Patents by Inventor Eric Plevin

Eric Plevin 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 and device for estimating the total mass of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 7536272
    Abstract: A method for estimating the total mass of a motor vehicle by a recursive least squares algorithm. The method involves a vehicle longitudinal acceleration computing according to a fundamental dynamic equation by analysing errors by an acceleration variation caused by errors including a variation error of the vehicle mass with respect to a predetermined mass, declivity error of a surface on which the vehicle is placed, and model errors. The declivity is delivered by a declivity sensor or by declivity estimation mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Renault S.A.S.
    Inventors: Gerald Leminoux, Eric Plevin, Richard Pothin
  • Method and device for estimating the total mass of a motor vehicle
    Publication number: 20070038357
    Abstract: A method for estimating the total mass of a motor vehicle by a recursive least squares algorithm. The method involves a vehicle longitudinal acceleration computing according to a fundamental dynamic equation by analysing errors by an acceleration variation caused by errors including a variation error of the vehicle mass with respect to a predetermined mass, declivity error of a surface on which the vehicle is placed, and model errors. The declivity is delivered by a declivity sensor or by declivity estimation mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: Renault S.A.S.
    Inventors: Gerald Leminoux, Eric Plevin, Richard Pothin