| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 4509124 |
Lock-up control system for lock-up type automatic transmission |
April 2, 1985 |
| A lock-up control system is disclosed wherein the lock-up state of a torque converter is temporally released during gear shifting operation in an automatic transmission even if an automotive vehicle is operating in a predetermined lock-up range. A sensor generates an oil temperature |
| 4508382 |
Gutter structure for a vehicle body |
April 2, 1985 |
| A gutter structure for a vehicle body furnished with a roof panel, a roof edge rail, and a door sash, includes a gutter channel, a molding, and a clip. The channel extends along the edge of the roof panel and is constructed integrally with the roof panel. The channel consists of a bo |
| 4508077 |
Fuel pump control apparatus |
April 2, 1985 |
| The output of a fuel pump of an internal combustion engine is controlled by the duty cycle of its power supply circuit, which is in turn controlled in accordance with engine and fuel conditions. Sensor signals indicative of the engine and fuel conditions are processed to derive a DC volt |
| 4507986 |
Control system for motor vehicle |
April 2, 1985 |
| A control system for a motor vehicle is disclosed wherein the parameters for optimum operation for an engine are determined based upon an acceleration position and a vehicle speed, and a continuously variable transmission is operated to vary a drive ratio in such a manner as to cause |
| 4507985 |
Apparatus for controlling a direct drive clutch for a vehicle automatic transmission |
April 2, 1985 |
| An automatic transmission includes a torque converter with a direct drive clutch and at least one planetary gear unit, and is controlled electronically. The engagement of the direct drive clutch is controlled, independently of a first relation between the vehicle speed and the engine |
| 4507980 |
Low vibration-level remote control gearshift linkage for manual transmission |
April 2, 1985 |
| A remote control gear shift linkage system for a manual transmission comprises a manually operable control lever, a control rod connected between the control lever and the transmission for transmitting a movement of the control lever to the transmission to effect a gear shift, and a |
| 4507711 |
Wiper-mounted retractable head lamp assembly |
March 26, 1985 |
| A wiper-mounted retractable head lamp assembly for a vehicle, which assembly comprises a lamp, a lamp housing receiving therein the lamp to move therewith, the lamp housing being pivotably connected to the vehicle body so that is projectable from and retractable into a given space formed |
| 4507705 |
Vibration analyzing device |
March 26, 1985 |
| A microelectronic device to detect mechanical vibrations and analyze vibration frequencies. The device comprises a vibrator in the form of thin plate supported on a semiconductor substrate in the manner of either cantilever beam or fixed beam. The vibrator is either conductive or coated |
| 4506911 |
Mounting structure for anchor of automotive seat belt |
March 26, 1985 |
| A structure for mounting a seat belt anchor for a vehicle with a sliding door includes a reinforcement member disposed within a vehicle side frame and adapted to receive a curved end of a guide rail from which the sliding door is slidably suspended. The reinforcement member is secured to |
| 4506562 |
Unitary air bleed device |
March 26, 1985 |
| A unitary air bleed device of an elastomeric deformable material and has an integrally formed head portion with a vent hole and a cylindrical portion with a connecting passage formed therethrough. The connecting passage communicates with the vent hole of the head portion. The deformation |
| 4506561 |
Transmission housing |
March 26, 1985 |
| A transmission housing for an automotive vehicle, comprises a bell housing made of light alloy and connected at its front end section to an engine block, and a lip supporting member made of steel and securely attached to bell housing front end section, along the periphery thereof, thereb |
| 4506380 |
Method and apparatus for controlling the sound field in a vehicle cabin or the like |
March 19, 1985 |
| The major resonance noise inducing engine vibration component is determined by sensing the ignition pulses produced by the engine ignition system and compared with pre-stored data to ascertain if cabin resonance is apt to occur. In the event that resonance is predicted counter vibration |
| 4506337 |
Engine lubricating oil replacement timing monitoring system and method for an automotive vehicle |
March 19, 1985 |
| A microcomputer system for indicating that engine lubricating oil should be exchanged when the working life of the engine lubricating oil is over. The system comprises: (a) a first sensor which detects and signals the number of engine revolutions per time; (b) a second sensor which detec |
| 4505500 |
Door lock arrangement for automotive vehicle |
March 19, 1985 |
| A door lock arrangement for a vehicle in which there is no pillar against which the trailing edge of a forwardly hinged door may engage, includes locks provided at the top and bottom corners of the door and a centrally located mechanism for simultaneously operating said locks. This mecha |
| 4505461 |
Fluid-filled engine mount device |
March 19, 1985 |
| An engine mount device comprising first and second base plate members which are spaced from each other; an elastic block securely interposed between the first and second base plate members and formed with a cavity; a partition wall member connected to the first base plate member and |
| 4505354 |
Front brake tube retaining structure for automotive vehicle |
March 19, 1985 |
| A front brake tube is arranged to pass under an arch portion of a hood ledge for thereby extending between the inside and outside of an engine compartment. A support is provided which has an upper end attached to the hood ledge at a location adjacent the arch portion and a lower end |
| 4505248 |
Hot-wire air flowmeter control system for engine |
March 19, 1985 |
| In an internal combustion engine provided with a hot-wire air flowmeter and a canister for supplying fuel evaporated from a fuel tank into an intake passage, there exists a state where an excessively-rich mixture is supplied from the canister to the intake passage because of trouble of t |
| 4505111 |
Hydraulic control system for industrial vehicle |
March 19, 1985 |
| The rotational speed of a hydraulic pump motor for a fork lift hydraulic control system is varied basically in accordance with the displacement of spools of manual control valves to allow the pressure supplied to servo cylinders to be smoothly increased. The rotational speed may also be |
| 4504534 |
Core material for automobile bumpers |
March 12, 1985 |
| A core material for automobile bumpers which is composed of a molded article of foamed particles of a polypropylene-type resin. The molded article has a density of 0.015 to 0.045 g/cm.sup.3 and a compression stress at 50% compression of at least 1 kg/cm.sup.2. The core material simul |
| 4504312 |
Wear-resistant sintered ferrous alloy and method of producing same |
March 12, 1985 |
| A highly wear-resistant sintered ferrous alloy which consists essentially of 2.0-8.0% of Cr, 0.1-1.0% of B, 1.0-2.5% of Si, 0.3-1.2% of Mn, 1.2-3.8% of C, by weight, and the balance of Fe. The alloy is produced by compacting and sintering a powder mixture, which is preferably prepared by |
| 4504252 |
Belt tensioner |
March 12, 1985 |
| A belt tensioner comprises a shaft which is eccentrically mounted on a stud bolt so as to be rotatable thereon when a lock nut is loosened. A pulley is concentrically mounted on the shaft by means of a bearing and rotatable thereon. The shaft is urged by a spring in the direction to caus |
| 4503956 |
Lock-up control device and method for lock-up type automatic transmission |
March 12, 1985 |
| A lock-up control device in which a pulse train is generated which has a duration which increases as the vehicle speed decreases. A counter generates a period indicative signal indicative of a current period of the pulse train. A memory stores the period indicative signal for a preceding |
| 4503820 |
Fuel injection quantity sensing apparatus for an internal combustion engine |
March 12, 1985 |
| A piezoelectric sensor produces a first signal indicative of the pressure of fuel in a working chamber defined by the plunger housing and the inner end of a fuel distributing plunger reciprocating through the plunger housing. A threshold discriminator responds to the signal and produces |
| 4503314 |
Method of welding titanium alloy parts with titanium insert |
March 5, 1985 |
| A method of welding opposite end surfaces of two titanium alloy parts kept in alignment by a high energy-density welding process such as electron beam welding, laser beam welding or TIG arc welding, characterized by closely interposing an insert member of either practically pure titanium |
| 4503312 |
Method and apparatus for controlling resistance welding |
March 5, 1985 |
| Method of controlling resistance welding to obtain high quality welds in which the pressure between the electrodes (2a, 2b) holding the materials (1a, 1b) to be welded is controlled so that the resistance value between the two electrodes (2a, 2b) is a predetermined value, and the welding |
| 4503297 |
Steering effort sensor |
March 5, 1985 |
| A sensor arrangement features a rolling element and cam groove arrangement which induces a displacement via which a switch may be closed to indicate that torque is being applied via a steering wheel to an upper section of a steering shaft arrangement and which provides an essentially ins |
| 4502735 |
Deceleration-sensitive type hydraulic brake pressure control valve for automotive vehicle |
March 5, 1985 |
| A hydraulic brake pressure control valve for an automotive vehicle which can provide an almost ideal ratio of front wheel cylinder hydraulic brake pressure to rear wheel cylinder hydraulic brake pressure, irrespective of vehicle weight and the increase rate of hydraulic brake pressure, i |
| 4502718 |
Automatic door locking/unlocking device for an automotive vehicle |
March 5, 1985 |
| A door lock/unlock system for an automotive vehicle having a safety means for preventing a driving unit for electrically driving a door lock mechanism between a door lock position and an unlock position from being damaged by mis-operation. The safety means inhibits power supply to the |
| 4502575 |
Shock absorber |
March 5, 1985 |
| A shock absorber has a piston which comprises upper and lower members. The upper and lower members are fixedly assembled to define therein the vortex chamber. The piston has vertically-extending channels on the periphery thereof to define the vertical section of the vortex passages toget |
| 4502446 |
Fail-safe system for automotive engine control system for fail-safe operation as crank angle sen |
March 5, 1985 |
| A fail-safe system for an engine control system is capable of performing a fail-safe operation when a crank angle sensor fails. When the crank angle sensor malfunctions, at least one of a crank reference signal and a crank position signal will be absent. The fail-safe system prevents the |
| 4502354 |
Hydraulic pressure control system for automatic transmission |
March 5, 1985 |
| A shift shock in an automatic transmission during a change of gear positions is reduced by maintaining a hydraulic pressure (line pressure) equal to the magnitude of a desired hydraulic pressure for a predetermined holding time. |
| 4501823 |
Catalyst for reforming of methanol and process of preparing same |
February 26, 1985 |
| A catalyst for reforming of methanol to hydrogen and carbon monoxide, which is high in activity, selectivity and durability. The catalyst utilizes a granular or monolithic carrier of which the principal material is active alumina. First the carrier is coated with a mixture of cerium oxid |
| 4501709 |
Variable venturi carburetor |
February 26, 1985 |
| A variable venturi carburetor comprises an auxiliary intake air passage, an auxiliary variable venturi and a non-adjustable nozzle portion, in addition to a main intake air passage, a main variable venturi and an adjustable nozzle portion. If the amount of intake air is small as when |
| 4501436 |
Supporting assembly for a suspension |
February 26, 1985 |
| A supporting assembly for a suspension to suspend the wheels of a vehicle is disclosed, in which a transverse member extends in a transverse direction of the vehicle body and a pair of tension rod brackets extend in a longitudinal direction of the body and affixed respectively at one end |
| 4501174 |
Hydraulic control system for automatic transmission |
February 26, 1985 |
| A hydraulic control system for an automatic transmission comprises a first shift valve and a second shift valve which are coupled with a first port and a second port of a manual valve, respectively. The first shift valve receives a forward drive range pressure from the first outlet port |
| 4500828 |
AC Generator |
February 19, 1985 |
| This invention relates an AC generator comprising a stator coil, a field coil, a pole core for inducing an output voltage to the stator coil, and a voltage regulator for controlling the output voltage. The field coil is wound in either of such directions as to reduce or increase the magn |
| 4500761 |
Fluid reservoir with fluid-level sensor |
February 19, 1985 |
| A fluid reservoir with a fluid-level sensor includes a manual testing device consisting of two separate but cooperative rods. The fluid-level sensor consists of a float within the reservoir and a reed switch which is closed to cause a low fluid-level alarm when the float is lower than a |
| 4500395 |
Method of producing electrode for liquid fuel cell |
February 19, 1985 |
| A method of producing an electrode useful as anode of a liquid fuel cell using methanol as fuel. The method has the steps of coating and impregnating a porous electrode body made of carbon with a noble metal such as platinum, activating the noble metal present on and in the electrode |
| 4499979 |
Lock-up control system for lock-up torque converter for lock-up type automatic transmission |
February 19, 1985 |
| The lock-up control system stores lock-up speed values for each gear position of the transmission. These values are compared against actual vehicle speed to control lock-up of the transmission. In the system, a counter receives clock pulses from a clock and sensor pulses from a vehic |
| 4499870 |
Multi-cylinder internal combustion engine |
February 19, 1985 |
| The present invention relates to a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine which may be used for the automobile and the like. The multi-cylinder internal combustion engine comprises at least one cylinder which can be rendered inoperative while the rest of cylinders are operating an |
| 4499866 |
Cylinder head for internal combustion engine |
February 19, 1985 |
| In order to prevent dry spots being produced by abnormally large amounts of coolant suddenly being discharged in the form of a boiling froth or foam, from the coolant jacket of an engine wherein the coolant is introduced in a liquid form, boiled and discharged in gaseous form, the cylind |
| 4499543 |
Anti-skid brake control system with fail-safe arrangement |
February 12, 1985 |
| In a fail-safe arrangement for an anti-skid brake control system, several related pairs of sensor and control signals are produced only in certain possible combinations. The fail-safe arrangement checks each pair of signals and produces an error signal if a non-conventional combination o |
| 4499340 |
Speaker for automotive audio system with vehicle panel utilized as sound amplifying medium |
February 12, 1985 |
| The driver of a speaker for an automotive audio system includes a plurality of magnetic coils wound around a common bobbin. Each of the magnetic coils is connected to one of a plurality of amplifiers each of which output an identical drive signal. By applying the common drive signal to e |
| 4499205 |
High activity catalyst for reforming of methanol and process of preparing same |
February 12, 1985 |
| A catalyst for reforming of methanol to hydrogen and carbon monoxide, which is high in activity, selectivity and durability. The catalyst comprises a granular or monolithic carrier which is made of active alumina at least in its surface regions, at least one metal oxide selected from oxi |
| 4498436 |
Auxiliary air supplying apparatus for an internal combustion engine |
February 12, 1985 |
| An auxiliary air supplying apparatus for an internal combustion engine to bypass throttle valves in an intake passageway comprises an air box communicable with the intake passageway upstream of the throttle valves, a plurality of passageways branched in parallel from the air box and |
| 4498433 |
Member such as an engine cover adjacent to an automotive engine |
February 12, 1985 |
| A member adjacent to an engine, as an engine cover such as an engine head cover and oil pan and an air cleaner, is made of fiber layers by shaping organic or inorganic fibers mixed with a resin and its crosslinking agent while heating so as to cause a crosslinking reaction, thereby absor |
| 4497518 |
Adjustable seat structure for a motor vehicle |
February 5, 1985 |
| A seat structure has an improved means for memorizing the seat position which automatically operates a latching means provided on a seat support structure in response to the tilting movement of the seat back.The seat position memorizing means includes a rotatable plate and means for latc |
| 4497516 |
Sealing assembly for automotive front-pillar and side-door arrangement |
February 5, 1985 |
| A sealing assembly for a front-pillar and side-door arrangement of an automotive vehicle, the pillar and door arrangement including a front pillar having a wall portion formed with an opening and a side-door sash assembly including a front portion extending along the front pillar and |
| 4497514 |
Inside-handle arrangement for an automotive vehicle door assembly |
February 5, 1985 |
| An inside-handle arrangement for the vehicle door assembly has a member, for pivotably securing a handle onto a door inner panel, with a circumferential edge capable of air-tight engagement with a door trim. Further, the member is adapted to close in an air-tight fashion an opening t |
| 4497306 |
Ignition system for an internal combustion engine |
February 5, 1985 |
| An ignition system for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of engine cylinders, wherein ignition coil and spark plug are integrally assembled into each engine cylinder so as to eliminate an ignition energy transmission loss, a DC-DC converter for boosting a low DC voltage in |
