Patents by Inventor Jerome J Palazzolo

Jerome J Palazzolo 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 for predictive shifting
    Patent number: 10948074
    Abstract: A method of shifting an automated transmission in a vehicle comprises tracking vehicle parameters and determining a current gear selection. An upshift threshold can be determined for the current gear selection. Future gradient conditions are determined in a lookahead distance and are processed to determine a first percentage of future conditions that are above a selected gradient threshold. The first percentage of future conditions is compared to a selected first percentage limit to determine that the first percentage of future conditions is within the first percentage limit. The upshift threshold for the current gear selection is adjusted to change the vehicle parameter at which the vehicle transmission shifts from the current gear selection to the adjacent gear. The automated transmission is computer-controlled to shift to the adjacent gear according to the adjusted upshift threshold. A downshift threshold can also be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Adam Ganske, Himanshu Singh, Jerome J Palazzolo
  • METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE SHIFTING
    Publication number: 20190154143
    Abstract: A method of shifting an automated transmission in a vehicle comprises tracking vehicle parameters and determining a current gear selection. An upshift threshold can be determined for the current gear selection. Future gradient conditions are determined in a lookahead distance and are processed to determine a first percentage of future conditions that are above a selected gradient threshold. The first percentage of future conditions is compared to a selected first percentage limit to determine that the first percentage of future conditions is within the first percentage limit. The upshift threshold for the current gear selection is adjusted to change the vehicle parameter at which the vehicle transmission shifts from the current gear selection to the adjacent gear. The automated transmission is computer-controlled to shift to the adjacent gear according to the adjusted upshift threshold. A downshift threshold can also be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Charles Adam Ganske, Himanshu Singh, Jerome J Palazzolo