Patents by Inventor Caleb M Coats

Caleb M Coats 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 programming a gear shift sequence for a custom shift mode of an automatic transmission
    Patent number: 10753461
    Abstract: Control systems and methods for a vehicle automatic transmission utilize a driver interface configured to receive input from a driver of the vehicle relating to a custom shift mode of the automatic transmission and a controller configured to monitor a driving history of the vehicle and, based on the driving history, determine a reduced shift sequence for the transmission to utilize during the custom shift mode, the reduced shift sequence specifying a subset of available forward gears of the transmission to utilize during the custom shift mode, the subset of gears being less than a total number of available forward gears of the transmission, such that one or more available forward gears are skipped in the reduced shift sequence, initiate the custom shift mode for the transmission, and during the custom shift mode, control shifting of the transmission according to the reduced shift sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Michael B Solt, Caleb M Coats, Jamie F Standring
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROGRAMMING A GEAR SHIFT SEQUENCE FOR A CUSTOM SHIFT MODE OF AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20200063859
    Abstract: Control systems and methods for a vehicle automatic transmission utilize a driver interface configured to receive input from a driver of the vehicle relating to a custom shift mode of the automatic transmission and a controller configured to monitor a driving history of the vehicle and, based on the driving history, determine a reduced shift sequence for the transmission to utilize during the custom shift mode, the reduced shift sequence specifying a subset of available forward gears of the transmission to utilize during the custom shift mode, the subset of gears being less than a total number of available forward gears of the transmission, such that one or more available forward gears are skipped in the reduced shift sequence, initiate the custom shift mode for the transmission, and during the custom shift mode, control shifting of the transmission according to the reduced shift sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Michael B Solt, Caleb M Coats, Jamie F Standring