Patents by Inventor Joan B. Arwine

Joan B. Arwine 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).

  • Patent number: 6454365
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to control a braking system. One method provides a command signal to a valve to control fluid pressure to a wheel brake in a braking system, includes determining a pressure signal based on a first set for control gains and a pressure command signal, determining a first current signal based upon the pressure command signal, subtracting an actual pressure signal from the pressure command signal to produce an error signal, and determining a second current signal based on the second set of control gains and the error signal. The method further includes subtracting a supply pressure actual signal from a supply pressure nominal signal to produce a pressure differential signal, multiplying the pressure differential signal by a selected gain to produce a third current signal, and summing the first current signal, the second current signal and the third current signal to produce an output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joan B. Arwine, Jon T. Zumberge
  • Publication number: 20020084692
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to control a braking system. One method provides a command signal to a valve to control fluid pressure to a wheel brake in a braking system includes the steps of determining a pressure signal using a first control technique based on a first set for control gains and a pressure command signal, determining a first current signal based upon the pressure command signal, subtracting an actual pressure signal from the pressure command signal to produce an error signal, and determining a second current signal using a second control technique based on the second set of control gains and the error signal. The method further includes subtracting a supply pressure actual signal from a supply pressure nominal signal to produce a pressure differential signal, multiplying the pressure differential signal by a selected gain to produce a third current signal, and summing the first current signal, the second current signal and the third current signal to produce an output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Applicant: DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Joan B. Arwine, Jon T. Zumberge
  • Patent number: 5570289
    Abstract: A suspension system control according to the steps of: measuring a set of parameters indicative of motion of a body of the vehicle and of motion of wheels of the vehicle; determining a body demand force responsive to the measured parameters; determining a set of wheel demand forces responsive to the measured parameters; for each wheel of the vehicle: comparing the body demand force and the corresponding wheel demand force to determine whether the body demand force and the corresponding wheel demand forces are in phase; if the body demand force and the corresponding wheel demand force are in phase, determining a damper command responsive to the greater of the body and corresponding wheel demand force; if the body demand force and the corresponding wheel demand force are out of phase, determining the damper command responsive to the sum of the body demand force and the corresponding wheel demand force; and applying the determined damper command to a controllable variable force damper, wherein wheel vertical vel
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Scott A. Stacey, Joan B. Arwine
  • Patent number: 5332061
    Abstract: An active vibration control (AVC) system is disclosed for attenuating vibrational frequency components generated by an engine and transferred through an engine mounting unit to vibrate a motor vehicle body. The motor vehicle is characterized by sprung mass and unsprung mass natural resonant frequencies at which the body also vibrates when the vehicle is driven over an undulating road surface. The AVC system operates by generating input signals representing different vibrational frequency components generated by the engine based upon sensed changes in engine rotation. Each input signal is filtered by an adaptive filter to produce a respective output signal. The output signals are summed to produce a canceling signal for driving an inertial mass shaker mounted on the body. The shaker inversely vibrates the body with respect to the different vibrational frequency components transferred to the body from the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kamal N. Majeed, John F. Hoying, Joan B. Arwine