Patents by Inventor Vern Caron
Vern Caron 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: 8632086Abstract: A trailer slider locking system includes body rails longitudinally slidable relative to a suspension frame side rail. The body rails have holes providing multiple suspension positions. A pin locking system includes a pin moveable between retracted and locked positions. An end of the pin is received in one of the holes in the locked position. The pins have tapered ends so that the pin will extend through the body rail hole prior to advancing to the fully locked position.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Arvinmeritor Technology, LLCInventors: Steven G. Saieg, Vern A. Caron
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Patent number: 8161643Abstract: A cooling jacket for a motor includes an extruded jacket body having an outer peripheral surface, an inner peripheral surface, and a plurality of discrete cooling passages located between the inner and outer peripheral surfaces that provide multi-directional fluid flow. A fluid inlet is provided to direct cooling fluid into the jacket body and a fluid outlet to direct heated fluid away from the jacket body.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLCInventors: Mark C. Smith, Adam Ritchie, Vern Caron, Dennis A. Kramer
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Publication number: 20110304116Abstract: A trailer slider locking system includes body rails longitudinally slidable relative to a suspension frame side rail. The body rails have holes providing multiple suspension positions. A pin locking system includes a pin moveable between retracted and locked positions. An end of the pin is received in one of the holes in the locked position. The pins have tapered ends so that the pin will extend through the body rail hole prior to advancing to the fully locked position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Inventors: Steven G. Saieg, Vern A. Caron
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Patent number: 8025302Abstract: A trailer slider locking system includes body rails longitudinally slidable relative to a suspension frame side rail. The body rails have holes providing multiple suspension positions. A pin locking system includes a pin moveable between retracted and locked positions. An end of the pin is received in one of the holes in the locked position. The pin has a first centerline and the holes have a second centerline. The end of the pin extends through the hole with the centerlines being offset from one another in the locked position. The pins have tapered ends so that the pin will extend through the body rail hole prior to advancing to the fully locked position.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2005Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLCInventors: Steven G. Saieg, Vern A. Caron
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Patent number: 7826388Abstract: An interface device system includes a first transceiver, a second transceiver, and a controller for receiving an input signal and detecting whether a predetermined type of network connection exists. The controller selectively transmits a first signal or a second signal that corresponds to the input signal. The controller transmits the first signal over the first transceiver in response to absence of the predetermined type of network connection. The controller transmits the second signal over a second transceiver in response to existence of the predetermined type of network connection.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2006Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLCInventors: Ali Fani Maleki, Vern A. Caron, Paul C. Guenther, Jeffrey Schoenhals
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Patent number: 7802803Abstract: A trailer slider locking system includes body rails longitudinally slidable relative to a suspension frame side rail. The body rails have holes providing multiple suspension positions. A pin locking system includes a pin moveable between retracted and locked positions. An end of the pin is received in one of the holes in the locked position. The pin has a first centerline and the holes have a second centerline. The end of the pin extends through the hole with the centerlines being offset from one another in the locked position. The pin has a tapered end so that the pin will extend through the body rail hole prior to advancing to the fully locked position.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2005Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLCInventors: Steven G. Saieg, Vern A. Caron
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Publication number: 20100007227Abstract: A cooling jacket for a motor includes an extruded jacket body having an outer peripheral surface, an inner peripheral surface, and a plurality of discrete cooling passages located between the inner and outer peripheral surfaces that provide multi-directional fluid flow. A fluid inlet is provided to direct cooling fluid into the jacket body and a fluid outlet to direct heated fluid away from the jacket body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Mark C. Smith, Adam Ritchie, Vern Caron, Dennis A. Kramer
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Publication number: 20090079278Abstract: A cooling jacket for an electric motor includes a plurality of jacket portions that are attached to each other to surround a motor stator. Each jacket portion is an extruded component that includes an outer peripheral wall and an inner peripheral wall spaced inwardly from the outer peripheral wall to form a cooling space between the inner and the outer peripheral walls. A plurality of connecting walls extends between the inner and the outer peripheral walls. The connecting walls cooperate with each other to define a plurality of discrete cooling passages within the cooling space of each jacket portion. First and second end caps are mounted to the plurality of jacket portions to enclose the plurality of discrete cooling passages such that a continuous cooling loop is provided through the plurality of jacket portions and the first and second end caps.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2007Publication date: March 26, 2009Inventors: Dennis A. Kramer, Adam Ritchie, Vern Caron, Mark C. Smith
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Publication number: 20080224428Abstract: A vehicle suspension includes a plurality of pneumatic suspension elements with each pneumatic suspension element being associated with one pneumatic control valve. A common manifold is fluidly connected to each of the pneumatic control valves. The manifold includes a supply valve that is connected to an air supply, an exhaust valve, and a single pressure sensor. The single pressure sensor is used to measure a pressure level at each of the pneumatic suspension elements. A controller cooperates with the manifold to individually adjust pressure levels of each of the pneumatic suspension elements based on the individually sensed pressure levels. The controller can use the sensed pressure levels to adjust suspension ride height, identify system leaks and isolate defective suspension elements, identify uneven pressure distribution, and to determine a load supported on the pneumatic suspension elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2007Publication date: September 18, 2008Inventors: Mark C. Smith, Vern A. Caron, Ali F. Maleki
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Publication number: 20080065773Abstract: An interface device system includes a first transceiver, a second transceiver, and a controller for receiving an input signal and detecting whether a predetermined type of network connection exists. The controller selectively transmits a first signal or a second signal that corresponds to the input signal. The controller transmits the first signal over the first transceiver in response to absence of the predetermined type of network connection. The controller transmits the second signal over a second transceiver in response to existence of the predetermined type of network connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2006Publication date: March 13, 2008Inventors: Ali Fani Maleki, Vern A. Caron, Paul C. Guenther, Jeffrey Schoenhals
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Publication number: 20060267307Abstract: A trailer slider locking system includes body rails longitudinally slidable relative to a suspension frame side rail. The body rails have holes providing multiple suspension positions. A pin locking system includes a pin moveable between retracted and locked positions. An end of the pin is received in one of the holes in the locked position. The pin has a first centerline and the holes have a second centerline. The end of the pin extends through the hole with the centerlines being offset from one another in the locked position. The pin has a tapered end so that the pin will extend through the body rail hole prior to advancing to the fully locked position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2005Publication date: November 30, 2006Inventors: Steven Saieg, Vern Caron
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Publication number: 20060267306Abstract: A trailer slider locking system includes body rails longitudinally slidable relative to a suspension frame side rail. The body rails have holes providing multiple suspension positions. A pin locking system includes a pin moveable between retracted and locked positions. An end of the pin is received in one of the holes in the locked position. The pin has a first centerline and the holes have a second centerline. The end of the pin extends through the hole with the centerlines offset from one another in the locked position. The pins have tapered ends so that the pin will extend through the body rail hole prior to advancing to the fully locked position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2005Publication date: November 30, 2006Inventors: Steven Saieg, Vern Caron