Patents by Inventor Stephen Vincent Gillman

Stephen Vincent Gillman 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).

  • Steering column with non-compliant torque sensor
    Publication number: 20040016593
    Abstract: An electric power steering system for a vehicle comprising a hand wheel in operable communication with a shaft, a motor in mechanical communication with the shaft, and a non-compliant torque sensor located between about a midpoint along the shaft and an upper end of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Ratko Menjak, James Myrl Card, Stephen Vincent Gillman
  • Steering column with non-compliant torque sensor
    Patent number: 6655493
    Abstract: An electric power steering system for a vehicle comprising a hand wheel in operable communication with a shaft, a motor in mechanical communication with the shaft, and a non-compliant torque sensor located between about a midpoint along the shaft and an upper end of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ratko Menjak, James Myrl Card, Stephen Vincent Gillman
  • Magnetorheological fluid stopper at electric motor
    Patent number: 6619444
    Abstract: A motor system includes an electric motor, a shaft extending through the motor and through a magnetorheological fluid stopper, which comprises a rotor and a stator in operable communication with the rotor. A magnetorheological fluid is disposed at the rotor and the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ratko Menjak, James Myrl Card, Stephen Vincent Gillman
  • Distributed control architecture for mechatronic automotive systems
    Patent number: 6522962
    Abstract: A chassis control network architecture having an electronic control module mountable on a steering column subassembly is disclosed. A first communications bus is connected to the electronic control module and an actuator control module is in communication with the electronic control module, through the first communications bus. The actuator control module is further connected to an electric steering motor, and is capable of receiving a steering input command from the electronic control module and applying it to the electric steering motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Millsap, Stephen Vincent Gillman, Karen Ann Boswell, Frederick J. Berg, James M Petrowski, Ratko Menjak
  • Steering column with non-compliant torque sensor
    Publication number: 20020148674
    Abstract: An electric power steering system for a vehicle comprising a hand wheel in operable communication with a shaft, a motor in mechanical communication with the shaft, and a non-compliant torque sensor located between about a midpoint along the shaft and an upper end of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Ratko Menjak, James Myrl Card, Stephen Vincent Gillman
  • Magnetorheological fluid stopper at electric motor
    Publication number: 20020144871
    Abstract: A magnetorheological fluid stopper comprises a rotor and a stator, which is in operable communication with the rotor, and wherein one of the rotor and the stator is disposed around the other of the rotor and the stator. A magnetorheological fluid is disposed at the rotor and the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Ratko Menjak, James Myrl Card, Stephen Vincent Gillman
  • Distributed control architecture for mechatronic automotive systems
    Publication number: 20020026268
    Abstract: A chassis control network architecture having an electronic control module mountable on a steering column subassembly is disclosed. A first communications bus is connected to the electronic control module and an actuator control module is in communication with the electronic control module, through the first communications bus. The actuator control module is further connected to an electric steering motor, and is capable of receiving a steering input command from the electronic control module and applying it to the electric steering motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: Scott A. Millsap, Stephen Vincent Gillman, Karen Ann Boswell, Frederick J. Berg, James M. Petrowski, Ratko Menjak