| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6508102 |
Near real-time friction estimation for pre-emptive vehicle control |
January 21, 2003 |
| An improved estimator is provided for road/tire friction. The friction estimator provides near-real-time friction estimation, even while the car is accelerating, braking or turning. It is desirable to have an instantaneous and continuous estimate of the road/tire friction, but an est |
| 5936820 |
Overheating protection system of switching module |
August 10, 1999 |
| An overheating protection system for a switching module prevents thermal breakdown of switching devices for passing currents through a load, for example an electric motor, while making it possible for the switching module to provide as much required current to the load as possible. The |
| 4986598 |
Wind deflector for a sunroof |
January 22, 1991 |
| The present invention provides a wind deflector for a sunroof which has a deflector panel rotatably mounted on a roof through hinges each including a first hinge piece and a second hinge piece pivotally connected to each other through a hinge pin forward of the front end of an opening in |
| 4842494 |
Refrigerator compressor/internal combustion engine unit of the rotary piston type |
June 27, 1989 |
| A machine unit which includes a refrigerating compressor and an internal combustion engine of the trochoid type including pistons revolving in a planetary arrangement on eccentrics of the same eccentric shaft, as well as a ventilatable intermediate sealing arrangement provided in a centr |
| 4807931 |
Air-controlled lumbar support device |
February 28, 1989 |
| An air-controlled lumbar support apparatus for a vehicle seat having a base member and a backrest is provided and includes an inflatable chamber, a valve mechanism, and a pneumatic tube. The inflatable chamber is mounted within the backrest and includes at least one partition disposed ac |
| 4796091 |
Facsimile apparatus |
January 3, 1989 |
| A facsimile apparatus which temporarily stores a document received and realizes selective printing as required. This apparatus comprises a communication terminal, a modem, a memory which stores received information demodulated by the modem, a display which displays such received info |
| 4770459 |
Lock assembly for pivotal vehicle seat |
September 13, 1988 |
| A lock assembly for a pivotal automobile seat comprising a seat belt anchor plate fixed to the seat and having an upwardly directed engaging lip, a pair of base plates joined together to define an accommodating space and fixed to the anchor plate by a pair of bolts, and a locking mechani |
| 4766801 |
Hydraulically operated power steering system |
August 30, 1988 |
| There is disclosed a hydraulically operated power steering system which comprises a reciprocating-type hydraulically operated cylinder unit for moving a steering link mechanism and having first and second chambers, a reservoir containing hydraulic fluid therein, a hydraulic pump feeding |
| 4644695 |
Door window regulator |
February 24, 1987 |
| A door window regulator for vertically moving a door window glass of a vehicle includes a wire which is stretched between upper and lower pulleys respectively disposed at the upper and lower portions of a door such that the wire forms a closed loop. A wire hook is secured to a portion of |
| 4626182 |
External shaft rotary piston machine |
December 2, 1986 |
| An external shaft rotary piston machine wherein pistons of a piston rotor run in engagement with a cavity of a circular cylindrical sealing rotor during a particular relative rotational position of the rotors, the cavity being substantially larger than necessary for passage of the piston |
| 4608778 |
Door window regulator |
September 2, 1986 |
| A door window regulator for vertically moving a door window glass of a vehicle includes a guide member and a slider which is secured to the door window glass and guided by the guide member. A wire is stretched between upper and lower pulleys respectively disposed at the upper and lower |
| 4607456 |
Door window regulator |
August 26, 1986 |
| A door window regulator for vertically moving a door window glass of a vehicle includes a guide member which guides the vertical movement of the door window glass. A wire is stretched between pulleys respectively provided at the upper and lower portions of the guide member and is con |
| 4604829 |
Door window regulator |
August 12, 1986 |
| A door window regulator for vertically moving a door window glass of a vehicle includes sliders secured to the door window glass. The sliders are respectively guided by a pair of guide members. The sliders are further respectively connected to portions of a wire which are respectively |
| 4597223 |
Door window regulator |
July 1, 1986 |
| A door window regulator for vertically moving a door window glass of a vehicle includes a pair of guide members which guide respective sliders secured to the door window glass. Each of the sliders is connected to the portion of a wire which is stretched along each of the guide members. A |
| 4564961 |
Appliance for washing parts of human body |
January 21, 1986 |
| An appliance for washing the posterior parts of the human body with water is equipped with an outer nozzle and an inner nozzle that is rotatable inside the outer nozzle. The outer nozzle is provided with holes, while the inner nozzle is formed with a plurality of sets of holes. Any desir |
| 4532771 |
Cooler made of aluminum for stirling engines |
August 6, 1985 |
| A cooler made of aluminum for use in Stirling engines comprises a multiplicity of cooling tubes, a pair of headers joined to opposite ends of the cooling tubes, inner fins provided in the interior of the cooling tubes, a multiplicity of plate fins intersecting and attached to the group |
| 4469209 |
Viscous fluid coupling device |
September 4, 1984 |
| A viscous fluid coupling device is comprised of a drive rotor having axially extending annular projections on opposite surfaces thereof, a casing surrounding said rotor and having axially extending annular projections interposed between the annular projections on one side of said rot |
| 4445449 |
Stitch pattern setting apparatus for electrically driven sewing machine |
May 1, 1984 |
| A stitch pattern setting apparatus for an electrically driven sewing machine comprises at least two pattern setting units each including stitch pattern selecting arrangements for selecting a desired one of a plurality of different stitch patterns and pattern setting arrangements for sett |
| 4416361 |
Friction facings reinforced with stitching |
November 22, 1983 |
| Friction facings comprising a non-woven fibrous lamina reinforced with stitching, and impregnated with a curable binder have improved resistance to delamination. |
| 4404538 |
Temperature switch including amorphous metal sheet |
September 13, 1983 |
| A temperature switch includes a housing, a movable contact mounted in the housing for movement between a first and second position, a fixed contact mounted in the housing and operatively associated with the movable contact for engagement with the movable contact in the second position, a |
| 4354423 |
Reaction structure of booster |
October 19, 1982 |
| A reaction structure of a brake booster comprises a deformable reaction disc with a peripheral edge rounded at a radius off corresonding to the radius of the rounded edge of a larger bore receiving the reaction disc. On a brake operation, the reaction disc is coaxially compressed between |
| 4354401 |
Automatic transmission for automobiles |
October 19, 1982 |
| An automatic transmission for vehicles having an internal combustion engine and driving wheels which includes a continuously variable transmission device connected with an engine output for continuously variably transmitting a partial torque from the engine in accordance with the con |
| 4258549 |
Master cylinder |
March 31, 1981 |
| A master cylinder which is mainly adapted for a motorcycle and which is shortened in axial length in comparison with conventional master cylinders by eliminating a secondary cup for easy mounting on a handle-bar without interference with meters on the handle-bar. |
