Patents by Inventor Richard Stephen Silbert

Richard Stephen Silbert 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: 20250136002
    Abstract: A front trunk system for an automotive vehicle having a front trunk door having front trunk closed path includes a sensor generating an obstacle signal corresponding to an obstacle across the front trunk closed path and a controller coupled to the sensor controlling an indicator when the obstacle is the front trunk closed path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Patrick Duane Reed, Jason Lester Vincent, Richard Stephen Silbert
  • Publication number: 20110308875
    Abstract: A vehicle with a primary driveline that is configured to distribute rotary power to a first set of vehicle wheels and a power transmitting device that can be selectively operated to transmit rotary power to a secondary driveline. The power transmitting device has an input member, which is driven by the primary driveline, and an output member that is selectively coupled to the input member to receive rotary power therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Gregory Alan Marsh, James Preston Downs, Richard Stephen Silbert
  • Patent number: 8042642
    Abstract: A vehicle with a primary driveline that is configured to distribute rotary power to a first set of vehicle wheels, a power transmitting device and a secondary driveline that is configured to distribute power to a second set of vehicle wheels. The power transmitting device has an input member, which is driven by the primary driveline, and an output member that is selectively coupled to the input member to receive rotary power therefrom. The secondary driveline has a propshaft, an axle input, a pair of axle shafts and at least one torque transfer device. The propshaft transmits rotary power between the output member of the power transmitting device and the axle input. The axle shafts are rotatably coupled to an output of the differential and configured to transmit rotary power to the second set of vehicle wheels. The at least one torque transfer device is configured to selectively inhibit torque transmission between the axle input and the second set of vehicle wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Alan Marsh, James Preston Downs, Richard Stephen Silbert
  • Publication number: 20100044138
    Abstract: A vehicle with a primary driveline that is configured to distribute rotary power to a first set of vehicle wheels, a power transmitting device and a secondary driveline that is configured to distribute power to a second set of vehicle wheels. The power transmitting device has an input member, which is driven by the primary driveline, and an output member that is selectively coupled to the input member to receive rotary power therefrom. The secondary driveline has a propshaft, an axle input, a pair of axle shafts and at least one torque transfer device. The propshaft transmits rotary power between the output member of the power transmitting device and the axle input. The axle shafts are rotatably coupled to an output of the differential and configured to transmit rotary power to the second set of vehicle wheels. The at least one torque transfer device is configured to selectively inhibit torque transmission between the axle input and the second set of vehicle wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Gregory Alan Marsh, James Preston Downs, Richard Stephen Silbert