Patents by Inventor Nathaniel B. Honka

Nathaniel B. Honka 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).

  • Integrated chassis control
    Patent number: 10919520
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle includes a plurality of vehicle actuators that are operable to affect actual chassis-level accelerations, a vehicle intelligence unit that determines a motion plan, a vehicle motion control unit that determines a chassis-level motion request based on the motion plan, and a chassis control unit that determines actuator commands for the plurality of vehicle actuators based on the chassis-level motion request and actuator identity information that describes presently available actuators from the plurality of vehicle actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Gadda, Carlos Alberto De Magalhaes Massera Filho, David A. Stronks, Gabriel M. Hoffmann, Miroslav Baric, Nathaniel B. Honka, Stefan Solyom, Timothee J. Cazenave
  • Integrated chassis control
    Patent number: 10407035
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle includes a plurality of vehicle actuators that are operable to affect actual chassis-level accelerations, a vehicle intelligence unit that determines a motion plan, a vehicle motion control unit that determines a chassis-level motion request based on the motion plan, and a chassis control unit that determines actuator commands for the plurality of vehicle actuators based on the chassis-level motion request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Gadda, Carlos Alberto De Magalhaes Massera Filho, David A. Stronks, Gabriel M. Hoffmann, Miroslav Baric, Nathaniel B. Honka, Stefan Solyom, Timothee J. Cazenave