Patents by Inventor Kingsley SARKODIE

Kingsley SARKODIE 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).

  • Controls and methods for operating electric powertrain
    Patent number: 11097716
    Abstract: A vehicle includes and engine and a transmission having a torque converter with an impeller and a turbine. An electric machine is fixed to the impeller. At least one controller is programmed to, in response to a difference between measured and estimated speeds of the impeller exceeding a threshold, command a torque to the electric machine based on a maximum of the measured and estimated speeds of the impeller, and programmed to, in response to the difference being less than the threshold, command another torque to the electric machine based on the measured speed of the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aubry Robison, Christopher Adam Ochocinski, Kingsley Sarkodie, Maia Johnson
  • CONTROLS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING ELECTRIC POWERTRAIN
    Publication number: 20210122354
    Abstract: A vehicle includes and engine and a transmission having a torque converter with an impeller and a turbine. An electric machine is fixed to the impeller. At least one controller is programmed to, in response to a difference between measured and estimated speeds of the impeller exceeding a threshold, command a torque to the electric machine based on a maximum of the measured and estimated speeds of the impeller, and programmed to, in response to the difference being less than the threshold, command another torque to the electric machine based on the measured speed of the impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Aubry ROBISON, Christopher Adam OCHOCINSKI, Kingsley SARKODIE, Maia JOHNSON