Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Lee Kincad

Jeffrey Lee Kincad 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: 6428019
    Abstract: A stabilizer bar assembly for a vehicle having a pair of laterally-spaced wheels. The stabilizer bar assembly includes first and second stabilizer bar members and a clutch assembly. Each of the first and second stabilizer bar members is coupled to one of the pair of laterally-spaced wheels. The clutch assembly is coupled to the first and second stabilizer bar members and is operable in a first condition and a second condition. Operation of the clutch assembly in the first condition permits the first and second stabilizer bar members to rotate independently of one another so as to the stabilizer bar assembly from copying the motion of one of the wheels to the other one of the wheels. Operation of the clutch assembly in a second condition couples the first and second stabilizer bar members for rotation with one another, so as to reduce vehicle body roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Kincad, Brian Allen Mattila, Tom V. Ignatius
  • Patent number: 6386564
    Abstract: An adjustable tie rod assembly having a rod member and a knuckle assembly. The knuckle assembly includes a housing and an annular connector. The housing has a stem member and a bore with a longitudinal axis that is skewed to a longitudinal axis of the stem member. The annular connector is disposed in the bore in the housing. The annular connector pivotably couples the first end of the rod member to the housing. The first stem member has an engagement portion that is adapted to be secured to a relay rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Kincad, Manoj Venkatesh Bhandiwad
  • Patent number: 6308972
    Abstract: A suspension assembly for a motor vehicle including a pair of end links which interconnect the opposite ends of a stabilizer bar to a pair of suspension members. Each end link has a first fastener adapted for connection to the end of the stabilizer bar and a second fastener adapted for connection to the suspension member via locking mechanism having a pair of fastener members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Kincad, Neil Alan Wasylewski, David LeRoy Young