Patents by Inventor Mugdha S. Sane
Mugdha S. Sane 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).
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Publication number: 20230347779Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed that include: determining, by a controller, an estimated propulsion power for a vehicle at a future location of a route at a future time based on at least one of internal information regarding the vehicle, external static information regarding the route of the vehicle, or external dynamic information regarding one or more upcoming potential conditions along the route of the vehicle; determining, by the controller, a current state of charge of a battery; determining, by the controller, a desired state of charge of the battery at the future location without substantially changing an output power of an engine of the vehicle; and facilitating, by the controller, charging of the battery of the vehicle to achieve the desired state of charge of the battery at the future location without substantially changing the output power of the engine of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Kenneth M. Follen, Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Vivek A. Sujan, Pinak Jayant Tulpule, Mugdha S. Sane
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Patent number: 11745616Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed herein include managing, by a controller, a state of charge of a battery of a hybrid vehicle at a particular location at a particular time based on a determined potential propulsion power for the vehicle; responsive to determining a downhill grade at the particular location, determining, by the controller, an amount of braking energy available during traversal of the downhill grade; and discharging, by the controller, the battery to direct energy to at least one of a generator or an electrified accessory of the hybrid vehicle before the downhill grade to enable reception of at least a portion of the determined amount of braking energy available.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Kenneth M. Follen, Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Vivek A. Sujan, Pinak Jayant Tulpule, Mugdha S. Sane
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Patent number: 11535233Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed provide for receiving internal information, external static information, and external dynamic information of a hybrid vehicle, and selectively enable or disable a stop/start function for the engine of the hybrid vehicle based on the internal hybrid vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information. The stop/start function controls selective activation and deactivation of the engine during operation of the hybrid vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Kenneth M. Follen, Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Vivek A. Sujan, Pinak Jayant Tulpule, Mugdha S. Sane
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Publication number: 20220258716Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed herein relate to a system including a vehicle accessory and a controller coupled to the vehicle accessory. The controller is configured to receive internal vehicle information including information about the vehicle accessory; receive external static information based on a position of the vehicle; receive external dynamic information based on the position and a time of travel of the vehicle at the position; and control operation of the vehicle accessory based on the internal vehicle information, the external static information, and the external dynamic information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: CUMMINS INC.Inventors: Kenneth M. Follen, Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Archit N. Koti, Mugdha S. Sane, Vivek A. Sujan, Pinak Jayant Tulpule
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Publication number: 20220155083Abstract: At least some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for route identifications and/or range estimations. The system is configured to generate a plurality of routes and a plurality of sub-routes based on transit route information and/or historical telematics data. The system is configured to receive or obtain location information of an electrified transit vehicle and identify a route/sub-route being taken by the electrified transit vehicle based on the location information. In some cases, the system is configured to determine a range estimation of the electrified transit vehicle based on the location information and the identified route/sub-route.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Omkar A. Harshe, Mugdha S. Sane, Shiva K. Sooryavaram, Tzu Him Young
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Patent number: 11325578Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed herein include a system including a heating, venting, and air conditioning (HVAC) system and a controller coupled to the HVAC system. The controller is configured to receive internal vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information, and to control operation of the HVAC system based on the internal vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Kenneth M. Follen, Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Archit N. Koti, Mugdha S. Sane, Vivek A. Sujan, Pinak Jayant Tulpule
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Patent number: 11247552Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed provide for receiving internal hybrid vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information; determining a propulsion power for the hybrid vehicle at a particular location at a particular time based on at least one of the internal hybrid vehicle information, the external static information, and the external dynamic information, and wherein in response to the determined potential propulsion power, predicting a shift event at the particular location at the particular time; determining a current state of charge of a battery, wherein the battery is operatively coupled to an electric motor in the hybrid vehicle; and managing the state of charge of the battery at the particular location at the particular time based on the current state of charge and the determined propulsion power to eliminate the need for the potential shift event at the particular location at the particular time.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2016Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Cummins, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth M. Follen, Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Vivek A. Sujan, Pinak Jayant Tulpule, Mugdha S. Sane
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Patent number: 11046309Abstract: One embodiment is a method of operating an electronic control system (ECS) to control an engine to propel a vehicle. The method comprises receiving a throttle command, determining an operation to increase engine cycle efficiency by reducing engine torque below a magnitude corresponding to the throttle command and below a torque curve limit over a first vehicle operation segment and permitting an increase in engine torque above the torque curve limit over a second vehicle operation segment, controlling the engine to output torque below the magnitude corresponding to the throttle command and below the torque curve limit over the first vehicle operation segment, and controlling the engine to output torque above the torque curve limit over the second vehicle operation segment in response to a second received throttle command and constrained by an extended limit on operation of the engine above the torque curve limit.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Apurva Arvind Chunodkar, Kenneth M. Follen, Mugdha S. Sane, Srinivas Chakravarthy Bathula, Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Vivek A. Sujan
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Publication number: 20210086652Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed herein include managing, by a controller, a state of charge of a battery of a hybrid vehicle at a particular location at a particular time based on a determined potential propulsion power for the vehicle; responsive to determining a downhill grade at the particular location, determining, by the controller, an amount of braking energy available during traversal of the downhill grade; and discharging, by the controller, the battery to direct energy to at least one of a generator or an electrified accessory of the hybrid vehicle before the downhill grade to enable reception of at least a portion of the determined amount of braking energy available.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Kenneth M. Follen, Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Vivek A. Sujan, Pinak Jayant Tulpule, Mugdha S. Sane
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Patent number: 10894482Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed herein provide for receiving internal hybrid vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information; determining a propulsion power for the hybrid vehicle at a particular location at a particular time based on at least one of the internal hybrid vehicle information, the external static information, and the external dynamic information; determining a current state of charge of a battery, wherein the battery is operatively coupled to an electric motor in the hybrid vehicle; and managing a state of charge of the battery at the particular location at the particular time based on the current state of charge and the determined propulsion power.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2016Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Cummins, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth M. Follen, Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Vivek A. Sujan, Pinak Jayant Tulpule, Mugdha S. Sane
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Publication number: 20200298819Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed herein include a system including a heating, venting, and air conditioning (HVAC) system and a controller coupled to the HVAC system. The controller is configured to receive internal vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information, and to control operation of the HVAC system based on the internal vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Kenneth M. Follen, Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Archit N. Koti, Mugdha S. Sane, Vivek A. Sujan, Pinak Jayant Tulpule
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Patent number: 10676077Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed herein provide for receiving internal vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information; controlling the operation of one or more electronic accessories of the vehicle based on the received information; and managing a power supply for the one or more electronic accessories based on the energy usage and the operation of the electronic accessories.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Cummins, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth M. Follen, Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Archit N. Koti, Mugdha S. Sane, Vivek A. Sujan, Pinak Jayant Tulpule
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Publication number: 20200173802Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a vehicle locator circuit that is structured to receive GPS signal coordinates and a road parameter associated with the GPS signal coordinates. The vehicle locator circuit is further structured to identify a current road segment associated with the GPS coordinates. A map data circuit is structured to store the road parameter and GPS signal coordinates associated with the current road segment. A route response circuit is structured to determine look-ahead parameters characterizing a future road segment based on input received from the vehicle locator circuit and the map data circuit, and a communication interface is structured to communicate the look-ahead parameters to an engine control module for improving vehicle performance during travel on the future road segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Vivek Anand Sujan, Kenneth M. Follen, Howard Robert Frost, Jaidev Khatri, Pinak Jayant Tulpule, Apurva Arvind Chunodkar, Mugdha S. Sane, Yared G. Tadesse, Tejas Shrikant Kinjawadekar, Archit N. Koti, Xuan Feng, Patrick J. Shook, Feng Liu
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Publication number: 20200010074Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed provide for receiving internal information, external static information, and external dynamic information of a hybrid vehicle, and selectively enable or disable a stop/start function for the engine of the hybrid vehicle based on the internal hybrid vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information. The stop/start function controls selective activation and deactivation of the engine during operation of the hybrid vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Kenneth M. Follen, Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Vivek A. Sujan, Pinak Jayant Tulpule, Mugdha S. Sane
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Patent number: 10435007Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed provide for receiving internal information, external static information, and external dynamic information of a hybrid vehicle, and selectively enable or disable a stop/start function for the engine of the hybrid vehicle based on the internal hybrid vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information. The stop/start function controls selective activation and deactivation of the engine during operation of the hybrid vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Cummins, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth M. Follen, Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Vivek A. Sujan, Pinak Jayant Tulpule, Mugdha S. Sane
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Publication number: 20190263400Abstract: One embodiment is a method of operating an electronic control system (ECS) to control an engine to propel a vehicle. The method comprises receiving a throttle command, determining an operation to increase engine cycle efficiency by reducing engine torque below a magnitude corresponding to the throttle command and below a torque curve limit over a first vehicle operation segment and permitting an increase in engine torque above the torque curve limit over a second vehicle operation segment, controlling the engine to output torque below the magnitude corresponding to the throttle command and below the torque curve limit over the first vehicle operation segment, and controlling the engine to output torque above the torque curve limit over the second vehicle operation segment in response to a second received throttle command and constrained by an extended limit on operation of the engine above the torque curve limit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2017Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Apurva Arvind Chunodkar, Kenneth M. Follen, Mugdha S. Sane, Srinivas Chakravarthy Bathula, Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Vivek A. Sujan
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Publication number: 20180273018Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed herein provide for receiving internal vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information; controlling the operation of one or more electronic accessories of the vehicle based on the received information; and managing a power supply for the one or more electronic accessories based on the energy usage and the operation of the electronic accessories.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Cummins, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth M. Follen, Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Archit N. Koti, Mugdha S. Sane, Vivek A. Sujan, Pinak Jayant Tulpule
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Publication number: 20180257473Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed herein provide for receiving internal hybrid vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information; determining a propulsion power for the hybrid vehicle at a particular location at a particular time based on at least one of the internal hybrid vehicle information, the external static information, and the external dynamic information; determining a current state of charge of a battery, wherein the battery is operatively coupled to an electric motor in the hybrid vehicle; and managing a state of charge of the battery at the particular location at the particular time based on the current state of charge and the determined propulsion power.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2016Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Kenneth M. Follen, Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Vivek A. Sujan, Pinak Jayant Tulpule, Mugdha S. Sane
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Publication number: 20180222309Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed provide for receiving internal hybrid vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information; determining a propulsion power for the hybrid vehicle at a particular location at a particular time based on at least one of the internal hybrid vehicle information, the external static information, and the external dynamic information, and wherein in response to the determined potential propulsion power, predicting a shift event at the particular location at the particular time; determining a current state of charge of a battery, wherein the battery is operatively coupled to an electric motor in the hybrid vehicle; and managing the state of charge of the battery at the particular location at the particular time based on the current state of charge and the determined propulsion power to eliminate the need for the potential shift event at the particular location at the particular time.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: Cummins, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth M. Follen, Arun Prakash Thunga Gopal, Vivek A. Sujan, Pinak Jayant Tulpule, Mugdha S. Sane