Patents by Inventor Murray Brown

Murray Brown 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: 6002327
    Abstract: A system and method that monitors four wheel sensors of an automotive vehicle to determine changes in the effective rolling radii of any wheel and a low pressure tire condition. Certain vehicle operating conditions, such as excessive or very low speeds, driven wheel torque, braking, and turns, are determined from the sensor outputs and are used to prevent erroneous detection of changes in effective rolling radius. Data from the sensors that is determined to be acceptable is accumulated over time as displacement values for each wheel. When the displacement values exceed a predetermined value, a metric function is used to compare differences detected in accumulated displacement values for the front pair of wheels and for the rear pair of wheels. If the difference between compared pairs of wheels is excessive, as compared with a predetermined baseline metric value, a low tire condition is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mathew Alan Boesch, Leonard Murray Brown, Douglas Scott Rhode