Patents by Inventor Peter J. Maloney

Peter J. Maloney 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: 12056425
    Abstract: Systems and methods automatically rescale an original electric motor model so that it models an electric motor of a different size. The original electric motor model may be coupled to a motor controller model, and the systems and methods may also rescale the original motor controller model to produce a rescaled motor controller model matched to the rescaled electric motor model. The original electric motor model may include motor parameters and motor lookup tables, and the original motor controller model may include controller parameters and controller lookup tables. Rescaling factors indicating the size of the new electric motor being modeled may be received, and ratios may be computed as a function of the rescaling factors. Original motor parameters and controller parameters may be rescaled based on the ratios. Original motor lookup tables and controller lookup tables may be reshaped based on the ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Maloney, Dakai Hu, Darshankumar M. Pandit
  • Publication number: 20230090083
    Abstract: Systems and methods automatically rescale an original electric motor model so that it models an electric motor of a different size. The original electric motor model may be coupled to a motor controller model, and the systems and methods may also rescale the original motor controller model to produce a rescaled motor controller model matched to the rescaled electric motor model. The original electric motor model may include motor parameters and motor lookup tables, and the original motor controller model may include controller parameters and controller lookup tables. Rescaling factors indicating the size of the new electric motor being modeled may be received, and ratios may be computed as a function of the rescaling factors. Original motor parameters and controller parameters may be rescaled based on the ratios. Original motor lookup tables and controller lookup tables may be reshaped based on the ratios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Peter J. Maloney, Dakai Hu, Darshankumar M. Pandit
  • Patent number: 11454188
    Abstract: Systems and methods automatically rescale an original engine model so that it models an engine of a different size. The original engine model may be coupled to an engine controller model, and the systems and methods may also rescale the original controller model to produce a rescaled controller model matched to the rescaled engine model. The original engine model may include engine parameters and engine lookup tables, and the original controller model may include controller parameters and controller lookup tables. Rescaling factors indicating the size of the new engine being modeled may be received, and ratios may be computed as a function of the rescaling factors. Original engine parameters and controller parameters may be rescaled based on the ratios. Original engine lookup tables and controller lookup tables may be reshaped based on the ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter J. Maloney
  • Publication number: 20180347498
    Abstract: Systems and methods automatically rescale an original engine model so that it models an engine of a different size. The original engine model may be coupled to an engine controller model, and the systems and methods may also rescale the original controller model to produce a rescaled controller model matched to the rescaled engine model. The original engine model may include engine parameters and engine lookup tables, and the original controller model may include controller parameters and controller lookup tables. Rescaling factors indicating the size of the new engine being modeled may be received, and ratios may be computed as a function of the rescaling factors. Original engine parameters and controller parameters may be rescaled based on the ratios. Original engine lookup tables and controller lookup tables may be reshaped based on the ratios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Peter J. Maloney
  • Patent number: 5845627
    Abstract: Pneumatic state estimation operations for estimating gas flow and pressure at pneumatic nodes and flow branches within a reticulated engine system for engine control and diagnostic operations resolves net flow imbalances at specific pneumatic nodes and attributes such imbalances to inaccuracies in pneumatic state estimation. Inaccuracies are corrected as a function of a prior pneumatic state estimate and of a net flow imbalance at the node or a neighboring node for precision engine control and diagnostic operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignees: General Motors Corporation, Delco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Peter M. Olin, Peter J. Maloney
  • Patent number: 5520159
    Abstract: A powertrain controller controls the burned gas recycling rate of an engine as a function of a desired burned gas recycling rate and an actual burned gas recycling rate. The powertrain controller generates a tractive effort request value which is indicative of a force desired by the driver at the wheels of the vehicle. An engine load request value is generated as a function of the tractive effort request value and vehicle speed and is used, along with an actual load value, which is indicative of actual engine load, to generate the desired burned gas recycling rate. The tractive effort request value and other vehicle powertrain control variables are generated according to an optimization process. The burned gas recycling system of the engine may take the form of a Delta Pressure Feedback (DPFE) Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system or a variable position camshaft system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Hsien C. Pao, Peter J. Maloney, Roger L. Huffmaster
  • Patent number: 5314030
    Abstract: The invention provides a system for precisely guiding the direction of a drill bit. The drill shaft has an orientation sensor that detects deviation of the drilling direction from the desired direction; the drill bit is steerable by preferentially directing flushing fluid at the drilling end; and a fluid modulation means controls the flushing in response to a signal from the orientation sensor. The invention also provides a tiltmeter for detecting deviation from vertical of the axis of rotation of a rotating shaft. A gravity-driven mechanical oscillator, for instance a pendulum, is carried by the rotating shaft, and has a natural oscillation frequency matched to the rotational frequency of the shaft; and a sensor determines the phase relationship of the oscillator relative to the angular position of the shaft, thereby producing a signal indicating the deviation of the shaft from vertical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Carl R. Peterson, Peter J. Maloney