Patents by Inventor Bernard Nefcy

Bernard Nefcy 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).

  • Systems and methods for operating a hybrid vehicle with a manual shift transmission
    Patent number: 11066064
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a vehicle that includes a manual transmission are presented. In one example, a speed rate of change of a driveline torque source is adjusted during a shifting of gears of the manual transmission responsive to a gear that is being disengaged and a gear that is being engaged during the shifting of gears. The torque source may be an electric machine and/or an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Rawsky, Bernard Nefcy, Daniel Colvin
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A HYBRID VEHICLE WITH A MANUAL SHIFT TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20200148191
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a vehicle that includes a manual transmission are presented. In one example, a speed rate of change of a driveline torque source is adjusted during a shifting of gears of the manual transmission responsive to a gear that is being disengaged and a gear that is being engaged during the shifting of gears. The torque source may be an electric machine and/or an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Rawsky, Bernard Nefcy, Daniel Colvin
  • Method to determine an operating characteristic of a vehicle power converter
    Patent number: 7557555
    Abstract: Measured or otherwise known operating characteristics of a DC/DC power converter are used to determine, without measuring, an operating characteristic of the DC/DC power converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jin Wang, Bernard Nefcy, Chingchi Chen, Michael Degner, Jeffery Scott, Lynn McCormick, Yuqing Tang, Hongjie Wu
  • METHOD TO DETERMINE AN OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC OF A VEHICLE POWER CONVERTER
    Publication number: 20080246508
    Abstract: Measured or otherwise known operating characteristics of a DC/DC power converter are used to determine, without measuring, an operating characteristic of the DC/DC power converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jin Wang, Bernard Nefcy, Chingchi Chen, Michael Degner, Jeffery Scott, Lynn McCormick, Yuqing Tang, Hongjie Wu