Patents Assigned to EATON CUMMINS AUTOMATED TRANSMISSION TECH., LLC
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Patent number: 11402013Abstract: A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift actuator selectively couples the input shaft to the main shaft by rotatably coupling gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. A controller controls the shift actuator utilizing an actuating pulse and an opposing pulse.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Tech., LLCInventors: Thomas Connolly, Joseph Paul Furner, Sipei Chen, Jeff Hawarden, Ian Daniel McKenzie, Christopher DeBoer
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Patent number: 11378179Abstract: A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift actuator selectively couples the input shaft to the main shaft by rotatably coupling gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. A controller controls the shift actuator utilizing an actuating pulse and an opposing pulse.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Tech., LLCInventors: Thomas Connolly, Joseph Paul Furner, Sipei Chen, Jeff Hawarden, Ian Daniel McKenzie, Christopher DeBoer
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Patent number: 11346408Abstract: An apparatus (a controller), and systems and methods for management of inputs, determination of a calculated clutch temperature, and control of action related to the clutch of a transmission system, and notification improvements to a user associated therewith are disclosed. In particular, a clutch calculator circuit is augmented by a machine learning component that employs a machine learning technique and provides a projected clutch temperature as a basis for actions to be taken.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: EATON CUMMINS AUTOMATED TRANSMISSION TECH., LLCInventors: Jeffrey Bosscher, Charles Ganske
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Patent number: 11247680Abstract: A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift actuator selectively couples the input shaft to the main shaft by rotatably coupling gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. An integrated actuator housing includes a single external power access for the shift actuator. A controller interprets controls the shift actuator with actuating and opposing pulses, and interprets a shaft displacement angle, determines if the transmission is in an imminent zero or zero torque region, and performs a transmission operation in response to the transmission in the imminent zero or zero torque region.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Tech., LLCInventors: Thomas Connolly, Joseph Paul Furner, Jeff Hawarden, Ian Daniel McKenzie, Christopher DeBoer, Graeme Andrew Jackson
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Patent number: 11242926Abstract: A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift actuator selectively couples the input shaft to the main shaft by rotatably coupling gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. A controller controls the shift actuator utilizing an actuating pulse and an opposing pulse.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: EATON CUMMINS AUTOMATED TRANSMISSION TECH., LLCInventors: Thomas Connolly, Joseph Paul Fumer, Sipei Chen, Jeff Hawarden, Ian Daniel McKenzie, Christopher DeBoer
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Patent number: 11225253Abstract: A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift actuator selectively couples the input shaft to the main shaft by rotatably coupling gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. An integrated actuator housing includes a single external power access for the shift actuator. A controller interprets a shaft displacement angle, determines if the transmission is in an imminent zero or zero torque region, and performs a transmission operation in response to the transmission in the imminent zero or zero torque region.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: EATON CUMMINS AUTOMATED TRANSMISSION TECH., LLCInventors: Graeme Andrew Jackson, David L. Wadas, Paul Peterson, Paul Wilson, Thomas Connolly, Christian Chimner, Timothy Scott Smith, Andrzej Wota
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Patent number: 11047472Abstract: A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift actuator selectively couples the input shaft to the main shaft by rotatably coupling gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. A controller controls the shift actuator utilizing an actuating pulse and an opposing pulse.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: EATON CUMMINS AUTOMATED TRANSMISSION TECH., LLCInventors: Thomas Connolly, Joseph Paul Furner, Sipei Chen, Jeff Hawarden, Ian Daniel McKenzie, Christopher DeBoer
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Patent number: 11014560Abstract: A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift actuator selectively couples the input shaft to the main shaft by rotatably coupling gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. An integrated actuator housing includes a single external power access for the shift actuator. A controller interprets a shaft displacement angle, determines if the transmission is in an imminent zero or zero torque region, and performs a transmission operation in response to the transmission in the imminent zero or zero torque region.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: EATON CUMMINS AUTOMATED TRANSMISSION TECH., LLCInventors: Graeme Andrew Jackson, David L. Wadas, Paul Peterson, Paul Wilson, Thomas Connolly, Christian Chimner, Timothy Scott Smith, Andrzej Wota
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Patent number: 11001260Abstract: A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift actuator selectively couples the input shaft to the main shaft by rotatably coupling gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. An integrated actuator housing includes a single external power access for the shift actuator. A controller interprets a shaft displacement angle, determines if the transmission is in an imminent zero or zero torque region, and performs a transmission operation in response to the transmission in the imminent zero or zero torque region.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: EATON CUMMINS AUTOMATED TRANSMISSION TECH., LLCInventors: Paul Peterson, Graeme Andrew Jackson, Paul Wilson, Christian Chimner, David L. Wadas, Thomas Connolly
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Patent number: 10859157Abstract: A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift actuator selectively couples the input shaft to the main shaft by rotatably coupling gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. A controller controls the shift actuator utilizing an actuating pulse and an opposing pulse.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: EATON CUMMINS AUTOMATED TRANSMISSION TECH., LLCInventors: Thomas Connolly, Joseph Paul Furner, Sipei Chen, Jeff Hawarden, Ian Daniel McKenzie, Christopher DeBoer
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Patent number: 10859158Abstract: A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift actuator selectively couples the input shaft to the main shaft by rotatably coupling gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. A controller controls the shift actuator utilizing an actuating pulse and an opposing pulse.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: EATON CUMMINS AUTOMATED TRANSMISSION TECH., LLCInventors: Thomas Connolly, Joseph Paul Furner, Sipei Chen, Jeff Hawarden, Ian Daniel McKenzie, Christopher DeBoer