Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Wiseman

Thomas E. Wiseman 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: 8412407
    Abstract: A base determination module determines a base value based on a base value input. A compensation determination module determines a base compensation value based on a base value input. A compensation coefficient determination module determines a compensation coefficient based on a compensation coefficient input. A multiplier module determines a compensation value based on a product of the base compensation value and the compensation coefficient. A target module determines a target value based on the base value and the compensation value and controls an actuator based on the target value. A calibration module selectively displays predetermined options for calibrating one of the base compensation value input and the compensation coefficient input and sets the one of the base compensation value input and the compensation coefficient input to a selected one of the predetermined options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Inventors: Steven J. Andrasko, Thomas E. Wiseman
  • Publication number: 20120072090
    Abstract: A base determination module determines a base value based on a base value input. A compensation determination module determines a base compensation value based on a base value input. A compensation coefficient determination module determines a compensation coefficient based on a compensation coefficient input. A multiplier module determines a compensation value based on a product of the base compensation value and the compensation coefficient. A target module determines a target value based on the base value and the compensation value and controls an actuator based on the target value. A calibration module selectively displays predetermined options for calibrating one of the base compensation value input and the compensation coefficient input and sets the one of the base compensation value input and the compensation coefficient input to a selected one of the predetermined options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Steven J. Andrasko, Thomas E. Wiseman
  • Patent number: 7758676
    Abstract: A control system for particulate filters is provided. The control system for a particulate filter includes a clean filter estimating module that estimates a clean pressure based on a first pressure in the particulate filter within a predetermined period of a regeneration event. A soot prediction module estimates a level of soot in the particulate filter based on a comparison of the first pressure and a second pressure in the particulate filter received after the predetermined period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Inventors: Rahul Mital, Chad E. Marlett, James R Ireton, Jr., Thomas E Wiseman
  • Publication number: 20080078236
    Abstract: A control system for particulate filters is provided. The control system for a particulate filter includes a clean filter estimating module that estimates a clean pressure based on a first pressure in the particulate filter within a predetermined period of a regeneration event. A soot prediction module estimates a level of soot in the particulate filter based on a comparison of the first pressure and a second pressure in the particulate filter received after the predetermined period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Rahul Mital, Chad E. Marlett, James R. Ireton, Thomas E. Wiseman
  • Patent number: 5237975
    Abstract: A returnless fuel delivery control system is disclosed which regulates fuel rail pressure at the level needed for precise control of fuel mass flow to fuel injectors at both normal and elevated engine temperatures. This regulation is accomplished by precisely controlling the speed of the fuel pump motor as a function of the projected fuel demand based on engine RPM and injector pulse width. The projection is modified as a function of differential pressure error. The differential pressure error responds to a fuel temperature strategy which increases the target differential pressure as a function of fuel temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Randall A. Betki, Thomas E. Wiseman, Brian C. Prodin, Stephen T. Kempfer, Michael R. Tinskey