Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Edwin Knutson

Jeffrey Edwin Knutson 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).

  • Methods and system for improving launching of a hybrid vehicle
    Patent number: 9358981
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving launching of a stopped hybrid vehicle are presented. The systems and methods adjust speed of a motor to reduce lag between an increase in driver demand torque and torque being produced at vehicle wheels. In one example, motor torque is adjusted to a maximum motor torque to improve vehicle launch during select conditions where driver demand torque is not a maximum level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Francis Thomas Connolly, Daniel Colvin, Xiaoyong Wang, Jeffrey Edwin Knutson
  • METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING LAUNCHING OF A HYBRID VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20160052517
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving launching of a stopped hybrid vehicle are presented. The systems and methods adjust speed of a motor to reduce lag between an increase in driver demand torque and torque being produced at vehicle wheels. In one example, motor torque is adjusted to a maximum motor torque to improve vehicle launch during select conditions where driver demand torque is not a maximum level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Francis Thomas Connolly, Daniel Colvin, Xiaoyong Wang, Jeffrey Edwin Knutson