Patents by Inventor Greg S. Didier

Greg S. Didier 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).

  • Electrical load management in conjunction with idle shutdown
    Patent number: 6768221
    Abstract: A motor vehicle engine is under control of an engine control system (18) that performs an idle shutdown function to shut down the engine via a programmable output (50) of an electronic module of the control system after the engine has been idling for some amount of time. An ignition switch (14) is turned on and off for signaling the engine control system to turn the engine on and off. Relays (30, 40) are connected between the ignition switch and load circuits of the vehicle electrical system and to the programmable output of the module to allow the load circuits to be fed when the ignition switch is on and the programmable output of the module is not signaling an idle shutdown and to disallow feeding when the programmable output of the module is signaling an idle shutdown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Rodney J. Klinger, Greg S. Didier
  • Electrical load management in conjunction with idle shutdown
    Publication number: 20030151307
    Abstract: A motor vehicle engine is under control of an engine control system (18) that performs an idle shutdown function to shut down the engine via a programmable output (50) of an electronic module of the control system after the engine has been idling for some amount of time. An ignition switch (14) is turned on and off for signaling the engine control system to turn the engine on and off. Relays (30, 40) are connected between the ignition switch and load circuits of the vehicle electrical system and to the programmable output of the module to allow the load circuits to be fed when the ignition switch is on and the programmable output of the module is not signaling an idle shutdown and to disallow feeding when the programmable output of the module is signaling an idle shutdown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Rodney J. Klinger, Greg S. Didier