Patents Examined by David Devine
  • Patent number: 6325365
    Abstract: A vibration mechanism includes a repulsive magneto-spring made up of at least two permanent magnets 22, 24, 36, 38. In this vibration mechanism, the spring constant of the magneto-spring is set to approximately zero by appropriately selecting the relationship of one of the permanent magnets 22, 24, 36, 38 relative to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Delta Tooling Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Etsunori Fujita, Seiji Kawasaki, Shigeyuki Kojima
  • Patent number: 6273529
    Abstract: A system including a method for improving the driving performance of a vehicle when braking during cornering comprises the following steps: detecting cornering and the direction of cornering, determining the rolling characteristics of individual wheels, if necessary, influencing the braking pressure of the brake on one wheel or on several wheels according to the rolling characteristics of these wheels, checking the driving condition of the vehicle with respect to whether instability prevails, and modifying the braking pressure of at least one brake of a wheel when an instability is detected during a cornering maneuver extending for a time period that reaches a threshold time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Jürgen Woywod, Dirk Waldbauer, Georg Roll