Patents by Inventor Joe Ulakovich

Joe Ulakovich 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).

  • Providing component-specific performance characterization data for an assembly or subsystem
    Patent number: 7349754
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a motor vehicle including an engine and automatic transmission includes generating first data containing information representing a performance characteristic of a solenoid and a serialized solenoid number, affixing to the solenoid a first barcode matrix containing the first data, installing the solenoid and clutch in the transmission generating second data containing information representing a performance characteristic of clutch, using information from the first and second data to produce third data that includes a serialized transmission number and information from the first data and the second data, affixing to the transmission a third barcode matrix containing the third data, using information from the third barcode matrix to produce fourth data that is tied to a vehicle identification number and information from the first data, the second data and the third data, reading information from the fourth data into an electronic memory of a powertrain control module (PCM), and installi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce J. Palansky, Michelle S. Grytzelius, Joe Ulakovich, Mahendra Patil, Kurt H. Nickerson
  • Providing component-specific performance characterization data for an assembly or subsystem
    Publication number: 20080059006
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a motor vehicle including an engine and automatic transmission includes generating first data containing information representing a performance characteristic of a solenoid and a serialized solenoid number, affixing to the solenoid a first barcode matrix containing the first data, installing the solenoid and clutch in the transmission generating second data containing information representing a performance characteristic of clutch, using information from the first and second data to produce third data that includes a serialized transmission number and information from the first data and the second data, affixing to the transmission a third barcode matrix containing the third data, using information from the third barcode matrix to produce fourth data that is tied to a vehicle identification number and information from the first data, the second data and the third data, reading information from the fourth data into an electronic memory of a powertrain control module (PCM), and installi
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Bruce J. Palansky, Michelle S. Grytzelius, Joe Ulakovich, Mahendra Patil, Kurt H. Nickerson