Patents by Inventor James Michael WEINFURTHER

James Michael WEINFURTHER 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: 20180326993
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a control module and a plurality of vehicle control modules in networked communication with the control module. The control module may be configured to receive an indication from a user interface to transition the vehicle into an extended park mode, and responsive to the indication, instruct the plurality of vehicle control modules to perform operations to reduce their respective key-off loads on the vehicle. A cloud service may be configured to receive, over a wide-area network responsive to user input to a mobile device, an indication to transition a vehicle associated with the mobile device into an extended park mode, and responsive to the indication, provide a message over the network to the vehicle to instruct the vehicle to perform operations to reduce key-off loads of a plurality of vehicle control modules of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Karin LOVETT, Andrew Eugene BURT, James Michael WEINFURTHER, Zeljko DELJEVIC
  • Publication number: 20170036645
    Abstract: A body controller may monitor a vehicle bus for diagnostic requests received from a scan device connected to a diagnostic port when a vehicle perimeter alarm of a body controller is armed. The body controller may reset a predetermined lockout timeout responsive to receipt of a session request from the scan device. Upon expiration of the lockout timeout, the body controller may request to establish the session with the body controller from the scan device for a predetermined access timeout. When the session is established, the body controller may allow a user to program entry devices to the body controller and/or download software updates to the body controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Lisa Therese BORAN, Brunilda B. CAUSHI, Simon John William HURR, James Michael WEINFURTHER
  • Publication number: 20160082975
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a control module and a plurality of vehicle control modules in networked communication with the control module. The control module may be configured to receive an indication from a user interface to transition the vehicle into an extended park mode, and responsive to the indication, instruct the plurality of vehicle control modules to perform operations to reduce their respective key-off loads on the vehicle. A cloud service may be configured to receive, over a wide-area network responsive to user input to a mobile device, an indication to transition a vehicle associated with the mobile device into an extended park mode, and responsive to the indication, provide a message over the network to the vehicle to instruct the vehicle to perform operations to reduce key-off loads of a plurality of vehicle control modules of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Karin LOVETT, Andrew Eugene BURT, James Michael WEINFURTHER, Zeljko DELJEVIC
  • Publication number: 20160075324
    Abstract: An electronic control unit may include input channels configured to receive signals indicative of a power to a steering system and signals indicative of an operating mode of the vehicle, and output channels configured to provide a command to redistribute current from an electrical load to the steering system. The electronic control unit may further include control logic configured to, in response to the power falling below a threshold value and the operating mode being of a pre-defined type, generate the command to increase the power to the steering system to meet the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Ronald Patrick BROMBACH, James Michael WEINFURTHER, David J. DAINELIS, Michael J. IRBY