Patents by Inventor Steve Craig Meisner

Steve Craig Meisner 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).

  • Method of aligning a transmission synchronizer
    Patent number: 8645034
    Abstract: A method of detecting synchronizer misalignment in a vehicle transmission, includes: applying an engagement force to an input side of a synchronizer or output side of the synchronizer; monitoring a performance characteristic of a power source configured to apply the engagement force; and determining a misalignment based on the performance characteristic exceeding or not achieving a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shawn Adam Holland, Jeffrey James Tumavitch, Steve Craig Meisner, Bradley Dean Riedle
  • Method of Aligning a Transmission Synchronizer
    Publication number: 20130166160
    Abstract: A method of detecting synchronizer misalignment in a vehicle transmission, includes: applying an engagement force to an input side of a synchronizer or output side of the synchronizer; monitoring a performance characteristic of a power source configured to apply the engagement force; and determining a misalignment based on the performance characteristic exceeding or not achieving a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Shawn Adam Holland, Jeffrey James Tumavitch, Steve Craig Meisner, Bradley Dean Riedle
  • Method of aligning a transmission synchronizer
    Patent number: 8406974
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of detecting misalignment in a transmission synchronizer and methods of alignment. Detection of misalignment is accomplished via monitoring a performance characteristic of a power source configured to provide an engagement force to the synchronizer. Where misalignment is detected a predetermined torque is applied to the input or output side of the synchronizer to rotationally align synchronizer components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shawn Adam Holland, Jeffrey James Tumavitch, Steve Craig Meisner, Bradley Dean Riedle
  • Method of Aligning a Transmission Synchronizer
    Publication number: 20110238273
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of detecting misalignment in a transmission synchronizer and methods of alignment. Detection of misalignment is accomplished via monitoring a performance characteristic of a power source configured to provide an engagement force to the synchronizer. Where misalignment is detected a predetermined torque is applied to the input or output side of the synchronizer to rotationally align synchronizer components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Shawn Adam Holland, Jeffrey James Tumavitch, Steve Craig Meisner, Bradley Dean Riedle