Patents by Inventor Juliette M. Rambourg

Juliette M. Rambourg 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).

  • Systems and methods for inducing speed reduction responsive to detecting a surface having a relatively low coefficient of friction
    Patent number: 11884324
    Abstract: A method includes identifying at least a portion of a surface that has a coefficient of friction that is less than a coefficient of friction threshold. The method also incudes determining whether a vehicle speed is greater than a vehicle speed threshold, and determining whether an operator of the vehicle is engaging a handwheel of the vehicle. The method also includes, generating a first alert signal, selectively adjusting at least one steering characteristic of a steering system of the vehicle from a first value to a second value, and, in response to at least one of a reduction in the vehicle speed and a distance between the vehicle and the portion of the surface having the coefficient of friction being less than a distance threshold, selectively adjusting the at least one steering characteristic from the second value to the first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Farhad Bolourchi, Zaki Ryne, Juliette M. Rambourg, Lei Wang
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDUCING SPEED REDUCTION RESPONSIVE TO DETECTING A SURFACE HAVING A RELATIVELY LOW COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION
    Publication number: 20230373562
    Abstract: A method includes identifying at least a portion of a surface that has a coefficient of friction that is less than a coefficient of friction threshold. The method also incudes determining whether a vehicle speed is greater than a vehicle speed threshold, and determining whether an operator of the vehicle is engaging a handwheel of the vehicle. The method also includes, generating a first alert signal, selectively adjusting at least one steering characteristic of a steering system of the vehicle from a first value to a second value, and, in response to at least one of a reduction in the vehicle speed and a distance between the vehicle and the portion of the surface having the coefficient of friction being less than a distance threshold, selectively adjusting the at least one steering characteristic from the second value to the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Farhad Bolourchi, Zaki Ryne, Juliette M. Rambourg, Lei Wang