Patents by Inventor JONATHAN WILGAR

JONATHAN WILGAR 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).

  • Publication number: 20230264521
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems, devices, and computer program products for eliminating the need for a manual tread wear system reset in a tire management system are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method to eliminate the need for a manual tread wear system reset in a tire management system includes a vehicle control system (VCS) of a vehicle receiving a tire identifier for a tire corresponding to a tire sensor. In this embodiment, the vehicle control system determines, based on the tire identifier, whether the tire is in an unused state and calculates, based on whether the tire is in an unused state, a tread depth for the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: WILLIAM D. STEWART, JONATHAN WILGAR, BHUPINDER SAINI, KEVIN DICKSON
  • Publication number: 20230202241
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, systems for enhanced tracking of tire tread wear are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a tire monitoring sensor (TMS) detects a tread wear reporting event, generates tread wear data including at least a rotational time period, and transmits the tread wear data to a vehicle control system (VCS). The rotational time period may be a measure of time the tire takes to complete a particular number of revolutions. The VCS receives, from the TMS, the tread wear data including at least the rotational time period, determines a current circumference of the tire based on at least the rotational time period, and determines a tread wear value based on at least the current circumference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: WILLIAM D. STEWART, JONATHAN WILGAR
  • Patent number: 11650134
    Abstract: Determining tread depth using data from a tire mounted sensor (TMS), including: determining, based on data collected by the tire mounted sensor, a tire deformation for a tire; determining, based on the tire deformation, an effective rolling radius of the tire; and determining, based at least on the effective rolling radius of the tire, an estimated tread depth for the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Wilgar, William D. Stewart
  • Patent number: 11321976
    Abstract: Methods and systems for adaptively configuring a tire mounted sensor (TMS) with vehicle-provided parameters are disclosed. A vehicle control unit obtains data from vehicle sensors and other sources and transmits configuration parameters to the TMS. The TMS signal processing components are configured according to the configuration parameter to minimize the number of tire rotations needed to generate an accelerometric profile and extract a tire feature. The extracted feature is transmitted back to the vehicle control unit with the aim of minimizing the computational resources and battery consumption of the TMS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SCHRADER ELECTRONICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Jonathan Wilgar, Alan C. Parks, William D. Stewart
  • Publication number: 20210302272
    Abstract: Determining tread depth using data from a tire mounted sensor (TMS), including: determining, based on data collected by the tire mounted sensor, a tire deformation for a tire; determining, based on the tire deformation, an effective rolling radius of the tire; and determining, based at least on the effective rolling radius of the tire, an estimated tread depth for the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: JONATHAN WILGAR, WILLIAM D. STEWART
  • Publication number: 20210134082
    Abstract: Methods and systems for adaptively configuring a tire mounted sensor (TMS) with vehicle-provided parameters are disclosed. A vehicle control unit obtains data from vehicle sensors and other sources and transmits configuration parameters to the TMS. The TMS signal processing components are configured according to the configuration parameter to minimize the number of tire rotations needed to generate an accelerometric profile and extract a tire feature. The extracted feature is transmitted back to the vehicle control unit with the aim of minimizing the computational resources and battery consumption of the TMS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: JONATHAN WILGAR, ALAN C. PARKS, WILLIAM D. STEWART