Patents by Inventor JOHN EDWARD USTICK

JOHN EDWARD USTICK 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).

  • Motor-vehicle with multi-mode extreme travel suspension—ground plane detection and control
    Patent number: 11833875
    Abstract: A ground plane detection system for a motor vehicle and a motor vehicle with enhanced maneuverability characteristics of a type including a frame structure, a pair of front road engaging wheels, a pair of rear road engaging wheels. The detection system includes, a body controller configured for determining a ground plane including receiving at least one of a GPS signal and an inertial navigation system signal. The body controller is further configured for providing a roll and a pitch signal with respect to the ground plane; and the body controller combining the signals with inputs from one or more sensors detecting displacement of the front and rear road engaging wheels. The body controller is also configured to determine a terrain plane reference to the ground plane, and providing control signals to cause the vehicle to undertake an earth level orientation mode or a terrain following orientation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: PRATT & MILLER ENGINEERING AND FABRICATION, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher M. Morgan, John Edward Ustick, Guido Francesco Ritelli
  • MOTOR-VEHICLE WITH MULTI-MODE EXTREME TRAVEL SUSPENSION - GROUND PLANE DETECTION AND CONTROL
    Publication number: 20210252932
    Abstract: A ground plane detection system for a motor vehicle and a motor vehicle with enhanced maneuverability characteristics of a type including a frame structure, a pair of front road engaging wheels, a pair of rear road engaging wheels. The detection system includes, a body controller configured for determining a ground plane including receiving at least one of a GPS signal and an inertial navigation system signal. The body controller is further configured for providing a roll and a pitch signal with respect to the ground plane; and the body controller combining the signals with inputs from one or more sensors detecting displacement of the front and rear road engaging wheels. The body controller is also configured to determine a terrain plane reference to the ground plane, and providing control signals to cause the vehicle to undertake an earth level orientation mode or a terrain following orientation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: PRATT & MILLER ENGINEERING AND FABRICATION, INC.
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER M. MORGAN, JOHN EDWARD USTICK, GUIDO FRANCESCO RITELLI