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https://drivepatents.com/patents/1079858 · 23 Feb 2005
Accelerated heating of automotive exhaust system components is effected by controlling the application of supplemental electrical loads to the vehicle electrical system thereby increasing engine load and increasing exhaust heat. Alternative strategies are ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1080128 · 9 Feb 2005
Low load operating point for a direct-injection controlled auto-ignition four-stroke internal combustion engine is reduced without compromising combustion stability through a split-injection control operative to introduce a first fuel fraction, air and exh...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1080990 · 5 Jan 2005
Low load operating point for a controlled auto-ignition four-stroke internal combustion engine is reduced without compromising combustion stability through a valve control operative to establish sub-atmospheric pressure conditions within the combustion cha...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1081174 · 29 Dec 2004
A vehicle (10) driven by a homogeneous-charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine (12) includes a fuel supply that supplies a hydrocarbon fuel in a first amount and an acetylene supply that supplies an acetylene-based component in a second amount. A cylinde...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1083062 · 20 Oct 2004
A double walled fuel line connects diesel fuel injectors in a common rail system. An inner line carries high pressure fuel from a fuel pump to the fuel injectors. Low pressure return fuel flows back through an outer fuel line which acts as a return line. T...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1083242 · 13 Oct 2004
A turbocharger rotor has a turbine wheel (12) and shaft (32), a compressor wheel (14) and adapter (50) and a separate thrust runner clamped (16) together by a fastener rod (18). The adapter (50) is piloted on the shaft (32) and the thrust runner (16) is pi...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1083371 · 6 Oct 2004
An energy absorbing assembly (10) includes a covering (12); and a shape memory material (14) in operative communication with the covering (12), wherein the shape memory material (14) has a first shape attached to an underside of the covering (12) and is op...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1083354 · 6 Oct 2004
A side-slip velocity estimation module (62) for a vehicle stability enhancement control system (12) includes a side-slip acceleration estimation module (78) that determines an estimated side-slip acceleration of a vehicle. A limited-frequency integrator (8...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1085009 · 11 Aug 2004
An integrated chassis control system (100) for a vehicle (10) having at least one vehicle subsystem (50,60,70) is provided, which includes; at least one sensor (110,120,130,140,150) for sensing at least one vehicle parameter, at least one vehicle control s...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1085770 · 7 Jul 2004
A vehicle stability enhancement (VSE) system for a vehicle having at least one vehicle subsystem includes; at least one sensor for sensing at least one vehicle parameter, at least one vehicle control system for adjusting the at least one vehicle subsystem,...