Patents by Inventor Gunnar Ross

Gunnar Ross 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).

  • Vacuum accumulator system and method for regenerative braking system
    Patent number: 8484961
    Abstract: A vacuum accumulator system includes a booster, a vacuum accumulator disposed in fluid communication with the booster and an engine disposed in fluid communication with the vacuum accumulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Phillip McCormick, Gunnar Ross, Dale Scott Crombez
  • Vacuum Accumulator System and Method for Regenerative Braking System
    Publication number: 20100257852
    Abstract: A vacuum accumulator system includes a booster, a vacuum accumulator disposed in fluid communication with the booster and an engine disposed in fluid communication with the vacuum accumulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: John McCormick, Gunnar Ross, Dale Scott Crombez
  • Detachable half shaft assembly of a vehicle wheel end
    Patent number: 7360951
    Abstract: The present invention involves a detachable half shaft assembly of a vehicle wheel end and has a shaft bell and a disc rotor. The detachable half shaft comprises a preloaded bearing assembly and a detachable body receiving the preloaded bearing assembly. The preloaded bearing assembly has an inner surface formed through inboard and outboard ends thereof. The detachable body has an inboard interface at an inboard end and an outboard interface at an outboard end. The inboard interface is configured for connecting to the shaft bell and the outboard is configured or connecting to the disc rotor. The detachable body has a bearing receiving portion defined by the stepped boss and a roll formed base. The bearing receiving portion radially receives the inner surface of the preloaded bearing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas C. Myers, Paul E. Beshears, Jr., Aaron A. Horne, Sr., James M. Story, Gunnar Ross
  • Brake rotor with rotational degrees of freedom
    Publication number: 20060213732
    Abstract: A two-piece brake rotor assembly includes a hub portion and a brake rotor portion. The brake rotor portion is mounted onto the hub portion and one of the brake rotor portion and the hub portion includes extending features and the other one of the brake rotor portion and the hub portion includes receiving features. The extending features engage the receiving features to secure the brake rotor portion onto the hub portion. The engagement of the extending features and the receiving features is adapted to allow rotational movement of the rotor portion relative to the hub portion about a tangential axis at the interface between the extending portions and receiving portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Gary Leevy, Neil Wasylewski, Douglas Myers, Karl-Heinz Simons, Gunnar Ross
  • Detachable half shaft assembly of a vehicle wheel end
    Publication number: 20050162001
    Abstract: The present invention involves a detachable half shaft assembly of a vehicle wheel end and has a shaft bell and a disc rotor. The detachable half shaft comprises a preloaded bearing assembly and a detachable body receiving the preloaded bearing assembly. The preloaded bearing assembly has an inner surface formed through inboard and outboard ends thereof. The detachable body has an inboard interface at an inboard end and an outboard interface at an outboard end. The inboard interface is configured for connecting to the shaft bell and the outboard is configured or connecting to the disc rotor. The detachable body has a bearing receiving portion defined by the stepped boss and a roll formed base. The bearing receiving portion radially receives the inner surface of the preloaded bearing assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Douglas Myers, Paul Beshears, Aaron Horne, James Story, Gunnar Ross