Patents by Inventor Salvador Toledo
Salvador Toledo 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: 10005488Abstract: A steering assistance actuator for a vehicle includes a actuator shaft, a torque sensor, a motor, a drive mechanism and a drive housing. The actuator shaft is rotatable about a first axis. The actuator shaft includes an integral torque sensor. The motor has an output shaft rotatable about a second axis. The second axis is substantially parallel to the first axis. The drive mechanism is disposed between and drivingly connects the motor and the steering column. The drive mechanism provides a speed reduction from the motor to the actuator shaft. The drive housing encloses the torque sensor and the drive mechanism and is separate from a steering gear. The drive housing also has a mounting feature to which a housing of the motor is fixed. The drive housing also has a first bearing and a second bearing rotatably supporting the actuator shaft in the drive housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Bradley G. Hochrein, Jack E. Barry, James Philip Cooper, Alex Parker, Joseph Washnock, Salvador Toledo, Timothy Patrick Diez, Thomas Philip Flanagan
-
Publication number: 20170174252Abstract: A steering assistance actuator for a vehicle includes a actuator shaft, a torque sensor, a motor, a drive mechanism and a drive housing. The actuator shaft is rotatable about a first axis. The actuator shaft includes an integral torque sensor. The motor has an output shaft rotatable about a second axis. The second axis is substantially parallel to the first axis. The drive mechanism is disposed between and drivingly connects the motor and the steering column. The drive mechanism provides a speed reduction from the motor to the actuator shaft. The drive housing encloses the torque sensor and the drive mechanism and is separate from a steering gear. The drive housing also has a mounting feature to which a housing of the motor is fixed. The drive housing also has a first bearing and a second bearing rotatably supporting the actuator shaft in the drive housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Bradley G. Hochrein, Jack E. Barry, James Philip Cooper, Alex Parker, Joseph Washnock, Salvador Toledo, Timothy Patrick Diez, Thomas Philip Flanagan
-
Patent number: 9260090Abstract: A method for parking a vehicle in a parking spot comprises scanning objects to determine if a feasible parking space is available, the neighboring objects including at least one object either in front of or behind the vehicle and at least one object alongside the vehicle; determine whether there is a sufficient slot length in which to park the vehicle and to determine a height of the object alongside which the vehicle is to be parked in order to park the vehicle at a lateral distance from the object alongside the vehicle dependent upon the particular height of such object relative to a height of a bottom of a door; and parking the vehicle in the space wherein the vehicle is parked at the lateral distance from the object vehicle based upon the detected height of such object relative to the height of the bottom of the door.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2009Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Salvador Toledo, Janet Meise, Dirk Gunia, Torsten Wey
-
Patent number: 8378850Abstract: A park assist system for parking a vehicle in a target parking space includes a first sensing system which determines whether there is a sufficient slot length in a target parking space in which to park the vehicle. A second sensing system determines whether an obstacle is located in a predetermined clearance zone on a side of the vehicle opposite the target parking space. A decision regarding whether to recommend parking the vehicle in the target parking space sensed by the first sensing system is dependent upon a determination that an obstacle located in the clearance zone may be avoided by executing a first steering trajectory provided by the park assist system in order to avoid the obstacle before executing a second steering trajectory provided by the park assist system in order to park the vehicle into the target parking space.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Salvador Toledo, Dirk Gunia, Janet Meise
-
Patent number: 8169341Abstract: A park assist system for parking a vehicle in a target parking space includes a sensing system. The sensing system determines whether there is a sufficient slot length in a target parking space too small to complete a parking maneuver in a single maneuver, but large enough to complete a parking maneuver in more than one maneuver. During each of the more than one parking maneuvers, the driver is prompted to execute a calculated steering trajectory.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2009Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Salvador Toledo, Dirk Gunia, Kay C. Müller, Torsten Wey, Nate Rolfes, Janet Meise, Marcus Kalabis
-
Publication number: 20110260887Abstract: A park assist system for parking a vehicle in a parking space makes steering control inputs and prompts the vehicle driver to make necessary brake and/or gear shift actions to execute a desired steering trajectory. After the vehicle is properly parked, the park assist system actuates the steering system to place it in a centered condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2010Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Salvador Toledo, Janet Meise, Dirk Gunia, Torsten Wey, Darrel Alan Recker, Erick Michael Lavoie, Volker Weinhold
-
Publication number: 20110080305Abstract: A park assist system for parking a vehicle in a target parking space includes a sensing system. The sensing system determines whether there is a sufficient slot length in a target parking space too small to complete a parking maneuver in a single maneuver, but large enough to complete a parking maneuver in more than one maneuver. During each of the more than one parking maneuvers, the driver is prompted to execute a calculated steering trajectory.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2009Publication date: April 7, 2011Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Salvador Toledo, Dirk Gunia, Kay C. Müller, Torsten Wey, Nate Rolfes, Janet Meise, Marcus Kalabis
-
Publication number: 20110080304Abstract: A method for parking a vehicle in a parking spot comprises the steps of: providing a vehicle having a sensing system and a park assist system, the sensing system including a sensor which provides an input signal; scanning neighboring objects to determine if a feasible target parking space is available; determining whether there is a sufficient slot length in which to park the vehicle and calculating a trajectory path to guide the vehicle into the space; starting a parking maneuver; deactivating the assist system by a driver/passenger action; storing the parking information determined above; and requesting a driver command to resume the parking maneuver, wherein if the driver selects to resume the parking maneuver the assist system uses the stored parking information to guide the vehicle into the space.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2009Publication date: April 7, 2011Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Salvador Toledo, Janet Meise, Kay C. Müller, Torsten Wey, Dirk Gunia, Holger Mueller, Marcus Kalabis
-
Publication number: 20110068953Abstract: A park assist system for parking a vehicle in a target parking space includes a first sensing system which determines whether there is a sufficient slot length in a target parking space in which to park the vehicle. A second sensing system determines whether an obstacle is located in a predetermined clearance zone on a side of the vehicle opposite the target parking space. A decision regarding whether to recommend parking the vehicle in the target parking space sensed by the first sensing system is dependent upon a determination that the clearance zone is free of obstacles.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2009Publication date: March 24, 2011Inventors: Salvador Toledo, Dirk Gunia, Janet Meise, Steve M. Sundherg
-
Publication number: 20110063131Abstract: A park assist system for parking a vehicle in a target parking space includes a first sensing system which determines whether there is a sufficient slot length in a target parking space in which to park the vehicle. A second sensing system determines whether an obstacle is located in a predetermined clearance zone on a side of the vehicle opposite the target parking space. A decision regarding whether to recommend parking the vehicle in the target parking space sensed by the first sensing system is dependent upon a determination that an obstacle located in the clearance zone may be avoided by executing a first steering trajectory provided by the park assist system in order to avoid the obstacle before executing a second steering trajectory provided by the park assist system in order to park the vehicle into the target parking space.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2009Publication date: March 17, 2011Inventors: Salvador Toledo, Dirk Gunia, Janet Meise
-
Publication number: 20110057813Abstract: A method for parking a vehicle in a parking spot comprises scanning objects to determine if a feasible parking space is available, the neighboring objects including at least one object either in front of or behind the vehicle and at least one object alongside the vehicle; determine whether there is a sufficient slot length in which to park the vehicle and to determine a height of the object alongside which the vehicle is to be parked in order to park the vehicle at a lateral distance from the object alongside the vehicle dependent upon the particular height of such object relative to a height of a bottom of a door; and parking the vehicle in the space wherein the vehicle is parked at the lateral distance from the object vehicle based upon the detected height of such object relative to the height of the bottom of the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2009Publication date: March 10, 2011Inventors: Salvador Toledo, Janet Meise, Dirk Gunia, Torsten Wey
-
Publication number: 20110006916Abstract: A method for assisting in parking a vehicle in a parking space between front and rear objects includes determining a length of the parking space and the location of the vehicle relative to the parking space from signals produced by sensors located on the vehicle, determining a first distance between a rear surface of the vehicle and the rear object from a signal produced by a distance sensor on the vehicle directed rearward toward the rear object or the vehicle location estimation relative to the rear object, determining a second distance between a front surface of the vehicle and the front object from the current first distance and the length of the parking space or the vehicle location estimation relative to the front object, and warning the vehicle operator to change between forward and reverse drive when the first and second distances become equal to or less than a reference distance from a respective one of the objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2009Publication date: January 13, 2011Inventor: Salvador Toledo