| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5884218 |
Map indication device and navigation device |
March 16, 1999 |
| Upon recognizing the shapes of buildings or facilities, the buildings or facilities can be identified and destinations can be designated simply and easily. The display of a house map and a road map is changed over depending upon predetermined conditions. This makes it easy to navigate to |
| 5877751 |
Touch display type information input system |
March 2, 1999 |
| A reaction area in a display can be enlarged from one directly above a switch display in the operator's eyesight direction. Specifically, the operator's position is determined from the driver's position or the like, and when the display is looked at to the right and upward, for instance, |
| 5850618 |
Navigation device |
December 15, 1998 |
| Goals desired by a user are searched based on the search reference data that serve as reference for searching the goals, the order of priority of the goals is determined from a relationship between the data of goals and the data of a reference position, and the data of the thus determine |
| 5850215 |
Display apparatus for a car |
December 15, 1998 |
| A display control circuit of a display unit is divided such that circuit portions and connecting means susceptible to noise are arranged in the display unit, while circuit portions and connecting means other than the circuit portions and connecting means susceptible to noise are placed a |
| 5846155 |
Vehicular drive unit |
December 8, 1998 |
| A vehicular drive unit having a combustion engine, a motor-generator for converting electric energy coming from a battery into mechanical energy to output the converted mechanical energy or for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy to store the converted electrical energy i |
| 5842950 |
Control apparatus for automatic transmissions |
December 1, 1998 |
| To optimize the application hydraulic pressure of the friction application elements in the transmission mechanism, and to reduce the unnecessary load on each member, the transmission mechanism of an automatic transmission is provided with a plurality of friction application elements whic |
| 5842147 |
Navigation display device which indicates goal and route direction information |
November 24, 1998 |
| A goal direction mark and a distance to a goal are indicated when the car has approached the end point of route. When the car has deviated from the guide route to the goal or is running backwards on the guide route in a direction that is opposite to the direction of the goal, there is |
| 5836852 |
Control mechanism for automatic transmission |
November 17, 1998 |
| Uncomfortable travel of a vehicle due to engine brake actions during the travel of the vehicle in traffic is prevented without using an one-way clutch within a transmission mechanism. An automatic transmission is composed of rotational elements that are braked at the time of establis |
| 5833573 |
Speed change control system for automatic transmission |
November 10, 1998 |
| A speed change control system for use in an automatic transmission includes a one-way clutch to be locked and to retain a rotary element in a speed change mechanism for establishing a predetermined gear stage and an engine braking frictional engagement element arrayed in parallel with th |
| 5830101 |
Automatic transmission |
November 3, 1998 |
| A compact structure for a speed change mechanism within a transmission is shown. An automatic transmission includes an input shaft supported at its opposite ends, an input member operatively connected to a first end of the input shaft, an output member mounted on a second end of the inpu |
| 5825306 |
Navigation system for vehicles |
October 20, 1998 |
| According to the invention, when a target name is inputted using characters such as alphabet and numerics, strings of characters or numerics are compared with data of registered places each time one character is inputted, names of registered places including the inputted string of ch |
| 5825146 |
Motor drive device |
October 20, 1998 |
| A motor drive device including a substrate, a control unit packaged over the substrate for generating a pulse width modulation signal; insulation means packaged over the substrate, a gate drive circuit packaged over the substrate and connected through the insulation means with the contro |
| 5821880 |
Vehicle route guidance apparatus for researching for a route when vehicle goes out of route |
October 13, 1998 |
| A route guidance section compares the current position provided by a current position determination section and the route provided by a route calculation section for detecting an off-route condition. When the off-route condition is detected, a re-searching key as well as the route an |
| 5820515 |
Hill holding brake pressure as a function of hill gradient detected as a function of acceleratio |
October 13, 1998 |
| A control system for an automatic transmission having a hydraulic power transmission for transmitting the rotation of an engine to a gear shifter; a clutch to be applied, when a forward drive range is selected, for connecting the hydraulic power transmission and the gear shifter to one |
| 5811747 |
Electronic control unit-position detection switch assembly |
September 22, 1998 |
| An electronic control unit (ECU) and a position detection unit are disposed in separate chambers formed in a case. Two switch portions are separately disposed on opposite sides of a movable member of the position detection unit, thus reducing the size of the unit. The signal-related circ |
| 5807207 |
Control apparatus for an automatic transmission |
September 15, 1998 |
| In order to improve transmission efficiency of an automatic transmission, an engagement brake which does not cause drag is used and the surety of its engagement and release, and quick switching between forward maneuver and backward maneuver, is enabled. The automatic transmission compris |
| 5801499 |
Control system for a vehicular drive unit |
September 1, 1998 |
| A control system for a vehicular drive unit that includes an engine, a motor-generator connected to the output shaft of the engine and which acts as both a motor and a generator, a battery for storing the energy recovered by the motor-generator as electric power and for feeding elect |
| 5796613 |
Navigation system for vehicles including present position calculating means |
August 18, 1998 |
| In order to calculate the traveling distance and heading of a vehicle in highly accurate fashion, a navigation system is provided with a distance sensor for outputting pulses in proportion to rotation of a wheel, a GPS receiving unit for calculating vehicle speed by GPS reception, acquis |
| 5793631 |
Voice route-guidance system and method having a function for judging approachment to a decision |
August 11, 1998 |
| A voice route-guidance system for vehicles which terminates its route-guidance when the vehicle arrives at the destination and even if the present position of the vehicle is measured with low accuracy. An approach judging unit judges that the vehicle approaches a point spaced apart from |
| 5792022 |
Control system for automatic transmissions |
August 11, 1998 |
| A control system for use in an automatic transmission having a transmission mechanism for establishing a plurality of forward stages, a neutral state and a reverse stage. The transmission mechanism includes a predetermined rotary element to be retained for establishing the reverse stage; |
| 5772557 |
Control system for automatic transmission |
June 30, 1998 |
| A control system for an automatic transmission, including a frictional engagement element, an adjusted oil pressure producing mechanism for adjusting an oil pressure supplied from an oil pressure source to produce an adjusted oil pressure, a hydraulic servo for applying/releasing the |
| 5768944 |
Vehicular automatic transmission shift device |
June 23, 1998 |
| A shift device includes a shift lever with an operating knob provided on the top thereof, a gate plate that defines shift patterns for an automatic shift mode and a manual shift mode, and a first rotational center shaft and a second rotational center shaft for allowing the shift lever to |
| 5749802 |
Automatic transmission control apparatus |
May 12, 1998 |
| An automatic transmission control apparatus has first and second hydraulic servos for engaging forward and reverse driving friction engaging elements, respectively, a fluid pressure control unit, a range shift detector, and an electronic control unit. When the forward driving range i |
| 5741200 |
Control apparatus for an automatic transmission |
April 21, 1998 |
| The invention provides a control apparatus for an automatic transmission for carrying out neutral control and hill-hold control in a range that causes no slip of a hill-hold brake. The control apparatus has a judgment unit for determining, in accordance with a signal output by a gradient |
| 5735770 |
Control system for vehicular drive unit |
April 7, 1998 |
| A control system for a vehicular drive unit including an engine 1, a motor/generator 2, a transmission 4, and a planetary gear 30 connected to the engine through a starting clutch 31 and to the motor/generator and the transmission. The control system includes a motor drive control acting |
| 5735369 |
Band brake drum supporting device for automatic transmission |
April 7, 1998 |
| A band brake drum supporting device for an automatic transmission having a band drum to be retained in a case by fastening a band brake which is joined to a rotary element of the automatic transmission and arranged in the case. The drum includes a band engaging portion and a cylindrical |
| 5729217 |
Vehicle route guidance apparatus for reseaching for a route when vehicle goes out of route |
March 17, 1998 |
| A route guidance section compares the current position provided by a current position determination section and the route provided by a route calculation section for detecting an off-route condition. When the off-route condition is detected, a re-searching key as well as the route an |
| 5729007 |
Position detecting apparatus and position detecting method using the same |
March 17, 1998 |
| A slotted rotor is fixed to a manual shaft operatable by using a shift lever. The slotted rotor is turnable in a restricted angle about the manual shaft. The rotor has a slot in arc segment a, slots in arc segment b, slots in arc segment c, slots in arc segment d, and slots in arc se |
| 5728026 |
Control system for automatic transmission |
March 17, 1998 |
| A control system for an automatic transmission having a running status detector for detecting the running status of a vehicle to include an input torque from the engine; a running resistance estimator for estimating a running resistance on the basis of the running status of the vehicle; |
| 5720690 |
Shift control system for controlling a transmission of a vehicle having an engine and a motor ge |
February 24, 1998 |
| A control system for a vehicular drive unit including an engine; a transmission connected to the output shaft of the engine and having a plurality of gear stages for transmitting the power to wheels; a motor generator connected to the output shaft of the engine for recovering the bra |
| 5713814 |
Control system for vehicular drive unit |
February 3, 1998 |
| A control system for a vehicular drive unit having an engine, a motor-generator for acting as a motor and a generator; a power transmission including a planetary gear composed of at least three rotary elements and a mechanism for selectively connecting/releasing the rotary elements; |
| 5707316 |
Automatic transmission control apparatus |
January 13, 1998 |
| An automatic transmission control apparatus has a clutch, a hydraulic servo for the clutch, a fluid pressure control unit, a range shift detector, and an electronic control unit. The fluid pressure control unit has a manual valve, a pressure regulating valve device, and a changeover valv |
| 5692991 |
Automatic transmission control apparatus |
December 2, 1997 |
| An automatic transmission control apparatus has an input clutch, a hydraulic servo for the clutch, a fluid temperature detector, an engine start detector, a range shift detector, and a control device for controlling the fluid pressure supply to the hydraulic servo. The control device |
| 5692990 |
Automatic transmission control apparatus |
December 2, 1997 |
| An automatic transmission control apparatus has a vehicle speed detector, an accelerator pedal operation detector, a brake pedal operation detector, a clutch hydraulic servo that is neutral-controlled, a brake hydraulic servo that is hill holding-controlled, and a control device for |
| 5676617 |
Automatic transmission for vehicles |
October 14, 1997 |
| An automatic transmission for a vehicle, as provided a plurality of planetary gear units in which the ratios of the tooth numbers of the sun gears to the tooth numbers of the ring gears are different from each other. In the two sets of planetary gear units in which the ratios of the |
| 5643127 |
Vehicle power transmission having fluid-tight enclosure accommodating lubricating points and sto |
July 1, 1997 |
| A motor vehicle power transmission system whose rotating elements are all stopped upon stopping of the vehicle, and which comprises a lubricating device including an oil sump for storing a lubricating oil and a mechanically operated oil pump which is driven by one of the rotating ele |
| 5638279 |
Vehicle navigation system and navigation method |
June 10, 1997 |
| A vehicle navigation system realizing a discrete display of the present position of a vehicle during a period from when the vehicle reaches a predetermined distance before an intersection until the vehicle passes the intersection. Especially, in a zone a short distance before the int |
| 5635925 |
Volume control of aural guidance of vehicle route guidance apparatus |
June 3, 1997 |
| An apparatus to facilitate volume control for route aural guidance. When supplying a guidance voice to a loudspeaker 34a, a voice control section 30 disconnects the loudspeaker 34a from audio and outputs the guidance voice through the loudspeaker. A volume control screen is displayed on |
| 5559511 |
Vehicle route guidance apparatus for re-searching for a new route when vehicle goes out of route |
September 24, 1996 |
| A route guidance section compares the current position provided by a current position determination section and the route provided by a route calculation section for detecting an off-route condition. When the off-route condition is detected, a researching key as well as the route and |
| 5533943 |
Planetary gear device including planetary gears each having integrally formed large and small pi |
July 9, 1996 |
| A planetary gear device including a first gear, a second gear, a carrier, and composite planetary gears each having a large- and a small-diameter pinion that are formed integrally with each other and arranged in the axial direction. The composite planetary gears are mounted rotatably on |
| 5527233 |
Hydraulic control apparatus for controlling an engaging state of a lock-up clutch of an automati |
June 18, 1996 |
| A hydraulic control apparatus for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, the transmission including a lock-up clutch, the apparatus including a lock-up clutch switching valve device which is operable for selectively placing the lock-up clutch in a fully released, a partially e |
| 5506578 |
Volume control of aural guidance of vehicle route guidance apparatus |
April 9, 1996 |
| An apparatus to facilitate volume control for route aural guidance. When supplying a guidance voice to a loudspeaker 34a, a voice control section 30 disconnects the loudspeaker 34a from audio and outputs the guidance voice through the loudspeaker. A volume control screen is displayed on |
| 5496230 |
Control system for automatic transmission |
March 5, 1996 |
| A control system for an automatic transmission, comprising a gear transmission unit for establishing a predetermined gear stage by applying a plurality of frictional engagement elements selectively. The gear transmission unit includes a main transmission portion capable of establishi |
| 5475599 |
Vehicle navigation system |
December 12, 1995 |
| In a vehicle navigation system, when a voice control part, which is displayed on a screen, is switched off, a voice control part inhibits voice guidance from being output to a speaker. Now, if a current-location/guide selection key is operated, the voice control part creates voice gu |
| 5472389 |
Hydraulic control system for automatic transmission |
December 5, 1995 |
| A hydraulic control for an automatic transmission is composed of a gear shift mechanism having first and second frictional engagement elements, a hydraulic control unit for the engagement elements, and an electronic control unit for the hydraulic control unit. The first element is engage |
| 5460577 |
Automatic transmission |
October 24, 1995 |
| In an automatic transmission according to the present invention, a coast brake cutoff valve is arranged between a range-pressure-producing manual valve and shift valves and, when changed over, selectively feeds oil to hydraulic engine brake servomotors. An engine brake solenoid valve is |
| 5452217 |
Navigation system for guiding vehicle orally |
September 19, 1995 |
| A vehicle route guidance system includes a map information storage section 10 which has a road type storage section 10a for storing various types of roads such as toll roads, express highways and motorways. A route guidance control section 26 reads out map information including road type |
| 5410486 |
Navigation system for guiding vehicle by voice |
April 25, 1995 |
| A vehicle navigation system for orally issuing route guidance, capable of changing a point at which the route guidance is issued depending on the moving situation of a vehicle. The moving situation is at least one of a number of lanes in a road being traveled, a width of a crossroad |
| 5403248 |
Control system for changing servo timings of hydraulic pressure based on a torque input in autom |
April 4, 1995 |
| A control system is provided for servo hydraulic pressure in an automatic transmission having planetary gear mechanisms. First and second frictional engagement devices, whose servo pressures are reversed in feed/drain relationship between desired two high speed stages, are controlled by |
| 5401219 |
Oil pressure control system for automatic transmission |
March 28, 1995 |
| An oil pressure control system for an automatic transmission for executing a downshift by disengaging a first frictional engagement element and engaging a second frictional engagement element. At a latter stage of a shift, the first frictional engagement element has its torque capacity |
