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<title>freepatentsonline.com: Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location</title>
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<description>USPTO Class 701 Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location</description>
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<title><![CDATA[Travel Control Apparatus for a Vehicle]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097666.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a configuration in which a control is performed for actuating the steering cylinder  17  so that the steering angle of the front wheel  11 a  (steering wheel), which is detected by the steering angle detector  62,  becomes a target steering angle which is set in accordance with an operational state of the steering dial  42,  the target steering angle of the front wheel  11 a  (steering wheel), which is set in accordance with an operational state of the steering dial  42,  is compared with a detected steering angle of the front wheel  11 a , which is detected by the steering detector  62,  and when the difference between the target steering angle and the detected steering angle is a predetermined value or higher, the traveling speed of the vehicle  10  is regulated so that the traveling speed of the vehicle  10  becomes a predetermined speed or lower.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF APPLICATION DATA OF A VEHICLE COMPONENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097665.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for the management of application data of a vehicle component of a motor vehicle includes acquiring relevant application data for the vehicle component, an electronic control unit being associated with the vehicle component, wherein the relevant application data includes parameterization data of the electronic control unit and general data about the vehicle component. The method also includes storing the relevant application data in a binary file of the electronic control unit.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Electric Braking Control Apparatus and Electric Braking Apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097675.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An electric braking control apparatus for controlling an electric braking apparatus which includes a brake pad, a motor which generates a rotational torque, and a rotation/linear motion conversion mechanism which causes the brake pad to generate a pressing force based on the torque. The braking control apparatus includes an inverter which converts and outputs an electric current supplied from a power supply to the motor, and a microcomputer that receives power from the power supply, detects the value of a voltage applied from the power supply to the inverter, and controls the electric current output from the inverter depending on a result of the detection.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[VEHICLE MOTION CONTROL DEVICE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097699.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention provides a vehicle motion control device capable of realizing optimum avoidance control in the case of an emergency. The vehicle motion control device includes an external environment detection unit for detecting external environment, and a travel state detection unit for detecting a travel state of a driver's vehicle. An obstruction is detected based on the external environment detected by the external environment detection unit, and an environment map indicating obstructions is created. A control device estimates a plurality of possible avoidance actions for avoiding an obstruction based on the environment map and the travel state of the driver's vehicle detected by the travel state detection unit. The control device estimates collision damage according to each avoidance action estimated by the avoidance action estimation unit, and selects an appropriate avoidance action based on the estimated collision damage. The control device controls a vehicle such that the selected avoidance action is carried out.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097691.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A navigation system is provided in a vehicle. The navigation system operates using a dedicated operating mode for generating navigation information and outputting such information to the vehicle user when a relevant event has occurred. The navigation system includes a positioning device for determining the vehicle position with respect to a digital map representation and for generating a corresponding position data signal, a traffic monitoring device for receiving traffic information data and analyzing the traffic information data so as to detect a relevant event relating to a travel route on which the vehicle moves, where the traffic monitoring device generates a corresponding traffic monitoring data signal. The system includes a processing unit for generating navigation information based on the position data signal and/or the traffic monitoring data signal, and an output device for outputting the navigation information to a vehicle user.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ROUTE GENERATION BASED UPON ACTIVITY CRITERIA]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097688.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A route can be optimized according to various constraints, specifically towards non-travel constraints. A number of community activities can take place such that the activities impact traffic. Thus, a route can be produces that lowers an influence the activities have upon a route. Moreover, a route can be produced that improves signal strength, such as strength of a signal used to communicate with a cellular telephone. In addition, a route can be enhanced by taking into account weather conditions, including real-time weather in addition to weather predictions.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apparatus and method for transmitting information using an IRIG-B waveform generated by an intelligent electronic device]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097694.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An intelligent electronic device broadcasts its own location information over an IRIG-B or similar network, avoiding the need for maintenance personnel to manually record the location of the installed device, and avoiding errors in tracking its location. The intelligent electronic device either is equipped with a GPS module, or receives location information from another device installed at the same site.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF A VEHICLE, PROGRAM FOR REALIZING THAT CONTROL METHOD USING A COMPUTER, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH THAT PROGRAM IS RECORDED]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097674.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An ECU executes a program that includes the steps of i) calculating a sporty running counting SC based on a state of a vehicle according to an operation of a driver; ii) changing a condition for executing sporty running in which an upshift is inhibited when an accelerator is suddenly released and in which a downshift is promoted during sudden braking such that the condition is easier to satisfy and changing a condition for returning from sporty running so that it is more difficult to satisfy when the sporty running count SC is equal to or greater than a threshold value; and iii) changing the condition for executing sporty running so that it is more difficult to satisfy and changing the condition for returning from sporty running so that it is easier to satisfy when the sporty running count SC is not equal to or greater than the threshold value.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Collision avoidance system and method of aiding rearward vehicular motion]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097700.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A collision avoidance system adapted for use with a rearward traveling host vehicle, and by an operator, in a preferred embodiment includes an object locator sub-system configured to determine at least one condition for a plurality of objects, wherein the objects include infrastructure, appurtenances, and remotely traveling equipped vehicles, and pedestrians, a intra-vehicle condition sensor, and a control unit configured to assess collision threats based on the object and host vehicle condition data, and alert the operator or autonomously cause a braking mechanism to be actuated, when a collision is determined.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Velocity based control process for a machine digging cycle]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097672.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and machine with an automated digging cycle is provided. The method includes moving an implement system of the machine through a work cycle, including interacting with a material. The method further includes sensing values associated with a bucket velocity parameter, such as bucket tip velocity, during interacting with the material, and controlling the velocity parameter via commands which control a sequence of bucket orientations whereby an implement system of the machine interacts with the material, responsive to the sensed values. The machine includes an electronic controller configured via a control algorithm to execute the automated digging cycle. A velocity based control system for an excavating machine includes an electronic controller configured to receive velocity signals from at least one sensor, determine a bucket tip velocity, and output control commands to move a bucket of the excavating machine through a material via a sequence of bucket orientations that is based on the determined bucket tip velocity.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Point-of-interest display system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097698.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A point of interest display system ( 20 ) includes an updatable database which interfaces with a microprocessor ( 50 ) which receives data from a GPS receiver ( 40 ) providing the system with current vehicle location and direction of travel information. A display ( 26 ) provides the operator graphic display data information and easily accessible control switches ( 24 ) allow the operator to select upcoming highway exits, categories of points of interests, and points of interest.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System and method for control of an internal combustion engine]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097682.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method is provided for determining whether an injection parameter correction for fuel quality is required in an internal combustion engine, the engine comprising a plurality of cylinders, each one of the cylinders comprising a combustion chamber into which fuel is injected by an associated fuel injector and within which, in use, combustion events repeatedly occur to define a combustion cycle of the cylinder between successive combustion events. The method comprises observing the speed of the combustion cycles of at least two of the cylinders and analysing the at least two speeds to determine if an injection parameter correction for fuel quality is required. The invention also extends to an injector control unit arranged to determine an injection parameter correction for fuel quality.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Driving force control apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097677.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A driving force control apparatus has an electronically-controlled throttle valve for regulating an intake air mass of an engine, and an ECU for controlling this electronically-controlled throttle valve. The ECU keeps an opening of the electronically-controlled throttle valve constant to restrain increase of engine output, in a region where a position of an accelerator pedal (accelerator travel) is not less than a predetermined travel AC 1 . The ECU relaxes the restraint on the output of the engine when a predetermined output restraint relaxation condition is satisfied, e.g., when a speed of a vehicle becomes higher than a predetermined speed (e.g., 20 km/h), or when the shift position is a predetermined position (e.g., D1 (first gear fixed), or D2 (second gear fixed) position).]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MOBILE DEVICE WITH ON-SCREEN OPTICAL NAVIGATION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097690.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A mobile computing device, including a main body, a processor and associated memory housed within the main body, a display screen housed within the main body and responsive to signals from the processor, an optical sensor fixed to the main body for capturing successive images and providing image signals representative of the captured images to the processor, and a navigation module associated with the processor for determining, based on the image signals, a relative movement between the main body and a reference surface and moving a pointer on the display screen based on the determined relative movement.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method for Controlling a Drive System and/or Wheel Braking System]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097676.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method is provided for controlling a drive system and/or a wheel braking system of a vehicle, in which a total braking power to be exerted on the wheels of a motor vehicle is composed of a drive braking power and/or a wheel braking power. The instantaneously set drive braking power is frozen when, starting from a stationary operating mode, the gradient of the required total braking power exceeds a predetermined threshold.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Controller of internal combustion engine]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097681.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An engine controller performs low opening degree control during a first intake stroke period since an engine start is commenced until first intake strokes of respective cylinders end. Thus, an opening degree of an intake throttle valve is controlled to a fully closed position or proximity of the fully closed position such that intake pressure downstream of the intake throttle valve becomes equal to or lower than critical pressure with respect to intake pressure upstream of the intake throttle valve during an intake stroke of each cylinder. The controller calculates a leak air quantity at the time when the intake throttle valve is fully closed based on an intake air quantity sensed during the low opening degree control. The controller corrects a feedback gain of idle speed control in accordance with the leak air quantity of the intake throttle valve.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Point-Of-Interest Display System]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097697.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A point-of-interest display system includes an updateable database which interfaces with a microprocessor which receives data from a GPS receiver providing the system with current vehicle location and direction of travel information. A display provides the operator textural and elemental graphic display information, and easily accessible control switches allow the operator to select upcoming highway exits, categories of points of interest, and points of interest and display directions to a selected entry.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Control system for vehicles for decreasing controlling amount by judging abnormality]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097671.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In view of the matter that an abnormality occurred in an operating portion of a control system comes out in an early stage as a result of the control, while it takes a time for an abnormality occurred in the generation of a controlling amount for controlling the operation of an operating portion to come out, in ceasing the control when an abnormality has occurred in the control system the controlling amount is decreased at a higher speed when the abnormality of the controlling amount was judged than a speed at which the operation of the operating device is decreased when the abnormality of the operating device was judged.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Train Service Managing System]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097660.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A train service managing system of the invention predicts irregularity of a schedule and creates a predicted schedule on the basis of an on-rail state data and a schedule of the day, detects operation irregularity occurring in a route in which a crew member serves from crew operation information and the predicted schedule and outputs warning information concerning the operation irregularity, proposes recovery information for recovery from the operation irregularity of the crew member on the basis of the warning information, and rewrites, when the recovery information proposed is approved by a service commander, the crew operation information to content proposed in the recovery information.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Client management apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097663.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A client managing database for storing information on the diagnosis request record, the diagnosis result needing a dealer check for repair or adjustment of the mobile body, the inspection result, the inspecting dealer, and the inspection report for each client receiving a mobile object diagnosis service. The dealer having implemented an inspection on the mobile object registers the information on the inspection report in the client managing database, and the client having received the inspection can refer to the information on the inspection report.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hybrid electric vehicle control system and method of use]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097684.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A rule-based fuzzy gain-scheduling proportional integral (PI) controller is provided to control desired engine power and speed behavior in a power-split HEV. The controller includes a fuzzy logic gain-scheduler and a modified PI controller that operates to improve on the control of engine power and speed in a power-split HEV versus using conventional PI control methods. The controller improves the engine power and speed behavior of a power-split HEV by eliminating overshoots, and by providing enhanced and uncompromised rise-time and settling-time.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vehicular steering system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097670.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A vehicular steering system can suppress, even upon a change in a neutral position of a steering wheel, a right and left difference in the behavior of a vehicle by keeping neutral positions of steerable road wheels from the start of control. The system includes a steering mechanism that steers the steerable road wheels of the vehicle through the steering wheel and an auxiliary steering angle superposition mechanism. A steered angle of the steerable road wheels is detected as an absolute angle. The auxiliary steering angle superposition mechanism is controlled by a target auxiliary steering angle. An activation angle setting section sets, at the start of control, the initial values of a steering wheel angle and an auxiliary steering angle as an activation steering wheel angle and an activation auxiliary steering angle by the steered angle and a transmission characteristic between the steering wheel angle and the steered angle.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Construction Machine]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097673.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A construction machine includes: a work arm rotatably mounted at a construction machine main body; a work tool mounted at the work arm; an attitude decision device that decides an attitude of the work arm or the work tool relative to the construction machine main body; a follow-up enabling device that allows the work armor the work tool to follow a displacement of a contacting object that comes into contact with the work tool and applies an external force to the work tool, by adjusting the attitude of the work arm or the work tool decided by the attitude decision device; and a switching device that selects whether or not to allow the work arm or the work tool to follow the displacement of the contacting object via the follow-up enabling device.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[AN INFORMATION APPARATUS FOR AN OPERATOR OF A LAND OR WATER BASED MOTOR DRIVEN CONVEYANCE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097689.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An information system ( 1 ) including an input ( 2 ) for receiving data ( 5 ) indicative of one or more consecutive identifiers such a pair of consecutive identifiers ( 6 ) and ( 7 ) or an individual identifier ( 8 ). Each identifier ( 6 ) to ( 8 ) includes data ( 9 ) indicative of at least one geographical waypoint. A processor ( 10 ) is responsive to data ( 5 ) for defining for each identifier ( 6 ) to ( 9 ) a respective polygon indicative of a geographical region. This occurs such that any given geographical position within the polygon is associated with the defining identifier In the present embodiment, each polygon has one or more characteristics and the defining identifier includes data indicative of those characteristics.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Navigation apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097692.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A navigation apparatus in a vehicle displays road names of cross roads that crosses a to-be-traveled road along the to-be-traveled road at positions that area adjacent to respective cross roads. In this manner, a user of the navigation apparatus easily recognizes the road names of the roads to be traveled by the vehicle in his/her view.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GPS DATA USING NETWORK]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097696.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Provided is a network global positioning system (GPS) terminal. The network GPS terminal includes: a GPS receiver receiving GPS data; a GPS processor processing the received GPS data to a predetermined form; a network communication part communicating with an external apparatus through a network in order to receive a request for the GPS data from the external apparatus, and transmit the processed GPS data to the external apparatus in response to the request; a security access controller authenticating the external apparatus; and a network management part managing connection information and security information of the external apparatus, the network communication part simultaneously communicating with at least one external apparatus using a TCP/IP protocol. A method of providing GPS data using a network is also provided.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Control Device For Electric Power Steering System Of Vehicle Having Wheel Slip Control System Active On Steered Vehicle Wheels]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097668.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The operations of an electric power steering system and a wheel slip control system such as a traction control system or an anti-lock brake system are co-related so as not to undesirably affect one another, by the target assisting steering force for the electric power steering system being modified differently according to whether or not the wheel slip control system is in operation. In doing so, the target value of assisting steering force according to an increase of the steering torque of the steering wheel is increased by a degree increased along with increase of a time based differential of the steering torque of the steering wheel, or the degree of increasing the target value of assisting steering force according to an increase of the steering torque of the steering wheel is decreased along with increase of a time based differential of steering angle of the steering wheel.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Process for Determining Particle Emission in the Exhaust Fume Stream from an Internal Combustion Engine]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097678.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A process for determining particle input into a particle filter arranged in the exhaust fume stream of an internal combustion engine makes it possible to determine the mass of deposited particles by taking into account particle and nitrogen oxide emission.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method For Correcting Measurements Of The Torque Exerted On A Steering Wheel Of An Automobile Vehicle Electric Power-Assisted Steering]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097669.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The method consists in the following when the instantaneous speed of the vehicle is greater than a pre-determined threshold speed: identifying that the vehicle travels in a straight line during a minimum pre-determined period without torque exerted on the steering wheel by the driver of the vehicle; if the prior condition is met, an average residual torque (t m ) is determined for the steering wheel, particularly by calculating a sliding scale of measures of torque on the steering wheel; if the average residual torque (t m ) on the steering wheel is greater than a pre-determined minimum torque, a correction, which is particularly proportional to the average residual torque (t m ), e.g. a linear correction, to be applied to the torque measures on the steering wheel is determined by means of calculation; effective correction (t o ) limited in terms of the speed of variation and amplitude in relation to the correction determined by calculation is applied to the measures of torque on the steering wheel, said corrected measures being subsequently treated by the electronic calculator in order to control the electronic booster motor.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method of marshalling cars into a train]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097659.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method of optimizing marshalling rail cars into a train at a site and includes determining the track configuration at the site; determining location on the tracks of cars to be marshaled; determining characteristics of the cars to be marshaled; and determining marshalling rules. A calculation is performed to determine an optimum sequence of moves to marshal the cars into a train from the determined track configuration, location on the tracks of cars, characteristics of the cars and the marshalling rules. The resulting sequence is outputted.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Navigation apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097695.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Disclosed is a portable navigation apparatus which positions a current position to display the position on a display section, including: an apparatus main body part in which the display section is disposed on a front side thereof; a planate GPS antenna section which is provided at an upper end of the apparatus main body part so as to be freely revolvable to receive a GPS signal transmitted from a GPS satellite; and an elevation angle adjusting mechanism which adjusts an elevation angle of the GPS antenna section, wherein the GPS antenna section is configured to switch between a state in which an entire display screen of the display section is exposed and covered, by revolving the GPS antenna section, and the GPS antenna section is freely slidable in a front and a back direction, being substantially perpendicular to the display screen of the display section.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HYBRID MODEL BASED FAULT DETECTION AND ISOLATION SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097662.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Method for detecting faults in a device comprising the steps of receiving a plurality of performance parameters, applying the plurality of performance parameters to a first model to produce a plurality of estimated performance parameters, applying the plurality of performance parameters to a second model to produce a plurality of estimated device parameters, computing a plurality of residuals from the plurality of estimated device parameters, computing a plurality of distance measuring from the plurality of residuals, detecting at least one parameter deviation using the plurality of residuals and the plurality of estimated performance parameters, and setting at least one detection flag if the detected at least one parameter deviation is persistent.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Flight Control System Having a Three Control Loop Design]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097658.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A flight control system is configured for controlling the flight of an aircraft utilizing a three control loop design to robustly increase system performance. An inner loop comprises an improved linear quadratic regulator (LQR) search method, and an outer loop comprises a classic feedback summary gain design. A third loop comprises a steady state trim search method.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vehicle-use electric generator apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097664.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A vehicle power supply apparatus has first and second engine-driven electrical generators and first and second storage batteries, the first generator supplying a stable voltage to the first battery and a first set of loads, and the second generator supplying the second battery and a second set of loads, which can tolerate supply voltage variations. Operation of the second generator and charging/discharging of the second battery are controlled to maintain the total engine torque applied to the generators at a level whereby fuel consumption is reduced, while the supply voltage of the variation-tolerant loads is allowed to vary substantially.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD OF CONTROLLING ENGINE STOP-START OPERATION FOR HEAVY-DUTY HYBRID-ELECTRIC AND HYBRID-HYDRAULIC VEHICLES]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097661.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[This invention relates to a Start-Stop method for a heavy-duty hybrid vehicle that turns off the internal combustion engine when the vehicle stops or, optionally, when the vehicle travels downhill. The Stop-Start method automatically restarts the internal combustion engine when the vehicle starts accelerating or is no longer traveling downhill. The software instructions for the Stop-Start method reside within the programming of the hybrid vehicle control computer as a subset of the hybrid vehicle control strategy in hybrid-electric or hybrid-hydraulic heavy-duty vehicle. During the time the internal combustion engine is turned off the necessary vehicle accessories operate from the available power of the hybrid high power energy storage.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Control apparatus, control method, and engine control unit]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097683.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A control apparatus which is capable of compensating for a control error properly and quickly even under a condition where the control error is temporarily increased e.g. by degradation of reliability of the detection results of reference parameters other than controlled variables, thereby making it possible to ensure a high accuracy of control. An air-fuel ratio controller of the control apparatus calculates modified errors by multiplying e.g. an air-fuel ratio error estimated value by link weight functions, calculates basic local correction values such that the modified errors become equal to 0; calculates local correction values by multiplying the basic local correction values and the like by the link weight functions; calculates corrected valve lift by adding a lift correction value, which is the total sum of the local correction values, to a value of valve lift; calculates a first estimated intake air amount for feedforward control of an air-fuel ratio, based on the corrected valve lift; calculates an air-fuel ratio correction coefficient for feedback control of the air-fuel ratio; and calculates a fuel injection amount based on these.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gimbaled satellite positioning system antenna]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097693.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and apparatus for use with a satellite positioning system wherein the receive elements satellite positioning system receive antennas are maintained in an orientation with respect to the positioning system satellites in a way such that the strongest signals can be received from the greatest number of satellites. According to one embodiment, a housing of a positioning antenna is mounted in a gimbaled fashion onto a vehicle, such as an excavator. Such a gimbaled antenna maintains a horizontal orientation relative to a predetermined axis and, as a result, remains in a position to receive signals from positioning system satellites even during instances of high angular deflection of the antenna support, such as may occur during earth-moving operations.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Power steering apparatus, method of controlling the same and method of assembling the same]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080093155.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A power steering apparatus includes a steering shaft, a hydraulic power cylinder, a hydraulic pump, a steering shaft actuator, a condition sensor, and a fluid pressure controller. The steering shaft is connected to a steering wheel. The hydraulic power cylinder is mechanically linked to the steering shaft. The hydraulic power cylinder has first and second fluid pressure chambers for producing an assist steering effort. The hydraulic pump supplies a first fluid pressure to the hydraulic power cylinder. The steering shaft actuator receives a second fluid pressure from the hydraulic pump, and applies a torque to the steering shaft by the second fluid pressure. The condition sensor collects information concerning at least one of an associated host vehicle, an associated driver and an associated road. The fluid pressure controller receives the collected information from the condition sensor, and controls the steering shaft actuator based on the collected information.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SHIFT CONTROL DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080096720.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A shift control device for an automatic transmission having a plurality of frictional engaging elements adapted to be selectively engaged to perform shift control. The shift control device includes a computing unit for computing the temperature of at least one of the frictional engaging elements to be engaged in shifting, a comparing unit for comparing the temperature computed by the computing unit with a reference temperature, and an upshift delaying unit for delaying the timing of upshift using the frictional engaging element to be engaged by a predetermined time period when the temperature computed by the computing unit is higher than the reference temperature.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Braking Control Apparatus and Braking Control Method For Electric Vehicle]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080093916.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A control apparatus and braking control method for an electric vehicle is provided in which there is little response delay to a braking force command from a driver's seat even in a state where a regenerative load is small. A braking device that calculates an electric braking force command in accordance with the braking command and generates a mechanical braking command, and a control circuit that calculates an electric braking force on the basis of the electric braking force command from the braking device and the braking command and controls the power converter, are provided. The control circuit includes a control calculating unit that calculates the electric braking force and controls the power converter, a virtual braking force calculating unit that calculates a virtual braking force to complement the electric braking force when starting braking, on the basis of the braking command and an output of a voltage sensor for detecting an input voltage to the power converter, and an adder that adds a calculation output of the control calculating unit and a calculation output of the virtual braking force calculating unit. The mechanical braking command from the braking device is changed in accordance with an output of the adder.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fuel-Injection Control Device For Internal-Combustion Engine]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097680.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A fuel injection control device performs fuel injection only once corresponding to an over-rich air/fuel ratio immediately after the end of F/C as rich air/fuel ratio control after F/C. Such fuel injection is performed with a fuel amount which is the sum of a fuel amount corresponding to a shallow rich air/fuel ratio AFrich and a predetermined increment. Immediately after this operation, fuel injection is performed with a fuel amount corresponding to the shallow rich air/fuel ratio AFrich. This adjusts the air/fuel ratio of the engine to the over-rich air/fuel ratio for an extremely short period of time immediately after the end of F/C, following which the air/fuel ratio is immediately switched to the shallow rich air/fuel ratio AFrich.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTROL APPARATUS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080096721.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An automatic transmission control apparatus is provided with a control scheme that focuses on the rotational speed differences of the frictional engaging elements and the distribution of torque transferred by the frictional engaging elements. When the automatic transmission is upshifted while in a power-off state, the individual torque capacity of a frictional engaging element being released and the individual torque capacity of a frictional engaging element being connected are corrected by adding a prescribed torque capacity amount to each of the individual torque capacities during an inertia phase of the shift control in which a compensation is executed for inertia related to changing the gear ratio. In this way, frictional losses are induced in the frictional engaging elements so as to absorb the inertia torque and lower the input rotational speed more quickly.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CONVERTERLESS TRANSMISSION SHIFT CONTROL SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080096722.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A converterless, multiple-ratio transmission and ratio shift control method wherein smoothness of power-on upshifts and downshifts and power-off upshifts and downshifts is achieved by closed loop control of slip speed and friction element actuating pressure for an oncoming friction element, the data used during the closed loop control including speed sensor information for multiple friction elements during upshift and downshift events.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[INTERNAL COMBUSTION WATER INJECTION ENGINE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097679.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An internal combustion system and a water injection nozzle to position a water mist within an internal chamber of an internal combustion engine. In one form, the apical cone of the injection is altered with respect to the position of the piston within the interior chamber. In another form, the air fuel mixture is charged at an opposing charge to the water mist to create a water droplet gaseous fuel mixture for combustion within the anterior chamber.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Travel-time prediction apparatus, travel-time prediction method, traffic information providing system and program]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097686.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Disclosed is a travel-time prediction apparatus that is capable of making a mid-term prediction of travel time accurately by combining present conditions and statistical information. The apparatus includes a travel-time transition pattern database storing travel-time transition patterns obtained by statistically processing past time-series data of each road link according to type of data. Upon accepting a travel-time transition pattern corresponding to a specified link and day type from the database, the apparatus calculates conversion parameters of a travel-time transition pattern for which an error between the travel-time transition pattern and a sequentially input travel-time time-series data will be reduced, and then makes a prediction using a prediction function obtained by converting the travel-time transition pattern by the calculated conversion parameters. The calculated predicted value and the conversion parameters are distributed as traffic information.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Engine oil change detection systems and methods]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080093172.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An engine oil change detection control system is provided. The system includes an armature position module that monitors a solenoid armature position based on a position signal. A solenoid control module selectively generates a solenoid control signal and estimates a delay time based on the solenoid control signal and the armature position. An engine oil change detection module detects an engine oil change event based on the delay time.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vehicle and control method of vehicle]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080093141.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The control procedure of the invention sets a target rotation speed Ne* and a target torque Te* of an engine corresponding to a torque demand Td* required for driving the vehicle (steps S 100  to S 120 ). In response to an upshift request for a gear of a transmission, the control procedure sets a positive pre-upshift target rotation speed Nmtag to a target rotation speed Nm 1*  of a first motor (step S 230 ). The control procedure changes the target rotation speed Ne* of the engine to a specific rotation speed corresponding to the pre-upshift target rotation speed Nmtag of the first motor (step S 240 ) and subsequently implements an actual change of the gear in the transmission (step S 310 ). This arrangement effectively restrains a battery from being overcharged with excess electric power.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method For Controlling A Braking System Of A Motor Vehicle]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080093179.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Disclosed is a method for controlling a brake system ( 1 ) of a motor vehicle, which includes an electric generator ( 4 ) and a number of hydraulic, electronically controllable friction brakes ( 2 ) being allocated to axles of the motor vehicle, and the brake torque of which is composed of the brake torque of the generator ( 4 ) and the brake torque of the friction brakes ( 2 ), is intended to safeguard great brake comfort of the brake system ( 1 ). To this end, a number of friction brakes ( 2 ) are connected only when the total nominal brake torque exceeds the total actual brake torque by a selected maximum brake torque difference.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Start control apparatus of internal combustion engine]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097685.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A start control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes first and second control mechanisms which are individually arranged to vary at least one of a compression ratio and an expansion ratio of a cylinder of the internal combustion engine. The start control apparatus measures a state of the internal combustion engine before cranking the internal combustion engine, wherein the state includes a state of the second control mechanism; sets a first control signal in accordance with the measured state of the internal combustion engine; and outputs the set first control signal to the first control mechanism before cranking the internal combustion engine.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[LOCATION MONITORING AND TRANSMITTING DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT USING A SIMPLEX SATELLITE TRANSMITTER]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097687.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A device, method, and computer program product for monitoring and transmitting a location and a local status of a remote device using a simplex satellite transmitter. The monitoring device includes a position location unit, a simplex satellite transmitter, a power source, and a controller. The position location unit is configured to determine a location of the remote device. The simplex satellite transmitter is configured to transmit the location to one or more satellites in low earth orbit. The controller includes a power management unit configured to control a power state of the position location unit and the simplex satellite transmitter, and to periodically enable and disable power from the power source to the position location unit and the simplex satellite transmitter.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method And Device For Determining A Steering Angle In A Motor Vehicle]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097667.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention relates to a device and method for determining a steering angle of a motor vehicle. The systems make it possible to detect an elastokinematic angle on at least one steering pivoting joint ( 10 ) in correlation with a wheel offset.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Construction Machine]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080093145.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A construction machine capable of increasing a frictional force and an acceleration performance without causing unwanted slip and an excessive load to a transmission by a driving force. The construction machine comprises a first mode to set the maximum output of an engine to a prescribed output, a second mode to limit the maximum output of the engine to an output lower than the prescribed output and a mode selector switch used for a operator to select from the plurality of modes. The construction machine also comprises control means that controls the machine to operate in the second mode regardless of the mode selected by the mode selector switch when a vehicle speed is equal to or less than a prescribed speed and the opening of an accelerator is equal to or more than a prescribed opening.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ALTBOC RECEIVER]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094280.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An AltBoc receiver accumulates power measurements over code chip ranges that are associated with time slots that span the code chips. The receiver combines a received signal with code and carrier phase offsets that correspond to the time slots to produce the power measurements, with the code phase offsets determined from compressed signals representing one or a combination of the codes in the AltBoc signal. The receiver recovers navigation data from the data channels of the received signal and combines the recovered data with the corresponding locally generated PRN codes to produce a locally generated 4 code signal that is then used track the full 8PSK AltBoc received signal. The receiver rotates and shifts the phase of the received signal in order to line up the subcarrier splitting code zero crossings. The pulse shape of this rotated and shifted signal is measured. The resulting sharp edges of the recovered subcarrier are used to control the code phase of the receiver.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Exhaust gas purifying apparatus for internal combustion engine]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080092529.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An exhaust gas purifying apparatus for an internal combustion engine having a NOx removing device provided in an exhaust system of the engine and at least one fuel injector for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of the engine. A temperature of the NOx removing device is detected and a regeneration process, which removes sulfur oxide accumulated in the NOx removing device, is performed. The regeneration process is performed by performing at least one post injection after performing a main injection by the at least one fuel injector to raise a temperature of the NOx removing device or by increasing a main injection amount of fuel to raise the temperature of the NOx removing device without performing the post injection. The exhaust gases are then controlled to flow into the NOx removing device in the reducing state.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WASTE ENERGY REGENERATION SYSTEM FOR NON-HYBRID VEHICLES]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080093143.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A conventional vehicle can be turned into a semi-hybrid vehicle using an ultra capacitor, a self-charging motor, and a number of different other components configured to maximize usage of vehicle waste kinetic energy. In one implementation, detected deceleration of the semi-hybrid vehicle causes the self-charging motor to pass electrical power to the ultra capacitor. In one implementation, the self-charging motor can also be used to further decelerate, or brake, the vehicle. After deceleration, such as upon accelerating the vehicle, the self-charging motor initially draws power from the ultra capacitor to add torque to the drive shaft, which can significantly reduce required fuel consumption. In another implementation, the semi-hybrid vehicle is configured to differentially engage refrigerant compressor power sources so that the refrigerant compressor can be synchronized with a mechanical power source before engaging. This can minimize or eliminate jerking of the vehicle during air conditioner compressor engagement.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Engine Start Control Apparatus, Engine Start Control Method, and Motor Vehicle Equipped with Engine Start Control Apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080092841.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a motor vehicle with idle stop function, upon satisfaction of preset engine restart conditions (step S 205 ), automatic engine restart control refers to a preset map representing a variation in amount of fuel Q 1 , which is to be initially injected into a cylinder Cyin stopping in an intake stroke, against the piston stop position Pin of the cylinder Cyin, and specifies the amount of fuel Q 1  corresponding to the detected piston stop position Pin of the cylinder Cyin (step S 220 ). The automatic engine restart control then controls an injector to inject the specified amount of fuel Q 1  into an intake port of the cylinder Cyin (step S 230 ). Under the condition that the piston stop position Pin of the cylinder Cyin suggests low gas intake performance, the increased amount of fuel Q 1  is injected into the intake port of the cylinder Cyin. This arrangement desirably reduces a misfire rate at the timing of first combustion and thereby improves the startability of an engine. When the amount of fuel Q 1  specified at step S 220  is equal to zero, the cylinder Cyin is not subject to the first combustion. Such control desirably prevents poor emission.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method for detecting the opening of a passive pressure control valve]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080092852.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for detecting the opening of a passive pressure control valve, which conducts fuel from a common rail system back to a fuel tank, in which the rail pressure (pCR) is automatically controlled by calculating a correcting variable for acting on the controlled system from a rail pressure control deviation via a pressure controller, and in which, starting from a steady-state rail pressure in normal operation, a load reduction is detected when the rail pressure exceeds a first limit. Opening of the pressure control valve is detected after the first limit is exceeded if a steady-state operating state is subsequently detected again, and if a characteristic of the closed-loop control system deviates significantly from a reference value.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Overdrive and underdrive power converting modulators, and methods]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080096713.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Power converting modulators used with internal combustion engines in driving loads. Such modulator includes an overdrive and/or underdrive mechanism based on a planetary gear assembly. The planetary gear assembly is modulated such that the overdrive or underdrive ratio varies continuously and smoothly with respect to speed of the engine, and approaches 1/1 at high engine speeds. Where the load is an alternator, the alternator is overdriven at relatively low engine speed, and provides generally constant rated power output of the alternator at all engine speeds. Where the load is a mechanical drive train, the load is modulated and thereby underdriven during engine acceleration, resulting in relatively faster engine speed acceleration, followed by demodulating the load, thereby smoothly applying full potential load to the engine while maintaining the higher engine speed.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hybrid Drive Train For Vehicle]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080096717.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A first aspect of the present invention is concerned with a series hybrid drive train for a vehicle comprising a traction motor, an electric generator, a three-position clutch ( 20 ) and a controller. The three-position clutch allows the generator to be connected to an internal combustion engine ( 12 ) of the vehicle, to the traction motor or to remain freewheeling. In a second aspect of the present invention, a four-position clutch is used to further allow the internal combustion engine to be connected directly to the wheels to thereby yield a series/parallel drive train. A third aspect of the present invention is concerned with a method of operating such a hybrid drive train.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Engine starting device and engine starting method for hybrid motor vehicle]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080093137.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A hybrid motor vehicle includes a differential having a differential mechanism equipped with a first rotating element that is connected to an engine, a second rotating element that is connected to a first electric motor and a third rotating element connected to both a second electric motor and a transfer member; and a transmission provided in a power transmission path, extending from the transfer member to driven wheels, that establishes a plurality of transmission ranges by selectively operating a plurality of coupling devices. An irreversible rotation member connected to a non-rotation member against reverse rotation through a one-way clutch is provided in the transmission. When the second electric motor is malfunctioning, an engine start control unit starts the engine by driving the first electric motor while selectively engaging the coupling devices to connect the transfer member to the irreversible rotation member.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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