Patents Represented by Attorney Baker Hosteter LLP
  • Patent number: 7413526
    Abstract: An automatic shifting-operation control system having an engine control unit that controls the operation of an engine by a signal of an intake air amount detected by intake air amount detecting unit which detects an intake air amount of an engine, and which includes one or both of a vehicle speed limiting function for reducing a fuel injection amount to suppress a driving speed of a vehicle to a speed equal to or less than a predetermined limited value, and a cruise control function for setting the driving speed of the vehicle to an optional constant speed capable of allowing an automatic cruise of the vehicle, and a transmission control unit configured to control a transmission in accordance with a driving state of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Kitamura, Akihisa Hayashi, Yuuichi Ichikawa, Isao Okamoto, Osamu Isobe