Patents by Inventor Jeffrey R. Skvarce

Jeffrey R. Skvarce 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).

  • Trailer backing path prediction using GPS and camera images
    Patent number: 9633566
    Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle and trailer assembly comprises obtaining an image for a current position of the vehicle and trailer assembly from a GPS system. The image is displayed on a display screen and a location is selected to indicate a desired final position for the vehicle and trailer assembly. An intended trailer backing path is determined with the desired final position of the vehicle and trailer assembly and a predicted trailer backing path is determined based upon a steering angle of the vehicle and an angle between the vehicle and the trailer. The predicted trailer backing path and the intended trailer backing path are displayed on the display screen to assist the operator in steering the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Skvarce, Lorraine C. Krill, Jeffrey W. Weber
  • TRAILER BACKING PATH PREDICTION USING GPS AND CAMERA IMAGES
    Publication number: 20130158863
    Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle and trailer assembly comprises obtaining an image for a current position of the vehicle and trailer assembly from a GPS system. The image is displayed on a display screen and a location is selected to indicate a desired final position for the vehicle and trailer assembly. An intended trailer backing path is determined with the desired final position of the vehicle and trailer assembly and a predicted trailer backing path is determined based upon a steering angle of the vehicle and an angle between the vehicle and the trailer. The predicted trailer backing path and the intended trailer backing path are displayed on the display screen to assist the operator in steering the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Skvarce, Lorraine C. Krill, Jeffrey W. Weber
  • Disc brake, disc brake caliper and disc brake shoe
    Patent number: 5957245
    Abstract: In order to realize a two-piston floating caliper disc brake with a wide caliper, the axially outer side of the caliper is supported by radially extending protrusions shaped on the outer brake shoe. While the two protrusions have the same depth, they differ in their width. Corresponding circular grooves within the caliper around recess openings on the opposite side of the brake cylinders, however, are identical. Therefore, a radial support of the brake caliper can be carried out by both protrusions while a tangential positioning of the caliper is limited to the wider one of the two protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan U. Anger, Daniel D. Keck, Jeffrey R. Skvarce