Patents by Inventor Matthew T. Brown
Matthew T. Brown 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).
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Publication number: 20230300459Abstract: A software camera lock is provided. A first image is displayed as a 3D image, wherein a semi-transparent second image overlays the first image. A software camera is inserted at a fixed location in the 3D image, wherein the software camera provides a field-of-view (FOV) displaying a portion of the 3D image, the FOV displaying a first reference in the FOV, the second image displaying a second reference that represents first reference and comprising an object. Software camera is locked in FOV using a lock software camera mode. A model is inserted in first image to match a location of the object in second image, wherein locking the software camera in the FOV causes the FOV of the first image to be maintained in place as the model is being moved in the first image to match the location of the object in second image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: FARO Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Matthew T. Brown, Derik J. White
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Patent number: 11370472Abstract: A steering column assembly includes a steering column housing, a tilt housing pivotally attached to the steering column, and a steering wheel shaft supported by the tilt housing. The tilt housing is moveable between a range of angular positions relative to the steering column housing. A tilt lever assembly, including a tilt lever that is moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position, mechanically actuates a tilt lock mechanism between an engaged condition and a disengaged condition. The tilt lever assembly has a tilt lever assembly center of mass that is positioned such that an inertial force acting in a forward direction on the tilt lever assembly center of mass urges the tilt lever towards the locked position.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Mahindra N.A. Tech CenterInventors: Matthew T. Brown, Huibert Mees, Marcel Kubisz
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Publication number: 20210179162Abstract: A steering column assembly including a steering column housing, a tilt housing pivotally attached to the steering column, and a steering wheel shaft supported by said tilt housing. The tilt housing is moveable between a range of angular positions relative to the steering column housing. A tilt lever assembly, including a tilt lever that is moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position, mechanically actuates a tilt lock mechanism between an engaged condition and a disengaged condition. The tilt lever assembly has a tilt lever assembly center of mass that is positioned such that an inertial force acting in a forward direction on the tilt lever assembly center of mass urges the tilt lever towards the locked position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Matthew T. BROWN, Huibert MEES, Marcel KUBISZ
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Publication number: 20210129901Abstract: A power steering system includes a steering shaft, a linkage assembly, a first power assist assembly, and a second power assist assembly. The linkage assembly includes an input member drivingly connected to the steering shaft and an output member adapted to be drivingly connected to steerable wheels. The first power assist assembly is drivingly connected to the steering shaft and is arranged to apply a torque to the steering shaft to supplement a driver input force and change the direction of the steerable wheels. The second power assist assembly includes an electric motor drivingly connected to one of the steering shaft and the linkage assembly. The electric motor is arranged to apply torque to the steering shaft or the linkage assembly to change the direction of the steerable wheels with or without a presence of the driver input force to the steering shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventor: Matthew T. BROWN
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Patent number: 10899186Abstract: A vehicle suspension assembly including a suspension control arm pivotally coupled to a vehicle frame member by a bushing assembly. The bushing assembly includes a bushing bracket, a bushing, and a cam adjustment mechanism that couples the bushing bracket to a connection interface of the vehicle frame member. The cam adjustment mechanism includes a cam plate rotatably retained on a first fastener such that the cam plate is rotatable relative to the bushing bracket independent of rotation of the first fastener. The cam plate is rotatable relative to the first fastener and the bushing bracket about an axis of rotation that is spaced from a centerline of the bushing at a nonparallel orientation. Rotation of the cam plate relative to the first fastener adjusts the position of the bushing bracket and therefore the bushing relative to the vehicle frame member to provide alignment adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Mahindra N.A. Tech CenterInventors: David J. Mleczko, Matthew T. Brown
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Publication number: 20200254842Abstract: A vehicle suspension assembly including a suspension control arm pivotally coupled to a vehicle frame member by a bushing assembly. The bushing assembly includes a bushing bracket, a bushing, and a cam adjustment mechanism that couples the bushing bracket to a connection interface of the vehicle frame member. The cam adjustment mechanism includes a cam plate rotatably retained on a first fastener such that the cam plate is rotatable relative to the bushing bracket independent of rotation of the first fastener. The cam plate is rotatable relative to the first fastener and the bushing bracket about an axis of rotation that is spaced from a centerline of the bushing at a nonparallel orientation. Rotation of the cam plate relative to the first fastener adjusts the position of the bushing bracket and therefore the bushing relative to the vehicle frame member to provide alignment adjustment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: David J. MLECZKO, Matthew T. BROWN
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Patent number: 10639952Abstract: A vehicle suspension may include a crank bar and first and second lateral links. The crank bar is mounted to an axle assembly and is rotatable relative to the axle assembly about a first axis. The first lateral link may include a first end rotatably coupled to a first bracket fixed to a chassis of the vehicle and a second end coupled to the crank bar for rotation about a second rotational axis. The second lateral link may include a third end rotatably coupled to a second bracket fixed to the chassis and a fourth end coupled to the crank bar for rotation about a third rotational axis. A straight line having an infinite length may intersect the first rotational axis and one of the second and third rotational axes does not intersect the other of the second and third rotational axes.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Mahindra N.A. Tech CenterInventors: Matthew T. Brown, Gurdeep S. Pahwa
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Patent number: 10611879Abstract: Polyester polyols made from thermoplastic polyesters are disclosed. The polyols can be made by heating a thermoplastic polyester such as virgin PET, recycled PET, or mixtures thereof, with a glycol to give a digested intermediate, which is then condensed with a dimer fatty acid to give the polyol. The invention includes a polyester polyol comprising recurring units of a glycol-digested thermoplastic polyester and a dimer fatty acid. The polyester polyol can also be made in a single step by reacting the thermoplastic polyester, glycol, and dimer acid under conditions effective to produce the polyol. High-recycle-content polyols having desirable properties and attributes for formulating polyurethane products, including aqueous polyurethane dispersions, can be made. The polyols provide a sustainable alternative to bio- or petrochemical-based polyols.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: RESINATE MATERIALS GROUP, INC.Inventors: Shakti L. Mukerjee, Rick Tabor, Adam William Emerson, Kevin Anthony Rogers, Eric D. Vrabel, Matthew T. Brown, Matthew J. Beatty, Jack Rogers Kovsky, Michael D. Kellerman, Michael Robert Christy
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Publication number: 20190241702Abstract: Polyester polyols made from thermoplastic polyesters are disclosed. The polyols can be made by heating a thermoplastic polyester such as virgin PET, recycled PET, or mixtures thereof, with a glycol to give a digested intermediate, which is then condensed with a dimer fatty acid to give the polyol. The invention includes a polyester polyol comprising recurring units of a glycol-digested thermoplastic polyester and a dimer fatty acid. The polyester polyol can also be made in a single step by reacting the thermoplastic polyester, glycol, and dimer acid under conditions effective to produce the polyol. High-recycle-content polyols having desirable properties and attributes for formulating polyurethane products, including aqueous polyurethane dispersions, can be made. The polyols provide a sustainable alternative to bio- or petrochemical-based polyols.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Shakti L. Mukerjee, Rick Tabor, Adam William Emerson, Kevin Anthony Rogers, Eric D. Vrabel, Matthew T. Brown, Matthew J. Beatty, Jack Rogers Kovsky, Michael D. Kellerman, Michael Robert Christy
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Patent number: 10344121Abstract: Polyester polyols made from thermoplastic polyesters are disclosed. The polyols can be made by heating a thermoplastic polyester such as virgin PET, recycled PET, or mixtures thereof, with a glycol to give a digested intermediate, which is then condensed with a dimer fatty acid to give the polyol. The invention includes a polyester polyol comprising recurring units of a glycol-digested thermoplastic polyester and a dimer fatty acid. The polyester polyol can also be made in a single step by reacting the thermoplastic polyester, glycol, and dimer acid under conditions effective to produce the polyol. High-recycle-content polyols having desirable properties and attributes for formulating polyurethane products, including aqueous polyurethane dispersions, can be made. The polyols provide a sustainable alternative to bio- or petrochemical-based polyols.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: RESINATE MATERIALS GROUP, INC.Inventors: Shakti L. Mukerjee, Rick Tabor, Adam William Emerson, Kevin Anthony Rogers, Eric D. Vrabel, Matthew T. Brown, Matthew J. Beatty, Jack Rogers Kovsky, Michael D. Kellerman, Michael Robert Christy
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Publication number: 20190168559Abstract: A vehicle suspension may include a crank bar and first and second lateral links. The crank bar is mounted to an axle assembly and is rotatable relative to the axle assembly about a first axis. The first lateral link may include a first end rotatably coupled to a first bracket fixed to a chassis of the vehicle and a second end coupled to the crank bar for rotation about a second rotational axis. The second lateral link may include a third end rotatably coupled to a second bracket fixed to the chassis and a fourth end coupled to the crank bar for rotation about a third rotational axis. A straight line having an infinite length may intersect the first rotational axis and one of the second and third rotational axes does not intersect the other of the second and third rotational axes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Matthew T. BROWN, Gurdeep S. PAHWA
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Patent number: 10273332Abstract: Polyester polyols made from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) and processes for making them are disclosed. The rPET is heated with a C3-C10 glycol reactant to give a digested intermediate comprising glycols and a terephthalate component, which comprises 45 to 70 wt. % of bis(hydroxyalkyl)terephthalates, and preferably lesser amounts of terephthalate dimers and trimers. Treatment of the digested intermediate with activated carbon gives a polyester polyol having a color index less than 20. The polyols have desirable hydroxyl numbers, viscosities, appearance, and other attributes for formulating polyurethane products and are a sustainable alternative to bio- or petrochemical-based polyols.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: RESINATE MATERIALS GROUP, INC.Inventors: Rick Tabor, Eric D. Vrabel, Kevin Anthony Rogers, Shakti L. Mukerjee, Matthew J. Beatty, Adam William Emerson, Matthew T. Brown, Jack Rogers Kovsky, Michael D. Kellerman, Michael Robert Christy
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Publication number: 20180066106Abstract: Polyester polyols made from thermoplastic polyesters are disclosed. The polyols can be made by heating a thermoplastic polyester such as virgin PET, recycled PET, or mixtures thereof, with a glycol to give a digested intermediate, which is then condensed with a dimer fatty acid to give the polyol. The invention includes a polyester polyol comprising recurring units of a glycol-digested thermoplastic polyester and a dimer fatty acid. The polyester polyol can also be made in a single step by reacting the thermoplastic polyester, glycol, and dimer acid under conditions effective to produce the polyol. High-recycle-content polyols having desirable properties and attributes for formulating polyurethane products, including aqueous polyurethane dispersions, can be made. The polyols provide a sustainable alternative to bio- or petrochemical-based polyols.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventors: Shakti L. Mukerjee, Rick Tabor, Adam William Emerson, Kevin Anthony Rogers, Eric D. Vrabel, Matthew T. Brown, Matthew J. Beatty, Jack Rogers Kovsky, Michael D. Kellerman, Michael Robert Christy
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Patent number: 9840584Abstract: Polyester polyols made from thermoplastic polyesters are disclosed. The polyols can be made by heating a thermoplastic polyester such as virgin PET, recycled PET, or mixtures thereof, with a glycol to give a digested intermediate, which is then condensed with a dimer fatty acid to give the polyol. The invention includes a polyester polyol comprising recurring units of a glycol-digested thermoplastic polyester and a dimer fatty acid. The polyester polyol can also be made in a single step by reacting the thermoplastic polyester, glycol, and dimer acid under conditions effective to produce the polyol. High-recycle-content polyols having desirable properties and attributes for formulating polyurethane products, including aqueous polyurethane dispersions, can be made. The polyols provide a sustainable alternative to bio- or petrochemical-based polyols.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Resinate Materials Group, Inc.Inventors: Shakti L Mukerjee, Rick Tabor, Adam William Emerson, Kevin Anthony Rogers, Eric D Vrabel, Matthew T Brown, Matthew J Beatty, Jack Rogers Kovsky, Michael D Kellerman, Michael Robert Christy
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Publication number: 20170051103Abstract: Polyester polyols made from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) and processes for making them are disclosed. The rPET is heated with a C3-C10 glycol reactant to give a digested intermediate comprising glycols and a terephthalate component, which comprises 45 to 70 wt. % of bis(hydroxyalkyl)terephthalates, and preferably lesser amounts of terephthalate dimers and trimers. Treatment of the digested intermediate with activated carbon gives a polyester polyol having a color index less than 20. The polyols have desirable hydroxyl numbers, viscosities, appearance, and other attributes for formulating polyurethane products and are a sustainable alternative to bio- or petrochemical-based polyols.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2015Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Rick Tabor, Eric D. Vrabel, Kevin Anthony Rogers, Shakti L. Mukerjee, Matthew J. Beatty, Adam William Emerson, Matthew T. Brown, Jack Rogers Kovsky, Michael D. Kellerman, Michael Robert Christy
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Publication number: 20150344622Abstract: Polyester polyols made from thermoplastic polyesters are disclosed. The polyols can be made by heating a thermoplastic polyester such as virgin PET, recycled PET, or mixtures thereof, with a glycol to give a digested intermediate, which is then condensed with a dimer fatty acid to give the polyol. The invention includes a polyester polyol comprising recurring units of a glycol-digested thermoplastic polyester and a dimer fatty acid. The polyester polyol can also be made in a single step by reacting the thermoplastic polyester, glycol, and dimer acid under conditions effective to produce the polyol. High-recycle-content polyols having desirable properties and attributes for formulating polyurethane products, including aqueous polyurethane dispersions, can be made. The polyols provide a sustainable alternative to bio- or petrochemical-based polyols.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Shakti L. Mukerjee, Rick Tabor, Adam William Emerson, Kevin Anthony Rogers, Eric D. Vrabel, Matthew T. Brown, Matthew J. Beatty, Jack Rogers Kovsky, Michael D. Kellerman, Michael Robert Christy
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Publication number: 20040155777Abstract: A wireless valuables monitoring device, with proximity sensing and automatic arming and disarming features two way communication between the base unit affixed to the valuable and the remote unit carried by the owner. The base unit continuously monitors the position of the remote unit relative to itself to determine when the owner has left the immediate vicinity of the valuable. The base unit alerts the owner upon disturbance of the protected valuable and allows the user to screen for false alarms and be notified of an occurring theft attempt. A soft power switch enables the base unit to be powered off by the unique remote unit to which it belongs.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2004Publication date: August 12, 2004Applicant: Stelix Technologies Corp.Inventors: Christopher Mitchell, Matthew T. Brown, Hani Mehrpouyan