Patents by Inventor Donald Tandy

Donald Tandy 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: 20070260386
    Abstract: A system for providing enhanced stability, control, and management for a tow-vehicle towing a trailer assembly with trailer sensors is disclosed. The system includes a tow-vehicle with an electronic stability enhancing system in communication with a processor with memory and computer instructions. The system includes sensors located on the tow-vehicle and the trailer for detecting engagement with the trailer when communicating with an integrated circuit system and for detecting force, motion, and combinations thereof, when communicating with the processor. Computer instructions instruct the processor to identify specifications representing the tow-vehicle and trailer assembly and to calculate force values and motion values affecting the tow-vehicle and trailer assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Donald Tandy, Donald Tandy
  • Publication number: 20070260387
    Abstract: A computer readable medium for instructing the steps of a method for providing stability, control and management of a prime mover connected to an auxiliary vehicle is disclosed. A plurality of computer instructions is stored on a computer readable medium and executed by a processor to perform the steps of connecting the auxiliary vehicle to the prime mover with an electronic stability enhancing system and an auxiliary stability enhancing system, including the processor and memory. The computer instructions instruct communication between the processor and a plurality of sensors regarding forces, motions, and combinations thereof, and communications with a database storage containing specifications representing the prime mover and auxiliary vehicle for comparisons to preset threshold values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Donald Tandy, Donald Tandy
  • Publication number: 20070260385
    Abstract: A system for providing enhanced stability, control, and management of a tow-vehicle with a connected trailer assembly combination by using an electronic stability enhancing system and two processors is disclosed. The first processor on the tow-vehicle and second processor on the trailer include memory with computer instructions for communicating with sensors located on the tow-vehicle and the trailer for detecting force, motion, and combinations thereof, as well as engagement with the trailer. Computer instructions instruct the processors to identify specifications and characteristics representing the tow-vehicle and the trailer and to calculate force values and motion values that affect the tow-vehicle and trailer assembly combination for comparison with known threshold values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Donald Tandy, Donald Tandy
  • Publication number: 20070256878
    Abstract: A method for providing enhanced stability, control and management for a prime mover connected to an auxiliary vehicle is disclosed. An auxiliary vehicle is connected to a prime mover with an auxiliary stability enhancing system and an electronic stability enhancing system, including at least one processor with a memory having computer instructions stored thereon. The processor communicates with a plurality of sensors to detect force values and motions values, and communicates with database storage containing specifications and characteristics representing the prime mover and auxiliary vehicle to compare the force and motion values with the specifications to determine if any values exceed known preset threshold values for the prime mover and auxiliary vehicle. A calculated response, and a location for applying the response, is determined by using a computer model of the prime mover and auxiliary vehicle to reduce the detected force or motion value that exceeds the preset threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Donald Tandy, Donald Tandy
  • Publication number: 20070257549
    Abstract: A system for providing enhanced force and motion stability and management for a tow-vehicle towing a trailer assembly is disclosed. The system includes a tow-vehicle with an electronic stability enhancing system in communication with a processor with memory, and sensors located on the tow-vehicle are used for detecting engagement with a trailer and communicating with a trailer electrical system and the processor. Computer instructions instruct the processor to identify specifications representing the tow-vehicle and the trailer and to calculate at least one force, at least one motion, and combinations thereof, affecting the tow-vehicle and trailer assembly. Computer instructions provide instructions for braking to at least one wheel of the tow-vehicle using the at least one force, the at least one motion, the electronic stability enhancing system, and the specifications of the tow-vehicle towing the trailer assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Donald Tandy, Donald Tandy