Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm MacMillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC
  • Fabricated bead seat attached vehicle wheel, wheel disc for such wheel and method for producing same
    Patent number: 8011738
    Abstract: A fabricated bead seat attached vehicle wheel includes a wheel rim and wheel disc joined together. The wheel rim includes an inboard tire bead seat retaining flange, an inner tire bead seat, a well, an outer tire bead seat, and an outboard tire bead seat retaining flange. The wheel defines a wheel axis and includes a generally centrally located wheel mounting portion and an outer annular portion which defines a wheel disc outer flange The wheel disc outer annular flange is segmented around a circumference thereof and includes at least a first plurality of segments and a second plurality of segments. The first plurality of segments extending a first axial distance relative to an adjacent outer surface of the wheel disc and the second plurality of segments extending a second axial distance relative to the adjacent outer surface of the wheel disc which is less than the first axial distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Heck, Alan Coleman
  • Electric actuator unit for a vehicle brake assembly
    Patent number: 8011482
    Abstract: An improved structure for an electric actuator unit for use in a brake assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Kelsey-Hayes Company
    Inventors: Brian Boyle, David Kwierant, Ralf Leiter
  • Motor drive voltage-boost control
    Patent number: 8004220
    Abstract: A drive system for a motor having a rotor and a phase winding (a, b, c) comprises; a drive circuit including switch means associated with the winding a, b, c for varying the current passing through the winding; rotor position sensing means arranged to sense the position of the rotor; control means arranged to provide drive signals to control the switch means; a power input for connection to a power supply at a nominal voltage; and boost means in electric communication with the power input and power output, and controllable to boost the nominal voltage to a higher voltage for application to the winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: TRW Limited
    Inventors: Malcolm Eric Sparey, Adrian Szabo, Graham William White, Jeffrey Ronald Coles, Connel Brett Williams, Yangsheng Chen
  • Multi-chamber noise control system
    Patent number: 8005235
    Abstract: A noise control system is operable within a box-like structure provided by the dual bulkhead plenum of the vehicle dashboard positioned within the transfer path along which the noise is being transmitted from the source of the generated noise to the receiver of the noise in the passenger compartment of an automobile. The plenum is divided into discrete chambers into each of which is provided a counter noise generating apparatus to create a counteracting noise offsetting the noise generated at the source. The acoustic resonance of the chambers amplifies the noise control energy. The geometry of the individual chambers can be varied to optimize the packaging and sound control or shaping strategy. The sound energy permitted to pass through the plenum to the driver's side of the passenger compartment can be tuned to be different than the noise received in the passenger's side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert G. Rebandt, II, Ming-te Cheng, Takeshi Abe
  • Vehicle launch using a transmission input clutch
    Patent number: 7998026
    Abstract: A method for controlling a transmission input clutch during a vehicle launch includes selecting a subject device that transmits torque between an input and an output, a providing a mathematical model of the subject device, such that the model employing only static relationships of engine speed and transmission input speed to a desired magnitude of torque produced by the subject device, using the model, the current engine speed and the current engine speed to determine the desired torque produced by the subject device, and adjusting the torque capacity of the clutch to the desired torque of the subject device determined from the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael G. Fodor, Davor D. Hrovat, Hong Jiang, Ian Oldknow, Jahan Asgari
  • Suction filter for automatic transmission fluid
    Patent number: 7998347
    Abstract: An assembly for filtering contaminants from automatic transmission fluid includes a housing including a first inlet and a second inlet, through which fluid enters the housing, and an outlet, through which fluid exits the housing; a first media filter located within the housing in a first fluid flow path between the first inlet and the outlet; and a second media filter located within the housing in a second fluid flow path between the second inlet and the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lev Pekarsky, Robb D. Pratt
  • Detecting operation of a vehicle on an ascending grade
    Patent number: 7993243
    Abstract: In a vehicle that includes an engine driveably connected to the vehicle wheels, an accelerator pedal, and an electric motor for transmitting power to at least some of the vehicle wheels, a method for indicating that the vehicle is operating on a grade having positive slope includes determining that displacement of the accelerator pedal is greater than a reference displacement, determining that a rate of change of the accelerator pedal displacement is greater than a reference rate of change of displacement, determining that vehicle deceleration is greater than a reference vehicle deceleration, and producing a signal representing that the vehicle is operating on a grade having positive slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew J. Silveri, Ihab S. Soliman
  • Detection of shorted output pins
    Patent number: 7996162
    Abstract: The rates of change and difference between signals sensed at adjacent electronic module output ports are determined and compared to criteria to determine whether the output ports are shorted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Kelsey-Hayes Company
    Inventors: Wendy Zhang, Arnold H. Spieker
  • Altered peptide ligands of GAD65
    Patent number: 7994279
    Abstract: Modified GAD65 compositions antagonize the activities of islet-specific T cells that contribute to the progression of one or more autoimmune disorders. The compositions are also antagonistic in humanized mice that express human HLA alleles associated with increased-risk of Type 1 diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: The University of Toledo
    Inventor: Anthony Quinn
  • Hydraulic control system for high flow applications in motor vehicles
    Patent number: 7987765
    Abstract: A hydraulic control system for high flow applications in motor vehicles, in particular for active wheel suspensions and active steering arrangements, includes at least one passive high flow valve which is controlled hydraulically by at least one low flow valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Harry A. Hunnicutt, Gregory P. Campau, Dirk Kesselgruber
  • MicroRNA fingerprints during human megakaryocytopoiesis
    Patent number: 7985584
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of cancer and myeloproliferative disorders. The invention also provides methods of identifying anti-cancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: The Ohio State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Carlo M. Croce, Ramiro Garzon, George A. Calin
  • Adaptive clutch torque control for a powershift transmission
    Patent number: 7985163
    Abstract: A method for controlling an input clutch of a vehicle transmission that includes an output driveably connected to the input clutch includes increasing the torque capacity of the input clutch, determining a reference acceleration of the output, determining a current acceleration of the output after the reference acceleration is determined, if a difference between the reference acceleration of the output and the current acceleration of the output is equal to or greater than a reference change in acceleration of the output, determining a desired input clutch torque, and adjusting the input clutch to produce the desired input clutch torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Hong Jiang
  • Golf grip training aid
    Patent number: D643898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Inventor: Thomas Astrella
  • Simulated natural stone face for wall block
    Patent number: D644744
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Redi-Rock International, LLC
    Inventor: Casey Meadows
  • Simulated natural stone face for wall block
    Patent number: D644745
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Redi-Rock International, LLC
    Inventor: Casey Meadows
  • Simulated natural stone face for wall block
    Patent number: D644746
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Redi-Rock International, LLC
    Inventor: Casey Meadows
  • Simulated natural stone face for wall block
    Patent number: D644747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Redi-Rock International, LLC
    Inventor: Casey Meadows
  • Simulated natural stone face for wall block
    Patent number: D644748
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Redi-Rock International, LLC
    Inventor: Casey Meadows
  • Simulated natural stone face for wall block
    Patent number: D644749
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Redi-Rock International, LLC
    Inventor: Casey Meadows
  • Shingle
    Patent number: D644753
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventor: Bert W. Elliott