Patents by Inventor Benjamin Kruse

Benjamin Kruse 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).

  • Road-surface inclined-state detection method and vehicle control method
    Patent number: 12691717
    Abstract: A road-surface inclined-state detection method includes an acquisition step of acquiring a vehicle state where pitching moment causing front wheels of a vehicle to move upward in a vertical direction relative to rear wheels of the vehicle is applied to the vehicle, and where rear suspensions suspending the rear wheels are stroked in a compressing direction, a count step of starting counting after the vehicle state acquired in the acquisition step meets a predetermined condition, and continuing the counting until the vehicle state fails to meet the predetermined condition, and an inclined-state detection step of detecting an inclined state of a road surface R on which the vehicle travels, according to count values counted in the count step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Benjamin Kruse, Michael Sadie
  • ROAD-SURFACE INCLINED-STATE DETECTION METHOD AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20260184128
    Abstract: A road-surface inclined-state detection method includes an acquisition step of acquiring a vehicle state where pitching moment causing front wheels of a vehicle to move upward in a vertical direction relative to rear wheels of the vehicle is applied to the vehicle, and where rear suspensions suspending the rear wheels are stroked in a compressing direction, a count step of starting counting after the vehicle state acquired in the acquisition step meets a predetermined condition, and continuing the counting until the vehicle state fails to meet the predetermined condition, and an inclined-state detection step of detecting an inclined state of a road surface R on which the vehicle travels, according to count values counted in the count step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2024
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Benjamin Kruse, Michael Sadie