Patents by Inventor Craig Michael Calmer

Craig Michael Calmer 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).

  • Publication number: 20240174259
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a plurality of automated driving system electronic control units (ADS ECUs) configured to determine vehicle motion control (VMC) commands in response to input from one or more vehicle environment sensors and transmit messages including the VMC commands over one or more communication links. An execution authority electronic control unit (EA ECU) is configured with execution authority over one or more VMC commands and is configured to receive, evaluate, and execute a VMC command associated with a received message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Upendra Kale, Thaila Annamalai, Prasanna Srinivasan, Jorge A Sayegh, Jacob W. Bosch, Howard Robert Frost, Ethan Charles Seifer, Craig Michael Calmer
  • Patent number: 10988140
    Abstract: A powertrain including a prime mover and an electronically controllable clutch. The powertrain structured selectably engages the clutch to provide power from the prime mover to drive one or more ground contacting wheels and to selectably disengage the clutch to decouple with one or more ground contacting wheels. The electronic control system operatively communicates with the prime mover and the electronically controllable clutch, and uses a predictive cruise control (PCC) controller and an idle coast management (ICM) controller, to control vehicle speed during concurrent operation of the PCC controller and the ICM controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Follen, Vivek Anand Sujan, Daniel Reed Dempsey, Tejas Shrikant Kinjawadekar, Craig Michael Calmer, Jairo Andres Sandoval Leon, Oruganti Prashanth Sharma
  • Patent number: 10393195
    Abstract: A powertrain including a prime mover and an electronically controllable clutch. The powertrain structured selectably engages the clutch to provide power from the prime mover to drive one or more ground contacting wheels and to selectably disengage the clutch to decouple with one or more ground contacting wheels. The electronic control system operatively communicates with the prime mover and the electronically controllable clutch, and uses a predictive cruise control (PCC) controller and an idle coast management (ICM) controller, to control vehicle speed during concurrent operation of the PCC controller and the ICM controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Follen, Vivek Anand Sujan, Daniel Reed Dempsey, Tejas Shrikant Kinjawadekar, Craig Michael Calmer, Jairo Andres Sandoval Leon, Oruganti Prashanth Sharma
  • Publication number: 20190186561
    Abstract: A powertrain including a prime mover and an electronically controllable clutch. The powertrain structured selectably engages the clutch to provide power from the prime mover to drive one or more ground contacting wheels and to selectably disengage the clutch to decouple with one or more ground contacting wheels. The electronic control system operatively communicates with the prime mover and the electronically controllable clutch, and uses a predictive cruise control (PCC) controller and an idle coast management (ICM) controller, to control vehicle speed during concurrent operation of the PCC controller and the ICM controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Follen, Vivek Anand Sujan, Daniel Reed Dempsey, Tejas Shrikant Kinjawadekar, Craig Michael Calmer, Jairo Andres Sandoval Leon, Oruganti Prashanth Sharma
  • Publication number: 20190184996
    Abstract: A powertrain including a prime mover and an electronically controllable clutch. The powertrain structured selectably engages the clutch to provide power from the prime mover to drive one or more ground contacting wheels and to selectably disengage the clutch to decouple with one or more ground contacting wheels. The electronic control system operatively communicates with the prime mover and the electronically controllable clutch, and uses a predictive cruise control (PCC) controller and an idle coast management (ICM) controller, to control vehicle speed during concurrent operation of the PCC controller and the ICM controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Follen, Vivek Anand Sujan, Daniel Reed Dempsey, Tejas Shrikant Kinjawadekar, Craig Michael Calmer, Jairo Andres Sandoval Leon, Oruganti Prashanth Sharma