Patents by Inventor Benjamin Nathan Mikel

Benjamin Nathan Mikel 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).

  • Hydraulic roll-off protection
    Patent number: 10759429
    Abstract: “Roll-off” is considered to be any unwanted vehicle movement after a parking brake is engaged. Roll-off is prevented or reduced by a method and apparatus that adjusts hydraulic brake pressure applied to vehicle wheel brakes if unintended motion is detected when the parking brake is engaged and the vehicle's transmission is not in the park position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Coullard, Lance Brown, Benjamin Nathan Mikel
  • HYDRAULIC ROLL-OFF PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20190071090
    Abstract: “Roll-off” is considered to be any unwanted vehicle movement after a parking brake is engaged. Roll-off is prevented or reduced by a method and apparatus that adjusts hydraulic brake pressure applied to vehicle wheel brakes if unintended motion is detected when the parking brake is engaged and the vehicle's transmission is not in the park position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Coullard, Lance Brown, Benjamin Nathan Mikel
  • ELECTRONIC BRAKE SYSTEM (EBS) UTILIZING INTEGRATED OR NON-INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC TRAILER BRAKE DURING EBS FUNCTIONS
    Publication number: 20160075315
    Abstract: A braking system for a vehicle and a trailer being towed by the vehicle includes an electronic trailer brake constructed and arranged to control trailer wheel brakes of the trailer, and an electronic brake system (EBS) constructed and arranged to control wheel brakes of the vehicle. The EBS includes at least one circuit constructed and arranged to detect a function of the EBS and, in response to the detected function, to send a request signal to the electronic trailer brake instructing the electronic trailer brake to activate the trailer wheel brakes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Vesa Vilhelm Luomaranta, Ryan Wayne Alaspa, Benjamin Nathan Mikel