Patents by Inventor GREGORY CONNER

GREGORY CONNER 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).

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AUTOMOTIVE CONVERTIBLE TOP OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS
    Publication number: 20050217390
    Abstract: A system for measuring an automotive convertible top operating parameter, such as the amount of force required to operate the convertible top, includes a pulldown actuator for moving a convertible top from an open position into a closed position. The pulldown actuator is equipped with position and force transducers. A controller which operates the pulldown actuator records the operational position of the top, as well as the force required to close the top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: GREGORY CONNER, GREGORY GRUDZINSKI