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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
David P Ganoung, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74858 ; 74866 ; 3644241 ;
Abstract
Engine and transmission control apparatus for use in passenger cars and other applications includes a throttle-and-gear-ratio control system and a special calibration of the engine fuel metering system, both being oriented toward maximum fuel economy. Although the engine calibration was originated for use with the continuously variable type of transmission, the apparatus is instead intended for use with discrete-ratio transmissions. The throttle-and-gear-ratio control system makes only small sacrifices in fuel economy in order to significantly reduce the number of gearshifts executed by the transmission.