Patents by Inventor Jason M. Banaskavich

Jason M. Banaskavich 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).

  • Torque ripple sensor and mitigation mechanism
    Patent number: 7117754
    Abstract: A torque ripple sensor and method for torque ripple sensing and/or mitigation. A piezoelectric sensor is positioned relative to a motor so that torque fluctuations due to torque ripple of the motor are transmitted to the sensor, resulting in strain of a piezoelectric element. A resulting signal can be amplified and conditioned for determining a magnitude of the torque ripple and/or fed into a feedback loop for applying current control or a counter-torque to the motor for torque ripple mitigation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: Jason Neely, Steven D. Pekarek, Jason M. Banaskavich, Daniel S. Stutts
  • Torque ripple sensor and mitigation mechanism
    Publication number: 20040079173
    Abstract: A torque ripple sensor and method for torque ripple sensing and/or mitigation. A piezoelectric sensor is positioned relative to a motor so that torque fluctuations due to torque ripple of the motor are transmitted to the sensor, resulting in strain of a piezoelectric element. A resulting signal can be amplified and conditioned for determining a magnitude of the torque ripple and/or fed into a feedback loop for applying current control or a counter-torque to the motor for torque ripple mitigation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Applicant: The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: Jason Neely, Steven D. Pekarek, Jason M. Banaskavich, Daniel S. Stutts