Patents by Inventor XUAN T. AVALLONE

XUAN T. AVALLONE 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: 20100176644
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a front seat and a rear seat. A leg support assembly is secured to the front seat and moveable between the open position and the closed position. The leg support assembly is at least partially supported on the rear seat when located in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Xuan T. Avallone
  • Publication number: 20090115593
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for warning a driver of a first motor vehicle that it is approaching a second motor vehicle. One system includes a processor coupled to a detector and an alarm device. The processor is in cooperation with the detector to determine a speed of the first vehicle and to activate the alarm device if the speed at which the first vehicle is approaching the second vehicle is greater than a predetermined speed. Another system includes means for determining a speed the first motor vehicle is approaching the second motor vehicle and means for warning the driver of the first motor vehicle if the speed is greater than the threshold speed. A method includes detecting a speed that the first motor vehicle is approaching the second motor vehicle and transmitting a warning to the first motor vehicle driver if the speed is greater than a threshold speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: LOUIS A. AVALLONE, XUAN T. AVALLONE, CLARK E. MC CALL