Patents by Inventor Ameya Gadre

Ameya Gadre 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 controlling MHT powertrain hardware components as a function of driver demanded responsiveness
    Patent number: 11618434
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an electric machine, an engine selectively coupled to the electric machine by a disconnect clutch, and a controller. The controller is programmed to, in response to a change in the driver-demanded torque necessitating starting of the engine: determine a state of driving (SOD) based on the change in driver-demanded torque, wherein the SOD is indicative of a desired responsiveness of the vehicle, and the desired responsiveness increases as SOD increases; command a speed target to the engine equal to a predicted motor speed associated with the driver-demanded torque plus an offset that is based on the SOD; and command a capacity to the disconnect clutch at a rate and a magnitude based on the SOD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Scott James Thompson, Rajit Johri, Jason Meyer, Francis Connolly, Minku Lee, Justin Panhans, Bradley Dean Riedle, Arun Sebastian, Ameya Gadre, Corey James Blue, Andrew Burt
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MHT POWERTRAIN HARDWARE COMPONENTS AS A FUNCTION OF DRIVER DEMANDED RESPONSIVENESS
    Publication number: 20220032903
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an electric machine, an engine selectively coupled to the electric machine by a disconnect clutch, and a controller. The controller is programmed to, in response to a change in the driver-demanded torque necessitating starting of the engine: determine a state of driving (SOD) based on the change in driver-demanded torque, wherein the SOD is indicative of a desired responsiveness of the vehicle, and the desired responsiveness increases as SOD increases; command a speed target to the engine equal to a predicted motor speed associated with the driver-demanded torque plus an offset that is based on the SOD; and command a capacity to the disconnect clutch at a rate and a magnitude based on the SOD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Scott James Thompson, Rajit Johri, Jason Meyer, Francis Connolly, Minku Lee, Justin Panhans, Bradley Dean Riedle, Arun Sebastian, Ameya Gadre, Corey James Blue, Andrew Burt