Patents by Inventor Todd Anthony Brittingham

Todd Anthony Brittingham 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).

  • Methods and apparatus to control braking of a vehicle during low deceleration operations
    Patent number: 9821781
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to control braking of a vehicle during low deceleration operations are disclosed. A disclosed apparatus includes a controller configured to determine a deceleration of a vehicle, compare the deceleration to a threshold, and modulate, at a predetermined frequency, a brake pressure of the vehicle in response to the deceleration being below the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yuri Anatoly Karpenko, Todd Anthony Brittingham, Moses Alexander Fridman, Peter Kowalow, Ravi Lanka, Jinkoo Lee, Zachary Konchan
  • Device and method for securing and removing a disk brake rotor to a wheel hub
    Patent number: 8074773
    Abstract: A disc brake assembly comprising a brake rotor including a rotor flange having a circular countersink extending through a thickness of the rotor flange, with a smooth, beveled outer portion for receiving a rotor retention screw in a recessed position, and a threaded inner portion for receiving a prying screw; and a wheel hub including a hub flange having a circular bore for the rotor retention screw extending through a thickness of the hub flange, the circular bore having a threaded inner portion for receiving the rotor retention screw from the countersink for securing the brake rotor to the wheel hub. A diameter of the inner portion or the circular countersink is larger then a diameter of the circular bore to allow insertion of the prying screw into the circular countersink but not into the circular bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Anthony Brittingham, J. Christopher Oakwood
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SECURING AND REMOVING A DISK BRAKE ROTOR TO A WHEEL HUB
    Publication number: 20090308703
    Abstract: A disc brake assembly comprising a brake rotor including a rotor flange having a circular countersink extending through a thickness of the rotor flange, with a smooth, beveled outer portion for receiving a rotor retention screw in a recessed position, and a threaded inner portion for receiving a prying screw; and a wheel hub including a hub flange having a circular bore for the rotor retention screw extending through a thickness of the hub flange, the circular bore having a threaded inner portion for receiving the rotor retention screw from the countersink for securing the brake rotor to the wheel hub. A diameter of the inner portion or the circular countersink is larger then a diameter of the circular bore to allow insertion of the prying screw into the circular countersink but not into the circular bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Todd Anthony Brittingham, J. Christopher Oakwood