Patents by Inventor Pinak Tulpule

Pinak Tulpule 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).

  • Power regeneration optimization in a hybrid vehicle
    Patent number: 10239514
    Abstract: A hybrid controller unit includes a detection module, a gear-hold module, a gear-skip module, and an optimizing module. The detection module is structured to detect a deceleration event. The gear-hold module is structured to determine whether a certain gear of a transmission should be maintained for a certain period of time in order to optimize power regeneration during the deceleration event. The gear-hold module is also structured to generate a gear-hold request. The gear-skip module is structured to determine whether the transmission should skip a gear in order to optimize power regeneration during the deceleration event. The gear-skip module is also structured to generate a gear-skip request. The optimizing module is structured to receive the gear-hold request and the gear-skip request and generate a transmission command to be sent to a transmission control unit for actuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Mahesh Madurai-Kumar, Tung-Ming Hsieh, Pinak Tulpule, Praveen Chitradurga Muralidhar, Martin T. Books
  • POWER REGENERATION OPTIMIZATION IN A HYBRID VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20170008514
    Abstract: A hybrid controller unit includes a detection module, a gear-hold module, a gear-skip module, and an optimizing module. The detection module is structured to detect a deceleration event. The gear-hold module is structured to determine whether a certain gear of a transmission should be maintained for a certain period of time in order to optimize power regeneration during the deceleration event. The gear-hold module is also structured to generate a gear-hold request. The gear-skip module is structured to determine whether the transmission should skip a gear in order to optimize power regeneration during the deceleration event. The gear-skip module is also structured to generate a gear-skip request. The optimizing module is structured to receive the gear-hold request and the gear-skip request and generate a transmission command to be sent to a transmission control unit for actuation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Cummins, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahesh Madurai-Kumar, Tung-Ming Hsieh, Pinak Tulpule, Praveen Chitraduraga Muralidhar, Martin T. Books