Patents by Inventor Brad Probert

Brad Probert 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).

  • Controlling gearshifting to prevent powertrain hunting
    Patent number: 8855877
    Abstract: A method for controlling gearshifts of an automatic transmission includes preventing an upshift while the vehicle accelerates on an ascending grade, if predicted vehicle acceleration in a target gear is less than a reference vehicle acceleration in the target gear; accelerating the vehicle on the grade; and producing the upshift, if predicted vehicle acceleration in the target gear is greater than a reference vehicle acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brad Probert, Jeremy L. Russell, Cory B. LaRoche, Philip J. Wiethe
  • CONTROLLING GEARSHIFTING TO RPEVENT POWERTRAIN HUNTING
    Publication number: 20130109534
    Abstract: A method for controlling gearshifts of an automatic transmission includes preventing an upshift while the vehicle accelerates on an ascending grade, if predicted vehicle acceleration in a target gear is less than a reference vehicle acceleration in the target gear; accelerating the vehicle on the grade; and producing the upshift, if predicted vehicle acceleration in the target gear is greater than a reference vehicle acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brad Probert, Jeremy L. Russell, Cory B. LaRoche, Philip J. Wiethe