Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Mark P. Calcattera
  • Patent number: 6234526
    Abstract: An energy absorbing member for use in an automobile to absorb occupant impact forces. The energy absorbing member includes a hollow membrane defining a cushion with a plurality of chambers. The membrane includes walls defining the chambers and orifices hydraulically interconnecting the plurality of chambers to equalize fluid pressure within each of the chambers and dissipate impact forces acting on the membrane by conveying fluid between the plurality of chambers when the energy absorbing member is moved from an initial state to a collapsed state. The cushion contains a constant amount of fluid as the energy absorbing member is moved from the initial to collapsed states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Seung-Jae Song, Eugene M. Schoenherr, Stephen P. Gierak
  • Patent number: 4936167
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of organizing universally twelve different shifts into three sets of shifts for executing a set of shifts with the appropriate variable valves stored in memory for each shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1990
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventor: Hemang S. Mehta