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Assisting
in a passing maneuver for motor vehicles - Method
and arrangement for controlling an accelerator pedal in an internal
combustion engine - Power
conversion apparatus and mobile object incorporating thereof - Vehicle
belly pan - Control
system and method for hybrid vehicle - Traction
distribution control system for four-wheel drive vehicle - Automotive
passenger restraint and protection apparatus - Controlling
a power steering system - Power
steering system - Electric
power steering device capable of reducing vibration of steering
wheel - Braking
control in a vehicle including a multi-combination vehicle - Fastener
cover - Front body
structure for vehicle - Apparatus
able typically to transform a frame mounted on crawler tracks into
a pipe playing machine
Method and device for assisting in a passing maneuver for motor
vehicles
A method for assisting, in a passing maneuver, for motor
vehicles having a distance and speed control device, in which
vehicles in the passing lane are taken into account and, if the
traffic situation detected by sensors or an intervention by the
driver suggests a desire to pass, control is temporarily carried
out to an increased passing speed. The distances to the vehicles
located in the passing lane are measured and the passing speed is
calculated as a function of the distances of the vehicle to be
passed and at least the vehicle directly preceding in the passing
lane.
Winner, Hermann; Lauxmann, Ralph; Irion, Albrecht
Robert Bosch GmbH; January 11, 02005
#6842687
Method and arrangement for controlling an accelerator pedal in an
internal combustion engine
A method and an arrangement for controlling an accelerator
pedal (1) provide a signal to the driver of a vehicle having an
internal combustion engine of the entry into an uneconomical
driving pattern via the accelerator pedal. A reset force (FPED) is
applied to the accelerator pedal (1). A desired value (FPEDSOLL)
for the reset force is increased in dependence upon a drop below a
pregiven value for a degree of efficiency of the engine.
Kustosch, Mario
Robert Bosch GmbH; January 18, 02005
#6843228
Power conversion apparatus and mobile object incorporating
thereof
A positive side conductor and a negative side conductor of an
input terminal electrically connected to semiconductor elements,
are electrically insulated from each other, and are laminated with
each other, and the input terminal having such a laminated
structure, an output terminal and substrates mounted thereon the
semiconductor elements are arranged in a checkered pattern in a
container. Further, the semiconductor elements mounted on the
substrates, the input terminal and the output terminal are
electrically connected to one another so as to obtain a loop-like
electric path on a conductive member, thereby it is possible to
aim at miniaturizing the power conversion apparatus and lowering
the inductance thereof.
Shirakawa, Shinji; Mishima, Akira; Mashino,
Keiichi; Innami, Toshiyuki; Fujino, Shinichi; Anan, Hiromichi;
Ochiai, Yoshitaka
Hitachi, Ltd.; January 18, 02005
#6843335
Vehicle belly pan
A vehicle chassis having substantially all of the mechanical,
electrical, and structural componentry necessary for a fully
functional vehicle includes at least an energy conversion system,
a steering system, and a braking system. The chassis is configured
for matability with a variety of different types or styles of
vehicle bodies. Various prior art mechanical control linkages
between a driver and controlled systems are replaced with
non-mechanical control signal transmission components. Fuel cell
technology is also implemented. A quick plastic formed (QPF) rigid
sheet (belly pan) includes cavities formed therein to facilitate
attachment of various components of the energy conversion system,
energy storage system, braking system, steering system, etc.
Chernoff, Adrian B.; Borroni-Bird, Christopher E.;
Shabana, Mohsen D.; Ryntz, Edward Frank; Vitale, Robert Louis
General Motors Corporation; January 18, 02005
#6843336
Control system and method for hybrid vehicle
A control system and method for accelerating the warm-up
operation of a hybrid vehicle while preferably using the
characteristics of the hybrid vehicle. The system comprises a
warm-up accelerating section for accelerating warm-up of the
engine by controlling the ignition timing of the engine according
to a temperature of water for cooling the engine; and a power
generation control section for performing power generation using
the motor according to a remaining charge of a battery of the
vehicle. The warm-up accelerating section has an ignition timing
correcting section for correcting the ignition timing according to
an amount of generated power which is controlled by the power
generation control section. Therefore, in comparison with the case
of performing the warm-up operation by simply using both the
ignition timing retardation and the power generation, the ignition
timing can be close to the optimum point, thereby improving the
combustion efficiency.
Matsubara, Atsushi; Nakaune, Kan; Shinohara,
Toshinari; Miyamoto, Naoya
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha; January 18, 02005
#6843337
Traction distribution control system for four-wheel drive vehicle
A traction distribution control system for a 4WD vehicle is
constructed to calculate a difference gain in accordance with a
difference in spinning state between main driving wheels, and
determine a control signal for controlling traction distribution
to driven wheels by multiplying a control amount by the difference
gain.
Ohtsu, Nobuyuki
Hitachi Unisia Automotive, Ltd.; January 18, 02005
#6843338
Automotive passenger restraint and protection apparatus
An automotive passenger restraint and protection apparatus for
an automotive vehicle has a seatbelt and operates to restrain an
occupant of the automotive vehicle by the seatbelt to protect the
occupant. An electric retractor has a DC motor for retracting and
protracting the seatbelt. An MPU applies voltage having a
predetermined waveform to the DC motor, and then detects a
waveform of current flowing to the DC motor. The MPU carries out
fault diagnosis of the DC motor, based upon the detected waveform
of current when the voltage having the predetermined waveform is
applied to the DC motor. Thus, accurate fault diagnosis of the
apparatus can be achieved.
Midorikawa, Yukinori; Kawai, Osamu
NSK AutoLiv Co., Ltd.; January 18, 02005
#6843339
Method of controlling a power steering system
A method of controlling a power steering system having an
adjusting mechanism for adjusting at least one vehicle wheel is
disclosed herein. The system includes a steering wheel, a position
sensor, and a drive system, such as a servo pump driven by an
electric motor, to provide steering assistance a steering wheel
and a position sensor. It is determined whether the adjusting
mechanism is approaching an end position. If it is found that the
adjusting mechanism is approaching the end position, then the
drive system is controlled in such a way that it provides a
diminishing steering assistance.
Grebe, Kai; Wienecke, Ulrich; Gessat, Jochen
TRW Fahrwerksysteme GmbH & Co. KG; January 18, 02005
#6843341
Power steering system
Provision of a power steering system capable of giving a driver
no discomfort during high-speed travel. A controller calculates or
stores a current instruction value I1 in accordance with a
steering angle supplied from a steering angle sensor and a current
instruction value I2 in accordance with a steering angular
velocity; performs multiplication of the steering angle base
current instruction value I1 and the steering angular velocity
base current instruction value I2 by current instruction values
I5, I6 set based on a vehicle speed, respectively; applies current
instruction values I7, I8 in accordance with the vehicle speed
serving as limit values to the corresponding steering angle base
and steering angular velocity base current instruction values
resulting from the multiplication; selects a larger value of the
two current instruction values below the limit values; and
determines the selected value as a solenoid current instruction
value SI.
Shimizu, Noboru; Arita, Tsunofumi; Shima, Naoto;
Takai, Masashi
Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd.; January 18, 02005
#6843342
Electric power steering device capable of reducing vibration of
steering wheel
The electric power steering device such that the characteristic
vibration of the rack shaft is adjusted by providing a hollow
portion at the rack shaft, resulting in that the characteristic
vibration of the rack shaft does not resonate with the vibration
of the rack caused by the wheels and/or the motor.
Shimizu, Yasuo; Watanabe, Katsuji; Kono, Yoeru
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha; January 18, 02005
#6843343
System for braking control in a vehicle including a
multi-combination vehicle
A braking system for the control of vehicle speed, the vehicle
including an engine having a first plurality of engine cylinders,
an electronic throttle, electrical power source and engine brake
adapted to provide engine braking, comprising an electronic
control unit in communication with the engine electrical power
source, engine throttle and engine brake, and a speed sensor
adapted to measure the speed of the vehicle and communicate the
measured vehicle speed to the electronic control unit, wherein
when the measured vehicle speed is greater than a pre-determined
vehicle speed threshold, the electronic control unit disables the
engine throttle and applies the engine brake using a second
plurality of the engine cylinders, the second plurality of engine
cylinders being less than the first plurality of engine cylinders.
Stummer, Mark J.
January 18, 02005
#6843351
Fastener cover
A motorcycle including a frame and a triple clamp supported by
the frame for rotation relative to the frame. The motorcycle
includes an engaging member, a triple clamp fastener, and a cover.
The engaging member includes a first engagement portion and is
positioned between the triple clamp fastener and the surface of
the triple clamp. The cover includes a second engagement portion
that engages the first engagement portion to cover at least a
portion of the triple clamp fastener.
Buckhouse, Eric R.; Hughes, Jeff W.
Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, Inc.; January 18, 02005
#6843493
Front body structure for vehicle
A front body structure is provided to disperse an impact load
to a floor framework member through a rear end of a subframe
effectively. The subframe 11 includes a left side frame 12L, a
right side frame 12R and a rear frame 13. Each of the side frames
12L, 12R includes a forked part 14 having an inside branch part
14a pointing to a vehicle's inside in a width direction of the
vehicle along a first route A and an outside branch part 14b
pointing to a vehicle's outside in the width direction along a
second route B. In operation, if an impact load F due to an offset
front collision is applied on the side frame 12 in concentration,
then the load F is divided into a load component Fa to be
transmitted to the other side frame 12L through the inside branch
part 14a and the rear frame 13 along the first route A and another
load component Fb to be transmitted to the floor framework member
8 through the outside branch part 14b along the second route B.
Kitagawa, Yuichi
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.; January 18, 02005
#6843524
Apparatus able typically to transform a frame mounted on crawler
tracks into a pipe playing machine
An apparatus transforms a motorized frame mounted on crawler
tracks and having a rotatable horizontal platform, into a pipeline
laying machine or the like. A first structure is hinged to the
platform on a horizontal axis at one end, at its other end, has a
coupling intended to be secured to a track guide carriage. A
second structure which, at its free end carries a lifting member,
is hinged on a horizontal axis to the coupling.
Gelmi, Giuliano
Coris Di Gelmi Ing. Giuliano Societa in Accomandita Semplīce;
January 18, 02005
#6843619
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