Patents by Inventor Todd Robert Miller
Todd Robert 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).
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Patent number: 8845889Abstract: An oil filter reservoir includes a reservoir housing having a filter, which divides the housing into an oil inlet chamber and an oil outlet chamber. A housing inlet and a housing outlet circulate oil in and out of the reservoir housing. The filter includes a permeable wall and a bypass valve, which releases the increased oil pressure and volume in the inlet chamber during cold temperature operation. A baffle in the outlet chamber is spaced apart from the bypass valve and permits limited oil flow through the baffle. The baffle separates the outlet chamber into a reserve chamber and a bypass chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Timothy Gerard Offerle, Todd Robert Miller, Mike Lazzarotti, Dahmane Alem, Adam Wirth
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Publication number: 20130092611Abstract: An oil filter reservoir includes a reservoir housing having a filter, which divides the housing into an oil inlet chamber and an oil outlet chamber. A housing inlet and a housing outlet circulate oil in and out of the reservoir housing. The filter includes a permeable wall and a bypass valve, which releases the increased oil pressure and volume in the inlet chamber during cold temperature operation. A baffle in the outlet chamber is spaced apart from the bypass valve and permits limited oil flow through the baffle. The baffle separates the outlet chamber into a reserve chamber and a bypass chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Timothy Gerard Offerle, Todd Robert Miller, Mike Lazzarotti, Dahmane Alem, Adam Wirth
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Patent number: 8256215Abstract: A hydraulic power steering system that maintains proportional pressure control between an input side of a gear and assist pressures internal to the steering gear by relying upon a control valve. A pressure differential is maintained between the input side of a gear and assist pressures internal to the steering gear throughout certain events. Those events include running the pump to fully charge the accumulator, idling the pump after fully charging the accumulator, discharging pressure from the fully charged accumulator at an onset of a steering event having a demand for steering load, recovering the discharged pressure of the accumulator by running the pump after turning on the pump at the onset of the steering event, and opening the relief valve in the valve manifold during the steering event.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2010Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Todd Robert Miller
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Patent number: 8181457Abstract: A hydraulic power steering system that maintains proportional pressure control between an input side of a gear and assist pressures internal to the steering gear by relying upon a control valve. A pressure differential is maintained between the input side of a gear and assist pressures internal to the steering gear throughout certain events. Those events include running the pump to fully charge the accumulator, idling the pump after fully charging the accumulator, discharging pressure from the fully charged accumulator at an onset of a steering event having a demand for steering load, recovering the discharged pressure of the accumulator by running the pump after turning on the pump at the onset of the steering event, and opening the relief valve in the valve manifold during the steering event.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Todd Robert Miller
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Patent number: 8151564Abstract: A hydraulic power steering system that maintains proportional pressure control between an input side of a gear and assist pressures internal to the steering gear by relying upon a control valve. A pressure differential is maintained between the input side of a gear and assist pressures internal to the steering gear throughout certain events. Those events include running the pump to fully charge the accumulator, idling the pump after fully charging the accumulator, discharging pressure from the fully charged accumulator at an onset of a steering event having a demand for steering load, recovering the discharged pressure of the accumulator by running the pump after turning on the pump at the onset of the steering event, and opening the relief valve in the valve manifold during the steering event.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Todd Robert Miller
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Publication number: 20100258375Abstract: A hydraulic power steering system that maintains proportional pressure control between an input side of a gear and assist pressures internal to the steering gear by relying upon a control valve. A pressure differential is maintained between the input side of a gear and assist pressures internal to the steering gear throughout certain events. Those events include running the pump to fully charge the accumulator, idling the pump after fully charging the accumulator, discharging pressure from the fully charged accumulator at an onset of a steering event having a demand for steering load, recovering the discharged pressure of the accumulator by running the pump after turning on the pump at the onset of the steering event, and opening the relief valve in the valve manifold during the steering event.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: TODD ROBERT MILLER
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Publication number: 20100257855Abstract: A hydraulic power steering system that maintains proportional pressure control between an input side of a gear and assist pressures internal to the steering gear by relying upon a control valve. A pressure differential is maintained between the input side of a gear and assist pressures internal to the steering gear throughout certain events. Those events include running the pump to fully charge the accumulator, idling the pump after fully charging the accumulator, discharging pressure from the fully charged accumulator at an onset of a steering event having a demand for steering load, recovering the discharged pressure of the accumulator by running the pump after turning on the pump at the onset of the steering event, and opening the relief valve in the valve manifold during the steering event.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: TODD ROBERT MILLER
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Publication number: 20100257854Abstract: A hydraulic power steering system that maintains proportional pressure control between an input side of a gear and assist pressures internal to the steering gear by relying upon a control valve. A pressure differential is maintained between the input side of a gear and assist pressures internal to the steering gear throughout certain events. Those events include running the pump to fully charge the accumulator, idling the pump after fully charging the accumulator, discharging pressure from the fully charged accumulator at an onset of a steering event having a demand for steering load, recovering the discharged pressure of the accumulator by running the pump after turning on the pump at the onset of the steering event, and opening the relief valve in the valve manifold during the steering event.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: Todd Robert Miller
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Patent number: 7743610Abstract: A hydraulic power steering system that maintains proportional pressure control between an input side of a gear and assist pressures internal to the steering gear by relying upon a control valve. A pressure differential is maintained between the input side of a gear and assist pressures internal to the steering gear throughout certain events. Those events include running the pump to fully charge the accumulator, idling the pump after fully charging the accumulator, discharging pressure from the fully charged accumulator at an onset of a steering event having a demand for steering load, recovering the discharged pressure of the accumulator by running the pump after turning on the pump at the onset of the steering event, and opening the relief valve in the valve manifold during the steering event.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2007Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Todd Robert Miller
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Publication number: 20090139223Abstract: A hydraulic power steering system that maintains proportional pressure control between an input side of a gear and assist pressures internal to the steering gear by relying upon a control valve. A pressure differential is maintained between the input side of a gear and assist pressures internal to the steering gear throughout certain events. Those events include running the pump to fully charge the accumulator, idling the pump after fully charging the accumulator, discharging pressure from the fully charged accumulator at an onset of a steering event having a demand for steering load, recovering the discharged pressure of the accumulator by running the pump after turning on the pump at the onset of the steering event, and opening the relief valve in the valve manifold during the steering event.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2007Publication date: June 4, 2009Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: TODD ROBERT MILLER
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Publication number: 20080021715Abstract: A method of analyzing and comparing changes in costs between a first and a second time period includes a first step of receiving cost data for the first time period and cost data for the second time period, a second step of calculating data representing a change in cost from the first time period to the second time period, based on a difference between the cost data for the first time period and the cost data for the second time period, and a third step of outputting the data representing the change in cost from the first time period to the second time period. The cost data represents a cost of a commodity purchased or to be purchased during a given time period. The cost data may also be compared with comparative data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2006Publication date: January 24, 2008Applicant: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Stuart Alderoty, Mark Lyman LoSacco, Laura Karen Bass-Penn, Todd Robert Miller, Odalys Arbelaez