| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6414402 |
Motor vehicle starter monitoring system with automatic control unit activation |
July 2, 2002 |
| A system for monitoring a starter unit in a motor vehicle is provided. The vehicle is equipped with an electrical machine serving as both a starter and a generator, an inverter for converting the current generated or required in the electrical machine, and a control unit for controlling |
| 6407554 |
Diagnostic tester for electronic control devices in a variety of motor vehicle types |
June 18, 2002 |
| In a diagnostic tester for electronic control devices in a variety of different motor vehicles, a universal plug connection is provided that is identical for the various types of motor vehicles. The tester can be connected through the plug connection to a diagnostic plug connection in |
| 6406104 |
ABS and/or ASC control system for motor vehicles |
June 18, 2002 |
| A braking control system for a motor vehicle has an analysis unit for generating a signal proportional to the lateral acceleration of the vehicle and actuators for reducing the brake pressure on at least one wheel during cornering and with a simultaneous brake operation. A symmetrica |
| 6405820 |
Distance-related electronic driving speed regulating system |
June 18, 2002 |
| The invention relates to a distance-related electronic driving speed regulating system for motor vehicles, wherein a predetermined constant speed is maintained during a first regulating mode until a predetermined minimal distance to a preceding vehicle is reached or surpassed. When the |
| 6402195 |
Device for adjusting a vehicle head support and a method using such a device |
June 11, 2002 |
| In a device for adjusting a vehicle's head support with reference to the position of a passenger's head, with a sensor disposed in the head support for detecting the position of the head, the sensor contains two condenser plates which are arranged one above the other and are part of a co |
| 6398303 |
Seat |
June 4, 2002 |
| The seat cushion of a seat can be tilted about its longitudinal center axis for generating a tilting movement of the pelvis of a seat occupant. For generating the tilting movement, an adjusting element is provided in each of the right and the left area of the seat cushion. The adjusting |
| 6390113 |
Process for setting into oscillation an electromagnetic actuator |
May 21, 2002 |
| A process for setting into oscillation an electromagnetic actuator, which actuates a switching element, in particular an internal combustion engine lift valve, and in which process an armature, which acts on the switching element, is oscillated between two electromagnet coils against the |
| 6387006 |
Gearbox |
May 14, 2002 |
| A gearbox, in particular for motor vehicles, has an input shaft and an output shaft, as well as a first torque-transmitting device which is arranged between input and output shafts, makes possible various transmission ratios and, in one mode of operation, totally interrupts force tra |
| 6386039 |
Method and apparatus for determining the acoustic spatial characteristics particularly of a vehi |
May 14, 2002 |
| The method and apparatus according to the invention determines the acoustic spatial characteristics of an enclosure, particularly of a vehicle occupant compartment in a motor vehicle. A piece of equipment emits a useful sound together with a test sound. By analyzing a recorded analysis |
| 6384662 |
Electronic circuit |
May 7, 2002 |
| An electronic circuit arrangement has a receiving component that detects an incoming physical signal, and supplies an electrical signal current in response thereto, as well as a control and analysis component which is fed by a supply voltage and is acted upon by the electrical signal cur |
| 6384490 |
Process when starting the engine of a vehicle |
May 7, 2002 |
| A process to be performed when starting the engine of a vehicle with an automated or automatic transmission and a vehicle brake which can be operated by way of external power is provided. In order to secure the vehicle against rolling away without any impairment of the operating comf |
| 6382149 |
Valve timing system for an internal combustion engine |
May 7, 2002 |
| A valve timing gear of an internal-combustion engine is provided, in the case of which a camshaft acts by a timing cam upon a valve by way of a tappet whose cam-side contact path can be changed by a control device for changing the valve opening period. For achieving a small-sized control |
| 6378960 |
Brake system for motor vehicles |
April 30, 2002 |
| A motor vehicle brake system is provided having a defining unit for determining the driver's desire to brake, an observation unit for determining the desired vehicle handling and the actual vehicle handling, and a central controller which, as a function of output signals of the defin |
| 6374697 |
Handlebar for a two-wheeled vehicle |
April 23, 2002 |
| A handle bar, particularly for a two-wheeler, is made of at least two metal profile parts which overlap one another on at least a partial area of their length and which are fixed to one another. On at least one end of the overlapping area, both metal profile parts are covered by another |
| 6371890 |
Combination twist grip for motorcycles |
April 16, 2002 |
| A combination turning handle for controlling operation of a fuel mixture feeding element and braking elements for the front and rear wheels of a motorcycle or other vehicle comprises a torque sensor which measures a positive or negative torque exerted by the driver on the turning handle |
| 6371736 |
Process and apparatus for pre-filling a fuel system in a vehicle |
April 16, 2002 |
| A method and apparatus for first filling a fuel system in a motor vehicle equipped with at least two operating elements as well as a fuel pump delivering the fuel is provided. For simplifying the first filling, the method and apparatus operates the fuel pump for filling the fuel system |
| 6371059 |
Thermostatic valve arranged in a cooling circuit of an internal combustion engine |
April 16, 2002 |
| A thermostatic valve arranged in the coolant circuit of an internal-combustion engine, has a main valve which is acted upon by cold coolant flow on the one side, and by hot coolant flow on the other side. The valve is actuated as a function of the coolant temperature by way of an exp |
| 6360624 |
Motor vehicle having a selecting device |
March 26, 2002 |
| A motor vehicle having a driving engine and an automatically shifted transmission, particularly an automatic transmission, includes at least one selector lever used as the operating element. With this selector lever, a driver triggers an electric transmission control device which, as |
| 6360154 |
Process and device for engine and transmission control in a motor vehicle |
March 19, 2002 |
| The invention concerns a process and a device for engine and transmission control in a motor vehicle with an internal combustion engine controlled by an engine control and a stepped automatic transmission controlled by a transmission control. A desired transmission output torque is reali |
| 6350217 |
Method for establishing a defined active relationship between the operation of the accelerator p |
February 26, 2002 |
| A method for establishing a defined active relationship between the operation of the accelerator pedal and the resulting braking torque of a vehicle is provided, in which the possible adjusting range of the accelerator pedal is divided into at least two control ranges. A first contro |
| 6349997 |
Device for displaying the active state of a braking system in motor vehicles |
February 26, 2002 |
| In a device for displaying the active state of a braking system in motor vehicles, a display comparing a value proportional to the maximum possible braking force with a value proportional to the actual braking force is provided in the driver's field of vision. |
| 6347775 |
Securing hook for a window shade |
February 19, 2002 |
| On the edge of an opening for a motor-driven window glass of a vehicle, a hook is arranged on which the free end of a window shade can be latched. In order to activate a pinch protection, even in the most unfavorable case, a slide is provided which can be moved within limits in movement |
| 6343829 |
Folding top for a motor vehicle |
February 5, 2002 |
| Folding top for a motor vehicle with a folding top frame, which exhibits on the side a front, center and rear frame part, of which the center frame part can be adjusted by a four-membered joint, where a lever is formed by the rear frame part. The front frame part can be adjusted with res |
| 6343781 |
Gas spring for a steerable vehicle wheel |
February 5, 2002 |
| A gas spring for a steerable vehicle wheel includes bellows that are supported at one end on a roll-off surface on a wheel carrier, a suspension element, or a part connected therewith, and are fastened at another end on a spring can. The spring can has an inlet opening to which a pre |
| 6341495 |
Method for automatically controlling the temperature of the interior of motor vehicles |
January 29, 2002 |
| In a method for automatically controlling the temperature of the interior of motor vehicles via an electronically controlled air-conditioning system having an evaporator, devices for adjusting the fresh-air fraction and the circulating-air fraction in the vehicle interior, as well as dev |
| 6338778 |
Vacuum coating system with a coating chamber and at least one source chamber |
January 15, 2002 |
| The invention relates to a device, in particular for a laser-induced vacuum are discharge evaporator for depositing of multiple layers with a high level of purity and high deposition rates on large-area components. According to the invention, the material source for the coating material |
| 6338326 |
Process and apparatus for detecting exhaust-gas-impairing and catalyst-damaging misfires in the |
January 15, 2002 |
| In a method and apparatus for detecting exhaust-gas-impairing and catalyst-damaging misfires in an internal-combustion engine, having a lambda probe arranged behind a catalyst, combustion misfires in at least one cylinder of the internal-combustion engine are detected by analysis of |
| 6335684 |
Method for capacitative object recognition in motor vehicles |
January 1, 2002 |
| A capacitive object detection system for a vehicle has first and second capacitive electrodes embedded in the vehicle seat. The two electrodes are excited by oppositely phased alternating voltages, which are adjusted by a controller such that the resulting alternating currents in their |
| 6335602 |
Squeeze protection system |
January 1, 2002 |
| A squeeze protection system for movable parts of a vehicle, includes an operating switch for one or several parts to be moved, one or several actuators assigned to the operating switch, a control device for the actuator or the actuators which receives a signal from the operating swit |
| 6334325 |
Method for controlling the evaporator temperature of a vehicle air conditioner |
January 1, 2002 |
| A method is provided for controlling the evaporator temperature in a vehicle air conditioner having an evaporator, a compressor, a condenser and an expansion element, in which the evaporator temperature is adjusted as a function of operating conditions. An evaporator temperature control, |
| 6332603 |
Method for controlling an engine support |
December 25, 2001 |
| Assembly mounts are stochastically or periodically detuned by changing their spring rate in order to prevent the transient effect of stuttering vibration of the drive assembly of a motor vehicle. The adjustment of the spring rate by at least a factor of 5 takes place for a time period wh |
| 6328005 |
Electromagnetic assembly actuator for operating gas exchange valves of a combustion engine and m |
December 11, 2001 |
| For an arrangement with an electromagnetic actuator for actuation of a gas exchange valve of a combustion engine, for gas exchange valves that are basically aligned with a row of cylinders in the combustion engine, actuators are arranged in a joint, strip-shaped housing, which is split |
| 6324488 |
Process and arrangement for recognizing the rotating direction of an internal-combustion engine |
November 27, 2001 |
| In the case of a process for recognizing the rotating direction of an internal-combustion engine using a crankshaft angle sensor, a camshaft angle sensor and an electronic internal-combustion engine control unit which processes the signals of these two sensors, a certain first cranks |
| 6323764 |
Data bus for vehicles with multiple passenger safety devices |
November 27, 2001 |
| In a data bus for vehicles with multiple passenger safety devices which share the data bus, each bus sharing device possesses a hierarchical transmission token. The transmission token is valid at a moment in time measured by the time elapsed since an initialization time, and is depen |
| 6321529 |
Operating method and exhaust system of a multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine |
November 27, 2001 |
| An exhaust system of a multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine has at least one system part in which the internal-combustion engine exhaust gases or portions thereof are first guided through at least two partial pipe trains apportioned to cylinder groups, in which partial pipe trains, |
| 6321156 |
Method and apparatus for determining the cylinder charge in the case of unthrottled internal-com |
November 20, 2001 |
| A method and apparatus is provided for determining the cylinder charge in the case of unthrottled internal-combustion engines with a variable valve gear. For determining the fresh-air cylinder charge in the case of such internal-combustion engines, the following steps are followed (i) at |
| 6321155 |
Method and apparatus for an automatic brake intervention control and control device |
November 20, 2001 |
| A system for an automatic brake intervention control in an all-wheel-drive vehicle having an automatic brake control system, comprises a control device and separately actuatable brakes which are assigned to the individual wheels. The control device generates signals to control indivi |
| 6320685 |
Data bus for vehicles with a plurality of subscribers |
November 20, 2001 |
| In a data bus for vehicles with a plurality of subscribers, said subscribers operating through peripheral S/E modules and an optical transmission line on a central bus, said bus having associated S/E bus modules connected to one another, said modules receiving a light signal emitted |
| 6319113 |
Air duct extending in a motor vehicle from a front door through a B-column into the rear area of |
November 20, 2001 |
| An air duct for air conditioning of the rear area of a motor vehicle, extending from a front door through a B-column into a rear area of the motor vehicle. The duct transition between the front door and the B-column is formed by a duct part which is deformable at least in its longitudina |
| 6318510 |
Electronically controlled ventilation system for a disk brake |
November 20, 2001 |
| An electronically controlled ventilation system for a disk brake is provided, particularly in the case of a vehicle, in which a brake disk to be ventilated is arranged in the course of a flow duct. An optimal ventilation of the disk brake is achieved in that a control unit is provide |
| 6318163 |
Method and apparatus for determining the throttle valve angle |
November 20, 2001 |
| A method for determining the throttle valve angle includes determination of the throttle valve position using a throttle valve model from a rate of air flow and a differential pressure across the throttle valve. For reducing the application expenditures and for permitting the throttle |
| 6311666 |
Method and apparatus for exhaust temperature elevation |
November 6, 2001 |
| In a method and apparatus for exhaust temperature elevation for an internal combustion engine with a catalytic converter in which the fuel is direct-injected, the supply of fresh air can be regulated by a throttle device, and the exhaust temperature is determined by a temperature probe |
| 6308558 |
Method for checking the effect of swirl ducts in multi-cylinder internal combustion engines, in |
October 30, 2001 |
| In a method used for checking the effect of swirl ducts in multicylinder internal combustion engines, especially engines with direct injection, swirl numbers are determined with a swirl measuring device in a simultaneous cylinder that can be connected to a cylinder head and related t |
| 6304811 |
System for controlling speed and distance in a motor vehicle changing traffic lanes |
October 16, 2001 |
| A system for distance-dependent control of the driving speed of a motor vehicle including the detection of a traffic lane change or intention to change traffic lane and a signal for estimating the mean speed of vehicles in a target lane. When a turn signal or intention to turn is detecte |
| 6300866 |
Method for determining the severity of a vehicle collision |
October 9, 2001 |
| A method is provided for determining the severity and pattern of a vehicle collision. A plurality of crash sensors are located in various points in the vehicle. Output signals from the crash sensors are fed to an evaluation unit. The output signals of the crash sensors are related to a |
| 6293454 |
Installation for positioning and welding body parts of different types of motor vehicles |
September 25, 2001 |
| An installation for positioning and welding body parts of different types of motor vehicles. The installation includes a mounting frame (5) which is guided on a conveyor line and which has receiving elements for at least some vehicle body parts. Positioning devices (8) are provided for t |
| 6286869 |
Seat belt system for a two-wheel motor vehicle |
September 11, 2001 |
| A seat belt system for a two wheel motor vehicle is arranged for fixing a person on a vehicle seat. Two mutually independent seat belt straps are provided which can be fastened by one belt buckle tongue respectively on one vehicle-fixed belt buckle respectively. By operating one unlatchi |
| 6286848 |
Two-wheeled folding bicycle |
September 11, 2001 |
| A two-wheel folding bicycle is described which can be folded together in the plane of the bicycle frame. For this purpose, the bicycle frame is designed of two rigid partial frames, specifically a main frame with a receiving device for the seat pillar and a front wheel fork and a partial |
| 6286490 |
Ignition system for an internal combustion engine |
September 11, 2001 |
| In an ignition system for an internal combustion engine, with at least one spark plug/ignition coil unit inserted into a spark plug shaft of the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, said unit being connected by electrical leads with the vehicle electrical system, a sealing bod |
| 6286470 |
Starting process for an internal-combustion engine |
September 11, 2001 |
| A process and apparatus for starting an internal-combustion engine of a vehicle is provided, having a starting device for starting the internal-combustion engine in which the rotational starting speed can be controlled or automatically controlled. For minimizing starting energy, shor |
