Patents by Inventor Todd Bowman

Todd Bowman 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: 20250075527
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a post extraction tool that is simply screwed into a hole drawn into a post that is already present into the ground. By screwing the extraction tool into the post, the components of the tool expand inside and clutch to the internal walls of the post, so that it is firmly fixed into the post. The extraction tool can, then, be simply hooked to an external pulling out equipment or machine, e.g., a tractor, a jack, etc. Thereafter, by applying a pulling force using the pulling out machine, the extraction tool is pulled, that in turn extracts the post out from the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventor: Todd Bowman
  • Patent number: 12195082
    Abstract: A number of variations may include a method including using at least one of brakes or propulsion energy to steer an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle if a primary, secondary or other redundant steering system for an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle has failed or is insufficiently unhealthy to perform a desired function, the method including determining if a primary, secondary or other redundant steering system of an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle has failed or is not sufficiently healthy to perform a desired function, and if so, converting a steer request into a desired yaw rate, curvature, curvature over time, radius, radius or time or yaw rate acceleration, calculating a brake pressure sufficient to produce the desired yaw rate, curvature, curvature over time, radius, radius or time or yaw rate acceleration, delivering brake pressures signals via a lateral control module to an actuator for at least one brake connected to a wheel of the vehicle so that the brake pressure causes the vehicle ya
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Continental Automotive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Clinton L. Schumann, Scott T. Sanford, Michael S. Wyciechowski, Todd Bowman
  • Publication number: 20220111895
    Abstract: A number of variations may include a method including using at least one of brakes or propulsion energy to steer an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle if a primary, secondary or other redundant steering system for an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle has failed or is insufficiently unhealthy to perform a desired function, the method including determining if a primary, secondary or other redundant steering system of an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle has failed or is not sufficiently healthy to perform a desired function, and if so, converting a steer request into a desired yaw rate, curvature, curvature over time, radius, radius or time or yaw rate acceleration, calculating a brake pressure sufficient to produce the desired yaw rate, curvature, curvature over time, radius, radius or time or yaw rate acceleration, delivering brake pressures signals via a lateral control module to an actuator for at least one brake connected to a wheel of the vehicle so that the brake pressure causes the vehicle ya
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Clinton L. Schumann, Scott T. Sanford, Michael S. Wyciechowski, Todd Bowman