Patents by Inventor Ryan Wayne Alaspa

Ryan Wayne Alaspa 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).

  • All-wheel drive torque vectoring by electronic brake system control
    Patent number: 9376101
    Abstract: A control system to generate a yaw torque of an all-wheel drive vehicle comprises a brake control module 18. The brake control module 18 determines the desired powertrain torque 44 for the vehicle 10 based upon a plurality of factors including available torque from the powertrain. The brake control module 18 determines a first torque 44 and a second torque 26, wherein the first torque 44 and the second torque 26 are combined to provide the total desired yaw torque 49 of the vehicle 10. The first torque 44 is generated between wheels of the vehicle 10 by applying torque 44 from the powertrain 14 to different wheels 21 of the vehicle 10 and the second torque 26 is generated by applying different braking torque from a braking system 16 of the vehicle 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Gregory Goodrich, Adam Roger Pagot, Matthew Conrad Tuhro, Vesa Vihelm Luomaranta, Ryan Wayne Alaspa, Timothy John Hayden
  • ELECTRONIC BRAKE SYSTEM (EBS) UTILIZING INTEGRATED OR NON-INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC TRAILER BRAKE DURING EBS FUNCTIONS
    Publication number: 20160075315
    Abstract: A braking system for a vehicle and a trailer being towed by the vehicle includes an electronic trailer brake constructed and arranged to control trailer wheel brakes of the trailer, and an electronic brake system (EBS) constructed and arranged to control wheel brakes of the vehicle. The EBS includes at least one circuit constructed and arranged to detect a function of the EBS and, in response to the detected function, to send a request signal to the electronic trailer brake instructing the electronic trailer brake to activate the trailer wheel brakes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Vesa Vilhelm Luomaranta, Ryan Wayne Alaspa, Benjamin Nathan Mikel
  • ALL-WHEEL DRIVE TORQUE VECTORING BY ELECTRONIC BRAKE SYSTEM CONTROL
    Publication number: 20150065299
    Abstract: A control system to generate a yaw torque of an all-wheel drive vehicle comprises a brake control module 18. The brake control module 18 determines the desired powertrain torque 44 for the vehicle 10 based upon a plurality of factors including available torque from the powertrain. The brake control module 18 determines a first torque 44 and a second torque 26, wherein the first torque 44 and the second torque 26 are combined to provide the total desired yaw torque 49 of the vehicle 10. The first torque 44 is generated between wheels of the vehicle 10 by applying torque 44 from the powertrain 14 to different wheels 21 of the vehicle 10 and the second torque 26 is generated by applying different braking torque from a braking system 16 of the vehicle 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Gregory Goodrich, Adam Roger Pagot, Matthew Conrad Tuhro, Vesa Vihelm Luomaranta, Ryan Wayne Alaspa, Timothy John Hayden