Patents by Inventor Timothy Lee Budzier

Timothy Lee Budzier 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).

  • Vehicle speed control with adaptive compliance compensation
    Patent number: 5680024
    Abstract: A vehicle speed control system provides adaptive compensation for compliance in a linking mechanism between a throttle control member and a throttle which creates hysteresis in throttle movement. The system has a vehicle speed sensor, an actuator having an output linked to the throttle control member, an actuator position signal generator and a control responsive to the vehicle speed sensor and the actuator position signal generator for positioning the actuator in closed loop control with a major loop in response to vehicle speed and a minor loop in response to actuator position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: David Lynn Ehle, Lisa Marie Unuvar, Daniel Alexander Crawford, Timothy Lee Budzier, Susan Jean Lane