Patents by Inventor Domenic Miccinilli

Domenic Miccinilli 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).

  • Vehicle ignition systems and methods
    Patent number: 10377234
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for activating a vehicle ignition system. An example vehicle includes an ignition system, a plurality of sensors, and a processor. The processor a processor is configured to determine, based on data received from the sensors, (i) that a person occupies a driver's seat of the vehicle, (ii) that a key fob corresponding to the vehicle is present, and (iii) that an input has been received at a shifter of the vehicle. The processor is also configured to responsively activate the ignition system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nathaniel Abram Rolfes, Steven R El Aile, Mohamad Wajih Issam Farhat, Kassem Moustafa, Domenic Miccinilli, Mauricio Alexander Munoz
  • Enhanced vehicle steering
    Patent number: 10377409
    Abstract: A manual steering torque input is measured. A manual steering mode of a vehicle is actuated when the manual steering torque input is below a first torque threshold and above a second torque threshold for longer than a time threshold that is based on a vehicle speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mohamad Wajih Issam Farhat, Domenic Miccinilli, Jens Christiansen, Nathaniel Abram Rolfes
  • STEERING TORQUE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20190092380
    Abstract: A system includes a computer that is programmed to determine a vehicle steering wheel angle based on a vehicle steering torque and a vehicle pinion angle and to determine a compensated steering torque by applying a high-pass filter to the determined vehicle steering wheel angle. The computer is programmed to actuate a vehicle component based on the determined compensated steering torque. A parameter of the high-pass filter is based on a vehicle speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Domenic Miccinilli, Mohamad Wajih Issam Farhat, Jens Christiansen, Nathaniel Abram Rolfes
  • ENHANCED VEHICLE STEERING
    Publication number: 20190054950
    Abstract: A manual steering torque input is measured. A manual steering mode of a vehicle is actuated when the manual steering torque input is below a first torque threshold and above a second torque threshold for longer than a time threshold that is based on a vehicle speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohamad Wajih Issam Farhat, Domenic Miccinilli, Jens Christiansen, Nathaniel Abram Rolfes
  • VEHICLE IGNITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20180354363
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for activating a vehicle ignition system. An example vehicle includes an ignition system, a plurality of sensors, and a processor. The processor a processor is configured to determine, based on data received from the sensors, (i) that a person occupies a driver's seat of the vehicle, (ii) that a key fob corresponding to the vehicle is present, and (iii) that an input has been received at a shifter of the vehicle. The processor is also configured to responsively activate the ignition system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Nathaniel Abram Rolfes, Steven R. El Aile, Mohamad Wajih Issam Farhat, Kassem Moustafa, Domenic Miccinilli, Mauricio Alexander Munoz