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https://drivepatents.com/patents/1097149 · 2 Apr 2003
A fuel tank vapor vent system for a motor vehicle having a float operated vent valve in the tank top for permitting fuel vapor flow through a vapor conduit to a remote storage canister. A filler nozzle seal (32) in the tank filler neck (24) seals about the...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1097343 · 26 Mar 2003
The float (32) has an elastomeric valve disk with an annular bead rim (48) caged for limited lost motion movement on the top of the float. A rigid backing plate (50) for the valve disk is pivoted on a curved surface (52) on the top of the float to ensure s...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1097969 · 5 Mar 2003
Arcing in dc electrical systems (1) subject to cyclic disturbances is detected by a current sensor (13), and a bandpass filter (17) sensitive to arcing noise, which filters the sensor current. The absolute value of the bandpass filtered signal (19) is inte...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1097815 · 5 Mar 2003
A control system/method for controlling a vehicle drive-train system (20) including an internal combustion engine (28), a transmission (22) and a centrifugal clutch (30) for drivingly coupling an engine output (136) to a transmission input shaft (38). A sy...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1098751 · 29 Jan 2003
An apparatus (10) for producing an image of an object (12) which is illuminated by a pulse of artificial light and by ambient light. That apparatus (10) has a two dimensional array (15) of photodetector elements (20) each of which includes a semiconductor ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1098851 · 22 Jan 2003
The present invention relates in general to systems used to determine whether airbag deployment should be disabled or modified due to the proximity of the occupant to the airbag. In particular, the present invention is an image processing system that uses ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1099062 · 15 Jan 2003
A load bearing solenoid operated valve (10) having a one piece body (12) with threads on opposite ends thereof for connection to a system placing the valve in tension or compression. An inlet port (14) is formed in one end of the body and a plurality of cr...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1100023 · 4 Dec 2002
An occupant classification system (10) utilizes a rules-based expert system (44) to automatically classify the occupant (18) of a seat (20) for the purposes of airbag deployment. The invention provides users with the ability to create, test, and modify the...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1099946 · 4 Dec 2002
A control system (60) and calibration method are provided for a vehicle drive line having an automated master friction clutch (14). The control system (60) utilizes engine torque data supplied by a serial communication data link to identify a clutch contro...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1100594 · 6 Nov 2002
A system and method for testing an airbag proximity suppression system is disclosed. The testing system includes a positioning system (114) that controls movement of an occupant model (107) inside of a vehicle and toward a suppression zone (103). A proximi...