Patents by Inventor Tina Maurer

Tina Maurer 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: 20240046083
    Abstract: A system includes a sensor, a plurality of cells, and a processor. The sensor includes a plurality of transducers arranged on a planar surface and includes a first transducer and a second transducer. The first transducer is configured to produce an analog output signal corresponding to a detected input signal. The cells are arranged in a network and include a first and a second cell and are disposed proximate the sensor in a three-dimensional stacking fashion. The first transducer and the second transducer are electrically coupled to the first cell and the second cell in one-to-one relation. The first cell includes a plurality of inputs and a first cell output. Each input is coupled to an output of a corresponding plurality of neighboring cells. The first cell includes a first memristor and a bridge circuit configured to receive the analog output signal and provide a current corresponding to the detected input signal in a pixel-parallel fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Qiangfei Xia, Vigneshwar Ravichandran, Tina Maurer
  • Patent number: 9376099
    Abstract: A method and system for the cancellation of transmission shift delay as a function of an optimum target temperature is disclosed. Once the pre-selected optimum target is achieved, the shift delay is cancelled and the transmission is upshifted. Thus the disclosed inventive concept is based on the cancellation of the shift delay on achieving climate control air conditioning comfort targets. Such comfort targets could include one or more of the measured HVAC evaporator temperature, the HVAC discharge temperature, or the in-vehicle cabin temperatures. When a temperature sensor measuring the selected temperature reaches the pre-selected target temperature the shift delay may be cancelled and the transmission may be upshifted, thus maximizing passenger comfort while minimizing fuel consumption. Having the shift delay based upon the achievement of specific measurable comfort targets in the form of target temperatures rather than on a set time period allows optimization between cabin comfort and fuel efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Manfred Koberstein, Tina Maurer, Stephen R. Dennon, Ranganathan Madhavan, Jim Rollinson
  • Patent number: 9182166
    Abstract: A climate controller device may be configured to perform operations including comparing an outside air temperature to a threshold temperature; selecting, based on the comparison, one of a function to determine target compressor off setpoint values for relatively lower temperatures and a function to determine target compressor off setpoint values for relatively higher temperatures; retrieving a value according to the selection function to determine target compressor off setpoint values, the value specifying a compressor off setpoint value corresponding to airflow configuration settings; and determining a target compressor off setpoint value based at least in part on the retrieved value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Alan Wong, Debasish Dhar, Manfred Koberstein, William Stewart Johnston, Alan Douglas Wallington, Tina Maurer
  • Publication number: 20150018172
    Abstract: A method and system for the cancellation of transmission shift delay as a function of an optimum target temperature is disclosed. Once the pre-selected optimum target is achieved the shift delay is cancelled and the transmission is upshifted. Thus the disclosed inventive concept is based the cancellation of the shift delay on achieving climate control air conditioning comfort targets. Such comfort targets could include one or more of the measured HVAC evaporator temperature, the HVAC discharge temperature, or the in-vehicle cabin temperatures. When a temperature sensor measuring the selected temperature reaches the pre-selected target temperature the shift delay may be cancelled and the transmission may be upshifted, thus maximizing passenger comfort while minimizing fuel consumption. Having the shift delay based upon the achievement of specific measurable comfort targets in the form of target temperatures rather than a set time period allows optimization between cabin comfort and fuel efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Manfred Koberstein, Tina Maurer, Stephen R. Dennon, Ranganathan Madhavan, Jim Rollinson
  • Publication number: 20140202185
    Abstract: A climate controller device may be configured to perform operations including comparing an outside air temperature to a threshold temperature; selecting, based on the comparison, one of a function to determine target compressor off setpoint values for relatively lower temperatures and a function to determine target compressor off setpoint values for relatively higher temperatures; retrieving a value according to the selection function to determine target compressor off setpoint values, the value specifying a compressor off setpoint value corresponding to airflow configuration settings; and determining a target compressor off setpoint value based at least in part on the retrieved value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Alan Wong, Debasish Dhar, Manfred Koberstein, William Stewart Johnston, Alan Douglas Wallington, Tina Maurer