Graeme Davidson Whyte

US Patent:

20130254462, Sep 26, 2013

Filed:

Oct 8, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/646926

Inventors:

Graeme Davidson Whyte - Arlington Heights IL, US

Assignee:

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC. - Auburn Hills MI

International Classification:

G06F 12/00

US Classification:

711103, 711E12008

Abstract:

Data frames, such as Controller Access Network frames, that are to be programmed into a FLASH memory device, are sent from a programming station to a target device via a relatively high-speed bus and stored temporarily at the target device in numbered frame buffers. Each frame carries a payload. Before a frame is sent, an identifier is assigned to it, or an identifier is appended to the frame. The identifier identifies a particular buffer in the target device where the frame is to be stored in the target device until the target device is able to process the frame and write its payload into a FLASH memory device.

US Patent:

20130218426, Aug 22, 2013

Filed:

Aug 15, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/585988

Inventors:

Dongxu LI - Warren MI, US
Graeme Whyte - Arlington Heights IL, US
Robert J. Horner - Dexter MI, US
Jerry Paul Sagady - Fenton MI, US
Amin Abboud - Livonia MI, US

Assignee:

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC. - Auburn Hills MI
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC - DETROIT MI

International Classification:

G01L 3/02

US Classification:

701 51

Abstract:

A method for monitoring torque in a gear train includes coincidentally determining angles of rotation of first and second rotationally coupled members of the gear train. Each of the members employs a respective rotational position sensor. Each of said angles of rotation are determined based upon times corresponding to a last signal pulse, a next-to-last signal pulse, and a total quantity of signal pulses generated by the respective rotational position sensor during a current sampling interval. A twist angle corresponding to a difference between the angles of rotation of the first and second rotationally coupled members of the gear train is determined, and torque corresponding to the twist angle is calculated.