Patents Examined by Edwin A. Young
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Patent number: 12240458Abstract: A motor vehicle for operation by a driver has a frame with wheels and a motor connected to the frame. A steering control is connected to the wheels to establish a steering angle. A controller is operably connected to the steering control, to the motor, and to the wheels, and is operable to selectably drive the wheels in a forward direction in a drive mode and in a rearward direction in a reverse mode. The controller is operable to select a direction for driving the wheels in response to a pattern of steering angle movements, without operator indication of a direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2024Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: BULLETPROOF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLCInventor: Bennet Langlotz
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Patent number: 12240457Abstract: A motor vehicle for operation by a driver has a frame with wheels and a motor connected to the frame. A steering control is connected to the wheels to establish a steering angle. A controller is operably connected to the steering control, to the motor, and to the wheels, and is operable to selectably drive the wheels in a forward direction in a drive mode and in a rearward direction in a reverse mode. The controller is operable to select a direction for driving the wheels in response to a pattern of steering angle movements, without operator indication of a direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2024Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: BULLETPROOF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLCInventor: Bennet Langlotz
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Patent number: 12240456Abstract: A motor vehicle for operation by a driver has a frame with wheels and a motor connected to the frame. A steering control is connected to the wheels to establish a steering angle. A controller is operably connected to the steering control, to the motor, and to the wheels, and is operable to selectably drive the wheels in a forward direction in a drive mode and in a rearward direction in a reverse mode. The controller is operable to select a direction for driving the wheels in response to a pattern of steering angle movements, without operator indication of a direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2024Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: BULLETPROOF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLCInventor: Bennet Langlotz
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Patent number: 12233871Abstract: A motor vehicle for operation by a driver has a frame with wheels and a motor connected to the frame. A steering control is connected to the wheels to establish a steering angle. A controller is operably connected to the steering control, to the motor, and to the wheels, and is operable to selectably drive the wheels in a forward direction in a drive mode and in a rearward direction in a reverse mode. The controller is operable to select a direction for driving the wheels in response to a pattern of steering angle movements, without operator indication of a direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2024Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: BULLETPROOF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLCInventor: Bennet Langlotz
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Patent number: 12234892Abstract: A continuous variable planetary (CVP) system includes a CVP hub, which includes a shift mechanism including a shift driver element, and a processing server system to calibrate the CVP system and detect errors within the CVP system. The processing server system performs continuously monitoring or obtaining a transmission speed ratio of the CVP hub. Upon detecting that the transmission speed ratio reaches a particular value, the processing server system records a corresponding position of the shift driver. The processing server system calibrates the CVP system based on the particular value, the corresponding position, and a known relationship between transmission speed ratios and positions of the shift mechanism. The processing server system determines or verifies a full underdrive (FUD) position by iteratively reducing a transmission speed ratio from the particular value until an onset of a backlash condition is detected and determines or verifies a full overdrive (FOD) position.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2024Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: enviolo B.V.Inventors: Marko Matenda, Brad Pohl, Thomas William Ryan, IV
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Patent number: 12227184Abstract: A motor vehicle for operation by a driver has a frame with wheels and a motor connected to the frame. A steering control is connected to the wheels to establish a steering angle. A controller is operably connected to the steering control, to the motor, and to the wheels, and is operable to selectably drive the wheels in a forward direction in a drive mode and in a rearward direction in a reverse mode. The controller is operable to select a direction for driving the wheels in response to a pattern of steering angle movements, without operator indication of a direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2024Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: BULLETPROOF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLCInventor: Bennet Langlotz
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Patent number: 12227087Abstract: A diagnosis system performs, while a vehicle is being driven, a diagnosis of a rotation portion of a rotating electrical machine included in the vehicle. The diagnosis system includes a measurement unit that, when performing the diagnosis of the rotation portion, stops charging of a storage battery included in the vehicle from the rotating electrical machine, and measures an inductive voltage of the rotating electrical machine generated by a rotation of the rotation portion, and a judgment unit that judges that there is an anomaly in the rotation portion when a magnitude of the inductive voltage is equal to or larger than a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Kubota, Fumihiro Yoshino
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Patent number: 12228083Abstract: A planetary gearbox device includes a static ring gear, a rotatable planet carrier, a plurality of planet gears, each planet gear being connected to a bearing device, wherein at least one of the bearing devices is coupled to at least one lubricant scooping device and/or at least one lubricant reservoir device for collecting lubricant, in particular oil coming from the at least one bearing device, and at least one lubricant channel allows a flow of the collected lubricant towards a lubrication location and/or a lubricant supply for the planetary gearbox device.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2023Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignees: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG, ROLLS-ROYCE PLCInventors: Ivo Martin, Björn Petersen, Andrea Minelli
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Patent number: 12221090Abstract: A method for determining a torque acting at a position of a drive train of an agricultural towing vehicle, includes controlling a clutch of the drive train between a closed state and an open state, capturing a drive-side rotational speed at the clutch via a first rotational speed sensor, capturing an output-side rotational speed at the clutch via a second rotational speed sensor, controlling the clutch in the direction of the open state, determining, during controlling the clutch, a difference between the rotational speeds on the drive and output sides, comparing the difference with a predetermined difference limit value, capturing the value of a physical variable that causes the clutch control on the basis of the comparison result, and determining the torque on the basis of the captured value of the physical variable.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2024Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Volker Kegel, David Mueller, Norbert Fritz, Rainer Gugel
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Patent number: 12221104Abstract: A motor vehicle for operation by a driver has a frame with wheels and a motor connected to the frame. A steering control is connected to the wheels to establish a steering angle. A controller is operably connected to the steering control, to the motor, and to the wheels, and is operable to selectably drive the wheels in a forward direction in a drive mode and in a rearward direction in a reverse mode. The controller is operable to select a direction for driving the wheels in response to a pattern of steering angle movements, without operator indication of a direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2024Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: BULLETPROOF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLCInventor: Bennet Langlotz
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Patent number: 12222032Abstract: A control device for a vehicle, the vehicle including a belt continuously variable transmission including a mechanical oil pump driven by an engine and an electric oil pump driven by an electric motor, the engine being configured to drive a drive wheel, in which when a rotation speed of the engine is less than or equal to a prescribed rotation speed as the vehicle decelerates, driving of the electric motor is controlled to supply a hydraulic pressure from the electric oil pump to the belt continuously variable transmission, and when the deceleration of the vehicle exceeds a prescribed deceleration, the driving of the electric motor is restricted not to supply the hydraulic pressure from the electric oil pump to the belt continuously variable transmission.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Koichi Okuno, Keisuke Iwado, Makoto Oguri, Akira Tsuchida
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Patent number: 12217149Abstract: A vehicular driving assistance system includes an exterior viewing camera disposed at a vehicle and viewing exterior of the vehicle. Image data captured by the camera is provided to and processed at an electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU performs processing tasks for multiple vehicle systems. The ECU prioritizes processing of a plurality of tasks including a higher priority task and a lower priority task. Responsive to prioritization by the ECU of the higher priority task, the system (i) processes captured image data at the ECU for the higher priority task and the (ii) uploads captured image data to the cloud for processing at a remote processor. Processing of uploaded captured image data at the remote processor comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) data negotiation, (ii) data collection, (iii) load analysis, (iv) load distribution and (v) monitoring.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2024Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: John Lu
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Patent number: 12215780Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable storage device are provided for providing a dynamic tachometer. Based on various signal inputs from a plurality of data sources, a tachometer may be dynamically modified to include visual information and assistance to the driver in relation to the vehicle's engine speed (i.e., revolution speed of the vehicle's crankshaft). The tachometer may include one or a combination of: dynamic shift point indicators, a target engine speed range indicator, an overspeed indicator, and a power take-off mode indicator.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: PACCAR INCInventors: Steven Karl Jahns, Ryan Anthony Reed, Jonathan Scott Duncan, Josef Lotz, Tristan Thomas Pyle, Derek Scott Sancer, Jon Forrest Acton, Jacob Michael White, Hervé Jen Raymond Cecchi, David Michael Gauch, Anna-Magdalena Schatz
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Patent number: 12214770Abstract: A vehicle is operable in three modes of operation. The vehicle includes a first electromagnetic device, a second electromagnetic device electrically coupled to the first electromagnetic device, and an engine coupled to the first electromagnetic device and configured to drive the first electromagnetic device to provide electrical energy. In each of the three modes of operation, whenever the engine drives the first electromagnetic device to provide the electrical energy, the first electromagnetic device operates without providing the electrical energy to an energy storage device.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Oshkosh Defense, LLCInventors: Deepak Shukla, Rongjun Zhang, Nader Nasr
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Patent number: 12208802Abstract: Methods and systems for evacuating lubricant from an area of an axle are described. The lubricant may be evacuated away from one or more clutches during low temperatures so that a clutch may be engaged while having to displace less lubricant to engage the clutch. In one example, an electric machine may be rotated to evacuate lubricant away from the clutch.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLCInventors: Jordan M. Houser, James Allen
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Patent number: 12202478Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for controlling a transmission and other vehicle systems and components based on operation of an auxiliary braking system for a vehicle are disclosed. A controller for a vehicle includes a processing circuit having at least one memory device coupled to at least one processor, the at least one memory device is configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processors, cause the at least one processor to: receive data regarding operation of an auxiliary brake system of the vehicle; determine an auxiliary brake fault condition based on the received data regarding operation of the auxiliary brake system; determine that the vehicle is on or is about to experience a negative road grade; determine a vehicle speed is greater than a requested vehicle speed for the negative road grade; and control a transmission to downshift at least two settings relative to a current transmission setting.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Ethan Charles Seifer, Ryan Eugene Edgecomb
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Patent number: 12203543Abstract: A method for controlling an automatic transmission of a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: BRP-ROTAX GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Roman Schmied, Michael Kaar
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Patent number: 12203534Abstract: A gearbox assembly for an electric drive module (EDM) having an electric motor that selectively provides drive torque for an electrified vehicle is provided. A differential is driven by the electric motor and is configured to selectively drive first and second drive axles. A planetary gear set is configured to selectively connect to an output of an electric motor through the differential, the planetary gear set including a sun gear, a ring gear and a planetary carrier. A winch includes a spool and is selectively driven by the planetary gear set. The gearbox assembly is switchable between (i) a first drive mode where the drive torque is routed from the electric motor, through the differential and to the first and second drive axles; and (ii) a second winch mode where the drive torque is routed from the electric motor, through the differential and to the spool.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2024Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: FCA US LLCInventors: Christopher C Kennedy, Brian M Swanson, Richard S Silbert, Pablo Gutierrez
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Patent number: 12203541Abstract: A drive unit for a vehicle, having an electric motor and a transmission unit, wherein the electric motor is connected to the transmission unit via a drive shaft and at least one first output shaft can be driven to rotate by the transmission unit, wherein the drive unit also has at least one brake unit. The rotation of the at least one output shaft can be delayed by the brake unit, wherein the drive unit has at least one of the following: a lubricant circuit through which both the transmission unit and at least one brake unit can be supplied with lubricant, and a cooling circuit through which both (i) at least one of the electric motor and a power electronics system assigned to the electric motor; and (ii) at least one brake assembly can be supplied with coolant.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventors: Matthias Schulitz, Jens Hoffmann, Adrian Messner, Ulrike Meyer
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Patent number: 12196309Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for resolving a tooth-on-tooth position of a positive-locking shifting element of an automated manual transmission, in which gear steps of the automated manual transmission are changed by means of a pressure-medium-actuated shift actuator. If, during a change of a gear step of the automated manual transmission, a tooth-on-tooth position occurs at the interlocking shifting element, then the control of the pressure-medium-actuated shift actuator is varied in such manner as to resolve the tooth-on-tooth position. A control unit for carrying out the method is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Alain Tierry Chamaken Kamde, Wilhelm Moser, Markus Eisele, Rupert Kramer, Mario Steinborn