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I mean its Chicago. It gets cold, it also gets hot but you wont be here when its really hot. The winter sucks, because you have to trudge through the snow to get to class and its cold and people are grumpy, but you survive there are worse things in life.
Chicago is indeed the Windy City. Also this year was a particularly bad winter with the Polar Vortex, but you will survive somehow.
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Recent DNA test results show "discrepancies between the new tests and evidence presented" at the trial of Gary Richard, 53, according to the office's press release. Richard's is the first of approximately 160 cases tied to allegedly faulty HPD crime lab analysis to go to court on a claim of actual innocence. If exonerated, he would be the fourth man to be cleared over faulty crime lab testing and testimony since 2003.
Prosecutors and Richard's defense attorney, Bob Wicoff, had previously "agreed to a motion for retesting of certain biological evidence" from his original case, according to the D.A.'s press release. Wicoff is the attorney overseeing the cases that were selected by an independent investigator as needing further scrutiny.
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(1) Comments | Posted February 9, 2016 | 4:03 PM
A Bernie-leaning family member just said to me: "Can't Bernie just be satisfied with "progressive"? I understand the semantics issue. I mean, it seems like just a year ago, the word "progressive"and even "liberal" were poison and best avoided if you seriously wanted to make it past Iowa.
So how do I convince my undecided, over-30 friends and family that "Democratic Socialism" may not be as scary or radical as it sounds? The only way I know: with a song. I did try my best "Schoolhouse Rocks" educational vibe.
Here she is:
Who is a democratic socialist?
If you don't know it, I would say it's most of us.
It's nothing to fear, just look in the mirror
You are a socialist too!
Are you for Social Security? "Certainly!
Are you for Medicare? "Glad it's there"
The schools and streets, the good cops on the beat
Don't forget the National Parks.
Who's not a democratic socialist?
Chairman Mao wasn't a democratic socialist
You won't be ordered to sing that Internationale song
Or wear black pajamas like the Viet Cong.
if you really think about it, it's not radical
You can still be filthy rich, not incompatible
There's plenty to spare, just throw in your share
Absolutely everyone deserves healthcare.
Who is a democratic socialist (most of us!)
Your granddad was a democratic socialist
The GI Bill, the WPA
Wonderful things made in the US of A.
You don't have to raise an angry clinched fist.
Although you might kinda look fierce if you did
You care about your fellow man, I know that you do:
You are a socialist, a democratic (in front of the) socialist, you are a socialist too.
(91) Comments | Posted November 16, 2011 | 11:19 AM
I wrote this song at the Netroots shindig for The Freedom From Fear Awards -- "a new national award that honors 15 ordinary people who have committed extraordinary acts of courage on behalf of immigrants and refugees -- individuals who have taken a risk, set an example, and inspired others...
(50) Comments | Posted November 9, 2011 | 8:37 PM
Jill: I had just heard from another (former working musician) friend that had recently been fired from their job and was having a hell of time finding another. They were at the end of their rope -- having to move back in with the parents. I joked that they had spent...
(57) Comments | Posted May 20, 2011 | 12:43 PM
I have always been fascinated by the end-time believers. I envy their strong faith and certainty, as well as their flexibility when the believed date of doom passes without even a small locust infestation.
I wrote "The Rapture" after buying one of those Left Behind books at an airport bookstore...
(1) Comments | Posted April 8, 2010 | 3:30 PM
Jill: My pal John Doe (of X and Knitters fame, etc) and I have decided to share a band for a day to record separate EPs -- although we will hopefully play on each others' as well. What's even better is that we will do it all in front of...
(0) Comments | Posted August 26, 2009 | 2:12 PM
A few years ago, Ted Kennedy called and left a message on my cell phone. At first, I thought it was my friend Mark who thought he was good at celebrity impressions, but it really was Ted -- accent and all. He personally wanted to thank me for playing an...
(69) Comments | Posted August 19, 2009 | 2:58 PM
"how DARE YOU. Calling Katy Perry a slut. srs. I'm so pissed at you right now. So are the rest of her fans. why did you do that?!"
"Hi gramma.. I mean Jill fuck face. You should probably get over yourself.. Your 1995 song. I kissed a girl is terrible"...
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After finally watching a few clips of the Michael Jackson memorial event, I thought about my own mortality and the fragility of life -- even if one doesn't take dangerous drugs that should only be administered by an anesthesiologist.
I realized that, not only do I need to write up...
(19) Comments | Posted May 27, 2009 | 1:23 PM
Last year, I was invited to play the All Things Digital conference. My opening act was... Rupert Murdoch -- how many female singer-songwriters can say that? Now as most people know, I am a bit of a lefty -- my record company is "Pinko Records", so it was somewhat disarming...
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Valentine's Day in grade school was basically stressful, a pain in the ass, and ultimately traumatic. You would have to give a valentine to everyone in class -- it was mandatory -- but the card's size or fanciness you'd give to each person was your decision. Neither my mom nor...
(186) Comments | Posted October 27, 2008 | 9:16 PM
I was very inspired by the videos of the crowds at the Palin Rallies. I thought I would go to a pro Prop 8 rally (with camera) to see if I could capture some golden hateful nuggets of sound bite. I didn't want to appear confrontational, so I looked in...
(63) Comments | Posted July 20, 2008 | 10:30 PM
I want to talk to you about an injustice. I know there are probably bigger problems facing our nation: gas prices, the mortgage crisis, the war, and... Andy Dick's arrest (for urinating in public and pulling down a girl's tank top). But there is one thing that has been bugging...
(10) Comments | Posted May 14, 2008 | 1:43 PM
At the time I was reading Arianna's new book, I was visiting my cousin (the lone Republican of the family) who made me listen to O'Reilly in the car -- as well as watch Glenn Beck on Headline News talking seriously to a guest about the "end times". So Arianna,...
(4) Comments | Posted November 26, 2007 | 9:24 AM
Here is a song about the writers' strike. I wrote it with my friend -- and fellow Provocateur -- Michelle Lewis. I was trying to get serious union with it -- in the lower part of my vocal range and in E minor (the angriest of all keys). Also, I...
(7) Comments | Posted November 22, 2007 | 5:51 PM
I was asked to write a song about Thanksgiving. Not an easy task. It's not the most exciting holiday. It doesn't inspire like Halloween or Hanukkah.
I could write about the Pilgrims and the Indians, and how they really were buddy buddy for one big dinner that included canned yams...
(38) Comments | Posted October 31, 2007 | 3:58 PM
Here's the lyrics-remember I only had one day to write the song. But I meant every word of it. Oh, also check out my pal Eban who brought in his Theremin:
(14) Comments | Posted August 28, 2007 | 5:26 PM
This song originated back in 1998 as a response to the then Gov. Bush's unbeatable record on the death penalty. During his six years as Governor of Texas, he presided over 152 executions, including that of Karla Faye Tucker. If I remember correctly, the Pope, as well as Pat...
(5) Comments | Posted January 18, 2007 | 1:52 PM
One of my favorite crazy right wing bloggers is Jim Rutz. His latest cause has been the danger of soy to our nation. It is the subject of his last five columns. He claims that soy has caused the feminization of our men folk and could be contributing to...
(14) Comments | Posted January 5, 2007 | 10:37 AM
The golfers are out. The Cherry Trees are blossoming. And, is it true that it is going to be around 69ºF this Saturday? Well, here is my almost happy song about global warming.
Click here to play:
(26) Comments | Posted November 3, 2006 | 7:41 PM
This song was written after an email conversation with an ex-gay minister. Last night, I sang it live at the Calvin Theatre, in North Hampton, in honor of...Pastor Ted Haggard.


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Giles Fraser: Paul Ryan's Faith in Ayn Rand is a Political Problem for RomneyRoundup: Media's Take
Dr Giles Fraser is priest-in-charge at St Mary's Newington in south London and the former canon chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral.
When I was a teenager, my American girlfriend at the time gave me Ayn Rand's cult novel Atlas Shrugged to read. It changed her life, she said. It changed mine, too. She was not my girlfriend by the morning. It was the most unpleasant thing I'd ever had the misfortune to read.
As a work of literature, Atlas Shrugged is drivel, and not simply because it is so up itself with its own perceived radicalism; fundamentally, all propaganda is drivel, even if it is propaganda in a good cause. Rand's cause was to celebrate what she called "the virtue of selfishness", to denigrate the poor as scroungers and to celebrate the muscular individualism of the creative heroes of capitalism. Altruism, she contends, is "complete evil". The question she poses: what would happen if all the bankers and captains of industry went on strike? What would happen if these Atlas-like gods, who hold up the world, decided one day to shrug and refuse to support everyone else? Then the world would be buggered, she contends. Atlas Shrugged is cheap pornography for the nastiest side of capitalism.
"The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand," said Mitt Romney's now running mate Paul Ryan four years ago. He also admitted he made all his interns read Atlas Shrugged, dishing them out as Christmas presents.
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|Dec 26, 1989
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|Dec 23, 1988
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|Dec 29, 1987
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|Takahiro Iwata
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|Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a system for controlling an internal combustion engine for motor vehicles equipped with an automatic transmission and more particularly relates to such a system for controlling an automotive engine output power in such a manner as to reduce an unpleasant shock experienced by the vehicle occupant at gear shifting.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In motor vehicles equipped with an automatic transmission, several speed gears each having a multi-disc hydraulic clutch are selectively engaged in sequence in accordance with vehicle operating conditions including for instance a vehicle road speed and an opening degree of the throttle valve. More specifically, solenoid valves are provided in the hydraulic passage such that the electrohydraulic valves will drain pressurized oil from one clutch and apply the next one in sequence when a shift controller determines gear shifting in response to the aforesaid vehicle speed and the throttle valve opening. In order to ensure smooth shifting, the hydraulic pressure must be suitably controlled for the clutches concerned and if failed, the engine tends to race undesirably. Further, due to a sudden change in clutch slippage, it may happen to cause the vehicle occupant to feel an unpleasant shock, so-called "jolting". Namely, when said one clutch being drained its oil as aforementioned, the clutch will begin to disengage and to slip. Assume that a case is the downshifting. If the next lower gear brought into engagement late, the engine speed rises excessively in the meanwhile. The racing engine is then coupled to the next gear, which causes a shock similar to that happens in a situation where a vehicle is struck from behind. Alternatively, if the gear is engaged too fast, the engine speed, still remaining in a relatively low engine speed, will be suddenly pulled up to the speed of the lower gear, which generates another shock like braking. Those shocks are called as the jolting as aforementioned. Although such a shock may happen when the vehicle is equipped with a manually shifted transmission, it will be less serious in the kind of the vehicle, since the driver is able to be skilled enough for avoiding occurrence of the shock.
In view of the above, attempts have been made to control engine output power during shifting so as to reduce the shock. An example of one such system was given in U.S. Pat. No. 4,266,447. In the system disclosed, an engine control unit, upon receipt of a shift signal from the shift controller, kept to reduce the engine output power for a period which was determined on the engine speed at that instance. The conventional system, however, had a drawback that it was so complicated in system structure. That is, the shift signal had to be supplied from the shift controller to the unit, which required troublesome signal processing in the unit. Another and more serious problems encountered in the system was that, the power transfer in the transmission was not monitored when determining engine output control. And instead, the state was presumed outside the transmission through the engine speed, which disadvantageously led it difficult to cope with a sudden change in the power transmission. Furthermore, since the control was initiated in the conventional system only when the shift signal was transmitted from the shift controller, the system was unable to avoid a shock caused by clutch slippage due to a reason other than the gear shifting and was accordingly helpless in preventing the vehicle occupant from feeling discomfort and also ineffective in avoiding an undue wear to clutch plates resulting from the clutch slippage. The prior art system, thus, leaves much to be desired.
In view of the aforesaid shortcomings of the conventional system, it is an object of the invention to provide a system for controlling an internal combustion engine for motor vehicles equipped with an automatic transmission, wherein the power transfer in the transmission is directly monitored and based upon the ascertained power transfer state, an engine output power is suitably controlled.
Another object of the invention is to provide a system for controlling an internal combustion engine for motor vehicles equipped with an automatic transmission, wherein the shift signal is no longer needed for initiating the engine output power control and no signal processing accompanied thereto is therefore required such that the system structure and arrangements thereof are made extremely simple.
Still another object of the invention is to provide a system for controlling an internal combustion engine for motor vehicles equipped with an automatic transmission, which is able to cope with a clutch slippage caused by any reasons including shifting, which would otherwise results in unpleasant shock to the vehicle occupant and undue wear to clutch plates or the like.
Still further object of the invention is to provide a system for controlling an internal combustion engine for motor vehicles equipped with an automatic transmission, which is capable of save unnecessary energy consumption including fuel supplied to the engine.
For achieving the objects, the invention provides a system for controlling an internal combustion engine for motor vehicles equipped with an automatic transmission. In the system, there are provided first means for detecting an operating condition of the engine, second means for receiving an output signal of the first means to determine an output force generated by the engine at the detected operating condition, third means for detecting an operating condition of the transmission and fourth means for receiving an output signal of the third means to determine a transmissible force of the transmission. Control means is provided for receiving output signals of the second and fourth means, the control means including comparison means comparing the signals with each other and controlling the engine based upon the comparison result.
These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as the description proceeds hereinbelow referring sometimes drawings accompanied herewith, wherein;
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing overall structure of the control system according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an engine control unit shown in FIG. 1 in greater detail;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram, similar to FIG. 2 but shows a detailed structure of a shift controller shown in FIG. 1; and
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of the control system according to the invention.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a control system according to the invention. In the drawing, the reference numeral 10 denotes a main engine body for motor vehicles. The main engine body 10 is connected with an air intake passage 12 having an air cleaner 14 attached to its far end. The flow rate of the intake air supplied to the engine via the air cleaner 14 and the air intake passage 12 is controlled by a throttle valve 16 which is in turn electronically connected to an accelerator pedal, not shown, located at the vehicle floor in the vicinity of the driver's seat. A fuel injection valve, not shown, for supplying fuel to the engine is provided at an appropriate portion of the air intake passage 12 in the vicinity of the combustion chamber, not shown, of the engine. The intake air mixed with the fuels enters the combustion chamber and after being compressed by a piston is ignited by a spark plug (neither shown). The fuel-air-mixture burns explosively and drives the piston. The driving force of the piston is converted into rotating motion which is made available at an engine output shaft 18.
The stage following the main engine body 10 is an automatic transmission 20. The output shaft 18 is connected with a torque converter 22 and is linked with its pump impeller 22a. A turbine runner 22b of the torque converter 22 is connected with a main shaft 24 (the transmission input shaft). A counter shaft 26, i.e. the transmission output shaft, is provided in parallel with the main shaft 24 and between the two shafts there are provided a 1st speed gear G1, a 2nd speed gear G2, a 3rd speed gear G3 and a 4th speed gear G4 and these gears are provided respectively with multi-disc clutches CL1, CL2, CL3 and CL4 all operable by a hydraulic pressure (the reverse gear and clutch are omitted from the drawing for simplicity). The 1st speed gear G1 is further provided with one-way clutch 28. A speed sensor 30 is provided in the proximity of the main shaft 24, which generates a signal at a predetermined angle of shaft rotation so as to indicate the revolution speed of the transmission input shaft. At appropriate locations of the hydraulic passage, not shown, connected to the clutches for supplying pressurized oil thereto, oil pressure sensors 32,34,36,38 are provided for detecting respectively the hydraulic pressure supplied to the clutches. Moreover, at an appropriate location near the transmission 20 there is provided a vehicle speed sensor 40, constituted as a reed switch or the like, for detecting the running speed of the vehicle. The sensor is also used for approximately measuring the revolution speed of the transmission output shaft 26, as will be explained at a later stage.
In the vicinity of a rotation member of the main engine body 10, e.g. a distributor or the like, there is provided a crankshaft angle sensor 42, constituted as an electromagnetic pickup or the like, which detects the position of the piston in terms of the crankshaft angular position and produces a signal once every prescribed number of degrees of crankshaft rotation. And, at an appropriate location near the air intake passage 12, a sensor 44 is provided to detect a load state of the engine through an absolute pressure of the drawn air. A sensor 46 is provided in a coolant water passage, not shown, of the engine for detecting its temperature and a similar sensor 48 is provided at an appropriate location at the air intake passage 12 for detecting a temperature of the air drawn into the engine. In the vicinity of the throttle valve 16 in the air intake passage 12, there is provided a throttle position sensor 50, constituted as a potentiometer or the like, for detecting a degree of opening of the throttle valve 16. The output signals of the sensors are sent to an engine control unit 56.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the unit in detail. As shown in the figure, the output signals in analog form generated by the pressure sensor 44 etc. input to the unit is first sent to a level conversion circuit 58 where they are amplified to a suitable level and are forwarded to a microcomputer 60. The microcomputer has an input port 60a, an A/D converter 60b, a CPU 60c, a ROM 60d, a RAM 60e and an output port 60f. The outputs from the level conversion circuit 58 are input to the A/D converter 60b whereby they are converted into digital values and the digital values are temporarily stored in the RAM. The digital signal sent from the crankshaft angle sensor 42 and the like input to the unit are wave shaped in a wave shaping circuit 62 and then input to the microcomputer through the input port to be temporarily stored in the RAM. On the basis of these raw values and calculated data therefrom, the CPU determines a command value for controlling the engine operation including an ignition timing, a fuel injection and an opening degree of throttle valve. Briefly explaining these controls from the ignition timing, the CPU retrieves a mapped valve stored in the ROM using the engine speed and engine load as address data and determines a basic ignition timing. The CPU then adjusts the basic ignition timing by the coolant temperature and the like to determine an optimum ignition timing for the current engine operation, which is thereafter applied via a 1st output circuit 64 and an ignition device 66 including an igniter to the spark plug so as to fire the air-fuel-mixture in the engine combustion chamber. With reference to the fuel injection, the CPU similarly retrieves a mapped value to determine a basic fuel supply in terms of an injection valve opening period and after adding appropriate corrections, the CPU applies the adjusted values, via a 2nd output circuit 68, to an injection device 70 which eventually drives the injection valve by an appropriate pulse duty ratio to open it for the required period so as to supply the fuel in the chamber. As regards the throttle valve control, the throttle valve 16 is arranged to be operable independently of the accelerator pedal depression within a given engine operation range. The CPU can thus determine the opening degree when the engine operation is in the range and apply the command signal to a throttle valve actuator 72 via a 3rd output circuit 74. The actuator 72 includes a pulse motor connected to the throttle valve and a driver circuit therefor, neither shown, and drives the throttle valve 16 in the direction by the degree as required.
Referring again to FIG. 1, there is illustrated a shift controller 80 which controls the gear shifting occurred in the transmission 20. For the controller, a range selector switch 82 is provided for detecting a range selected by the driver. An output signal of the switch 82 as well as the aforesaid vehicle speed sensor 40 and the throttle position sensor 50 is sent to the shift controller 80.
FIG. 3 shows the details of the shift controller 80 which is similar to the engine control unit 56 before mentioned. Namely, the output signals of the sensors 40, 50, 82 are forwarded to a level conversion circuit 84 or a wave shaping circuit 86, then input to a second microcomputer 90 via its input port 90a or an A/D converter 90b and are temporarily stored in a RAM 90e. In the microcomputer, a CPU 90c loads gear shift programs stored in a ROM 90d using the degree of throttle opening and the vehicle road speed as address data as is well known in the art and determines a gear to be shifted and instant of shifting. The determined command is then sent to a shift actuator 92 via an output port 90f and an output circuit 94. The actuator 92 has a circuit which, upon receipt of the shift signal, energizes/deenergizes magnetic solenoids for shift valves located in the hydraulic passage such that the electrohydraulic valve will drain pressurized oil from a clutch and apply the next one in sequence.
Now referring to a flowchart shown in FIG. 4, a mode of operation of the system shall be explained hereinbelow. The program illustrated here is carried out by the engine control unit 56. That is, the unit repeatedly calculates the ignition timing etc. in sequence and is interrupted to initiate the program once per predetermined time interval such as 30 ms or once per a predetermined crankshaft angular position.
In the first step S10 of the flowchart, the transmission input shaft speed and the vehicle speed, here labeled as "NM" and "V" in the flow chart, are read out from the RAM and in the next step S12, the ratio R therebetween is calculated. As mentioned earlier, a speed sensor for detecting the transmission output shaft speed is omitted in the interest of structural simplicity and instead, the vehicle speed is used, after added by necessary conversion, for obtaining an approximate value of the transmission output shaft speed, since the vehicle road speed is nearly proportional to the output shaft speed. Therefore, the ratio R means;
Ratio R=transmission input shaft speed/transmission output shaft speed
The procedure goes thereafter to step S14 at which the ratio is compared with a predetermined reference value Rref so as to determine whether or not the current gear speed is the 1st. The reason why such a decision step is interposed here is that as will be explained later, the engine operation will be controlled by comparing a torque available from the engine with a torque transmissible in the transmission and for comparison, the transmissible torque is calculated from parameters including the hydraulic pressure exerted on a clutch or clutches being engaged at that instant. Since the one-way clutch 28 in the 1st speed gear always remains engaged even when the other speed gear is in operation and at such circumstance, the one-way clutch does play no role for the power transmission. For that purpose, the reference value Rref should be a value enough for being capable of discriminating whether or not the current speed gear is really the 1st. It is promised here that the reference value has been experimentally obtained and stored in the ROM.
When it is confirmed in step S14 that the ratio exceeds the reference value so that the current speed gear is the 1st, the procedure then advances to step S16 where the hydraulic pressure (kg/cm2), labeled as "Pc11", exerted on the 1st clutch CL1 is read out from the RAM. At the same time, a friction coefficient (labeled as "Muc11") of the 1st clutch and an entire surface area (labeled as "Sc11") (cm2) of the 1st clutch engageable with each other are read out from the ROM. It is also promised here that the friction coefficient and the engageable surface area are predetermined date which have been obtained through experiments and stored in the memory. Based upon the data, at step S18 next, the torque transmissible through the 1st clutch, labeled as "Tc11", is calculated as follows;
Tcl1=f (Pcl1, Mucl1, Scl1) (kg�m)
The above mentioned "the torque transmissible through the 1st clutch" is used here as a value indicating a maximum torque the 1st clutch is able to transfer between the transmission input and output shafts. In other words, it may possibly be said that the torque will mean the maximum value of the torque against which the 1st clutch can bear or stand. The calculation of the torque Tcl1 has been experimentally obtained and stored in a memory. To be more specific, the friction coefficient Mucl1 and the engageable surface area Scl1 have been stored in a map in the ROM with respect to the hydraulic pressure Pcl1 such that the torque Tcl1 can be retrieved from the map using the measured pressure Pcl1 as address data.
When it is confirmed at step S14 that the current gear speed is not the 1st, the procedure goes to step S20 where the output signals of the oil pressure sensors for the other three clutches CL2, CL3, CL4 are read out from the RAM to determine similar hydraulic pressures Pcl2, Pcl3, Pcl4 for the clutches. Also, friction coefficients Mucl2, Mucl3, Mucl4 and engageable surface areas Scl2, Scl3, Scl4 for the three clutches are read out from the ROM. And next in step S22, transmissible torque Tcl2, Tcl3, Tcl4 are calculated in the same manner as was explained with reference to the 1st clutch. That is;
Tcl2-4=f (Pcl2-4, Mucl2-4, Scl2-4 ) (kg�m)
Since there may be a case where two clutches are engaged concurrently, the torque should be calculated for all three clutches and the resultant values will be summed up. To be explained more specifically, the measured pressure Pcl2, Pcl3, Pcl4 are respectively compared with a reference value and when any one among them exceeds the value, the clutch corresponding thereto is deemed to be in operation. Then the friction coefficient and engageable surface area for the clutch concerned are read out for the torque calculation. Next, in step S24, the engine speed Ne and the intake air pressure Pba are read out from the RAM to determine the current operating condition of the engine and in step S26, the torque Teng available from the determined engine condition is calculated as follows:
Teng=f (Ne, Pba)(kg�m)
It is similarly promised here that the calculation of the torque based upon the engine speed and the engine load have been experimentally obtained and stored in a map in the ROM such that it can be retrieved using the engine speed and load as address data, similarly as the calculation of the torque Tcln.
Next in step S28, the retrieved engine output torque Teng is compared with the aforesaid transmissible torque Tcln and if it is affirmed that the engine output torque Teng exceeds the transmissible torque Tcln, the procedure goes to step S30 where it is determined that engine power should be decreased such that the engine torque is equal to or less than the transmissible torque. On the other hand if the engine output torque is found to be less than the transmissible torque, the procedure advances to step s32 where the engine power is decided to increase until the engine torque reaches the transmissible torque. In order to adjust the engine power as determined, the ignition timing, the fuel injection and the opening degree of the throttle valve are controlled solely or in combination. For example, when the ignition timing is to be controlled, the ignition timing will be retarded by a given amount and thereafter restored in the advancing direction when engine power increase is determined. The retard amount may be varied depending upon a deviation between the torque Teng and the torque Tcln or may be fixed to a constant value. An advancing amount will be decided similarly. Alternatively, when the throttle valve is to be controlled, the throttle valve will be driven in the closing direction for engine power reduction or driven in the opening direction for power increase by an amount determined similarly as that in the ignition timing. The fuel injection will be used for the same purpose. At that instance, the injection period will be shortened for the power reduction and vice versa. Fuel may be alternatively cut for the power reduction.
It should be noted that in the flowchart the engine power is restricted to the extent that the transmission is able to transfer to the vehicle wheels. In other words, the calculation steps for the torque Tcln (S10-S22) are assigned a priority over those for the torque Teng (S24-S26) in the flowchart. Hence, any clutch slippage will no longer cause any inconvenience both to the vehicle occupant and clutch component. Furthermore, since the shift signal from the shift controller is no longer needed, the system structure can thus be simplified and any shock resulting from a reason other than the shifting can be avoided. Unnecessary energy consumption including fuel supplied to the engine is effectively reduced.
The present invention has thus been shown and described with reference to the specific embodiments. However, it should be noted that the present invention is in no way limited to the details of the described arrangements but changes and modifications may be made on any system included in the power train of the motor vehicle without departing from the scope of the appended claims.
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|Aug 20, 1996
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|Eaton Corporation
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|Sep 4, 2001
|Eaton Corporation
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|Oct 30, 2001
|Eaton Corporation
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|May 17, 1999
|Oct 21, 2003
|Eaton Corporation
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|Jan 10, 2006
|Miyama, Inc.
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|Jul 25, 2003
|Jul 29, 2004
|Katsuaki Minami
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|U.S. Classification
|477/101, 477/110, 477/109
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Dec 23, 1988
Owner name: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, A CORP. OF JAP
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Phone on or off when charging?
Which is better? If I charge it while it is on it takes longer. With it off it will charge slower. I really have no idea if it is better for prolonging the battery.
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Re: Phone on or off when charging?
So you're saying it charges slow whether on or off? I always charge my devices while they're on so I don't miss any notifications.
General tips for increasing lithium ion battery longevity include not overcharging unnecessarily and not constantly draining the battery til the phone shuts off. OTH, some say it's good to fully drain the battery once every few weeks.
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Never mind what you are plugged into; while you are charging tap Settings -> Battery and look at the top line of the screen. Does it say "Charging (AC)" or does it say "Charging (USB)"? If it says USB even though you are plugged into a wall outlet, then your charger brick is not the correct one or your USB cable does not support high-current charging and needs to be replaced.
If you are trying to charge using your computer's (or another device's USB port), then you should expect very slow charging or even negative charging if you are trying to use the phone at the same time.
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Should make no difference because the charge rate should be the same (at least, it is if you are using the factory charger). Turning the phone off would be silly, IMHO.
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I notice when I leave it plugged into after it is fully charged for a few more hours and let it trickle charge I get much better standby time. I posted about this earlier but I have a issue when I unplug it right after it is charged I get 1% drain after 10 minutes but leaving it plugged in a few more hours lets say overnight I get 1% drain on standby after a couple of hours.
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It is good to charge with phone off, it will charge faster. But if you are not actively using the phone, there should be no big difference.
Practically it is very inconvenience to charge with phone off. I think the most you should do it is to put the phone of standby status.
Save battery and still can receive any required communication.
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"Once she's talked about she's done for." Lily Bart knew all of the rules of society, but she refused to follow them, out of pride, naiveness, stubbornness and integrity. This led to her downfall. This book demonstrated the snobbishness and hypocrisy of the society in which Lily lived, but she did not rebel against it, in fact she was raised to be a part of it and loved the glitter and comfort and wanted more of the same. However, she suffered from the problem of being a poor relation with expensive tastes. Opportunities for women were very limited and marriage was the only viable option for Lily to obtain the life she desired. Unfortunately, her miscalculations and missed opportunities made it impossible for her to achieve her goal. Lily's inability to climb her way out of her situation led to a very tragic story.
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Completely fantastic and entirely entertaining. Lily Bart is such a memorable character and Wharton's descriptions of her inner life and the social workings around her are so perfectly specific, many of them feelings I've felt but never could articulate so perfectly. Thank you Katie for giving it to me!
To this day, I have not been able to read the last third of this book. I know what happens in the end, but I just can't make myself read it. The sensitive way Wharton wrote Lily Bart and Arthur, the subtle nuances and social cues she managed to capture on paper, are awe inspiring. This was the first story by Wharton I ever read, and even though it depressed and infuriated me, I was hooked on her from then on.
(8) Oh, loved this. Lilly Bart is a 29yo socialite who is from a good family - 'old money' in early 20th century Manhattan - but orphaned without a substantial income of her own, yet brought up in luxury. So of course she must marry well. She is very beautiful, graceful, socially adept - yet still unattached. Lilly is her own worst enemy and can't quite bring herself to break the chains that bind her, nor give in to the yoke. This is the best of three popular Edith Wharton books I have read ('Age of Innocence' and 'Ethan Frome').
Very well written with ironic, lovely, and at times bitter prose. Wharton creates a vivd world of the Manhattan uppercrust - so snobby, so affected, so clueless really but brilliantly depicted. My version had an excellent introduction written by Anna Quindlen who said something to the effect of - 'so many scenes where you just wanted to raise the windows and let some fresh air into those stuffy drawing rooms.' I just loved Lawrence Selden and just could not for the life of me find my way through the ending. Wharton writes a helluva tragic denouement and this novel is no exception. I wanted so much better for Lilly. Wharton created a very believable, flawed, and memorable heroine. She is a master at creating weak-willed rather stupid men - over indulged fat babies who still somehow manage to rule the world with their plethoric, sweaty jowls, their tight wallets, and their petty judgements.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0486420493, Paperback)"The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth," warns Ecclesiastes 7:4, and so does the novel by Edith Wharton that takes its title from this call to heed. New York at the turn of the century was a time of opulence and frivolity for those who could afford it. But for those who couldn't and yet wanted desperately to keep up with the whirlwind, like Wharton's charming Lily Bart, it was something else altogether: a gilded cage rather than the Gilded Age.
One of Wharton's earliest descriptions of her heroine, in the library of her bachelor friend and sometime suitor Lawrence Selden, indicates that she appears "as though she were a captured dryad subdued to the conventions of the drawing room." Indeed, herein lies Lily's problem. She has, we're told, "been brought up to be ornamental," and yet her spirit is larger than what this ancillary role requires. By today's standards she would be nothing more than a mild rebel, but in the era into which Wharton drops her unmercifully, this tiny spark of character, combined with numerous assaults by vicious society women and bad luck, ultimately renders Lily persona non grata. Her own ambivalence about her position serves to open the door to disaster: several times she is on the verge of "good" marriage and squanders it at the last moment, unwilling to play by the rules of a society that produces, as she calls them, "poor, miserable, marriageable girls.
Lily's rather violent tumble down the social ladder provides a thumbnail sketch of the general injustices of the upper classes (which, incidentally, Wharton never quite manages to condemn entirely, clearly believing that such life is cruel but without alternative). From her start as a beautiful woman at the height of her powers to her sad finale as a recently fired milliner's assistant addicted to sleeping drugs, Lily Bart is heroic, not least for her final admission of her own role in her downfall. "Once--twice--you gave me the chance to escape from my life and I refused it: refused it because I was a coward," she tells Selden as the book draws to a close. All manner of hideous socialite beasts--some of whose treatment by Wharton, such as the token social-climbing Jew, Simon Rosedale, date the book unfortunately--wander through the novel while Lily plummets. As her tale winds down to nothing more than the remnants of social grace and cold hard cash, it's hard not to agree with Lily's own assessment of herself: "I have tried hard--but life is difficult, and I am a very useless person. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence. I was just a screw or a cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else." Nevertheless, it's even harder not to believe that she deserved better, which is why The House of Mirth remains so timely and so vital in spite of its crushing end and its unflattering portrait of what life offers up. --Melanie Rehak
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ATLANTIC CITY - Bader Field, the city's defunct municipal airport, will likely remain a part of the new Tourism District, an official with the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority said.
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