Patents by Inventor Steven Andrasko

Steven Andrasko 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).

  • System for controlling vehicle overspeeding via control of one or more exhaust brake devices
    Patent number: 9381904
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for controlling overspeeding of a vehicle carrying an internal combustion engine having one or more exhaust brake devices controllable to apply braking torque to the engine. The system may be operable determine a desired speed of the vehicle, to determine a road speed of the vehicle, and if the road speed of the vehicle exceeds the desired speed of the vehicle by more than a threshold speed, to determine a target brake torque required to reduce the road speed of the vehicle speed to the desired speed of the vehicle, and to then control the one or more exhaust brake devices to apply the target brake torque to the engine to thereby control the road speed of the vehicle to the desired speed of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Allison Transmission, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Andrasko, John Kresse, Kevin Kluemper, Brett Caldwell
  • System for Controlling Vehicle Overspeeding Via Control of One or More Exhaust Brake Devices
    Publication number: 20140244116
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for controlling overspeeding of a vehicle carrying an internal combustion engine having one or more exhaust brake devices controllable to apply braking torque to the engine. The system may be operable determine a desired speed of the vehicle, to determine a road speed of the vehicle, and if the road speed of the vehicle exceeds the desired speed of the vehicle by more than a threshold speed, to determine a target brake torque required to reduce the road speed of the vehicle speed to the desired speed of the vehicle, and to then control the one or more exhaust brake devices to apply the target brake torque to the engine to thereby control the road speed of the vehicle to the desired speed of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Steven Andrasko, John Kresse, Kevin Kluemper, Brett Caldwell
  • System for controlling vehicle overspeeding via control of one or more exhaust brake devices
    Patent number: 8738248
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for controlling overspeeding of a vehicle carrying an internal combustion engine having one or more exhaust brake devices controllable to apply braking torque to the engine. The system may be operable determine a desired speed of the vehicle, to determine a road speed of the vehicle, and if the road speed of the vehicle exceeds the desired speed of the vehicle by more than a threshold speed, to determine a target brake torque required to reduce the road speed of the vehicle speed to the desired speed of the vehicle, and to then control the one or more exhaust brake devices to apply the target brake torque to the engine to thereby control the road speed of the vehicle to the desired speed of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Allison Transmission, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Andrasko, John Kresse, Kevin Kluemper, Brett Caldwell
  • SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE OVERSPEEDING VIA CONTROL OF ONE OR MORE EXHAUST BRAKE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20100168976
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for controlling overspeeding of a vehicle carrying an internal combustion engine having one or more exhaust brake devices controllable to apply braking torque to the engine. The system may be operable determine a desired speed of the vehicle, to determine a road speed of the vehicle, and if the road speed of the vehicle exceeds the desired speed of the vehicle by more than a threshold speed, to determine a target brake torque required to reduce the road speed of the vehicle speed to the desired speed of the vehicle, and to then control the one or more exhaust brake devices to apply the target brake torque to the engine to thereby control the road speed of the vehicle to the desired speed of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Steven Andrasko, John Kresse, Kevin Kluemper, Brett Caldwell