Patents by Inventor Alan Leslie Harris

Alan Leslie Harris 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: 5775785
    Abstract: An anti-skid braking system for wheeled vehicles having fluid actuated brakes associated with the vehicle wheels, has speed sensors associated with the vehicle wheels, a control device responsive to speed signals from the speed sensors to actuate a pressure dump device to periodically release the fluid pressure applied to the brake of any wheel which is determined to be about to lock and to later re-apply the actuating pressure to that brake when the tendency of that wheel to lock has reduced, pulsing of the pressure dump device at intervals during the pressure re-apply phase to cause a repeated interruption to the re-application of pressure to that brake. The pulse timing of the pulsing of the pressure dump device is controlled by the occurrence of wheel angular deceleration being determined to be equal to or in excess of a predetermined threshold value, the magnitude of which is dependent upon events from the previous anti-lock braking cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Lucas Industries PLC
    Inventors: Alan Leslie Harris, Mark Ian Phillips
  • Patent number: 5707121
    Abstract: An anti-skid braking system for wheeled vehicles having fluid actuated brakes associated with the vehicle wheels. The anti-skid braking system includes speed sensors associated with the vehicle wheels, a scanning control device response to speed signals from the speed sensors to actuate a pressure dump device to periodically release the fluid pressure applied to the brake of any wheel which is determined, by detection of a predetermined level of relative slip between that wheel and the road surface to be about to lock. Later, the system, by detection, can re-apply the actuating pressure to that brake when the tendency of that wheel to lock has been reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Lucas Industries PLC
    Inventors: Alan Leslie Harris, Mark Ian Phillips