Patents by Inventor David W. Skilton

David W. Skilton 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 engine-mount
    Patent number: 7694771
    Abstract: An engine mounting device for a motor vehicle having a casing attached to the engine, a flexible annular cylinder disposed inside the casing with a longitudinal axis generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle body, a shaft attached to the vehicle body and disposed within the annulus of the flexible cylinder, whereby the casing and the flexible annular can move along the shaft in response to a frontal impact on the vehicle, and a retainer mounted on the shaft and arranged to prevent movement of the casing along the shaft below a predetermined threshold force on the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC
    Inventors: John R. Boughton, David W. Skilton, Cynthia L. Compton, Alan McGowan, Richard T Onesti, Muhammad Younus, Aiman Albsharat
  • VEHICLE ENGINE-MOUNT
    Publication number: 20090188739
    Abstract: An engine mounting device for a motor vehicle having a casing attached to the engine, a flexible annular cylinder disposed inside the casing with a longitudinal axis generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle body, a shaft attached to the vehicle body and disposed within the annulus of the flexible cylinder, whereby the casing and the flexible annular can move along the shaft in response to a frontal impact on the vehicle, and a retainer mounted on the shaft and arranged to prevent movement of the casing along the shaft below a predetermined threshold force on the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: John R. Boughton, David W. Skilton, Cynthia L. Compton, Alan McGowan, Richard T. Onesti, Muhammad Younus, Aiman Albsharat