Patents by Inventor Emmanuel Frances

Emmanuel Frances 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).

  • Method for controlling automatic or automated transmission downshift used for power braking
    Patent number: 7574295
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for controlling automatic or automated transmission downshift used for power braking and comprising set of predetermined shifting laws, characterized in that it consists, below a certain arbitrary threshold Ethreshold of the accelerator pedal depression, in defining a new downshift law designed to be substituted for the current standard downshift law.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Peugeot Citroen Automobiles SA
    Inventor: Emmanuel Frances
  • Method for controlling automatic or automated transmission downshift used for power braking
    Publication number: 20080020895
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for controlling automatic or automated transmission downshift used for power braking and comprising set of predetermined shifting laws, characterized in that it consists, below a certain arbitrary threshold Ethreshold of the accelerator pedal depression, in defining a new downshift law designed to be substituted for the current standard downshift law.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES SA
    Inventor: Emmanuel Frances