Patents by Inventor Steven R. Lautenschlager

Steven R. Lautenschlager 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).

  • Publication number: 20220244744
    Abstract: A vehicle and method of control comprising generating a geometric control envelope in a geometric space of operation points defined by a number of control aspects, the envelope having vertices representing maximum values of the control aspects, and determining a desired operation point in the geometric space representing a control input. Further, the method includes if the desired operation point is outside the envelope, scaling up a first one of the control aspects by a first factor, determining an effective operation point in the envelope geometrically closest to the desired operation point, scaling down all of the control aspects by a second factor inverse of the first factor, and instructing the propulsion mechanisms to propel the vehicle according to the effective operation point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffery J. Alholm, John C. Blessing, Jacob B. Davisson, Steven R. Lautenschlager, Thomas D. Williams