Patents by Inventor Tom Brosowke

Tom Brosowke 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).

  • Method of shifting gears in a work machine
    Patent number: 7353725
    Abstract: A method of shifting gears in a work machine includes modulating an oncoming clutch pressure via a first segment of a predetermined curve, and modulating the clutch pressure via a second segment of the predetermined curve after the occurrence of a predetermined relative velocity state of a work machine transmission. A work machine having an electronic controller with an embedded shifting control algorithm that includes means for modulating the oncoming clutch pressure via a first segment of a predetermined curve, and via a second segment of a predetermined curve having a net slope different from the first segment after the occurrence of a predetermined relative velocity state of the work machine transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Todd R. Kabrich, Tom Brosowke, Vaibhav H. Shah, Andrew W. Sloan, Richard B. League, Brian E. Lister