About 308 results
Showing the first 200 results.
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1101171 · 9 Oct 2002
The method involves reducing the engine power and/or torque and/or exerting a braking torque to maintain a predefined speed limit value if the current vehicle speed approaches or exceeds the speed limit value. The speed limit regulation measures are tempor...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1101169 · 9 Oct 2002
The crankshaft has an eccentric sleeve (4) rotatably mounted on the crankpin (3) and engaging with a drive gear so that it rotates only with activation of the drive gear relative to the crankpin. The drive gear is formed by a motor (7) with a worm (6), whe...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1101136 · 9 Oct 2002
A side or B-pillar 14 for an automobile 12 includes lower, middle and upper portions 16, 40 and 20. The middle portion 40 is disposed generally inwardly to create a void 42 between the upper portion 20 and an upper part 36 of an adjacent door 32 thereby in...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1101109 · 9 Oct 2002
The method involves feeding the waste heat from the engine (16) to the cabin (21) of the vehicle. The temperature of the engine is measured directly or indirectly and if the temperature is less than a first threshold the air feed to the engine is choked to...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1101401 · 2 Oct 2002
A torque based cam timing system and method for an engine having dual independent camshafts is disclosed that includes a two sets of ROM based calibration tables containing values for intake valve closing and valve overlap, a first set for best fuel econom...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1101393 · 2 Oct 2002
A method of operating an alternator 120 of a motor vehicle includes the steps of monitoring an amount of stored electrical energy available to operate the vehicle, estimating a vehicle electrical load, and regulating an output of the alternator 120 based a...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1101297 · 2 Oct 2002
A fuel metering method is described for setting a desired air-to-fuel ratio in the combustible mixture to a controlled auto-ignition engine in which intake air is admitted through a wide open throttle and controlled indirectly by varying the mass of residu...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1101547 · 25 Sep 2002
The invention relates to a length-adjustable connecting rod (1), in which a piston part (2) and a shaft part (9) are telescopically inserted into one another. The piston part and shaft part can be locked together at specific lengths by means of bolts (5a, ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1101473 · 25 Sep 2002
The electromechanical coupling device is operable as an electric motor and as a generator and has a bearer (3) with electrical energy feed connections, a rotatable input shaft (6) with at least a first magnet arrangement (1) and at least one other magnet a...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1101831 · 11 Sep 2002
An internal combustion engine is described having exhaust and intake poppet valves having opening and closing events relative to the rotation of the engine crankshaft that are selectable such that the engine may be switched between a two-stroke mode and a ...