Patents Represented by Attorney Angela M. Brunettil
  • Patent number: 7778741
    Abstract: A control system (10) for a vehicle (16) includes a sensor (35-47) that generates a sensor signal and a stability control system (26). Tire monitoring sensors (20) in each wheel generate tire signals including temperature, pressure and acceleration. The controller (26) is coupled to the sensors (20, 25-47), and generates a first roll condition signal as a function of the sensor signal, and generates a second roll condition signal as a function of the tire signals. The first or second roll condition signals control the rollover control system to mitigate a vehicle rollover event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies
    Inventors: Manoharprasad K. Rao, Mark A. Cuddihy, Christopher R. Bujak
  • Patent number: 7712776
    Abstract: A side-impact control system (10) for a vehicle (12) includes an adaptive restraint (15). A side sensor (30) is configured to detect an object, in a restraint dependent detection zone (60) along a side (13) of the vehicle (12), and generates an object detection signal. A controller (16) determines an activation time for and a deployment status of the adaptive restraint (15), and activates the adaptive restraint (15) before or after contact between the object and the side (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies
    Inventors: Kawku O. Prakah-Asante, Manoharprasad K. Rao, Gary S. Strumolo