Patents by Inventor Kyle L Lobes

Kyle L Lobes 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).

  • Method and apparatus for telematics-based vehicle no-start prognosis
    Patent number: 8212527
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the status of a vehicle battery to determine whether the battery may not have enough charge to start the vehicle. The method includes collecting data relating to the battery on the vehicle and collecting data relating to the battery at a remote back-office. Both the vehicle and the remote data center determine battery characteristics based on the collected data and the likelihood of a vehicle no-start condition, where the algorithm used at the remote back-office may be more sophisticated. The data collected at the remote back-office may include vehicle battery information transmitted wirelessly from the vehicle, and other information, such as temperature, battery reliability, miles that the vehicle has driven per day, ambient temperature, high content vehicle, etc. Both the vehicle and the remote back-office may determine the battery open circuit voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Yilu Zhang, Mutasim A. Salman, Ryan M. Edwards, John J. Correia, Mark J. Rychlinski, Gary W Gantt, Jr., Halasya Siva Subramania, Kyle L Lobes
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TELEMATICS-BASED VEHICLE NO-START PROGNOSIS
    Publication number: 20100026306
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the status of a vehicle battery to determine whether the battery may not have enough charge to start the vehicle. The method includes collecting data relating to the battery on the vehicle and collecting data relating to the battery at a remote back-office. Both the vehicle and the remote data center determine battery characteristics based on the collected data and the likelihood of a vehicle no-start condition, where the algorithm used at the remote back-office may be more sophisticated. The data collected at the remote back-office may include vehicle battery information transmitted wirelessly from the vehicle, and other information, such as temperature, battery reliability, miles that the vehicle has driven per day, ambient temperature, high content vehicle, etc. Both the vehicle and the remote back-office may determine the battery open circuit voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Yilu Zhang, Mutasim A. Salman, Ryan M. Edwards, John J. Correia, Mark J. Rychlinski, Gary W. Gantt, JR., Halasya Siva Subramania, Kyle L. Lobes