Patents by Inventor Thomas Stephen Miller

Thomas Stephen Miller 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).

  • Patent number: 9346440
    Abstract: A controller controls respective braking pressures at wheels on a vehicle. The controller includes a processor electrically communicating with each of a plurality of switching valves, which controls braking pressures at respective wheels. The processor, during a braking event having a brake demand above a braking demand threshold, controls each of the switching valves to maintain braking pressures at the respective wheels based on at least one additional criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Stephen Miller, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9278677
    Abstract: A controller controls respective braking pressures at wheels on a vehicle. The controller includes a processor electrically communicating with a first switching valve, which controls a first of the braking pressure at a first of the wheels, and a second switching valve, which controls a second of the braking pressures at a second of the wheels. The processor, during a braking control event, controls the switching valve associated with the higher of the braking pressures to maintain the higher braking pressure while switching a state of the switching valve associated with the lower of the braking pressures to increase the lower braking pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Stephen Miller, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20160046268
    Abstract: A controller controls respective braking pressures at wheels on a vehicle. The controller includes a processor electrically communicating with each of a plurality of switching valves, which controls braking pressures at respective wheels. The processor, during a braking event having a brake demand above a braking demand threshold, controls each of the switching valves to maintain braking pressures at the respective wheels based on at least one additional criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventor: Thomas Stephen Miller, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150051804
    Abstract: A controller controls respective braking pressures at wheels on a vehicle. The controller includes a processor electrically communicating with a first switching valve, which controls a first of the braking pressure at a first of the wheels, and a second switching valve, which controls a second of the braking pressures at a second of the wheels. The processor, during a braking control event, controls the switching valve associated with the higher of the braking pressures to maintain the higher braking pressure while switching a state of the switching valve associated with the lower of the braking pressures to increase the lower braking pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Stephen Miller, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20030043059
    Abstract: A vehicle warning system and method. A detector is onboard a first vehicle and automatically detects a travel condition problem encountered by the first vehicle at a first location. A vehicle position locator automatically determines the first location of the first vehicle. A communicator automatically transmits the determined first location and the detected travel condition problem to a second location. In one example, the vehicle is an automotive vehicle, and the second location is a communications center which transmits the determined first location and the detected travel condition problem (such as an icy roadway or a traffic jam) to only those other vehicles headed toward the first location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventor: Thomas Stephen Miller