Patents by Inventor Amanda J. French

Amanda J. French 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).

  • Vehicle crossmember assembly with pedestal detachment
    Patent number: 9676418
    Abstract: A vehicle crossmember assembly including a pair of main rails, a crossmember, and a pair of pedestals is provided. The main rails are laterally spaced apart. The crossmember is transverse to the main rails. The pedestals extend between and connect lateral ends of the crossmember to the main rails. Each pedestal has a lower end disposed adjacent to the crossmember and an upper end that projects upwardly from the crossmember. Fasteners connect the pedestals to the main rails. Each pedestal has a sleeve disposed at the upper end. Each sleeve has a sleeve wall defining a bore that receives one of the fasteners and each sleeve has a slit in the sleeve wall. Each slit provides a release path through which one of the fasteners can pull through the sleeve wall during an impact event, allowing the pedestals to detach from the main rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Abdul Kareem Mohammed, Zheng Qin, Hassan H El-Hor, Rajkumar Rajagopalan, Rebecca L Tanguay, Michael G Dreer, Amanda J French, Alan J Demorow
  • Active shimmy mitigation
    Patent number: 8831854
    Abstract: A system mitigates shimmy of a wheel of a vehicle. The wheel is rotatable about an axis and is steerable by varying a steering angle of the wheel about a steering axis. The system includes a shimmy detection device that detects whether an oscillation/shimmy of the steering angle of the wheel occurs. The system also includes a brake that applies a braking load to decelerate rotation of the wheel about the axis. Furthermore, the system includes a controller that controls the brake to selectively apply the braking load to reduce the oscillation/shimmy of the steering angle of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC
    Inventors: Douglas W. Killian, Amanda J. French, Loren M. Trotter
  • ACTIVE SHIMMY MITIGATION
    Publication number: 20120041660
    Abstract: A system mitigates shimmy of a wheel of a vehicle. The wheel is rotatable about an axis and is steerable by varying a steering angle of the wheel about a steering axis. The system includes a shimmy detection device that detects whether an oscillation/shimmy of the steering angle of the wheel occurs. The system also includes a brake that applies a braking load to decelerate rotation of the wheel about the axis. Furthermore, the system includes a controller that controls the brake to selectively apply the braking load to reduce the oscillation/shimmy of the steering angle of the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Douglas W. Killian, Amanda J. French, Loren M. Trotter