Patents by Inventor Joseph Macnamara

Joseph Macnamara 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).

  • Patent number: 9652903
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an apparatus and method for determining a wheel end condition are disclosed. In one example, a controller for determining a wheel end condition comprises a plurality of wheel speed sensor inputs for receiving wheel speed sensor signals from a plurality of associated wheel speed sensors installed at associated wheel ends. The controller includes control logic that determines a speed as a function of the wheel speed sensor signal; receives a resistance value of the individual wheel speed sensor and compares the resistance value to a first and second high resistance threshold and a low resistance threshold. The control logic determines a wheel end condition exists at the associated wheel end as a function of the speed and the resistance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Macnamara, Jeffrey White
  • Publication number: 20160328889
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an apparatus and method for determining a wheel end condition are disclosed. In one example, a controller for determining a wheel end condition comprises a plurality of wheel speed sensor inputs for receiving wheel speed sensor signals from a plurality of associated wheel speed sensors installed at associated wheel ends. The controller includes control logic that determines a speed as a function of the wheel speed sensor signal; receives a resistance value of the individual wheel speed sensor and compares the resistance value to a first and second high resistance threshold and a low resistance threshold. The control logic determines a wheel end condition exists at the associated wheel end as a function of the speed and the resistance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: BENDIX COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Macnamara, Jeffrey White
  • Publication number: 20050010341
    Abstract: A remote diagnostic unit for use with a heavy vehicle includes a pin connector communicating with a data bus on the vehicle. The pin connector receives a signal from the data bus. A microcontroller receives and interprets a standard diagnostic message as a function of the signal received by the pin connector. A plurality of lights are controlled by the microcontroller as a function of the standard diagnostic message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Applicant: BENDIX COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Joseph MacNamara, Gusztav Holler, Cem Hatipoglu, William Amato, Julie Miller, Jeffrey White, James Porter