Patents by Inventor Omar Elbanna

Omar Elbanna 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).

  • Systems and methods to estimate the gear positions of manual transmissions
    Patent number: 10900566
    Abstract: Gear position estimation techniques for a manual transmission of a vehicle include estimating a gear ratio of the manual transmission based on measured speeds of the vehicle and its torque generating system and when the estimated gear ratio is not within a threshold amount from any known gear ratios of the manual transmission, detecting at least two gear shifts of the manual transmission and determining a set of possible axle/tire ratios each indicative of a ratio of an axle ratio of the vehicle to a tire circumference of the vehicle after each gear shift, wherein each set includes values based on the measured torque generating system and vehicle speeds and each of the known gear ratios of the manual transmission, selecting and utilizing one of the possible axle/tire ratios that is common across all of the sets of possible axle/tire ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Songping Yu, Omar Elbanna, Mohamed Othman
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ESTIMATE THE GEAR POSITIONS OF MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS
    Publication number: 20200393044
    Abstract: Gear position estimation techniques for a manual transmission of a vehicle include estimating a gear ratio of the manual transmission based on measured speeds of the vehicle and its torque generating system and when the estimated gear ratio is not within a threshold amount from any known gear ratios of the manual transmission, detecting at least two gear shifts of the manual transmission and determining a set of possible axle/tire ratios each indicative of a ratio of an axle ratio of the vehicle to a tire circumference of the vehicle after each gear shift, wherein each set includes values based on the measured torque generating system and vehicle speeds and each of the known gear ratios of the manual transmission, selecting and utilizing one of the possible axle/tire ratios that is common across all of the sets of possible axle/tire ratios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Songping Yu, Omar Elbanna, Mohamed Othman