Patents by Inventor Scott Mc Clellan Thompson

Scott Mc Clellan Thompson 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: 5913916
    Abstract: Transmission output speed and engine throttle position are inputs to a control which determines acceleration and input speed. Fuzzy logic has acceleration and throttle membership functions and a set of upshift and downshift values, and rules for weighting each of the values in accordance with the degree of membership of acceleration and throttle position in certain of the functions to determine a downshift point and an upshift point. The input speed is compared to the shift points to decide whether to order a shift. Two or more sets of shift values are stored and are selectable for different performance options. The shift values are stated in terms of a percentage of engine governed speed to allow different engines to be coupled to the transmission. Lockup clutch apply and release logic controls converter lockup to maintain converter mode when significant torque multiplication is occurring and generally to maintain lockup mode when the transmission range is at or above the lowest allowable lockup range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Shushan Bai, Phillip Franklin Mc Cauley, Scott Mc Clellan Thompson, Timothy Alan Robinson