Patents Represented by Attorney Jermoe R. Drouillard

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  • Induction system for internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 8056525
    Abstract: An induction system for an internal combustion engine includes an upper intake for receiving air from a supply, such as a turbocharger, and a lower intake which combines a cylinder valve actuator cover, a plenum for receiving air from the upper intake, and a number of intake runners which extend across, an integrally with, the cylinder valve actuator cover to cylinder head intake ports which are configured at outboard sides of the engine cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies
    Inventors: David Currie, Ivan Lazich
  • Automotive system for dynamically determining road adhesion
    Patent number: 4882693
    Abstract: A system for determinng the road adhesion of a tire installed on a road wheel of an automotive vehicle operating on a roadway includes a road wheel turn angle measuring device, a vehicle speed measuring mechanism and a steering force measuring mechanism. Information regarding turn angle, vehicle speed and steering force are fed into a processor which determines the road adhesion of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventor: W. Trent Yopp