Patents by Inventor Laurence Brown

Laurence Brown 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).

  • Publication number: 20070261469
    Abstract: A test apparatus for testing a suspension element for a vehicle, including a wheel test spindle and a road simulation drum that is rotated by a motor is disclosed. The suspension element comprises a wheel and a tire. The wheel test spindle may be supported on a carrier assembly. The road simulation drum includes a chuck hole recess that may be provided in a replaceable module comprising a portion of the outer surface of the drum. The motor rotates the drum causing the tire and wheel to rotate on the test spindle to roll against the outer surface of the drum and through the chuck hole recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dave Friske, Laurence Brown, John Gagern
  • Patent number: 7197920
    Abstract: A test apparatus for testing a wheel for a vehicle, including a wheel test spindle and a road simulation drum that is rotated by a motor is disclosed. The wheel test spindle may be supported on suspension components. The road simulation drum includes a chuck hole recess that may be provided in a replaceable module comprising a portion of the outer surface of the drum. The motor rotates the drum causing the tire and wheel to rotate on the test spindle to roll against the outer surface of the drum and through the chuck hole recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dave Friske, Laurence Brown, John Gagern
  • Publication number: 20060218999
    Abstract: A test apparatus for testing a wheel for a vehicle, including a wheel test spindle and a road simulation drum that is rotated by a motor is disclosed. The wheel test spindle may be supported on suspension components. The road simulation drum includes a chuck hole recess that may be provided in a replaceable module comprising a portion of the outer surface of the drum. The motor rotates the drum causing the tire and wheel to rotate on the test spindle to roll against the outer surface of the drum and through the chuck hole recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dave Friske, Laurence Brown, John Gagern
  • Patent number: 4543167
    Abstract: Chromium is electroplated from a bath which includes a trivalent chromium salt and chloride ions. Chlorine gas production at the anode is reduced through the incorporation in the plating bath of at least one salt having a nitrogen containing cation and at least one soluble salt yielding from about 0.001 mole per liter to about 0.01 mole per liter of bromide ion. The bath can further include sulfate ions, formate and boric acid or borate ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1985
    Assignee: M&T Chemicals Inc.
    Inventors: Edgar J. Seyb, Jr., Laurence A. Brown
  • Patent number: 4015969
    Abstract: In apparatus for bending a flat sheet of glass to a relatively sharp angle wherein the apparatus includes a sectionalized, gravity mold structure provided with means for supplying electrical power to electrical conductor lines formed on the glass sheet supported on the mold apparatus and which lead to an electrically conductive path also formed on the sheet along the line about which it is desired to bend the sheet. Opposed electrical contactors, forming a part of the electrical supply means, are urged into engagement with portions of the conductor lines leading to the path to provide continuous contact therewith and uninterrupted current flow during the bending operation. After bending, these contactors are displaced from such conductor lines into an out-of-the-way position for easy removal of the bent sheet and the replacement thereof with a fresh sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1977
    Assignee: Libbey-Owens-Ford Company
    Inventors: Laurence A. Brown, Floyd T. Hagedorn, Foster V. Waltz, Jr.
  • Patent number: D416330
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Bel-Art Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Laurence A. Brown