Patents by Inventor Douglas H. Devries

Douglas H. Devries 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).

  • Captured test fleet
    Patent number: 7302371
    Abstract: A system and method for vehicle design and manufacture. The method includes designing a vehicle, building a pilot vehicle of the designed vehicle, installing a telematics units in the pilot vehicle, configuring the telematics unit to monitor systems of the pilot vehicle during vehicle operation, operating the pilot vehicle in a captured test fleet, obtaining data from the telematics unit during the operating in a captured test fleet, altering vehicle design data in response to the obtained data and, building a production vehicle with the design influenced by the altered vehicle design data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher L. Oesterling, Nathan D. Ampunan, Thomas A. Gawlik, Brent W. Fetherolf, Craig A. Brown, Brad Wisniewski, Douglas H. Devries