Patents by Inventor Romolo Ciardullo

Romolo Ciardullo 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).

  • Speed control system for an agricultural vehicle
    Patent number: 10513181
    Abstract: A speed control system for an agricultural system having an agricultural vehicle includes a control system. The control system instructs an engine to maintain a constant speed, determines a first estimated speed of the agricultural vehicle associated with increasing a gear index of a step ratio transmission, determines a second estimated speed of the agricultural vehicle associated with decreasing the gear index of the step ratio transmission, instructs the step ratio transmission to increase the gear index if the first estimated speed is closer to a target speed than the second estimated speed and a current speed of the agricultural vehicle, and instructs the step ratio transmission to decrease the gear index if the second estimated speed is closer to the target speed than the first estimated speed and the current speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Ashraf Omran, Brian Allen Hartman, Alberto Berselli, Romolo Ciardullo
  • SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20170101010
    Abstract: A speed control system for an agricultural system having an agricultural vehicle includes a control system, wherein at least during steady-state operation of the agricultural vehicle. The control system instructs an engine to maintain a constant speed, determine a first estimated speed of the agricultural vehicle associated with increasing a gear index of a step ratio transmission, determine a second estimated speed of the agricultural vehicle associated with decreasing the gear index of the step ratio transmission, instruct the step ratio transmission to increase the gear index if the first estimated speed is closer to a target speed than the second estimated speed and a current speed of the agricultural vehicle, and instruct the step ratio transmission to decrease the gear index if the second estimated speed is closer to the target speed than the first estimated speed and the current speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Ashraf Omran, Brian Allen Hartman, Alberto Berselli, Romolo Ciardullo