Patents by Inventor Daniel F. Slavin

Daniel F. Slavin 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: 11807322
    Abstract: A present steering position of a manually actuatable steering unit of the motor vehicle is determined based on sensor data. A steering command is generated based on the present steering position of the steering unit. Then, based on sensor-detected present vehicle dynamics data, it is determined whether the motor vehicle is in a straight-ahead running situation during driving operation. It is determined whether, during the straight-ahead running situation of the motor vehicle, the present steering position of the steering unit deviates from a straight-ahead running position of the steering unit for at least one of a specified time period and a specified traveling distance of the motor vehicle. A compensation steering command is generated based on the determined deviation of the present steering position of the steering unit from the straight-ahead running position. A corrected steering command is generated based on combining the compensation steering command with the steering command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jan Bremkens, Daniel F. Slavin, Simon Nolden, Tomas Mawyin, Alex Gidley
  • Publication number: 20220017142
    Abstract: A present steering position of a manually actuatable steering unit of the motor vehicle is determined based on sensor data. A steering command is generated based on the present steering position of the steering unit. Then, based on sensor-detected present vehicle dynamics data, it is determined whether the motor vehicle is in a straight-ahead running situation during driving operation. It is determined whether, during the straight-ahead running situation of the motor vehicle, the present steering position of the steering unit deviates from a straight-ahead running position of the steering unit for at least one of a specified time period and a specified traveling distance of the motor vehicle. A compensation steering command is generated based on the determined deviation of the present steering position of the steering unit from the straight-ahead running position. A corrected steering command is generated based on combining the compensation steering command with the steering command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jan Bremkens, Daniel F. Slavin, Simon Nolden, Tomas Mawyin, Alex Gidley
  • Patent number: 10928195
    Abstract: A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the computer to determine a recursive standard deviation and a recursive mean offset of a plurality of steering component angles and to identify a wheel misalignment fault upon determining that the recursive standard deviation is below a deviation threshold and the recursive mean offset is above an offset threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Hassene Jammoussi, Imad Hassan Makki, John Steven McWilliams, Bruce C. Arnold, Daniel F. Slavin
  • Patent number: 10801910
    Abstract: A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to identify a wheel having a force imbalance based on wheel speed data from each of a plurality of vehicle wheels, and to identify a wheel force imbalance fault when the force imbalance exceeds at least one of a distance threshold and a time threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph M. Raad, Daniel F. Slavin, Darrel Alan Recker, Kelly Trost, Fakhreddine Landolsi
  • Publication number: 20200049499
    Abstract: A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the computer to determine a recursive standard deviation and a recursive mean offset of a plurality of steering component angles and to identify a wheel misalignment fault upon determining that the recursive standard deviation is below a deviation threshold and the recursive mean offset is above an offset threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hassene Jammoussi, Imad Hassan Makki, John Steven McWilliams, Bruce C. Arnold, Daniel F. Slavin
  • Publication number: 20200033220
    Abstract: A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to identify a wheel having a force imbalance based on wheel speed data from each of a plurality of vehicle wheels, and to identify a wheel force imbalance fault when the force imbalance exceeds at least one of a distance threshold and a time threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph M. Raad, Daniel F. Slavin, Darrel Alan Recker, Kelly Trost, Fakhreddine Landolsi