Patents by Inventor Chad Lee Burchett

Chad Lee Burchett has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tractor trailer gap control system
    Patent number: 9616943
    Abstract: A method for increasing the aerodynamic efficiency of a vehicle includes monitoring operating condition of a vehicle, determining if a pre-selected event has occurred with respect to the operating condition of the vehicle, communicating a spacing value to a moving device and adjusting a spacing between a cab and a trailer of the vehicle based on the communicated spacing value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Lee Burchett, Arthur Nalson Fowler
  • TRACTOR TRAILER GAP CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110295470
    Abstract: A method for increasing the aerodynamic efficiency of a vehicle includes monitoring operating condition of a vehicle, determining if a pre-selected event has occurred with respect to the operating condition of the vehicle, communicating a spacing value to a moving device and adjusting a spacing between a cab and a trailer of the vehicle based on the communicated spacing value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Volvo Group North America, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Lee Burchett, Arthur Nalson Fowler
  • Cross member
    Patent number: 7198282
    Abstract: A cross member for a heavy duty over-the-highway tractor having an integral fifth wheel hitch such that the fifth wheel hitch is connected to the cross member rather than to brackets mounted to the frame rails of the vehicle. In one embodiment, the fifth wheel hitch is connected to sliding rails that span two cross members so that the fifth wheel hitch can be positioned at various points between the cross members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Volvo Trucks North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Chad Lee Burchett
  • Deck plate for a truck
    Patent number: D546267
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Volvo Group North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad Lee Burchett, Jeffrey Robert Cotner, Hugh Thomas Dickinson
  • Step for a truck
    Patent number: D582826
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Volvo Group North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad Lee Burchett, Jeffrey Robert Cotner, Hugh Thomas Dickinson