Patents by Inventor Margaret Brouwer

Margaret Brouwer 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).

  • Decoupler for a hydraulic engine mount
    Patent number: 10589615
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for reducing NVH resultant from collisions between internal components of a hydraulic engine mount. In one example, a hydraulic engine mount may include a de-coupler with a number cavities encased therein and extending along a common circumference of the de-coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jim Chern, Mary Theresa Breida, Thomas Mathai, Margaret Brouwer
  • DECOUPLER FOR A HYDRAULIC ENGINE MOUNT
    Publication number: 20170036525
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for reducing NVH resultant from collisions between internal components of a hydraulic engine mount. In one example, a hydraulic engine mount may include a de-coupler with a number cavities encased therein and extending along a common circumference of the de-coupler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Jim Chern, Mary Theresa Breida, Thomas Mathai, Margaret Brouwer
  • FLOW MODIFICATION FOR A HYDROMOUNT
    Publication number: 20140339035
    Abstract: Embodiments may provide a hydromount, an inertial track and a method. The hydromount may a curvilinear inertial track fluidically coupled at a first end to a first fluid chamber, and fluidically coupled at a second end to a second fluid chamber. The hydromount may also include a choke disposed within the inertial track at a predetermined location to reduce a width of a flow path within the inertial track at the predetermined location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mary Theresa Breida, Thomas Mathai, Nagari Achar, Hassan Dakhlallah, Margaret Brouwer, Jim Chern