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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5588910 | Air outlet register for an opening in a vehicle A barrel type air outlet is provided for an opening in an instrument panel or other panel or compartment of a vehicle. The air outlet contains two sets of stationary vanes for directing a stream of air. The first set of stationary vanes is oriented parall... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5551846 | Scroll compressor capacity control valve A scroll compressor has a housing, fixed and movable scrolls mounted in the housing, and a control valve. The fixed scroll has a discharge port and pairs of bypass ports located at thermodynamically symmetrical points in the compression cycle relative to ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5551667 | Variable length pivoting air duct door An air duct door controls air flow through an air duct in a vehicle. The door has two panels connected together that slide relative to one another as a free end of the first panel pivots and the free end of the second panel is constrained to move in a fix... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5551505 | Heat exchanger inlet duct with a center baffle An air inlet duct is provided for a heat exchanger of a vehicle. The heat exchanger having a top portion and a bottom portion for receiving air from an air inlet duct. The duct has an outer wall that fits against the heat exchanger and a center baffle for... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5454695 | High output engine cooling fan A high output fan assembly for cooling the radiator of a motor vehicle. The fan assembly comprises a shaft, first and second fans, and a motor. The first fan includes a plurality of first blades, each of which has an inner portion attached to the shaft, w... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5430647 | Method and apparatus for maintaining vehicular ride height Method and apparatus for maintaining vehicular ride height in a vehicle having a body, front and rear wheels and an air suspension including front and rear air springs. The method includes sensing vehicle body height relative to the wheels to obtain front... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5402341 | Method and apparatus for four wheel steering control utilizing tire characteristics A method and system is provided for improving vehicle handling during vehicle operation in the nonlinear region of the front tires for use with a vehicle (10) having manually operable front steerable wheels (12) and electronically controlled rear steerabl... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5392875 | Hydraulic reaction variable assist power steering system A power steering system for automobiles comprising a rotary, driver-operated valve which is adapted to control pressure distribution from a steering pump to power-assist fluid motors and to a set of transversely disposed fluid pressure reaction pistons an... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5386621 | Flexible assembly cell A flexible assembly cell is provided for adding a selected one of a plurality of available components to one of at least two different types of motor vehicle subassembly which may be presented. The flexible assembly cell comprises a work station including... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5380051 | Force assisted tube connector A connector and method is provided for coupling sections of tubing 102, 104 together wherein each of the tube sections 102, 104 includes a respective connector member 106, 108 attached at an end thereof. The second connector member 108 has a spring 111 as... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5340292 | Scroll compressor with relief port for reduction of vibration and noise A scroll compressor (10) comprising a stationary scroll member (12) including an end plate (14) and a stationary involute wrap (16) extending from the end plate (14), and a discharge port (18) defined within the end plate (14). The scroll compressor (10) ... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5326229 | Integral air suspension compressor and engine air pump An assembly is disclosed for supplying compressed air to both an engine and an air suspension of a motor vehicle. The assembly comprises a direct current electric motor, a centrifugal air pump, and a piston pump. The motor has a shaft extending outwardly ... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5323644 | Traction control road simulator A traction control road simulator (10) is disclosed as having a separate electric motor (12) for controllably applying torque to each axle (14) of a vehicle (16), a speed sensor (46) for determining the speed of each motor (12) and a motor controller (52)... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5322321 | Vehicle active suspension system An active suspension system (10) includes an electrically powered actuator (16) utilized with a height sensor (18) and a gas spring (24) controlled by a gas supply (26) that pressurizes and vents the gas spring to quickly add or remove a predetermined for... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5307895 | Hydraulic reaction variable assist power steering control hydraulic "detent" A power steering system for an automotive vehicle having a rotary steering valve comprising an inner valve member and a surrounding valve sleeve member, the valve members having cooperating valve lands that control pressure distribution to a fluid motor t... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307644 | Method and electronic device for controlling engine fan An electronic engine fan control device is disclosed. The control device includes means for detecting engine coolant temperature, operation of the vehicle air conditioning load, and vehicle road speed. The control device also includes means for generating... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307555 | Part pitch independent electrical component feeder An apparatus for forming the leads of electrical components such as five-leaded TO-220 packages is provided. Taped components are supplied from a reel to a sensor which detects the presence of an electrical component contained on the tape, and stops advan... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5297647 | Variable assist power steering gear with hydraulic reaction controls The invention comprises a steering gear for an automotive vehicle having a rotary valve mechanism that controls pressure distribution to a fluid motor that establishes a power assist during steering maneuvers, pressure reaction pistons being provided to e... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5295812 | Electromagnetic clutch and pulley bearing arrangement An automobile vehicle air conditioning compressor adapted to be driven by a vehicle engine crankshaft through a drive pulley torque transfer mechanism wherein an electromagnetic clutch engagement plate is carried by the pulley and wherein a companion fric... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5284426 | Rotary compressor with multiple compressor stages and pumping capacity control A multiple stage rotary compressor having a housing with a pump cavity, an orbiting ring piston in the cavity, a cylindrical post carried by the housing within the orbiting ring, a pair of vanes engaging the outer surface of the orbiting ring to define a ... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5275269 | Combined drive pulley and rotor shaft support for a refrigerant compressor A bearing arrangement for an air conditioning compressor comprising a compound bearing assembly that is adapted to journal a drive pulley and electromagnetic clutch assembly wherein the bearing assembly is adapted to distribute loads on the rotor shaft fo... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5228845 | External shaft bearing assembly A scroll-type fluid compressor including a main drive shaft and a clutch assembly. The scroll-type fluid compressor including an external shaft bearing assembly comprising a main drive shaft bearing and a clutch assembly bearing. The clutch assembly beari... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5228729 | Tube tab locking and coupling connector A quick connect coupling for joining a pair of fluid-carrying, mutually sealed, tubes. One tube includes a cup-shaped cage secured to one end thereof of the tube next to the mount. The cage has a radial base portion with a circular aperture through which ... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5224564 | Hydrostatic power steering system A power steering system for controlling the dirigible wheels of an automotive vehicle includes a pump that develops a pressure in an accumulator, the pump being deactivated when accumulator pressure reaches a predetermined range and being activated when t... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5220944 | Dual blend door assembly A dual blend door for a motor vehicle climate control system allows operation of the door within an air passage with lesser effort and thus may be operated by a smaller and more efficient mechanism. The dual blend door provides a main door within which is... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5165702 | Seal ring assembly for high pressure valves A seal ring located in a seal ring groove of a valve member of a rotary valve assembly has an outer seal surface in sealing engagement with a surrounding valve housing and is adapted to isolate pressure passages communicating with the valve assembly regar... | 11/24/1992 |
