Data recording method for a marine propulsion device
A data recording method, in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of providing first and second groups of data logs. The data logs can be three in numb... Read More
Inventors: Snyder, Richard H.; Haddad, Robert E.; Basso, Steven M.;, Assignee: Brunswick Corporation (Lake Fores, IL) |
Flight control indicator for an aircraft, in particular a transport airplane, intended to supply the thrust generated by at least one engine of the aircraft
1. A flight control indicator for an aircraft, intended to supply the thrust (THR) generated by at least one engine of the aircraft, said flight control indicator (1) comprising: information sources (... Read More
Inventors: Andre, Joan; Joye, Jacky; Malagoli, Armand; Moulis, Franç, Assignee: Airbus France (Toulouse, FR) |
Auxiliary drive for pedal-driven road vehicles
What is claimed is: 1. An electric auxiliary drive for a pedal-driven road vehicle comprising: an electric motor; a rechargeable multicell battery to power said motor; switch means to control said mot... Read More
Inventors: Goldenfeld, Iliya;, Assignee: Kibbutz Gordonia Hulda (Mobile Post Ayalon, IL) |
Electrically powered bicycle
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides an electrically powered bicycle with a motor for outputting a required auxiliary driving force in accordance with r... Read More
Inventors: Matsumoto, Toshihiro; Tanaka, Tatsuaki; Suhara, Toshihiro;, Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Control for electric power assisted vehicle
This invention is adapted to be embodied in a power assisted vehicle that is comprised of a body forming a rider's area. A manually operated device is incorporated in the body for receiving a manual f... Read More
Inventors: Takata, Nozomu;, Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha (Iwata, JP) |
Motor-driven vehicle control apparatus
According to a first aspect of the present invention, a control apparatus including a control unit is provided for a motor-driven vehicle. The control unit, when a manual driving force a person applie... Read More
Inventors: Ishida, Yoshinobu;, Assignee: Nabco Limited (JP) |
Moving apparatus with drive power assisting device and movement controlling method
OF CERTAIN PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION This invention will be described below by taking the example applied to, as a moving apparatus, a motor-operated bicycle moved by human power in an o... Read More
Inventors: Hayashi, Toshiro; Nanae, Yuichi; Hayashi, Hiroyoshi; Katagiri, Ichiro; Sato, Naomasa; Endo, Tetsuo; Itoh, Hiroyuki;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Torque detecting apparatus
The present invention has been achieved to fully solve the above problems by way of providing a novel torque detecting apparatus capable of correctly detecting actual torque with a simple structure an... Read More
Inventors: Ooshima, Syunji; Eguchi, Yasuhito; Sato, Naomasa; Tanina, Shoji; Hayashi, Toshiro;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Method and device for stabilizing a vehicle equipped with a slip-controlled brake system
The present invention provides a method and a device using an alternative controlled variable other than wheel slip so that measures to influence the wheels can be implemented on the basis of this alt... Read More
Inventors: Koch, Matthaeus; Ullmann, Steffen; Poggenburg, Ruediger; Lah, Oliver; Diehle, Stefan;, Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, DE) |
Method and device for situation-dependent and driver-dependent attenuation of ESP stabilization measures
In vehicle dynamics control (VDC) systems (ESP=electronic stability program), the driver selects a desired driving performance by selecting the steering angle. A setpoint for the yaw rate is calculate... Read More
Inventors: Hartmann, Uwe;, Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, DE) |
Video technique for indicating moving objects from a movable platform
Any movement detected in the images of a scene viewed by a stationary video camera, such as the video camera employed in the surveillance apparatus disclosed in the aforesaid U.S. Pat. No. 4,692,806,... Read More
Inventors: Burt, Peter J.;, Assignee: David Sarnoff Research Center, Inc. (Princeton, NJ) |
Method of matching retention times among multiple chromatographic system
FIG. 1a depicts the major steps of the RTL II method 100. A reference chromatographic method including all assay parameters, such as column type, mobile phase type or composition, column head pressur... Read More
Inventors: Quimby, Bruce D.; Klee, Matthew S.; Dryden, Paul C.; Axelson, Elmer A.;, Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) |
Method and system for estimating vehicle speed reference value
It is a principal object of the present invention to provide an improved spin-up detection system. It is a further object of the present invention to overcome the limitations of the prior art anti-loc... Read More
Inventors: Weber, Darryl C.;, Assignee: Kelsey-Hayes Company (Livonia, MI) |
Wheel information estimating apparatus
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a wheel information estimating apparatus which is able to estimate a specific kind of information relating to a tired wheel of a motor veh... Read More
Inventors: Ohashi, Hideki; Kawai, Hiroyuki; Kojima, Hiroyoshi; Umeno, Takaji; Asano, Katsuhiro; Naito, Toshiharu; Onogi, Nobuyoshi;, Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota, JP); Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho (Aichi-gun, JP) |
Optical circuit switched protocol
To overcome the limitations in the prior art described above, and to overcome other limitations that will become apparent upon reading and understanding the present specification, the present inventio... Read More
Inventors: Monacos, Steve P.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the (Washington, DC) |
In-vehicle network management using virtual networks
The present invention provides an on-board vehicle network and method for operating the network which permits an ECU to activate the other ECUs used for a particular vehicle control task without havin... Read More
Inventors: Millsap, Arnold W.; Forest, Thomas Michael; Hansson, Peter H. G.; Anderson, Anthony; Nakis, George D;, Assignee: General Motors Corporation (Detroit, MI) |
Enhanced flight control systems and methods for a jet powered tri-mode aircraft
One embodiment of the present invention includes a jet-powered tri-mode aircraft capable of automatically transitioning from a helicopter mode to a compound mode to a fixed-wing mode without any inter... Read More
Inventors: Osder, Stephen S.; Thompson, Thomas L.;, Assignee: The Boeing Company (Mesa, AZ) |
Angle sensor which makes it possible to prevent rattling caused by backlash between gears inside the angle sensor
To overcome the aforementioned conventional problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide an angle sensor which can detect the angle of rotation of a rotary member with high precision ... Read More
Inventors: Okumura, Hirofumi;, Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Vehicular steering device
The present invention aims at providing a vehicular steering device that detects a grip factor of a steered wheel besides conventional vehicle state quantities, does not perform the unnecessary interv... Read More
Inventors: Kato, Hiroaki; Momiyama, Minekazu; Ohta, Takayuki; Yasui, Yoshiyuki; Imoto, Yuzo; Aizawa, Hiroaki; Ono, Eiichi; Muragishi, Yuji;, Assignee: Toyoda Koki Kabushiki Kaisha (Kariya, JP); Advics Co., Ltd. (Kariya, JP) |
Tactical route planning method for use in simulated tactical engagements
In order to provide for the above-mentioned improvement, the present invention provides a method that is used to determine a good path from a vehicle's initial position to a goal position, which metho... Read More
Inventors: Short, Lee O.;, Assignee: Hughes Simulation Systems, Inc. (Arlington, TX) |
Simulated amphibious vehicular environments "save" system trainer
I claim: 1. Simulated amphibious vehicular environment (SAVE) trainer, providing storage and transport facilities for crews and small craft launchable therefrom and recoverable thereby, comprising a w... Read More
Inventors: Cabana, Jacqueline;, Assignee: |
Apparatus and method for measuring buried ferromagnetic objects with a high accuracy of position and in synchronization with a sync pulse provided by a global positioning system
The present invention is a ground-based, non-intrusive, highly mobile system capable of effectively and efficiently characterizing large areas in a short time, at a reduced unit cost, and with good pr... Read More
Inventors: Russell, Richard J.; Crandall, Alan L.; Siegel, Robert M.; Foley, John E.; Glenn, Thomas A.; Gorman, Thomas J.;, Assignee: Geo-Centers, Inc. (Newton Centre, MA) |
Method and device for preventing collisions with the ground for an aircraft
We claim: 1. In an aerial navigation aid device, the improvement comprising: (a) mass memory means for storing a data base representing at least a substantial part of the terrestrial globe, in a cutou... Read More
Inventors: Chazelle, Xavier; Hunot, Anne-Marie; Lepere, Gerard;, Assignee: Dassault Electronique (Saint Cloud, FR) |
Incremental route calculation
The present invention provides a way in which an intermediate route may be determined to a location between the initial starting or source location and the final destination. The user of a vehicle nav... Read More
Inventors: Liaw, Jeff Jyh-Min; Desai, Simon Peter; Tamai, Haruhisa;, Assignee: Zexel Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Altitude sparse aircraft display
The invention provides a system, method, apparatus, and computer program product for avoiding aircraft collisions with stationary obstacles. According to the invention the aircraft is provided with a ... Read More
Inventors: Tognazzini, Bruce;, Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) |
System for recalculating a path
The present invention, roughly described, provides for a system for finding a new path from a new origin to a destination in a network using an electronic representation of the network after a deviati... Read More
Inventors: Poppen, Richard Frederick; Fernandez, Rodney Jude;, Assignee: Etak, Inc. (Menlo Park, CA) |
System for determination of optimal travel path in a multidimensional space
The present automated vehicle travel path determination system computes a travel path for a vehicle, which travel path extends from an origination point to a destination point and is determined based... Read More
Inventors: Myers, William Loring;, Assignee: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, CO) |
Method for automatically controlling a vehicle for the lateral avoidance of a fixed zone
The objective of the present invention is to eliminate these drawbacks. It is also aimed at determining the new route to be followed, while reducing as far as possible the distance to be travelled. Fo... Read More
Inventors: Deker, Guy;, Assignee: Sextant Avionique (Velizy Villacoublay, FR) |
Computation of routes for bounding overwatch operations
What is claimed is: 1. A computer method for determining the routes of at least first and second entities, operating as a team, toward an objective location in a threat environment having topological ... Read More
Inventors: Szczerba, Robert Joseph;, Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corp. (Owego, NY) |
Control apparatus, control method, and engine control unit
The present invention has been made to solve the foregoing problem, and it is an object of the invention to provide a control apparatus, a control method, and an engine control unit which are capable ... Read More
Inventors: Yasui, Yuji;, Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Navigation and GPS 
