Patents by Inventor Banuchandar Muthukumar

Banuchandar Muthukumar 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).

  • Drive axle system and method of control
    Patent number: 11984832
    Abstract: A drive axle system and a method of control. A control system determines a torque command based on an inverter temperature, a stator temperature of a stator of an electric motor, and a rotor temperature of a rotor of the electric motor. The electric motor is operated to provide torque based on the torque command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Edvin Godo, Banuchandar Muthukumar
  • Axle assembly and method of control
    Patent number: 11976722
    Abstract: A method of controlling an axle assembly. The method includes executing a speed synchronization mode and operating a clutch actuator to shift a clutch from a neutral position toward an engaged position. The method may also include executing a low torque synchronization mode when the clutch cannot be shifted from a neutral position to an engaged position within a first predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Edvin Godo, Banuchandar Muthukumar
  • DRIVE AXLE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROL
    Publication number: 20240106380
    Abstract: A drive axle system and a method of control. A control system determines a torque command based on an inverter temperature, a stator temperature of a stator of an electric motor, and a rotor temperature of a rotor of the electric motor. The electric motor is operated to provide torque based on the torque command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Edvin Godo, Banuchandar Muthukumar
  • DRIVE AXLE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROL
    Publication number: 20240034157
    Abstract: A method of controlling a drive axle system. The drive axle system includes a first axle assembly and a second axle assembly that are electrically connected to the same electric power source or different electric power sources. The method operates the axle assemblies within power and current limits of an associated electric power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Edvin Godo, Banuchandar Muthukumar
  • AXLE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF CONTROL
    Publication number: 20240035563
    Abstract: A method of controlling an axle assembly. The method includes executing a speed synchronization mode and operating a clutch actuator to shift a clutch from a neutral position toward an engaged position. The method may also include executing a low torque synchronization mode when the clutch cannot be shifted from a neutral position to an engaged position within a first predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Edvin Godo, Banuchandar Muthukumar
  • METHOD OF CONTROLLING A VEHICLE HAVING A ONE-PEDAL DRIVING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230241981
    Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle. The vehicle includes an axle assembly and a one-pedal driving system. The axle assembly may be operatively connected to an electrical machine that is configured to provide torque to a vehicle wheel. The one-pedal driving system that has a pedal that controls torque provided by the electrical machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Edvin Godo, Banuchandar Muthukumar, Frank Falcone, Ameya Jathar
  • Drive axle system and method of control
    Patent number: 11680639
    Abstract: A method of controlling a drive axle system. The method may include executing a gear upshift or a gear downshift after decreasing the torque that is provided by an electric motor to a transmission of an axle assembly and increasing the torque that is provided by another electric motor to a transmission of another axle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Edvin Godo, Banuchandar Muthukumar
  • Axle assembly having a sensor for detecting a shift collar
    Patent number: 11124054
    Abstract: An axle assembly having a shift collar and a sensor. The shift collar may be rotatable about a first axis and moveable along the first axis. The sensor may detect detection features associated with the shift collar and provide a signal that may be indicative of rotation of the shift collar about the first axis and positioning of the shift collar along the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Yousif Hadad, Banuchandar Muthukumar, Chetankumar Ghatti, Edvin Godo