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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Crist Gabriel, Royal Oak, MI (US);
James Paul McCarthy, Milford, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 5/964 ; F01P 5/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 5/964 ; F01P 5/14 ;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus which uses or calculates a temperature gradient of a portion of a vehicle to determine a value equal to or representative of a time before a maximum allowable operating temperature is reached by the portion . If the value is less than a certain threshold, the apparatus reduces the operating speed of the portion and, in one embodiment, provides a warning signal to an operator of the vehicle