Patents by Inventor Guy BATES

Guy BATES 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).

  • Publication number: 20180251103
    Abstract: A method of operating a vehicle braking system comprising one or more frictional braking devices and one or more regenerative braking devices. The method comprises receiving one or more electrical signals indicative of a brake command. The method further comprises determining whether one or more predetermined conditions are met in response to the received brake command, wherein at least one of the predetermined condition(s) comprises a condition pertaining to the one or more frictional braking devices. The method still further comprises inhibiting the operation of at least one of the one or more regenerative braking devices and actuating at least one of the one or more frictional braking devices when at least certain of the one or more predetermined conditions are met in order to carry out the received brake command and to also bed-in brake pad lining(s) of the actuated frictional braking devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Anthony SATTERTHWAITE, Guy BATES, Philip FERDANI