Patents by Inventor Frank Golub

Frank Golub 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).

  • System and method for remote automated vehicle alignment with a trailer for hitching
    Patent number: 11697414
    Abstract: A system for assisting in aligning a vehicle for hitching with a trailer includes a vehicle steering system, a wireless communication module, a detection system outputting a signal including scene data of an area to a rear of the vehicle, and a controller. The controller receives, via the wireless communication module, an automated hitching initiation command from an external wireless device, receives the scene data and identifying the trailer within the area to the rear of the vehicle, derives a backing path to align a hitch ball mounted on the vehicle to a coupler of the trailer, and controls the vehicle steering system to maneuver the vehicle including reversing along the backing path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Kyle Simmons, Luke Niewiadomski, Roger Trombley, Frederic Christen, Christoph Kessler, Katherine Rouen, Erick Michael Lavoie, Hamid M. Golgiri, Bruno Sielly Jales Costa, Nikhil Nagraj Rao, Vidya Nariyambut Murali, John Michael Celli, Frank Golub, Seyed Armin Raeis Hosseiny, Bo Bao, Siyuan Ma, Hemanth Yadav Aradhyula
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE AUTOMATED VEHICLE ALIGNMENT WITH A TRAILER FOR HITCHING
    Publication number: 20210291832
    Abstract: A system for assisting in aligning a vehicle for hitching with a trailer includes a vehicle steering system, a wireless communication module, a detection system outputting a signal including scene data of an area to a rear of the vehicle, and a controller. The controller receives, via the wireless communication module, an automated hitching initiation command from an external wireless device, receives the scene data and identifying the trailer within the area to the rear of the vehicle, derives a backing path to align a hitch ball mounted on the vehicle to a coupler of the trailer, and controls the vehicle steering system to maneuver the vehicle including reversing along the backing path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kyle Simmons, Luke Niewiadomski, Roger Trombley, Frederic Christen, Christoph Kessler, Katherine Rouen, Erick Michael Lavoie, Hamid M. Golgiri, Bruno Sielly Jales Costa, Nikhil Nagraj Rao, Vidya Nariyambut Murali, John Michael Celli, Frank Golub, Seyed Armin Raeis Hosseiny, Bo Bao, Siyuan Ma, Hemanth Yadav Aradhyula