Patents by Inventor Tommy E. Stubblefield

Tommy E. Stubblefield 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).

  • Vehicle brake cooling system having dynamically adjustable air vents for active brake cooling
    Patent number: 12233831
    Abstract: A vehicle, a vehicle brake cooling system, a computer program product, and a method of controlling a vehicle in a manner to achieve enhanced aerodynamic performance of the vehicle and active cooling to the wheel brakes during operation of the vehicle. The vehicle includes one or more a vehicle air vents moveable between a first position and a second position, and one or more processors of a computing system. The one or more processors are configured to dynamically conduct, in response to a detection as sensor data one or more of a current position of the vehicle air vents, a current temperature of vehicle wheel brakes, and a current speed of the vehicle, a vehicle brake analysis of the sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC
    Inventors: Corey Zwegers, Robert C. MacArthur, Tommy E. Stubblefield, Claudia A. Ma, Shigenori Shibata, Adam R. VanAntwerp, Clinton M. Hamre
  • VEHICLE BRAKE COOLING SYSTEM HAVING DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTABLE AIR VENTS FOR ACTIVE BRAKE COOLING
    Publication number: 20220355770
    Abstract: A vehicle, a vehicle brake cooling system, a computer program product, and a method of controlling a vehicle in a manner to achieve enhanced aerodynamic performance of the vehicle and active cooling to the wheel brakes during operation of the vehicle. The vehicle includes one or more a vehicle air vents moveable between a first position and a second position, and one or more processors of a computing system. The one or more processors are configured to dynamically conduct, in response to a detection as sensor data one or more of a current position of the vehicle air vents, a current temperature of vehicle wheel brakes, and a current speed of the vehicle, a vehicle brake analysis of the sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc
    Inventors: Corey Zwegers, Robert C. MacArthur, Tommy E. Stubblefield, Claudia A. Ma, Shigenori Shibata, Adam R. VanAntwerp, Clinton M. Hamre
  • Underbody air spat
    Patent number: 10086885
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an underbody opening to a wheel well, a wheel accommodated in the wheel well, a brake inside the wheel and an air spat at the underbody. The air spat has an upright Coanda surface open to free oncoming underbody airflow. The Coanda surface includes a trailing section aimed inside the wheel and at the brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph D. Zuhlsdorf, Tommy E. Stubblefield
  • UNDERBODY AIR SPAT
    Publication number: 20170291649
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an underbody opening to a wheel well, a wheel accommodated in the wheel well, a brake inside the wheel and an air spat at the underbody. The air spat has an upright Coanda surface open to free oncoming underbody airflow. The Coanda surface includes a trailing section aimed inside the wheel and at the brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph D. Zuhlsdorf, Tommy E. Stubblefield