Patents by Inventor Bruce C. Arnold

Bruce C. Arnold 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).

  • Patent number: 10928195
    Abstract: A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the computer to determine a recursive standard deviation and a recursive mean offset of a plurality of steering component angles and to identify a wheel misalignment fault upon determining that the recursive standard deviation is below a deviation threshold and the recursive mean offset is above an offset threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Hassene Jammoussi, Imad Hassan Makki, John Steven McWilliams, Bruce C. Arnold, Daniel F. Slavin
  • Publication number: 20200049499
    Abstract: A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the computer to determine a recursive standard deviation and a recursive mean offset of a plurality of steering component angles and to identify a wheel misalignment fault upon determining that the recursive standard deviation is below a deviation threshold and the recursive mean offset is above an offset threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hassene Jammoussi, Imad Hassan Makki, John Steven McWilliams, Bruce C. Arnold, Daniel F. Slavin
  • Patent number: 9834057
    Abstract: A suspension stabilization system may include a stabilizer bar having an end configured to connect to a suspension component of a vehicle, and a torsion shaft with an end connected to the stabilizer bar. A locking mechanism may be configured to rotationally couple and decouple at least a portion of the torsion shaft with a portion of a frame of the vehicle. Methods relate to stabilizing a vehicle suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: James Adam Drozdowski, Joe L Buchwitz, Bruce C Arnold
  • Publication number: 20170120713
    Abstract: A suspension stabilization system may include a stabilizer bar having an end configured to connect to a suspension component of a vehicle, and a torsion shaft with an end connected to the stabilizer bar. A locking mechanism may be configured to rotationally couple and decouple at least a portion of the torsion shaft with a portion of a frame of the vehicle. Methods relate to stabilizing a vehicle suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: James Adam DROZDOWSKI, Joe L BUCHWITZ, Bruce C ARNOLD
  • Patent number: 9278710
    Abstract: An assembly is provided comprising a twin I-beam front suspension system and a parallelogram steering linkage operatively coupled to the suspension system. A vehicle incorporating the assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Vijay Bokil, Bruce C. Arnold, Geoffrey Lawrence Gordon, Jeremy A. Rawlings
  • Patent number: 8844147
    Abstract: An alignment tool for a steering wheel, where the steering wheel is mounted on a steering column and the tool is configured to attach to the steering wheel. The tool includes a wheel orientation mechanism including a first tilt sensor, reporting a clockwise angle of the steering wheel, and a tilt monitoring mechanism that includes a second tilt sensor to report a tilt angle of the steering column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Wesley Wilds, Michael George Lysenko, Bruce C. Arnold, John Keller
  • Publication number: 20130227848
    Abstract: An alignment tool for a steering wheel, where the steering wheel is mounted on a steering column and the tool is configured to attach to the steering wheel. The tool includes a wheel orientation mechanism including a first tilt sensor, reporting a clockwise angle of the steering wheel, and a tilt monitoring mechanism that includes a second tilt sensor to report a tilt angle of the steering column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: John Wesley Wilds, Michael George Lysenko, Bruce C. Arnold, John Keller
  • Publication number: 20110215543
    Abstract: An assembly is provided comprising a twin I-beam front suspension system and a parallelogram steering linkage operatively coupled to the suspension system. A vehicle incorporating the assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Vijay Bokil, Bruce C. Arnold, Geoffrey Lawrence Gordon, Jeremy A. Rawlings
  • Patent number: 4451238
    Abstract: A marine propulsion system for a water craft comprises a relatively large engine or power plant and a power transmission including an output shaft for driving the propeller. The power transmission includes forward and reverse shafts, gear trains between these shafts and the output shaft, and clutches for the forward and reverse shafts. A shaft brake is provided to stop rotation of the output shaft for the propeller which minimizes damaging shocks to the propulsion system which sometimes occur during maneuvering operations. The brake is located concentrically with the forward shaft of the power transmission and is effective to brake the propeller shaft through interconnecting gears when both clutches are disengaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Assignee: Twin Disc, Incorporated
    Inventor: Bruce C. Arnold