Patents by Inventor Paul M. Moubarak

Paul M. Moubarak 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).

  • System and method for changing gear ranges of an electric vehicle
    Patent number: 11760211
    Abstract: Methods and system are described for changing a gear ratio of an axle gearbox that does not include friction clutches and that may or may not include synchronizers. The axle gearbox may receive propulsive force via an electric machine. The methods and systems permit the axle gearbox to be shifted from a high gear range to a low gear range while a vehicle that includes the axle gearbox is moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul M. Moubarak, Shubham Dixit, Joseph Jay Torres
  • Torque vectoring with model-predictive torque requests
    Patent number: 11279240
    Abstract: A vehicle electric torque vectoring system includes a traction motor, a vectoring motor, gears, and a controller. The gears transfer torque from the propulsion and vectoring motors to wheels. The controller, responsive to a step change in an unmodified torque request for the vectoring motor and a predicted torque response of the vectoring motor being greater than the unmodified torque request, commands the vectoring motor to generate torque with a modified torque request less than the unmodified torque request. The controller further, responsive to the predicted torque response becoming less than the unmodified torque request, commands the vectoring motor to generate torque with the unmodified torque request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul M. Moubarak, Weitian Chen, Jonathan Sullivan, Joseph Jay Torres
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHANGING GEAR RANGES OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20210078412
    Abstract: Methods and system are described for changing a gear ratio of an axle gearbox that does not include friction clutches and that may or may not include synchronizers. The axle gearbox may receive propulsive force via an electric machine. The methods and systems permit the axle gearbox to be shifted from a high gear range to a low gear range while a vehicle that includes the axle gearbox is moving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Paul M. Moubarak, Shubham Dixit, Joseph Jay Torres
  • TORQUE VECTORING WITH MODEL-PREDICTIVE TORQUE REQUESTS
    Publication number: 20210016667
    Abstract: A vehicle electric torque vectoring system includes a traction motor, a vectoring motor, gears, and a controller. The gears transfer torque from the propulsion and vectoring motors to wheels. The controller, responsive to a step change in an unmodified torque request for the vectoring motor and a predicted torque response of the vectoring motor being greater than the unmodified torque request, commands the vectoring motor to generate torque with a modified torque request less than the unmodified torque request. The controller further, responsive to the predicted torque response becoming less than the unmodified torque request, commands the vectoring motor to generate torque with the unmodified torque request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Paul M. Moubarak, Weitian Chen, Jonathan Sullivan, Joseph Jay Torres