Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Daniel Rupp

Jeffrey Daniel Rupp 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).

  • Curve-related accident mitigation
    Patent number: 8296033
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes one or more driver intent detection devices to detect at least a curve-negotiating intention of a driver. The system also includes one or more curvature detection devices, to detect or otherwise determine a road curvature. The system further includes one or more overspeed control devices, to, based at least in part on data received from the one or more curvature detection devices and data received from the one or more driver intent detection devices, cause braking to one or more vehicle tires and/or reducing engine torque to keep a vehicle accurately negotiating the curved road for the current driving condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jianbo Lu, Daniel Domek Eisele, Thomas Edward Pilutti, Christopher Nave, Levasseur Tellis, Jeffrey Daniel Rupp
  • CURVE-RELATED ACCIDENT MITIGATION
    Publication number: 20110066325
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes one or more driver intent detection devices to detect at least a curve-negotiating intention of a driver. The system also includes one or more curvature detection devices, to detect or otherwise determine a road curvature. The system further includes one or more overspeed control devices, to, based at least in part on data received from the one or more curvature detection devices and data received from the one or more driver intent detection devices, cause braking to one or more vehicle tires and/or reducing engine torque to keep a vehicle accurately negotiating the curved road for the current driving condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jianbo Lu, Daniel Domek Eisele, Thomas Edward Pilutti, Christopher Nave, Levasseur Tellis, Jeffrey Daniel Rupp