Patents by Inventor Timothy Drotar
Timothy Drotar 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).
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Patent number: 11072215Abstract: A motor vehicle wheel suspension having a wheel carrier connected to the vehicle body or frame. The suspension having a lower transverse link. The wheel carrier connected to the lower transverse carrier at two connection locations. A first connection location on a first side wall of the wheel carrier and second connection location on a second side wall of the wheel carrier. The first connection location including a connector connected to both the lower transverse and the wheel carrier. The second connection location including a connection between the wheel carrier and the lower transverse link.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Timothy Drotar, Ralf Hintzen, Daniel Mainz, Paul Zandbergen, Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim
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Patent number: 10933919Abstract: A mount located in a wheel housing of a motor vehicle, the mount receiving an upper end of a shock absorber. The mount has a plurality of upper receiving points each mounting point for allowing a different shock absorber orientation.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ralf Hintzen, Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim, Daniel Mainz, Timothy Drotar, Paul Zandbergen, Nicole Zandbergen
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Publication number: 20200282788Abstract: Vehicle integral bushing rear suspension systems are disclosed. An example rear wheel suspension includes a wheel carrier configured to mount a wheel of a vehicle, the wheel rotatable about a rotational axis, a lower transverse control arm coupled to the wheel carrier below the rotational axis, the lower transverse control arm including a first joint to be disposed on a vehicle structure and a second joint to be disposed on the vehicle structure, the second joint displaced from the first joint along a longitudinal axis, a camber transverse control arm coupled to the wheel carrier above the rotational axis, and a track transverse control arm coupled to the wheel carrier in front of the rotational axis, wherein the lower transverse control arm, the camber transverse control arm and the track transverse control arm couple the wheel carrier to the vehicle structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim, Timothy Drotar, Ralf Hintzen, Daniel Mainz, Paul Zandbergen, Steve Scott Allen
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Patent number: 10118452Abstract: A wheel suspension for a motor vehicle including a wheel carrier supporting a wheel. The wheel carrier connected via at least one upper camber link, a lower control arm, and a lateral toe link to the vehicle body or subframe. A stabilizer rod connects to the wheel carrier. The wheel suspension including a damper unit and a spring unit wherein the stabilizer rod and the damper unit connect to the wheel carrier at a common connecting point.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Timothy Drotar, Ralf Hintzen, Daniel Mainz, Paul Zandbergen, Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim
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Patent number: 10025319Abstract: A controller includes a processor and a memory storing processor-executable instructions in a host vehicle. The processor is programmed to designate a target vehicle as a collision risk upon determining that an intersection angle between the host vehicle and the target vehicle is between preset lower and upper bounds and an absolute value of an azimuth angle rate of change of the host vehicle is below a preset threshold.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Nanjun Liu, Jerry H. Engelman, Ahsan Qamar, Timothy Drotar, Kun Deng, Alex Maurice Miller
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Publication number: 20180111432Abstract: A motor vehicle wheel suspension having a wheel carrier connected to the vehicle body or frame. The suspension having a lower transverse link. The wheel carrier connected to the lower transverse carrier at two connection locations. A first connection location on a first side wall of the wheel carrier and second connection location on a second side wall of the wheel carrier. The first connection location including a connector connected to both the lower transverse and the wheel carrier. The second connection location including a connection between the wheel carrier and the lower transverse link.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2017Publication date: April 26, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Timothy Drotar, Ralf Hintzen, Daniel Mainz, Paul Zandbergen, Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim
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Publication number: 20180059686Abstract: A controller includes a processor and a memory storing processor-executable instructions in a host vehicle. The processor is programmed to designate a target vehicle as a collision risk upon determining that an intersection angle between the host vehicle and the target vehicle is between preset lower and upper bounds and an absolute value of an azimuth angle rate of change of the host vehicle is below a preset threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Nanjun Liu, Jerry H. Engelman, Ahsan Qamar, Timothy Drotar, Kun Deng, Alex Maurice Miller
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Publication number: 20170297396Abstract: A wheel suspension for a motor vehicle including a wheel carrier supporting a wheel. The wheel carrier connected via at least one upper camber link, a lower control arm, and a lateral toe link to the vehicle body or subframe. A stabilizer rod connects to the wheel carrier. The wheel suspension including a damper unit and a spring unit wherein the stabilizer rod and the damper unit connect to the wheel carrier at a common connecting point.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Timothy Drotar, Ralf Hintzen, Daniel Mainz, Paul Zandbergen, Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim
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Publication number: 20170120708Abstract: A spring system for a motor vehicle including a spring extending along an extension axis (A) and supported on a spring seat by a resilient spring support. The spring seat including a rigid support structure positioned radially inside the spring. The spring support having a side portion, positioned between the support structure and the spring, and a front portion, connected to the side portion, located axially in front of the spring. The spring exerts a force against the side portion and the side portion exerts a force against the support structure. The spring system provides vibration damping and spring stabilization relative to lateral forces.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2016Publication date: May 4, 2017Applicant: Ford Global Technologies LLCInventors: Daniel Mainz, Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim, Nicole Zandbergen, Paul Zandbergen, Ralf Hintzen, Timothy Drotar
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Publication number: 20170050680Abstract: A mount located in a wheel housing of a motor vehicle, the mount receiving an upper end of a shock absorber. The mount has a plurality of upper receiving points each mounting point for allowing a different shock absorber orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ralf Hintzen, Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim, Daniel Mainz, Timothy Drotar, Paul Zandbergen, Nicole Zandbergen