Patents by Inventor Steven Laile PEARCE

Steven Laile PEARCE 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).

  • Vehicle transmission control module reset detection and mitigation
    Patent number: 10018267
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a vehicle include a manual transmission operated by a controller in communication with shift actuators and programmed to, in response to each controller reset less than a threshold number of resets, control each shift actuator that was not moving at the time of the reset based on respective shift actuator positions stored prior to the reset, and to control the shift actuators to limit available gear ratios in response to the reset exceeding the threshold number of resets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Reynolds Hathaway, Steven Laile Pearce, Steven Craig Meisner, Edward Katynski
  • VEHICLE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE RESET DETECTION AND MITIGATION
    Publication number: 20170261099
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a vehicle include a manual transmission operated by a controller in communication with shift actuators and programmed to, in response to each controller reset less than a threshold number of resets, control each shift actuator that was not moving at the time of the reset based on respective shift actuator positions stored prior to the reset, and to control the shift actuators to limit available gear ratios in response to the reset exceeding the threshold number of resets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Reynolds HATHAWAY, Steven Laile PEARCE, Steven Craig MEISNER, Edward KATYNSKI