Patents by Inventor Gerald Gerard Brown

Gerald Gerard Brown 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).

  • Mixed-mode fuel minimization
    Patent number: 8050849
    Abstract: A mixed-mode method for operating a vehicle's propulsion plant to travel at a selected average speed using the minimum amount of fuel. The method involves travelling in one mode at high speed part of the time, and in a different mode at low speed part of the time, in such a way that the average speed is the selected value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Gerald Gerard Brown, Jeffrey Eugene Kline, Richard Edwin Rosenthal, Pascale Menconi, legal representative, Alan R. Washburn