Patents by Inventor Rudi J. Schurmans

Rudi J. Schurmans 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).

  • Damper with externally mounted semi-active system
    Patent number: 6321888
    Abstract: An automatic damper for an automobile automatic damper system which provides a compression valve operable to vary compressive damping characteristics of a damper, as well as a rebound valve operable to vary rebound damping characteristics of the damper. Use of the invention in cooperation with presently available electronic control modules and sensing algorithms provides a damper with either discrete valves or continuously variable valves for independently setting the rebound and compression damping characteristics of the damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Inc.
    Inventors: Koenraad G. Reybrouck, Rudi J. Schurmans