Patents by Inventor Jan Pieter Prins

Jan Pieter Prins 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).

  • Vehicle control
    Patent number: 7349776
    Abstract: A vehicle control system has a plurality of subsystem controllers including an engine management system 28, a transmission controller 30, a steering controller 48, a brakes controller 62 and a suspension controller 82. These subsystem controllers are each operable in a plurality of subsystem modes, and are all connected to a vehicle mode controller 98 which controls the modes of operation of each of the subsystem controllers so as to provide a number of driving modes for the vehicle. Each of the modes corresponds to a particular driving condition or set of driving conditions, and in each mode each of the functions is set to the function in mode most appropriate to those conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Francis Spillane, William Burdock, David Andrew Clare, Derek Leslie Jones, John Anthony Kellett, Jan Pieter Prins, Keith Gary Reginald Parsons, Paul Malcolm Darnell
  • Vehicle Control
    Publication number: 20030200016
    Abstract: A vehicle control system comprises a plurality of subsystem controllers including an engine management system 28, a transmission controller 30, a steering controller 48, a brakes controller 62 and a suspension controller 82. These subsystem controllers are each operable in a plurality of subsystem modes, and are all connected to a vehicle mode controller 98 which controls the modes of operation of each of the subsystem controllers so as to provide a number of driving modes for the vehicle. Each of the modes corresponds to a particular driving condition or set of driving conditions, and in each mode each of the functions is set to the function mode most appropriate to those conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Francis Spillane, William Burdock, David Andrew Clare, Derek Leslie Jones, John Anthony Kellett, Jan Pieter Prins, Keith Gary Reginald Parsons, Paul Malcolm Darnell
  • Vehicle control
    Patent number: RE46828
    Abstract: A vehicle control system has a plurality of subsystem controllers including an engine management system 28, a transmission controller 30, a steering controller 48, a brakes controller 62 and a suspension controller 82. These subsystem controllers are each operable in a plurality of subsystem modes, and are all connected to a vehicle mode controller 98 which controls the modes of operation of each of the subsystem controllers so as to provide a number of driving modes for the vehicle. Each of the modes corresponds to a particular driving condition or set of driving conditions, and in each mode each of the functions is set to the function in mode most appropriate to those conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Francis Spillane, William Burdock, David Andrew Clare, Derek Leslie Jones, John Anthony Kellett, Jan Pieter Prins, Keith Gary Reginald Parsons, Paul Malcolm Darnell
  • Vehicle control
    Patent number: RE49258
    Abstract: A vehicle control system has a plurality of subsystem controllers including an engine management system 28, a transmission controller 30, a steering controller 48, a brakes controller 62 and a suspension controller 82. These subsystem controllers are each operable in a plurality of subsystem modes, and are all connected to a vehicle mode controller 98 which controls the modes of operation of each of the subsystem controllers so as to provide a number of driving modes for the vehicle. Each of the modes corresponds to a particular driving condition or set of driving conditions, and in each mode each of the functions is set to the function in mode most appropriate to those conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventors: Anthony Francis Spillane, William Burdock, David Andrew Clare, Derek Leslie Jones, John Anthony Kellett, Jan Pieter Prins, Keith Gary Reginald Parsons, Paul Malcolm Darnell