Patents by Inventor Curtis Maas

Curtis Maas has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Articulation covering complete range of steering angles in automatic articulation feature
    Patent number: 9428884
    Abstract: An controller uses one of several transfer curves to map steering angle of an articulated machine to articulation angle. Because an articulated machine may have a range of steering angles that is much greater than the range of articulation angles, the controller uses one of several techniques to map the full range of steering angles to the full range of articulation angles. One technique involves multiple non-zero slope regions, another technique uses a less than one-to-one linear transfer function of steering angle to articulation angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Amit Sharma, Steven C. Budde, Curtis Maas, Matt I. Moul
  • ARTICULATION COVERING COMPLETE RANGE OF STEERING ANGLES IN AUTOMATIC ARTICULATION FEATURE
    Publication number: 20150259882
    Abstract: An controller uses one of several transfer curves to map steering angle of an articulated machine to articulation angle. Because an articulated machine may have a range of steering angles that is much greater than the range of articulation angles, the controller uses one of several techniques to map the full range of steering angles to the full range of articulation angles. One technique involves multiple non-zero slope regions, another technique uses a less than one-to-one linear transfer function of steering angle to articulation angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Amit Sharma, Steven C. Budde, Curtis Maas, Matt I. Moul