereof. In a hybrid vehicle 1, an electric motor 10 is comprised of a rotor 14... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090250279 - Power systems for hybrid electric vehicle (hev): A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) power system is provided that includes a vehicle electrical system (VES), an inverter-controller unit (ICU) and an AC electric motor/generator unit (MGU). The VES includes a first DC voltage source and a second DC voltage source coupled in series with the first DC voltage source.... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gm)

20090250274 - Motor assembly for alternative fuel vehicles: An automotive drive assembly includes a housing configured to be installed in an automobile, a first electric motor component coupled to the housing, a second electric motor component rotatably coupled to the first electric motor component, the first and second electric motor components jointly including at least one magnet and... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gm)

20090250273 - Motor sensor assembly for alternative fuel vehicles: An automotive drive system includes a transmission comprising a plurality of gears, an electric motor having a rotor and being coupled to the transmission such that operation of the electric motor causes actuation of the gears, and a sensor assembly coupled to and located on the exterior of at least... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gm)

20090250272 - Vehicle drive mechanism: A vehicle drive mechanism includes a power transmission mechanism which has a rotary electric motor and a gear mechanism for transmitting mechanical power from the rotary electric motor to a drive shaft disposed coaxially with an output shaft of the rotary electric motor, and a control unit formed of a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090250271 - Vehicle driving apparatus: A driving gear of a vehicle comprising a motor generator (MG2), a power control unit (21) for controlling the motor generator (MG2), and a case for containing the motor generator (MG2) and the power control unit (21). The power control unit (21) comprises a first inverter for driving the motor... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090250281 - Snowmobile with a supercharged engine: An air charging system for use with a vehicle includes a heat exchanger for cooling an air charge by melting a mass of snow/ice that is external to and in thermal communication with the heat exchanger.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20090250283 - Motor vehicle having a switchable four wheel drive: A motor vehicle is provided that has an engine, front and rear wheels and a clutch system for selectively distributing engine torque to the front and rear wheels. A controller judges in real time the state of motion of the vehicle and controls the torque distribution by the clutch system... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090250282 - Two person ruv with ergonomic seating and feet placement: A two or more person RUV (recreational utility vehicle) is provided with a multi-place multi-planar saddle seat assembly, multi-place multi-planar foot board assemblies, and grip handles.... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S C Intellectual Property Department

20090250284 - Small-sized vehicle with improved drivetrain: There is provided a small-sized vehicle (SSV) capable of inhibiting a differential unit from becoming large in a vertical direction. The small-sized vehicle comprises an engine, a rear output shaft portion arranged to extend rearwardly of the engine and serving to transmit a driving force of the engine rearward, an... Agent: Jones Day

20090250285 - Break-away pedal assembly: A vehicle includes a first structure, a pedal pivotably connected to the first structure for pivoting between rest and fully-applied positions, a control attachment connecting the pedal to a vehicle system to be controlled, a second structure located rearward of the pedal, and an engagement bracket connected to the pedal... Agent: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090250287 - Electric motor apparatus for electric power steering and electric power steering apparatus: An electric motor and a control unit are integrally formed and are placed coaxially with a shaft of a gear box for reducing a speed of rotation of the electric motor and also the control unit is placed between the gear box and the electric motor, and a power feeding... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090250288 - Steering apparatus: An electric power steering apparatus 10 has an electric motor 46 for supplying an auxiliary force to a steering force inputted from a steering wheel 16, and transmits the steering force including the auxiliary force to a steered road-wheel 14 at least partially via a rack-and-pinion mechanism 30, thereby performing... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090250286 - Worm-belt transmission of a power-steering drive: A power-steering drive for a steering system in a motor vehicle includes a motor driving a motor shaft and a transmission situated between the motor shaft and an output shaft. The transmission takes the form of a combined worm-belt transmission. Furthermore, in a method for adjusting the transmission of a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090250289 - Electric power steering device: Provided are an electric power steering device which is capable of determining a failure without using a motor current, and an electric power steering device which removes any motor current detecting unit for detecting the motor current such as a shunt resistor, and suppresses the heat generation and the power... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC