Patents by Inventor Benjamin NAULT

Benjamin NAULT 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).

  • Hybrid vehicle and lash mitigation strategy
    Patent number: 9944285
    Abstract: A drivetrain system includes a controller that is programmed to, in a presence of a request for increased drivetrain torque that results in reversal of drivetrain torque direction, command an increase in drivetrain torque at a reduced rate while a value that is based on drivetrain speed difference remains within a predetermined range absent a braking torque request exceeding a threshold. The controller is further programmed to command the increase at an accelerated rate upon the braking torque request exceeding the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jacob Doan, Shunsuke Okubo, Carol Louise Okubo, Benjamin Nault
  • HYBRID VEHICLE AND LASH MITIGATION STRATEGY
    Publication number: 20170253244
    Abstract: A drivetrain system includes a controller that is programmed to, in a presence of a request for increased drivetrain torque that results in reversal of drivetrain torque direction, command an increase in drivetrain torque at a reduced rate while a value that is based on drivetrain speed difference remains within a predetermined range absent a braking torque request exceeding a threshold. The controller is further programmed to command the increase at an accelerated rate upon the braking torque request exceeding the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Jacob DOAN, Shunsuke OKUBO, Carol Louise OKUBO, Benjamin NAULT