Patents by Inventor Ray Andrew Sackett

Ray Andrew Sackett 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).

  • Systems and methods for setting front axle load restoration
    Patent number: 9522582
    Abstract: A system for setting front axle load restoration for a load distributing trailer hitch that is used to hitch a trailer to a motor vehicle may include at least one sensor associated with a wheel of the motor vehicle. The system may further include at least one controller configured to receive signals from the at least one sensor to estimate one or more corner weights of the motor vehicle based on the signals. The at least one controller may be configured to calculate a load restoration that is required at a front axle of the motor vehicle to achieve a recommended load restoration based on the one or more estimated corner weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: James Gerard Cullen, Ray Andrew Sackett, Keith Weston
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SETTING FRONT AXLE LOAD RESTORATION
    Publication number: 20150323376
    Abstract: A system for setting front axle load restoration for a load distributing trailer hitch that is used to hitch a trailer to a motor vehicle may include at least one sensor associated with a wheel of the motor vehicle. The system may further include at least one controller configured to receive signals from the at least one sensor to estimate one or more corner weights of the motor vehicle based on the signals. The at least one controller may be configured to calculate a load restoration that is required at a front axle of the motor vehicle to achieve a recommended load restoration based on the one or more estimated corner weights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: James Gerard CULLEN, Ray Andrew SACKETT, Keith WESTON
  • Method for preventing undesirable lowering of an air suspension system
    Patent number: 5696678
    Abstract: A method for preventing undesirable lowering of an air suspension system for a motor vehicle includes the steps of sensing vehicle speed of the motor vehicle, determining whether the sensed vehicle speed is equal to a predetermined speed, venting air from the air suspension system to lower a vehicle body of the motor vehicle if the sensed vehicle speed is equal to the predetermined speed, sensing height of corners of the vehicle body, calculating a height rate for the corners of the vehicle body based on the sensed height, determining whether a height rate of a corner of the vehicle body is greater than a predetermined rate, and disabling or halting venting of the air suspension system if the height rate of a corner of the vehicle body is greater than the predetermined rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Raad, Steven J. Reimers, Ray Andrew Sackett, Ronald J. Collins