Patents by Inventor Allen John Walenty

Allen John Walenty 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).

  • Method for proportionally controlling the brakes of a vehicle based on tire deformation
    Patent number: 5646848
    Abstract: A method of brake control, comprising the steps of: determining a deceleration of a vehicle; measuring a first wheel rotational velocity of a front wheel of the vehicle; measuring a second wheel rotational velocity of a rear wheel of the vehicle; determining a front wheel normalization value responsive to the deceleration and a front tire deformation constant; determining a rear wheel normalization value responsive to the deceleration and a rear tire deformation constant; determining a front normalized wheel rotational velocity responsive to the front wheel normalization value and the first wheel rotational velocity, wherein the front normalized wheel rotational velocity is responsive to a front tire deformation that occurs during a braking maneuver of the vehicle; determining a rear normalized wheel rotational velocity responsive to the rear wheel normalization value and the second wheel rotational velocity, wherein the rear normalized wheel rotational velocity is responsive to a rear tire deformation that o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Allen John Walenty, Kevin Gerard Leppek, David Alan Thatcher