Patents by Inventor Dean A Celini

Dean A Celini 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).

  • Apparatus for setting fluid level in an automatic transmission
    Publication number: 20040140162
    Abstract: An apparatus for setting a level of fluid in an oil reservoir of an automatic transmission comprises a standpipe attached to the oil reservoir, and a regulator movable relative to the standpipe. Alternative means move the regulator relative to the standpipe to set a height of the regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Dean A. Celini, Kenneth J. Potter, Syed Ilyas, John C. Bowlby, Marvin G. Schiemann
  • TORQUE MANAGEMENT BASED TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20030171869
    Abstract: A vehicle traction control system that is based on the management of the torque that is produced by the vehicle power train. The actual angular acceleration of a portion of the vehicle drive line is compared to the maximum predicted angular acceleration of the portion of the vehicle drive line to determine the occurrence of a wheel slipping condition. In response to the detection of a wheel slipping condition, the amount of excess drive torque that is being produced by the power train is quantified and the drive torque that is produced by the power train is reduced by an amount which corresponds to the excess. When the slipping condition has been abated, the reduction in the magnitude of the drive torque that is produced by the power train is reduced and eventually eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Potter, Dean A. Celini, Daniel S. Denton
  • Torque management based traction control system
    Patent number: 6615126
    Abstract: A vehicle traction control system that is based on the management of the torque that is produced by the vehicle power train. The actual angular acceleration of a portion of the vehicle drive line is compared to the maximum predicted angular acceleration of the portion of the vehicle drive line to determine the occurrence of a wheel slipping condition. In response to the detection of a wheel slipping condition, the amount of excess drive torque that is being produced by the power train is quantified and the drive torque that is produced by the power train is reduced by an amount which corresponds to the excess. When the slipping condition has been abated, the reduction in the magnitude of the drive torque that is produced by the power train is reduced and eventually eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth J Potter, Dean A Celini, Daniel S Denton