Patents by Inventor Gary K Lowe

Gary K Lowe 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).

  • Interactive gear engagement
    Patent number: 7086988
    Abstract: A vehicle powertrain has an engine coupled to an electronically-controlled automatic transmission. A method for controlling the vehicle powertrain during a transmission shift from a neutral gear to a drive gear detects a change in a signal indicative of a desired transmission gear change from a neutral gear to a drive gear. An engine idle speed is reduced by a predetermined RPM in response to the change in the signal. The transmission is shifted from the neutral gear into the drive gear upon the engine idle speed being reduced by the predetermined RPM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis W Fett, Mark J Poublon, John M Rzepecki, II, Gary K Lowe
  • Method for synchronizing the zero position of pedal position sensors
    Patent number: 6634206
    Abstract: A method for synchronizing a plurality of pedal position sensors in a motor vehicle. A series of voltages are accumulated from each of a plurality of pedal position sensors. Representative voltages are determined from the series of voltages. The representative voltages are assigned to linear relationships from which an offset is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Weijia Cui, Gerald L Holbrook, Binqiu Xu, Gary K Lowe