Patents by Inventor Greg Esper

Greg Esper 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).

  • Velocity sensitive passenger vehicle trailer brake controller
    Patent number: 8757735
    Abstract: A method of controlling a trailer brake system using a trailer brake controller positioned within a passenger vehicle is provided. The method includes obtaining intended braking inputs and developing an effective baseline trailer brake controller output profile based thereon. The method scales the effective baseline trailer brake controller output profile in response to an adjustable gain setting set by an operator. A vehicle velocity is obtained and used to calculate a correction factor to the effective baseline trailer brake controller output profile. The effective baseline trailer brake controller output profile is then adjusted using the correction factor to generate a corrected trailer brake controller output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies
    Inventors: Doug William Marsden, Erick Michael Lavoie, Greg Esper, Kirk Matthew Englert
  • VELOCITY SENSITIVE PASSENGER VEHICLE TRAILER BRAKE CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20130311059
    Abstract: A method of controlling a trailer brake system using a trailer brake controller positioned within a passenger vehicle is provided. The method includes obtaining intended braking inputs and developing an effective baseline trailer brake controller output profile based thereon. The method scales the effective baseline trailer brake controller output profile in response to an adjustable gain setting set by an operator. A vehicle velocity is obtained and used to calculate a correction factor to the effective baseline trailer brake controller output profile. The effective baseline trailer brake controller output profile is then adjusted using the correction factor to generate a corrected trailer brake controller output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies
    Inventors: Marsden William Doug, Erick Michael Lavoie, Greg Esper, Kirk Matthew Englert