Steve Cicala

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Dearborn Heights, MI, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Engine controls during transmission shift
- Patent number 12,162,495
- Issue date Dec 10, 2024
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Cory Benson LaRoche
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Methods and system for operating a driveline
- Patent number 12,071,122
- Issue date Aug 27, 2024
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Corey Blue
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Powertrain torque control during a transmission shift
- Patent number 11,932,254
- Issue date Mar 19, 2024
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Cory Benson LaRoche
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Powertrain torque control during a transmission shift
- Patent number 11,866,049
- Issue date Jan 9, 2024
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Cory Benson LaRoche
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Transmission shift with pressure controlled cleaning pulses
- Patent number 11,692,622
- Issue date Jul 4, 2023
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Derek Kinch
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Method for operation of a brake back-up system of a motor vehicle
- Patent number 11,560,129
- Issue date Jan 24, 2023
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Gabrielle Jost
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Transition control for low torque upshifts of an automatic transmis...
- Patent number 11,408,504
- Issue date Aug 9, 2022
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Mehran Namazkar
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Method and system for starting an engine
- Patent number 11,400,913
- Issue date Aug 2, 2022
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Corey James Blue
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Methods and system for operating a driveline
- Patent number 11,097,719
- Issue date Aug 24, 2021
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Corey Blue
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Transmission with selectable one-way clutch
- Patent number 11,078,970
- Issue date Aug 3, 2021
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Dongdong Dee Li
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Methods and system for adapting operation of a transmission clutch
- Patent number 11,077,856
- Issue date Aug 3, 2021
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Jaewon Choi
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Method of controlling transmission in neutral
- Patent number 11,041,534
- Issue date Jun 22, 2021
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stephen Michael Cicala
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for controlling friction elements
- Patent number 10,995,852
- Issue date May 4, 2021
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Jaewon Choi
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Transmission with selectable one-way clutch
- Patent number 10,821,957
- Issue date Nov 3, 2020
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Timothy Fedullo
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Transmission with selectable one-way clutch
- Patent number 10,794,435
- Issue date Oct 6, 2020
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Timothy Fedullo
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Method of discharging transmission accumulator
- Patent number 10,704,677
- Issue date Jul 7, 2020
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Scott Joseph Gittins
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Transmission control to avoid gain switch during shift
- Patent number 10,408,342
- Issue date Sep 10, 2019
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Jianping Zhang
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Vehicle transmission clutch engagement control system
- Patent number 10,358,134
- Issue date Jul 23, 2019
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Alexander Phillip McDonnell
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Adaption of off-going clutch torque
- Patent number 10,323,702
- Issue date Jun 18, 2019
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stephen Michael Cicala
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Method and control for operating transmission during clutch failure...
- Patent number 10,295,054
- Issue date May 21, 2019
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- John Randall Armstead
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Method and control for operating transmission during clutch failure
- Patent number 10,295,053
- Issue date May 21, 2019
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Stephen Michael Cicala
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Transmission and method of controlling clutch during ratio change
- Patent number 10,180,186
- Issue date Jan 15, 2019
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Gregory Michael Pietron
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
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Method and control for operating a transmission in neutral
- Patent number 10,023,190
- Issue date Jul 17, 2018
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Alexander Phillip McDonnell
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Method of controlling a transmission clutch
- Patent number 9,939,032
- Issue date Apr 10, 2018
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Cory Benson LaRoche
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Clutch engagement for a transmission when in park
- Patent number 9,835,208
- Issue date Dec 5, 2017
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Alexander Phillip McDonnell
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Controlling an automatic transmission
- Patent number 9,404,571
- Issue date Aug 2, 2016
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Gregory M. Pietron
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Transmission and method of controlling clutch during ratio change
- Patent number 9,360,107
- Issue date Jun 7, 2016
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Gregory Michael Pietron
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Method for controlling a transmission coupled to an engine that may...
- Patent number 9,238,457
- Issue date Jan 19, 2016
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Jeffrey Allen Doering
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Priming a start-stop vehicle transmission pump
- Patent number 9,026,323
- Issue date May 5, 2015
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Daniel T. Lin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Method for controlling a transmission coupled to an engine that may...
- Patent number 8,864,623
- Issue date Oct 21, 2014
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Jeffrey Allen Doering
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
ENGINE CONTROLS DURING TRANSMISSION SHIFT
- Publication number 20240208510
- Publication date Jun 27, 2024
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Cory Benson LaRoche
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
WHEEL SLIP FLARE CONTROLLER USING CLUTCH CONTROL
- Publication number 20240141987
- Publication date May 2, 2024
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Cory Benson LaRoche
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
TRANSMISSION SHIFT WITH PRESSURE CONTROLLED CLEANING PULSES
- Publication number 20230049036
- Publication date Feb 16, 2023
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Derek Kinch
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A DRIVELINE
- Publication number 20210261113
- Publication date Aug 26, 2021
- Corey Blue
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STARTING AN ENGINE
- Publication number 20210107444
- Publication date Apr 15, 2021
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Corey James Blue
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING FRICTION ELEMENTS
- Publication number 20200386279
- Publication date Dec 10, 2020
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Jaewon CHOI
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTING OPERATION OF A TRANSMISSION CLUTCH
- Publication number 20200377103
- Publication date Dec 3, 2020
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Jaewon Choi
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A DRIVELINE
- Publication number 20200216057
- Publication date Jul 9, 2020
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Corey Blue
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Method for Operation of a Brake Back-Up System of a Motor Vehicle
- Publication number 20200122707
- Publication date Apr 23, 2020
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Gabrielle Jost
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
TRANSMISSION WITH SELECTABLE ONE-WAY CLUTCH
- Publication number 20200031331
- Publication date Jan 30, 2020
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Timothy Fedullo
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Transmission with Selectable One-Way Clutch
- Publication number 20200032862
- Publication date Jan 30, 2020
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Timothy Fedullo
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
METHOD OF CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL
- Publication number 20200032864
- Publication date Jan 30, 2020
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Stephen Michael CICALA
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
TRANSMISSION WITH SELECTABLE ONE-WAY CLUTCH
- Publication number 20200032863
- Publication date Jan 30, 2020
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Dongdong Dee Li
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Method of Discharging Transmission Accumulator
- Publication number 20190376597
- Publication date Dec 12, 2019
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Scott Joseph Gittins
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
VEHICLE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM
- Publication number 20180118212
- Publication date May 3, 2018
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Alexander Phillip MCDONNELL
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND CONTROL FOR OPERATING TRANSMISSION DURING CLUTCH FAILURE...
- Publication number 20180119806
- Publication date May 3, 2018
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- John Randall ARMSTEAD
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
ADAPTATION OF OFF-GOING CLUTCH TORQUE
- Publication number 20180119756
- Publication date May 3, 2018
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Stephen Michael CICALA
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND CONTROL FOR OPERATING TRANSMISSION DURING CLUTCH FAILURE
- Publication number 20180119805
- Publication date May 3, 2018
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Stephen Michael CICALA
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND CONTROL FOR OPERATING A TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL
- Publication number 20180118214
- Publication date May 3, 2018
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Alexander Phillip McDONNELL
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
TRANSMISSION CONTROL TO AVOID GAIN SWITCH DURING SHIFT
- Publication number 20180119803
- Publication date May 3, 2018
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Jianping Zhang
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT FOR A TRANSMISSION WHEN IN PARK
- Publication number 20170219028
- Publication date Aug 3, 2017
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Alexander Phillip MCDONNELL
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
TRANSMISSION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CLUTCH DURING RATIO CHANGE
- Publication number 20160230882
- Publication date Aug 11, 2016
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Gregory Michael Pietron
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
CONTROLLING AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- Publication number 20150354698
- Publication date Dec 10, 2015
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Gregory M. Pietron
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TRANSMISSION COUPLED TO AN ENGINE THAT MAY...
- Publication number 20150038294
- Publication date Feb 5, 2015
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Jeffrey Allen Doering
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PRIMING A START-STOP VEHICLE TRANSMISSION PUMP
- Publication number 20140371999
- Publication date Dec 18, 2014
- Daniel T. Lin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Transmission and Method of Controlling Clutch During Ratio Change
- Publication number 20140350810
- Publication date Nov 27, 2014
- Gregory Michael Pietron
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
Transmission and Method of Controlling Clutch During Ratio Change
- Publication number 20140069759
- Publication date Mar 13, 2014
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Gregory Michael Pietron
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TRANSMISSION COUPLED TO AN ENGINE THAT MAY...
- Publication number 20120115679
- Publication date May 10, 2012
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Jeffrey Allen Doering
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Adapting Indicated Engine Torque During Regeneration of a Diesel Pa...
- Publication number 20090118993
- Publication date May 7, 2009
- Stephen M. Cicala
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
ELECTRONIC ADAPTIVE SWAP-SHIFT CONTROL FOR AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIO...
- Publication number 20080026911
- Publication date Jan 31, 2008
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Ihab Soliman
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...

Steve Cicala

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Engine controls during transmission shift

Methods and system for operating a driveline

Powertrain torque control during a transmission shift

Powertrain torque control during a transmission shift

Transmission shift with pressure controlled cleaning pulses

Method for operation of a brake back-up system of a motor vehicle

Transition control for low torque upshifts of an automatic transmis...

Method and system for starting an engine

Methods and system for operating a driveline

Transmission with selectable one-way clutch

Methods and system for adapting operation of a transmission clutch

Method of controlling transmission in neutral

Systems and methods for controlling friction elements

Transmission with selectable one-way clutch

Transmission with selectable one-way clutch

Method of discharging transmission accumulator

Transmission control to avoid gain switch during shift

Vehicle transmission clutch engagement control system

Adaption of off-going clutch torque

Method and control for operating transmission during clutch failure...

Method and control for operating transmission during clutch failure

Transmission and method of controlling clutch during ratio change

Method and control for operating a transmission in neutral

Method of controlling a transmission clutch

Clutch engagement for a transmission when in park

Controlling an automatic transmission

Transmission and method of controlling clutch during ratio change

Method for controlling a transmission coupled to an engine that may...

Priming a start-stop vehicle transmission pump

Method for controlling a transmission coupled to an engine that may...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

ENGINE CONTROLS DURING TRANSMISSION SHIFT

WHEEL SLIP FLARE CONTROLLER USING CLUTCH CONTROL

TRANSMISSION SHIFT WITH PRESSURE CONTROLLED CLEANING PULSES

METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A DRIVELINE

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STARTING AN ENGINE

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING FRICTION ELEMENTS

METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTING OPERATION OF A TRANSMISSION CLUTCH

METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A DRIVELINE

Method for Operation of a Brake Back-Up System of a Motor Vehicle

TRANSMISSION WITH SELECTABLE ONE-WAY CLUTCH

Transmission with Selectable One-Way Clutch

METHOD OF CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL

TRANSMISSION WITH SELECTABLE ONE-WAY CLUTCH

Method of Discharging Transmission Accumulator

VEHICLE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM

METHOD AND CONTROL FOR OPERATING TRANSMISSION DURING CLUTCH FAILURE...

ADAPTATION OF OFF-GOING CLUTCH TORQUE

METHOD AND CONTROL FOR OPERATING TRANSMISSION DURING CLUTCH FAILURE

METHOD AND CONTROL FOR OPERATING A TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL

TRANSMISSION CONTROL TO AVOID GAIN SWITCH DURING SHIFT

CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT FOR A TRANSMISSION WHEN IN PARK

TRANSMISSION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CLUTCH DURING RATIO CHANGE

CONTROLLING AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TRANSMISSION COUPLED TO AN ENGINE THAT MAY...

PRIMING A START-STOP VEHICLE TRANSMISSION PUMP

Transmission and Method of Controlling Clutch During Ratio Change

Transmission and Method of Controlling Clutch During Ratio Change

METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TRANSMISSION COUPLED TO AN ENGINE THAT MAY...

Adapting Indicated Engine Torque During Regeneration of a Diesel Pa...

ELECTRONIC ADAPTIVE SWAP-SHIFT CONTROL FOR AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIO...