Patents by Inventor Martin Bohley

Martin Bohley 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).

  • Detection of extra-platoon vehicle intermediate or adjacent to platoon member vehicles
    Patent number: 10482767
    Abstract: A platoon management control system and method for local detection and determination of a non-platooning vehicle inserted or otherwise disposed between and/or adjacent to one or more platooning vehicle(s). A platooning vehicle determines a forward physical distance between itself and a vehicle physically ahead, and compares the determined physical distance with a value of a rearward distance to the platooning vehicle received from a next ahead platooning vehicle. The vehicle physically ahead is determined to be the next ahead platooning vehicle in accordance with a correspondence between the determined physical distance and the received value of the rearward distance. Conversely, the vehicle physically ahead is determined to be a non-platooning vehicle in accordance with a mis-correspondence between the determined physical distance and the received value of the rearward distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: T. Stephen Miller, Jr., Joseph M Macnamara, Martin Bohley
  • DETECTION OF EXTRA-PLATOON VEHICLE INTERMEDIATE OR ADJACENT TO PLATOON MEMBER VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20180190119
    Abstract: A platoon management control system and method for local detection and determination of a non-platooning vehicle inserted or otherwise disposed between and/or adjacent to one or more platooning vehicle(s). A platooning vehicle determines a forward physical distance between itself and a vehicle physically ahead, and compares the determined physical distance with a value of a rearward distance to the platooning vehicle received from a next ahead platooning vehicle. The vehicle physically ahead is determined to be the next ahead platooning vehicle in accordance with a correspondence between the determined physical distance and the received value of the rearward distance. Conversely, the vehicle physically ahead is determined to be a non-platooning vehicle in accordance with a mis-correspondence between the determined physical distance and the received value of the rearward distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: T. Stephen Miller, JR., Joseph M. Macnamara, Martin Bohley
  • Cruise control device having a shutoff unit dependent on the operating speed of the gas pedal
    Patent number: 8521393
    Abstract: A vehicle having a cruise control device, a manual shift transmission without synchronizer assembly, and a gas pedal provided with a pedal sensor, which produces a power request signal as a function of a power request of the driver. The cruise control device is deactivated as a function of a speed at which the power request signal of the pedal sensor changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Bohley
  • CRUISE CONTROL DEVICE HAVING A SHUTOFF UNIT DEPENDENT ON THE OPERATING SPEED OF THE GAS PEDAL
    Publication number: 20110060512
    Abstract: A vehicle having a cruise control device, a manual shift transmission without synchronizer assembly, and a gas pedal provided with a pedal sensor, which produces a power request signal as a function of a power request of the driver. The cruise control device is deactivated as a function of a speed at which the power request signal of the pedal sensor changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventor: Martin Bohley