Patents by Inventor Brian Pierre Hendrix
Brian Pierre Hendrix 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).
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Patent number: 9353779Abstract: An encapsulated retainer comprises a barrel that defines a fastener-securing void. The barrel has a flange that extends about its periphery. The encapsulated retainer further comprises an outer shell that has a top wall with a fastener-receiving aperture and a bottom wall that has a barrel-receiving aperture. The barrel extends into the barrel-receiving aperture. The encapsulated retainer further comprises first and second side walls which connect the top wall with the bottom wall. A connecter connects the outer shell with the flange.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2011Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Brian Pierre Hendrix, Giriraj Srinivasan, Brian F. Vander Haagen, David Thomas McNarney
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Patent number: 8617454Abstract: A method for manufacturing a resonator is disclosed in which a sleeve insert is placed into a fixture within a blow molding apparatus. The sleeve insert has a wall with a first plurality of apertures in the wall at a first axial distance and a second plurality of apertures in the wall at a second axial distance. A parison is slid over the sleeve insert; the mold is clamped over the parison causing the parison to press into the sleeve insert at three locations: near the ends of the sleeve insert and at a location between the pluralities of apertures; and air is blown into the sleeve insert, via a blow pin, to expand the parison into the walls of the mold to form cavities proximate the first and second pluralities of aperatures. After cooling, the mold opens to release the newly formed resonator.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2012Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Roger Khami, James William Ortman, Brian Pierre Hendrix, Christopher Alan Myers, Timothy Dorweiler
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Publication number: 20130121789Abstract: An encapsulated retainer comprises a barrel that defines a fastener-securing void. The barrel has a flange that extends about its periphery. The encapsulated retainer further comprises an outer shell that has a top wall with a fastener-receiving aperture and a bottom wall that has a barrel-receiving aperture. The barrel extends into the barrel-receiving aperture. The encapsulated retainer further comprises first and second side walls which connect the top wall with the bottom wall. A connecter connects the outer shell with the flange.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Brian Pierre Hendrix, Giriraj Srinivasan, Brian F. Vander Haagen, David Thomas McNarney
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Patent number: 8327975Abstract: A resonator is disclosed which includes: a sleeve insert and an outer duct sealingly coupled to the sleeve insert. The sleeve insert has a wall with a first aperture in the wall at a first axial distance, a second aperture in the wall at a second axial distance, and a rib extending radially outwardly with the rib located between the first and second apertures. The outer duct sealingly couples to the sleeve insert proximate first and second ends of the inner sleeve and at the rib. The sleeve insert and the outer duct are formed of plastic materials which are coupled by welding or via o-rings placed on the sleeve insert. Cavities, in the vicinity of the apertures, are formed in the outer duct. The cavities, which are fluidly coupled to the sleeve insert via the apertures, attenuate noise.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: James William Ortman, Aamir Asgharali Marvi, Lloyd Anthony Bozzi, Brian Pierre Hendrix, Ha To Chung, Roger Khami, Eric Henry Hermann, Timothy Joseph Dorweiler
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Patent number: 8323556Abstract: A method for manufacturing a resonator is disclosed in which a sleeve insert is placed into a fixture within a blow molding apparatus. The sleeve insert has a wall with a first plurality of apertures in the wall at a first axial distance and a second plurality of apertures in the wall at a second axial distance. A parison is slid over the sleeve insert; the mold is clamped over the parison causing the parison to press into the sleeve insert at three locations: near the ends of the sleeve insert and at a location between the pluralities of apertures; and air is blown into the sleeve insert, via a blow pin, to expand the parison into the walls of the mold to form cavities proximate the first and second pluralities of aperatures. After cooling, the mold opens to release the newly formed resonator.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2010Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Roger Khami, James William Ortman, Brian Pierre Hendrix, Christopher Alan Myers, Timothy Joseph Dorweiler
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Publication number: 20110073406Abstract: A resonator is disclosed which includes: a sleeve insert and an outer duct sealingly coupled to the sleeve insert. The sleeve insert has a wall with a first aperture in the wall at a first axial distance, a second aperture in the wall at a second axial distance, and a rib extending radially outwardly with the rib located between the first and second apertures. The outer duct sealingly couples to the sleeve insert proximate first and second ends of the inner sleeve and at the rib. The sleeve insert and the outer duct are formed of plastic materials which are coupled by welding or via o-rings placed on the sleeve insert. Cavities, in the vicinity of the apertures, are formed in the outer duct. The cavities, which are fluidly coupled to the sleeve insert via the apertures, attenuate noise.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: James William Ortman, Aamir Asgharali Marvi, Lloyd Anthony Bozzi, Brian Pierre Hendrix, Ha To Chung, Roger Khami
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Publication number: 20110074067Abstract: A method for manufacturing a resonator is disclosed in which a sleeve insert is placed into a fixture within a blow molding apparatus. The sleeve insert has a wall with a first plurality of apertures in the wall at a first axial distance and a second plurality of apertures in the wall at a second axial distance. A parison is slid over the sleeve insert; the mold is clamped over the parison causing the parison to press into the sleeve insert at three locations: near the ends of the sleeve insert and at a location between the pluralities of apertures; and air is blown into the sleeve insert, via a blow pin, to expand the parison into the walls of the mold to form cavities proximate the first and second pluralities of aperatures. After cooling, the mold opens to release the newly formed resonator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Roger Khami, James William Ortman, Brian Pierre Hendrix, Christopher Alan Myers