Patents by Inventor Leighton BARNES

Leighton BARNES 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).

  • Efficient telematics data upload
    Patent number: 10242509
    Abstract: A vehicle electronic control unit (ECU) may control a vehicle subsystem and be configured to receive from a remote server via a vehicle telematics unit (TCU), a parameter definition of a processed parameter to be computed by the ECU; generate the processed parameter according to the parameter definition based on a raw parameter generated by the ECU; and send the processed parameter to a vehicle data buffer associated with the ECU for upload to the remote server via the TCU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Medville Jay Throop, Leighton Barnes, Douglas B. Thornburg, Brian David Tillman, John William Schmotzer
  • EFFICIENT TELEMATICS DATA UPLOAD
    Publication number: 20160203652
    Abstract: A vehicle electronic control unit (ECU) may control a vehicle subsystem and be configured to receive from a remote server via a vehicle telematics unit (TCU), a parameter definition of a processed parameter to be computed by the ECU; generate the processed parameter according to the parameter definition based on a raw parameter generated by the ECU; and send the processed parameter to a vehicle data buffer associated with the ECU for upload to the remote server via the TCU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Medville Jay THROOP, Leighton BARNES, Douglas B. THORNBURG, Brian David TILLMAN, John William SCHMOTZER
  • Compressor
    Patent number: D864253
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: MANGAR INTERNATIONAL (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
    Inventors: William James Thorne, Perry Liam Brown, Richard Leighton Barnes, Philip Warren, Mark Davies