Patents by Inventor Howard Robert Forst

Howard Robert Forst 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).

  • Systems and methods for vehicle speed management
    Patent number: 9272621
    Abstract: Controlling a speed of a vehicle based on at least a portion of a route grade and a route distance divided into a plurality of route sections, each including at least one of a section grade and section length. Controlling the speed of the vehicle is further based on determining a cruise control speed mode for the vehicle for each of the plurality of route sections and determining a speed reference command of the vehicle based on at least one of the cruise control speed mode, the section length, the section grade, and a current speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Anand Sujan, Phani Vajapeyazula, Kenneth Follen, An Wu, Howard Robert Forst
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE SPEED MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20150306957
    Abstract: Controlling a speed of a vehicle based on at least a portion of a route grade and a route distance divided into a plurality of route sections, each including at least one of a section grade and section length. Controlling the speed of the vehicle is further based on determining a cruise control speed mode for the vehicle for each of the plurality of route sections and determining a speed reference command of the vehicle based on at least one of the cruise control speed mode, the section length, the section grade, and a current speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Vivek Anand Sujan, Phani Vajapeyazula, Kenneth Follen, An Wu, Howard Robert Forst