Patents by Inventor Mark Diangelo

Mark Diangelo 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).

  • Method and apparatus for determining the position of a shift rail
    Patent number: 6382040
    Abstract: A method and an assembly 40 for determining the axial and rotational position of a shift member 14. The assembly includes a pair of substantially identical and signal producing sensors 42, 44 which are respectively coupled to first and second members 50, 52. The member 14 is made to include projections 60, 62 which respectively engage members 50, 52 when the member 14 is respectively moved in an axial and rotational manner. In this manner, sensors 42, 44 produce signals which respectively indicate the amount by which the shift rail member 14 has been moved in an axial and a rotational manner and these signals are used to compute the current axial and rotational position of the shift rail member 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Diangelo, Edmond R. League