| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7357660 |
Quick connector |
April 15, 2008 |
| A quick connector is capable of reducing wobbling due to vibrations, and even after the retaining member is reused repeatedly, sealing property can be maintained and wobbling can be made smaller. A quick connector is provided with, a female connector member, a male connector member which |
| 7357418 |
Steering shaft support structure for vehicle for uneven ground running |
April 15, 2008 |
| In a vehicle for uneven ground operation front wheels can be steered with a handle via a steering shaft mounted rotatably on the body frame with an upper cross beam being placed in spanning relationship between left and right front upper pipes composing the body frame and said steering s |
| 7357407 |
Air bag system |
April 15, 2008 |
| To suppress the transmission of vibrations from a vehicle body and an engine to an inflator in an air bag system. Rubber mounts are fitted to a retainer box for accommodating an air bag. A flange of an inflator is placed on the rubber mounts, and bolts are inserted through set plates |
| 7357318 |
RFID tag access authentication system and RFID tag access authentication method |
April 15, 2008 |
| An RFID tag access authentication system including a data processing terminal, a memory medium and a RFID tag. The data processing terminal generates a request signal for requesting a first key data, and transmits the request signal to the memory medium. The system transmits an inputted |
| 7357227 |
Brake caliper assembly |
April 15, 2008 |
| An abutment block for mounting between ends of a brake pad and a caliper housing is formed as a monolithic structure to prevent relative movement between the block and the caliper housing. The abutment block has a front face directed toward the end of the associated brake pad, and the fr |
| 7357212 |
Pedestrian protection airbag system |
April 15, 2008 |
| In a pedestrian protection airbag system, an airbag module extending in the lateral direction of a vehicle body is disposed between a rear edge of a hood and a front edge of a cowl top, thereby mounting the airbag module without affecting the intake of air into a vehicle compartment or |
| 7357176 |
Method and apparatus for controlling mixture of fresh and recirculated air in a vehicle |
April 15, 2008 |
| A blower system and method of operation for a vehicle air conditioning system, including a blower case for receiving air to be circulated into a vehicle cabin, with first and second dampers, for varying between a recirculation position for recirculating vehicle cabin air and a fresh |
| 7357153 |
Pressure-reducing valve for high-pressure gas cylinders |
April 15, 2008 |
| A first valve chest 241 formed integrally with a lid 2 of a high-pressure gas cylinder, a first valve element 5, a spring 6, a second valve chest 32, a second valve element 7, a spring 8 and a main body 8 are all formed in a rotor-shape, and in addition to arranging their axis lines on t |
| 7357114 |
Splash guard mechanism of gear position sensor for motorcycle |
April 15, 2008 |
| A splash guard mechanism of a gear position sensor for a motorcycle protects the gear position sensor without providing a special cover. In an engine of a motorcycle where a gear position sensor that senses a shift stage selected by a shift drum protrudes sideways in the vicinity of |
| 7357111 |
Stroke characteristic variable engine |
April 15, 2008 |
| A stroke characteristic variable engine comprising a primary link connected to a piston which is slidably fitted in a cylinder, a secondary link connecting the primary link with a crankshaft and a tertiary link connected to the primary link or the secondary link at one end and to an |
| 7357047 |
Power unit vehicle use automatic transmission device |
April 15, 2008 |
| A power unit with a multi-stage automatic transmission having two clutches for use in a vehicle as an automatic transmission. The transmission has a first group of driving gears fixed to a tubular auxiliary main shaft end a first group of follower gears rotatably mounted on a counter sha |
| 7356939 |
System and method for measuring wind deflector height |
April 15, 2008 |
| A system for measuring the height of a wind deflector mounted to the roof of a vehicle. A longitudinal base has a first end, an opposing second end, a generally planar top surface and a generally planar bottom surface. An adjustable stop is proximate the first end of the base and ext |
| 7356936 |
Apparatus and method for measuring coating accumulations in a spray booth |
April 15, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus are provided for viewing an object (such as a coating overspray accumulation) disposed in a difficult to view area (such as the underside of a lower trough or weir of a cleaning apparatus) and for measuring a distance between first and second points on the obje |
| 7356399 |
Failure determination system for stepless speed changer and failure determination device for sta |
April 8, 2008 |
| There is provided a failure determination system for a continuously variable transmission of a belt type, which is capable of determining failure of control valves for performing speed varying operation, and enhancing maintainability. An ECU controls a transmission ratio of the trans |
| 7355364 |
Motor and controller inversion: commanding torque to position-controlled robots |
April 8, 2008 |
| Systems and methods are presented that cancel the dynamics of a motor and a joint controller in the presence of communication time delays, measurement noise, and controller parameter uncertainties inherent in a robot system. A cancellation system includes feedback of the measured out |
| 7354566 |
Fuel gas production method and apparatus |
April 8, 2008 |
| A fuel gas production apparatus includes a vaporization mechanism, a reforming mechanism, a PSA mechanism, a supply passage, a combustion air supply mechanism and an ECU. The vaporization mechanism has a combustion catalyst for vaporizing a fuel. The reforming mechanism reforms the v |
| 7354365 |
Metal belt |
April 8, 2008 |
| A metal belt includes a metal ring assembly formed from a plurality of layered endless metal rings, and a large number of metal elements supported on the metal ring assembly, the metal belt assembly being wound around a pulley and transmitting a driving force. The clearance between a |
| 7354325 |
Outboard motor control system |
April 8, 2008 |
| In an outboard motor control system, a position of a clutch (moved by an actuator) is memorized as a neutral position when a neutral switch produces an ON signal and the clutch position corresponding to a forward position where the clutch engages with a forward gear or a reverse posi |
| 7354321 |
Outboard motor control system |
April 8, 2008 |
| In an outboard motor control system, an electronic control unit executes ordinary navigation in which the operation of at least one among a steering motor, throttle motor and shift motor is controlled in accordance with an operator command inputted from the steering wheel or shift/th |
| 7354093 |
Window edge molding for motor vehicle |
April 8, 2008 |
| A vehicular window molding attached along a gap between a window opening edge of a vehicle body panel and an outer peripheral edge portion of a window pane arranged at the window opening. The vehicular window molding includes a molding main body portion attached to the outer peripheral |
| 7354052 |
Suspension device |
April 8, 2008 |
| In manufacturing a knuckle body forged or cast from light alloy of a suspension device, a large vertical height of a pair of bosses protruding downward from front and rear ends in a lower portion of the knuckle body may cause degradation in forgeability or castability of the knuckle body |
| 7353922 |
Air damper |
April 8, 2008 |
| An air damper includes a cylinder having a bottom, a piston received inside the cylinder to move freely back and forth coaxially, and an orifice provided in the piston. The piston is formed of a synthetic resin, and has a piston rod extending toward a side of the cylinder opposite to |
| 7353901 |
Snowmobile with improved component layout |
April 8, 2008 |
| An improved component layout in a snowmobile includes a muffler is disposed on the front side of an engine, and a lower portion of a steering shaft extends between the muffler and the engine. The engine is disposed rearwardly of the lower portion of the steering shaft. In other words |
| 7353899 |
Snowmobile with improved air intake structure |
April 8, 2008 |
| An improved snowmobile component layout structure includes an engine provided at front portion of the vehicle body, a cylinder head of the engine is inclined by an angle .theta. rearwards from a vertical axis, a steering shaft extends forwardly of the engine, and an air intake system, |
| 7353808 |
Breather system for fuel tank |
April 8, 2008 |
| In a breather system for a fuel tank having a tank body, a fuel supply port opened and closed by a fuel cap provided in a central portion of an upper wall of the tank body, wherein an upper end of a breather pipe is located to face a central portion of a fuel supply port. When the fuel |
| 7353730 |
Foot depressing parking brake apparatus |
April 8, 2008 |
| A foot depressing parking brake apparatus including a brake pedal main body 3 pivotably supported by a support shaft 2, a ratchet plate 4 having ratchet teeth 4b and attached to the brake pedal main body 3, a ratchet pole 6 rotatably attached to a pivot pin 5 and constituting a shaft hol |
| 7352869 |
Apparatus for and method of actively controlling vibratory noise, and vehicle with active vibrat |
April 1, 2008 |
| The filter coefficients of an adaptive notch filter are sequentially updated to minimize an error signal based on the error signal and a first reference signal which is produced by subtracting a signal which represents the product of a sine corrective value C1 and a reference sine si |
| 7352556 |
Charging method for squib |
April 1, 2008 |
| A charging method for a plurality of squibs which charges up each storage device built in or attached to each squib which is connected to an ignition control device via a common bus, and can be selectively operated by electrical energy and electrical signals which are supplied from the |
| 7352335 |
Radar apparatus having arrayed horn antenna parts communicated with waveguide |
April 1, 2008 |
| A horn antenna part of a radar apparatus is made of a heat emitting material and includes: an antenna body part having a plurality of horn parts arranged in an array form, wherein each horn part is open toward a front surface of the apparatus, and has a diameter which gradually incre |
| 7351490 |
Fuel cell |
April 1, 2008 |
| A first seal structure includes a seal joint and seal members connected to the seal joint. An interior angle at the seal joint defined by central lines of the seal members is in a range of 40.degree. to 90.degree.. The seal joint includes a curved portion having a predetermined radius of |
| 7351185 |
Transmission control device of motorcycle |
April 1, 2008 |
| A transmission control device for a vehicle for smoothly performing a transmission manipulation without a clutch manipulation. The device includes a control unit which determines a shift operation starting time based on a detection signal of a shift operation detector, and controls a |
| 7351184 |
Engine control system |
April 1, 2008 |
| In an engine control system mounted on a machine such as a walk-behind truck through a CVT and having an actuator whose operation is controlled such that a detected engine speed becomes equal to a desired engine speed, the output of the engine is estimated based on the detected engine |
| 7351173 |
Transmission controller for continuously variable transmission system |
April 1, 2008 |
| A transmission controller for a continuously variable transmission system steadily returns a gear ratio toward the low-ratio range during deceleration, even in a hybrid vehicle which stops an engine during deceleration. A control unit determines the return-start number of revolutions |
| 7351125 |
Outboard engine system |
April 1, 2008 |
| A thrust receiver abuts against an expandable and contractable trim rod to adjust a trim angle of a body of an outboard engine system. The thrust receiver includes a shaft portion rotatable about an axis generally parallel to an axis of the trim rod, and a pressure-receiving portion |
| 7350506 |
Variable stroke property engine |
April 1, 2008 |
| Provided is a variable stroke property engine that can prevent an increase in the resistance to the engine owing to the contact between the variable stroke piston mechanism and lubricating oil. In a variable stroke property engine equipped with a variable piston stroke mechanism cons |
| 7350433 |
Transmission control system |
April 1, 2008 |
| A transmission control system for maintaining good positioning performance even if a dynamic characteristic of a transmission is out of a predicted range. A sliding mode controller provided in a shift controller has two degrees of freedom and can independently specify a follow-up cha |
| 7349329 |
Network system, data transmitter-receiver and failure location/compensation method |
March 25, 2008 |
| A data transmitter-receiver 30 arranged on a ring network to form a node includes a normal-direction data transmit/receive unit 19, a reverse-direction data transmit/receive unit 20, a buffer control unit 13, a controller 14, and connectors 11, 12. The normal-direction data transmit/ |
| 7348083 |
Fuel cell system |
March 25, 2008 |
| A humidity sensor is disposed in a circulation passage as a passage of a hydrogen gas supplied to an anode of a fuel cell stack. A load current setting unit determines a level of electrical current supplied to a load. A flow rate controller controls a compressor based on the humidity |
| 7347802 |
Clutch control apparatus for hybrid vehicle |
March 25, 2008 |
| A clutch control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle (1) having an engine (2) and a motor (3) as power sources, and an output shaft (13a). The clutch control apparatus includes a clutch device (12) and a clutch control device (19) operatively connected to the clutch device (12) for contro |
| 7347508 |
Brake system and method for a two-wheeled motor vehicle |
March 25, 2008 |
| A combined brake system and method, for a two-wheeled motor vehicle, is capable of synchronizing a braking operation of either a front or rear wheel with a braking operation of the other wheel. The brake system enables a rider to perform braking operations in which the rider feels no |
| 7347490 |
Vehicle floor structure and vehicle body frame structure |
March 25, 2008 |
| In a vehicle floor structure, a subsidiary frame is provided between a front frame and a seat frame and at a position higher than a lower frame, for supporting thereon a floor section. Step support frame is provided laterally outwardly of the lower frame, for supporting thereon a boardin |
| 7347169 |
Cooling oil delivery structure for a vehicular generator, and engine including same |
March 25, 2008 |
| In an engine having a generator mounted thereon, an oil passage is formed within the engine's crankcase to supply oil to an oil jet for cooling one or more pistons. In addition, oil is supplied to an oil jet for cooling the generator, using the oil passage in common with the oil supply f |
| 7347087 |
Engine oil leak test system and method |
March 25, 2008 |
| A system and method for testing partially assembled engines for possible oil leaks. The system includes engine pressurizing devices that are automatically controlled by a controller according to a predetermined control program based upon the engine model type being tested. The pressu |
| 7347077 |
Method of manufacturing outer ring member for constant velocity joint |
March 25, 2008 |
| A method of manufacturing an outer ring member for a constant velocity joint, comprising the steps of forming a secondary molding by applying a preliminary upsetting to a work after applying a forward extrusion-molding to the work, forming intermediate pre-molded bodies having annula |
| 7347071 |
Vehicle provided with key cylinder device equipped with handle lock mechanism |
March 25, 2008 |
| To provide a key cylinder device equipped with a handle lock mechanism which can maintain a handle lock mechanism of a key cylinder unit with a shutter to provide an improved assembleability of the key cylinder device. The bolts for fixing a shutter housing are attached from the back |
| 7347056 |
Vehicle air-conditioning system |
March 25, 2008 |
| A vehicle air-conditioning system provided with a refrigeration cycle system is provided. The air-conditioning system includes an evaporator outlet air target temperature setting unit which sets the target temperature of air at an outlet of an evaporator at a predetermined temperatur |
| 7345395 |
Motor stator core with skewed slots and production process therefor |
March 18, 2008 |
| In a motor stator, teeth radially project from an annular stator core, and a plurality of slots formed between adjacent teeth are skewed. Phase windings alternately pass through slots having different skew directions, wherein the length of bridging portions, which do not contribute to |
| 7344795 |
Fuel cell system and method of discontinuing same |
March 18, 2008 |
| A fuel cell system has a fuel cell, a gas supply device and an electronic control unit. The gas supply device supplies a scavenging gas to the fuel cell. The electronic control unit controls scavenging of the fuel cell with the scavenging gas when a request for discontinuing power genera |
| 7344794 |
Fuel cell with deformable seal members |
March 18, 2008 |
| A seal member is formed integrally on surfaces of a metal separator of a fuel cell. The seal members include an outer seal provided near the outer edge of the separator, and an inner seal spaced inwardly from the outer seal by a predetermined distance. When a load is applied to the outer |
| 7344790 |
Humidified fuel cell system and process for warming the same |
March 18, 2008 |
| A humidifier for humidifying a fuel cell composed of an anode side humidifier and a cathode side humidifier each possessing a plurality of hollow fiber membrane modules for migrating moisture between a supply gas, which is supplied to a fuel cell, and an exhaust gas, which is exhaust |
