Patents by Inventor Edward RYCROFT

Edward RYCROFT 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).

  • Control system and method for improving vehicle turning performance
    Patent number: 10155514
    Abstract: A control system for a motor vehicle that operates to receive a signal indicative of a steering angle of a vehicle and cause application of negative torque to one or more wheels of a vehicle to slow a wheel. The system is configured to perform a turn-assist operation in which the system causes application of negative torque to at least a first wheel of a vehicle being an inside trailing wheel when a steering angle exceeds a predetermined steering angle thereby to promote turning of a vehicle. The amount of negative torque is arranged to increase with increasing steering angle beyond the predetermined steering angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventor: Edward Rycroft
  • Vehicle speed control system and method
    Patent number: 10047854
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a vehicle speed control system operable to cause a vehicle to operate in accordance with a target speed value, the system being operable automatically to perform a direction change operation wherein the system causes a transmission of the vehicle to adopt a configuration corresponding to travel in an opposite direction to the instant configuration when the vehicle speed does not exceed a prescribed transmission direction change speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventors: James Kelly, Navid Shamshiri, Edward Rycroft
  • CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING VEHICLE TURNING PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20160318509
    Abstract: A control system for a motor vehicle that operates to receive a signal indicative of a steering angle of a vehicle and cause application of negative torque to one or more wheels of a vehicle to slow a wheel. The system is configured to perform a turn-assist operation in which the system causes application of negative torque to at least a first wheel of a vehicle being an inside trailing wheel when a steering angle exceeds a predetermined steering angle thereby to promote turning of a vehicle. The amount of negative torque is arranged to increase with increasing steering angle beyond the predetermined steering angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventor: Edward RYCROFT
  • VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20160200323
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a vehicle speed control system operable to cause a vehicle to operate in accordance with a target speed value, the system being operable automatically to perform a direction change operation wherein the system causes a transmission of the vehicle to adopt a configuration corresponding to travel in an opposite direction to the instant configuration when the vehicle speed does not exceed a prescribed transmission direction change speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: James KELLY, Navid SHAMSHIRI, Edward RYCROFT