Patents by Inventor Brian P Young

Brian P Young 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).

  • Energy based component wear model for clutch control offsets in an automatic transmission
    Patent number: 11434965
    Abstract: An automatic transmission system of a vehicle and a corresponding adaptation method utilize an automatic transmission comprising a hydraulic friction clutch and a controller configured to continuously perform a feedforward adaptation procedure that models wear of the clutch, the feedforward adaptation procedure comprising obtaining a set of operating parameters each indicative of wear of the clutch, model the wear of the clutch based on the set of operating parameters using a clutch wear model, and determine a clutch offset for controlling application of the clutch based on the modeled clutch wear, and control application of the clutch based on the determined clutch offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Dean Baker, Brian P Young, Nathan J Saliga
  • ENERGY BASED COMPONENT WEAR MODEL FOR CLUTCH CONTROL OFFSETS IN AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20210018056
    Abstract: An automatic transmission system of a vehicle and a corresponding adaptation method utilize an automatic transmission comprising a hydraulic friction clutch and a controller configured to continuously perform a feedforward adaptation procedure that models wear of the clutch, the feedforward adaptation procedure comprising obtaining a set of operating parameters each indicative of wear of the clutch, model the wear of the clutch based on the set of operating parameters using a clutch wear model, and determine a clutch offset for controlling application of the clutch based on the modeled clutch wear, and control application of the clutch based on the determined clutch offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Dean Baker, Brian P Young, Nathan J Saliga