Patents by Inventor Terry Nostrant

Terry Nostrant 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).

  • Predictive transmission shifting
    Patent number: 11421779
    Abstract: A vehicle transmission can perform predictive shifting. Road grade and vehicle path data can be employed to identify a future change in road grade such as a hill. A change in speed relative to a vehicle cruise speed can be estimated or predicted in view of the change in road grade and a current gear. If the change of speed is determined to be outside a performance bound, shift recommendation can be determined to maintain vehicle cruise speed within the performance bound. A controller can alter default gear selection of the transmission in response to receipt of the shift recommendation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: EATON CUMMINS AUTOMATED TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Sujay Kawale, Eric R. Von Hoene, Justin Keith Griffiths, Cory Snowdin, Terry Nostrant, Nicholas Jelen
  • PREDICTIVE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING
    Publication number: 20210054926
    Abstract: A vehicle transmission can perform predictive shifting. Road grade and vehicle path data can be employed to identify a future change in road grade such as a hill. A change in speed relative to a vehicle cruise speed can be estimated or predicted in view of the change in road grade and a current gear. If the change of speed is determined to be outside a performance bound, shift recommendation can be determined to maintain vehicle cruise speed within the performance bound. A controller can alter default gear selection of the transmission in response to receipt of the shift recommendation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Sujay Kawale, Eric R. Von Hoene, Justin Keith Griffiths, Cory Snowdin, Terry Nostrant, Nicholas Jelen