| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE34628 |
Automotive suspension system with variable damping characteristics |
June 7, 1994 |
| In order to ensure riding comfort and driving stability in an automotive suspension system, the nature of the effect of the damping force generated by the suspension system is observed. When the damping characteristics of the suspension system are too hard, resulting in amplification of |
| RE33848 |
Automatic windshield wiper speed control with piezoelectric sensor |
March 17, 1992 |
| A wiper speed control system for an automotive wiper controls the operational speed of a wiper in accordance with rain conditions. The control system includes a rain sensor detecting rain conditions to produce an analog signal having an amplitude depending upon the detected rain cond |
| RE32030 |
Closed loop controlled auxiliary air delivery system for internal combustion engine |
November 12, 1985 |
| An auxiliary air delivery system for an internal combustion engine includes an intake vacuum sensor for generating an intake vacuum signal, a deceleration sensor and a microcomputer in which is stored a set of data representing different values of reference intake vacuum and programmed t |
| RE31582 |
Automatic control system for method and apparatus for checking devices of an automotive vehicle |
May 8, 1984 |
| An automatic control system for an automotive vehicle in use with a microcomputer has a checking system for checking an input unit, a ROM, a RAM and an output unit of the microcomputer. The checking system comprises a means which stores various checking programs to be executed for checki |
| RE29433 |
Air-pollution preventive arrangement |
October 11, 1977 |
| An air-pollution preventive arrangement for use with an internal combustion engine for motor vehicles, adapted to reduce the concentrations of noxious compounds such as unburned hydrocarbons and carbonmonoxides contained in the engine exhaust gases. The arrangement comprises a thermal re |
| D299636 |
Automobile bumper |
January 31, 1989 |
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| 5526065 |
Apparatus for displaying television images applicable to automotive vehicle |
June 11, 1996 |
| An apparatus for displaying a television image on a television monitor applicable to a vehicle passenger compartment. In the television image displaying apparatus, the television monitor is installed on a center console of a vehicle passenger compartment. A liquid crystal filter is a |
| 5488311 |
Apparatus and method for measuring alcohol concentration of liquid blended with alcohol applicab |
January 30, 1996 |
| The electrodes of an electrostatic capacitor which is used to determine the alcohol concentration in a mixture of gasoline and alcohol, are connected with a frequency oscillator of the LC type which applies a signal having a frequency which is equal to or greater than 10 MHz. The setting |
| 5404443 |
Display control system with touch switch panel for controlling on-board display for vehicle |
April 4, 1995 |
| A display system for a vehicle is provided. This system is operable to selectively provide information such as vehicle condition, television broadcasts, or so forth in the form of images in a plurality of modes. The system includes a touch switch which is responsive to contact of a user' |
| 5399045 |
Waterproof connector |
March 21, 1995 |
| A waterproof connector comprises a male connector housing and an outer hood circumferentially provided on the male connector housing with an annular space therebetween, which contains a seal ring and into which is inserted a hood portion of a mating female connector to be brought into co |
| 5323883 |
Friction device |
June 28, 1994 |
| An automotive disc brake assembly comprises a disc rotor made of graphite cast iron with a structure of pearlite, and a brake pad made of organic material. The disc rotor has a first thermal conductivity falling in a range from 0.090 to 0.140 cal/cm.sec..degree.C. The brake pad has secon |
| 5305553 |
Weatherstrip structure for automotive vehicle |
April 26, 1994 |
| A weatherstrip structure for an automotive vehicle includes a reversed U-shaped main body to define a space which is open toward an upright mounting flange provided at a vehicle body opening edge. A first grasping lip is provided in the space extending from one of side sections of the |
| 5289387 |
Method for measuring stress |
February 22, 1994 |
| Stress in a substance is measured by utilizing the transfer characteristics of elastic waves, such that elastic waves input to a substance are displaced by the stress load within the substance. Waves input to the substance and output therefrom by transmission or reflection are compared |
| 5270932 |
Steering wheel position control apparatus |
December 14, 1993 |
| A reversible electric motor is coupled for moving a steering wheel of an automotive vehicle in a first direction toward an uppermost position and in a second direction toward a lowermost position. An operation device has a control member movable in first and second directions for produci |
| 5267783 |
Vehicle turning behavior control apparatus |
December 7, 1993 |
| A vehicle turning behavior control apparatus for use with a multi-wheel automatic vehicle. The apparatus provides a difference between the braking forces applied to the nearside and offside wheels of the vehicle to produce a yaw moment in a direction to which the vehicle turns. The d |
| 5259818 |
Stroke absorbing type intermediate shaft for vehicular steering column and method for assembling |
November 9, 1993 |
| An intermediate shaft comprising a shaft body including an axle portion and a portion having an approximately elliptic shape of cross section, both major and minor axes of the elliptical cross-section portion being longer than a diameter of the axle portion, and a ring-shaped member with |
| 5249126 |
System and method for controlling steering response according to vehicle speed applicable to aut |
September 28, 1993 |
| A system and method for controlling a vehicle speed according to a vehicle speed applicable to an autonomous vehicle are disclosed in which distance information and deviation of vehicle posture information are derived relative reference values. The information is derived from image data |
| 5224044 |
System for controlling driving condition of automotive device associated with vehicle slip contr |
June 29, 1993 |
| A system for controlling an automotive devices, such as an automotive internal combustion engine, an engine accessory and so forth, is associated with a traction control system for cooperation therewith. The automotive device control system is so associated with the traction control |
| 5224043 |
Driving force control apparatus for motor vehicles |
June 29, 1993 |
| A driving force control apparatus for use with an automotive vehicle supported on driving wheels and driven wheels. The apparatus is arranged to provide a driving force reduction control (traction control) to reduce the driving forces applied to the driving wheels when driving slip of th |
| 5214413 |
Head-up display apparatus for vehicular display |
May 25, 1993 |
| A head-up display apparatus used as an instrument display of an automobile comprises a hologram combiner provided on the front windshield on which an image is displayed overlapping the field of view. The apparatus includes a display luminosity control system which varies the brightness o |
| 5211272 |
Supporting structure for control elements for automatic transmission |
May 18, 1993 |
| A supporting structure for control elements of an automatic transmission including a multiple-disc clutch having a piston operated by hydraulic pressure from a control valve unit and a cylinder slidably supporting the piston, and a one-way clutch having outer and inner races and a series |
| 5206811 |
Navigation system for automotive vehicle |
April 27, 1993 |
| A navigation system for an automotive vehicle includes a map data storage unit. The storage unit stores first known target points and adjoining target points preselected for each of the first target points from the first target points. The storage unit further stores a first data group |
| 5206809 |
Heat measuring system for detecting knock in internal combustion engine |
April 27, 1993 |
| A knock detecting system for internal combustion engines which includes a heat quantity computing unit for deriving a heat quantity produced in every engine cycle, on the basis of the fluctuations in a combustion pressure waveform in which high-frequency components having frequencies |
| 5206808 |
Vehicle turning behavior control apparatus |
April 27, 1993 |
| A vehicle turning behavior control apparatus for use with a multi-wheel automatic vehicle. The apparatus provides a difference between the braking forces applied to the nearside and offside wheels of the vehicle to produce a yaw moment in a direction to which the vehicle turns. The d |
| 5200911 |
Apparatus for detecting failure occurring in control system for driving load |
April 6, 1993 |
| A system for detecting failure in a system controlling an inductance load is provided. This system comprises a controller for providing a driving signal to the inductance load to control it, a dither signal generator for adding a dither signal to the driving signal to be provided to the |
| 5200745 |
System and method for communicating data between control unit and master station applicable to a |
April 6, 1993 |
| A system and method for communicating data between a master station and a plurality of control units applicable to an automotive vehicle are disclosed in which if an echoback communication in response to a control command is not received by the master station from the selected control |
| 5197325 |
Misfiring detection system for internal combustion engines |
March 30, 1993 |
| An engine misfiring detection system includes a crank angle sensor for generating a reference pulse representative of a reference crank angle position in each cylinder of the engine, and a ring gear sensor for monitoring a magnitude of crank angle rotated from the reference crank ang |
| 5181553 |
Air conditioner system for automotive vehicle with minimum discharge temperature for rear foot o |
January 26, 1993 |
| An air conditioner system for automotive vehicles includes a front air duct for discharging a conditioning air near the occupant of the front seat in a vehicular cabin, and a rear air duct for discharging the conditioning air near the occupant of the back seat in the vehicular cabin. The |
| 5180026 |
Rear wheel steering angle control system for vehicle |
January 19, 1993 |
| A system for controlling the steering angle for the rear wheels of a vehicle is provided. This system includes an angle sensor for sensing a steered angle, a vehicle speed sensor, and a steering angle controller. The steering angle controller is adapted for controlling steering of the |
| 5174834 |
Alumina short fiber reinforced magnesium alloy having stable oxide binders |
December 29, 1992 |
| A process of production of alumina short fiber reinforced magnesium or magnesium alloy product features formation of alumina short fiber pre-form utilizing a inorganic binder which is composed of one or more oxides having thermodynamically stability equivalent to or higher than MgO. In |
| 5170343 |
Fail-safe system for multiple control systems having at least one common sensor for monitoring c |
December 8, 1992 |
| A fail-safe system for a multiple task control system which has a plurality of control channels for performing mutually independent and mutually distinct control functions detects failure in one of the control channels. In response, the fail-safe system discriminates between a failure wh |
| 5163530 |
Control system for controlling driving torque delivered for driven wheels |
November 17, 1992 |
| A control system for an automotive vehicle controls driving torque delivery for driven wheels. The control system basically controls an output torque of an automotive internal combustion engine toward a target engine output torque which is derived on the basis of an accelerator operation |
| 5161106 |
Vehicle dynamic characteristic control apparatus |
November 3, 1992 |
| A vehicle dynamic characteristic control apparatus for use with a motor vehicle having a controllable dynamic characteristic. The apparatus includes an actuator for controlling the dynamic characteristic of the motor vehicle, and a control unit for calculating a value for a setting of |
| 5157956 |
Method of calibrating a throttle angle sensor |
October 27, 1992 |
| A throttle control system takes a strategy of sampling sensor signal values representative of maximum open angle position (fully open position) and minimum open angle position (near fully closed position) upon starting-up of the engine in response to turning ON of an ignition switch as a |
| 5156204 |
Air conditioner system with defrost door modulation as a function of ambient temperature |
October 20, 1992 |
| The operation mode of an air conditioner system is automatically controlled between VENT mode, BI-LEVEL mode, HEAT mode and so forth according to environmental conditions. The air conditioner system includes a control unit for operation mode selection. In HEAT mode, the control unit adju |
| 5156070 |
Vehicular engine and power train mounting arrangement |
October 20, 1992 |
| A mounting arrangement for an automotive vehicle includes a transverse engine having a crankshaft with an axis of rotation extending transversely to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, a gear train of a transmission having an axis which extends in parallel with the axis of the engine |
| 5155408 |
Piezoelectric transducer having piezoelectric elements free from stress concentrations |
October 13, 1992 |
| A piezoelectric transducer comprising first and second members in axial alignment and spaced apart, the first and second members being mutually displaceable toward and away from each other, and a transducer assembly disposed between the first and second members. The assembly includes a |
| 5146891 |
System and method for controlling fuel supply to internal combustion engine according to operati |
September 15, 1992 |
| A system and method for controlling an operation of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle having an automatic transmission in which at least one of predetermined fuel supply recovery engine revolution speed or predetermined fuel supply cut-off engine revolution speed is varied durin |
| 5144558 |
Actively controlled automotive suspension system with adjustable rolling-stability and/or pitchi |
September 1, 1992 |
| An actively controlled suspension system includes a vehicular rolling detecting component to adjust the suspension characteristics for suppressing the vehicular rolling. In addition, the actively controlled suspension control system may be provided for adjusting roll-stabilization lo |
| 5143437 |
Vehicle room illuminating apparatus |
September 1, 1992 |
| The brightness within a vehicle room is adjusted according to external brightness (i.e. illuminance or luminance) at night in such a way that the brightness is increased with increasing external brightness and decreased with decreasing external brightness, under due consideration of huma |
| 5143429 |
Hydraulic modulator with equal, opposing chambers formed by a piston |
September 1, 1992 |
| A system for controlling a fluid pressure includes a pressure modulating cylinder unit having a piston and a cylinder housing defining first and second fluid chambers separated by the piston, a cutoff valve unit for isolating the first and second chambers from a pressure source and from |
| 5143168 |
Steering gear rack and transfer pinion arrangement for four-wheel drive vehicle derived from tra |
September 1, 1992 |
| A four-wheel drive vehicle derived from a transversely mounted front engine-front drive system incorporates an improved steering gear rack and transfer pinion arrangement in which an axis of a transfer pinion is disposed higher than an axis of a transfer ring gear or differential gear |
| 5143037 |
Variable cam engine |
September 1, 1992 |
| This invention concerns a variable cam engine wherein cam change-over is performed according to the running condition of the engine. The engine is provided with a throttle valve whose opening basically corresponds to the accelerator depression, but which nevertheless can be freely varied |
| 5143030 |
Variable cam engine |
September 1, 1992 |
| This invention relates to a variable cam engine of which each cylinder has at least one valve driven by multiplicity of cams which give different engine torque outputs. This invention provides an engine comprising a decision-making device which decides change-over of the cams along with |
| 5142945 |
Power train control sensor malfunction detection and control arrangement |
September 1, 1992 |
| In the event of a sensor malfunction, a fail safe arrangement either modifies or inhibits controls which are intended to reduce shift shock and/or friction element slippage and which adjust either the level of line pressure or vary the torque generated by the prime mover during shifts. |
| 5140524 |
Anti-skid brake control system with variable wheel slippage criterion depending upon vehicular d |
August 18, 1992 |
| An anti-skid brake control system has a plurality of wheel speed sensors for monitoring rotation speed of each of the associated wheels independently of the others. Projected vehicle speed representative data is derived on the basis of one of the wheel speed indicative data represent |
| 5137104 |
System and method for automatically controlling vehicle speed to desired cruise speed |
August 11, 1992 |
| A system and method for automatically controlling a vehicle speed to a desired cruise speed are disclosed in which a target opening angle of an engine throttle valve through which the vehicle can maintain a set cruise speed is derived in accordance with a prepared non-linear characterist |
| 5134392 |
Keyless entry system for locking and unlocking a vehicular lock device by a pocket portable radi |
July 28, 1992 |
| A keyless entry system for operating a vehicular door lock device between a first door locking position and a second door unlocking position. The system has an electrically drivable actuator associated with the vehicular device for operating the latter between the first and second positi |
| 5132907 |
Control system for controlling wheel slippage with projection of vehicle speed representative da |
July 21, 1992 |
| An anti-skid brake control system which employs a process of projection of vehicle speed representative dats based on selected higher one of data derived based on an integrated value which is derived by integrating vehicle body acceleration indicative data by time and data derived on the |
| 5132905 |
System and method applicable to vehicles for communicating between data processing stations |
July 21, 1992 |
| A system and method applicable to a vehicle for communicating between data processing stations are disclosed in which successive initializing commands (INIT) are transmitted by a master station performed by a diagnostic device to all subordinate electronic control units, which are da |
