Patents by Inventor Corey Allard

Corey Allard 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).

  • Patent number: 12578014
    Abstract: A transmission adaptive control system that establishes transmission clutch adaptive values for a vehicle includes a transmission and a controller. The transmission has a plurality of clutches including a first clutch, a second clutch, a third clutch, a fourth clutch and a fifth clutch, wherein clutches of the plurality of clutches actuate between open and closed positions resulting in the transmission shifting between available gears including first gear, second gear, third gear, fourth gear, fifth gear, neutral and reverse. The controller controls actuation of the plurality of clutches to establish adaptive values for all clutches of the plurality of clutches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Corey Allard, Steven Christ
  • Publication number: 20260063201
    Abstract: A transmission adaptive control system that establishes transmission clutch adaptive values for a vehicle includes a transmission and a controller. The transmission has a plurality of clutches including a first clutch, a second clutch, a third clutch, a fourth clutch and a fifth clutch, wherein clutches of the plurality of clutches actuate between open and closed positions resulting in the transmission shifting between available gears including first gear, second gear, third gear, fourth gear, fifth gear, neutral and reverse. The controller controls actuation of the plurality of clutches to establish adaptive values for all clutches of the plurality of clutches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Inventors: Corey Allard, Steven Christ
  • Patent number: 12485871
    Abstract: A torque response adaptation system for a vehicle includes an engine control module (ECM) and a torque requestor module connected to the ECM via a controller area network (CAN) and configured to determine at least one of a torque response delay adaptation and a torque response magnitude adaptation, wherein the torque response delay and magnitude adaptations corresponds to a time delay and a magnitude difference, respectively, between a torque request provided to the ECM via the CAN and a corresponding torque response returned from the ECM via the CAN, generate a modified torque request for the ECM based on the at least one of the torque response delay adaptation and the torque response magnitude adaptation, and transmit, to the ECM via the CAN, the modified torque request, wherein receipt of the modified torque request by the ECM causes the ECM to increase performance of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Corey Allard, Joshua Rohrer, Javed Dada
  • Publication number: 20250083659
    Abstract: A launch control system for a vehicle includes a control system configured to, in response to detecting a launch control request, determine whether an accelerator pedal position and a brake pressure are greater than respective calibrated thresholds, when the accelerator pedal position and the brake pressure are both greater than the respective calibrated thresholds, temporarily limit a torque output of a torque generating system to a limited calibrated value to mitigate or prevent potential damage to a driveline system, and while temporarily limiting the torque output of the torque generating system to the limited calibrated value, when at least one of the accelerator pedal position and the brake pressure falls below its respective calibrated threshold, increase the torque output of the torque generating system to a maximum calibrated value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Corey Allard, Joshua Rohrer
  • Patent number: 12146566
    Abstract: Grade based transmission park pawl unloading techniques include in response to detecting a request to shift a transmission of a vehicle out of a park state, determining a set of load parameters using a set of sensors configured to monitor the set of load parameters of the vehicle, the set of load parameters including at least a grade of a surface that the vehicle is on and a weight of the vehicle, based on the set of load parameters, activating a series of a plurality of clutches of the transmission to cause the transmission to transfer or output a desired amount of drive torque in a desired direction to unload the park pawl, and when the park pawl is unloaded, shifting the transmission out of the park state without any noise/vibration/harshness (NVH) associated with the previous loading of the park pawl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventor: Corey Allard