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William L. Aldrich, III

General Motors: 34 patents #295 of 18,328Top 2%
SA Saturn: 2 patents #16 of 112Top 15%
📍 Davisburg, MI: #4 of 134 inventorsTop 3%
🗺 Michigan: #1,523 of 86,293 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #90,138 of 4,157,543Top 3%
37
Patents All Time

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Showing 1–25 of 37 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
10597023 Automatic prioritization of powertrain operations on surfaces having a low coefficient of friction Aniket Kothari 2020-03-24
9862371 System and method for controlling an engine in a hybrid vehicle Michael J. Pitsch, Lan Wang, Shannon E. Reeves 2018-01-09
9381911 Hybrid vehicle and method of controlling same for engine auto-stop at non-zero vehicle speed Paul S. Lombardo, Jeffrey R. Aldrich 2016-07-05
9302674 Method to maximize available regeneration while maintaining linear vehicle deceleration rate Matthew Hawkins, Sean W. McGrogan 2016-04-05
9260087 Regenerative braking system and method for controlling a regenerative braking system Andrew M. Zettel, AMMAR A. ATMEH 2016-02-16
9126496 Control method to bias hybrid battery state-of-charge to improve autostop availability for light-electrification vehicles Brenton J. Bergkoetter, Brian L. Spohn, Todd M. York, Andrew Meintz 2015-09-08
9109566 Method of smoothing non-driver-commanded restarts of a hybrid vehicle Goro Tamai, Mark A. Zerbini, Usman Khan 2015-08-18
8761977 Method and apparatus for optimizing engine idle speed in a vehicle Donald Chan, John L. Lahti, Birendra P. Bhattarai, Krunal P. Patel, Ning Jin 2014-06-24
8626411 Driveline stiffness control systems and methods Christopher E. Whitney, Jeffrey M. Kaiser, Daniel J. Wickman, Scott A. Hearld 2014-01-07
8538644 Driver torque request systems and methods Christopher E. Whitney, Robert C. Simon, Jr., Jun Lu, Birendra P. Bhattarai, Adam J. Heisel +1 more 2013-09-17
8499734 System and method for controlling torque during engine start operations in hybrid vehicles Lan Wang, Goro Tamai, Michael J. Pitsch 2013-08-06
8364332 Control algorithm for low-voltage circuit in hybrid and conventional vehicles Brenton J. Bergkoetter, Goro Tamai 2013-01-29
8355833 Systems and methods for controlling engine torque Kerem Koprubasi 2013-01-15
8319477 Battery control method for hybrid vehicles Brenton J. Bergkoetter, Donald D. Crites, Damon R. Frisch 2012-11-27
8116932 Auxiliary pump diagnostic systems and methods Steven A. Tarnowsky, Michael E. Polom, Roger Joseph Rademacher, Donald D. Crites, Keith D. Van Maanen +2 more 2012-02-14
8086390 Pumping loss reduction systems and methods Christopher E. Whitney, Poh Fong Chin, Anthony H. Heap, Jeffrey M. Kaiser, Jun Lu 2011-12-27
8055401 Transmission auxiliary pump diagnosis method and apparatus Donald D. Crites 2011-11-08
7878053 Engine off brake booster leak diagnostic systems and methods Chad W. Lehner 2011-02-01
7863843 Cold rattle reduction control system Goro Tamai, Frank W. Schipperijn, Dean A. Hauersperger, Steven A. Tervo, David J. Hajdyla 2011-01-04
7823471 Method for hybrid vehicle powertrain control Goro Tamai, Birendra P. Bhattarai, Donald D. Crites, Tony T. Hoang 2010-11-02
7703563 Control of hybrid power regeneration during cruise control Donald D. Crites 2010-04-27
7637846 Method and apparatus for control of transmission shifting Goro Tamai, Birendra P. Bhattarai 2009-12-29
7607293 Intake manifold pressure control apparatus and method for a hybrid propulsion system Goro Tamai, Nathaniel S. Epperly 2009-10-27
7600827 Rollback reduction in hybrid or conventional powertrain vehicle via vehicle stability enhancement system (VSES) Goro Tamai, Jeff A. Simpson, Birendra P. Bhattarai 2009-10-13
7603224 Cam phasing control system for improving regeneration efficiency Lyle E. Hamilton, James L. Worthing, Donald D. Crites 2009-10-13