Patents Represented by Attorney David B. Kelley

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  • Method for receiving and shipping items
    Patent number: 6789729
    Abstract: A method for receiving and shipping vehicles or other manufactured items in which the items are assigned several identification numbers and in which the transport conveyances and/or railcars are similarly and respectively assigned several identification numbers. These identification numbers cooperatively allow the vehicles to be quickly located within a storage yard facility and to be efficiently and accurately assigned to a transport vehicle or railcar, effective to allow the vehicles to be transported to a desired destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Brendan Solan, Victor Kudyba
  • Method for determining transportation vehicle customer satisfaction
    Patent number: 6772104
    Abstract: Within a method for predicting customer satisfaction for a transportation vehicle there is measured for the transportation vehicle a Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) level within the transportation vehicle when an engine which powers the transportation vehicle is operating at wide open throttle. The method further provides for determining a customer satisfaction value for a specific transportation vehicle by means of interpolation or extrapolation from an existing correlation for a group of transportation vehicles within the same class. Such a correlation is obtained employing a Transformed Gamma Distribution (TGD) model or an aggregate combination of Transformed Gamma Distribution (TGD) models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: James Bruce White, Michael Choi
  • Automobile transmission range sensor system
    Patent number: 6763737
    Abstract: A non-contacting transmission range sensor system, which includes a control device, is disclosed. The system includes a shaft coupled to the control device. A non-contacting range sensor, coupled to the shaft, generates a pulse-width modulated signal in response to rotation of the shaft. A control module, electrically attached to the non-contacting range sensor, is subject to receive the pulse-width modulated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Raymond C. Siciak, Bradley Dean Riedle
  • Vehicle left front fender
    Patent number: D493393
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rolph Kneefel, Steve Park
  • Vehicle rear bumper
    Patent number: D493752
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rolph Kneefel, Steve Park
  • Exterior of vehicle hood
    Patent number: D493753
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Craig Metros, Patrick J. Schiavone, Tyler Jon Blake
  • Vehicle side view mirror
    Patent number: D493755
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rolph Kneefel, Steve Park
  • Vehicle front bumper
    Patent number: D494114
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rolph Kneefel, Steve Park
  • Vehicle side view mirror
    Patent number: D494517
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gordon Platto, Michael Arbaugh, Patrick J. J. Schiavone
  • Exterior of vehicle tailgate
    Patent number: D494521
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Inventors: Craig Metros, Patrick J. Schiavone, Tyler Jon Blake
  • Vehicle front grill
    Patent number: D494896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gordon Platto, Michael Arbaugh, Patrick J. Schiavone
  • Exterior of vehicle front bumper
    Patent number: D494898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Craig Metros, Patrick J. Schiavone, Tyler Jon Blake
  • Vehicle
    Patent number: D494903
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rolph Kneefel, Steve Park
  • Exterior of vehicle tailgate
    Patent number: D494910
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Craig Metros, Patrick J. Schiavone, Tyler Jon Blake
  • Exterior of vehicle hood
    Patent number: D495631
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Craig Metros, Patrick J. Schiavone, Tyler Jon Blake
  • Door handle
    Patent number: D495942
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: João Marcos de Oliveira Ramos, Ehab Kaoud
  • Vehicle rear door
    Patent number: D495984
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Craig Metros, Patrick J. Schiavone, Tyler Jon Blake
  • Vehicle hood
    Patent number: D496611
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rolf Kneefel, Steve Park
  • Vehicle side view mirror
    Patent number: D496615
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Craig Metros, Jeffery M. Nowak, Patrick J. Schiavone, Tyler Jon Blake
  • Vehicle running board
    Patent number: D496898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Craig Metros, Jeffery M. Nowak, Patrick J. Schiavone, Tyler Jon Blake