Patents by Inventor MERWYN CHERUVATHUR

MERWYN CHERUVATHUR 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).

  • Patent number: 11144058
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for selectively controlling a powertrain of a vehicle along pre-planned travel routines. In one example, a method comprises receiving a travel request at a controller of a vehicle, determining a travel route and a powertrain calibration in a mutually dependent manner from a plurality of potential travel routes and a plurality of powertrain calibrations, and operating the vehicle according to the powertrain calibration along the travel route. In this way, preferences pertaining to the travel request may be effectively met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shehan Haputhanthri, Matthew Joseph, Merwyn Cheruvathur
  • Publication number: 20210011475
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for selectively controlling a powertrain of a vehicle along pre-planned travel routines. In one example, a method comprises receiving a travel request at a controller of a vehicle, determining a travel route and a powertrain calibration in a mutually dependent manner from a plurality of potential travel routes and a plurality of powertrain calibrations, and operating the vehicle according to the powertrain calibration along the travel route. In this way, preferences pertaining to the travel request may be effectively met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Shehan Haputhanthri, Matthew Joseph, Merwyn Cheruvathur
  • Publication number: 20200331463
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to determine predicted damage to a host vehicle from a predicted collision with a target vehicle, determine a physiological status of a user in the host vehicle, and actuate a component in the host vehicle based on the predicted damage and the physiological status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: BRENDAN DIAMOND, ERIK J. CHRISTEN, MATTHEW JOSEPH, MERWYN CHERUVATHUR, SHEHAN HAPUTHANTHRI