Kevin L Young

US Patent:

6356851, Mar 12, 2002

Filed:

Feb 5, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/245260

Inventors:

Kevin I. Young - Troy MI
Joseph F. Supinsky - Shelby Township MI
Paul A. Michaels - Livonia MI

Assignee:

Delphi Technologies, Inc. - Troy MI

International Classification:

G01C 1738

US Classification:

702 92, 33356, 33357, 73 176, 701224

Abstract:

A system for calibrating an electronic compass for a vehicle of the type employing a Forward and Lateral magnetoresistive magnetic field sensor. As the vehicle changes headings, the system periodically samples and digitally stores the peaks of the sensor outputs. When the stored peaks indicate a minimum change in the output of the sensors, the system microcomputer calculates a âboxâ surrounding the subscribed arc of heading changes and computes the center of the âboxâ as the center of the locus of anticipated peaks for all quadrants and shifts the locus (i. e. , âboxâ) to be within the domain of the A/D converter to prevent saturation, which could otherwise occur in the presence of strong remnant magnetic fields in the vehicle. The âboxâ is updated with each sampling of sensor outputs until the vehicle is eventually headed through all four cardinal compass headings, and the compass is then considered to be fully modeled in the microcomputer.

US Patent:

55801218, Dec 3, 1996

Filed:

Dec 19, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/574808

Inventors:

Milind M. Dange - Farmington Hills MI
Stuart A. Ehrhardt - Davisburg MI
Kevin L. Young - New Baltimore MI
David M. Grylls - Grosse Pointe MI

Assignee:

Chrysler Corporation - Auburn Hills MI

International Classification:

B60R 2700

US Classification:

296186

Abstract:

An open-top vehicle rear cross car beam body support arrangement for an open-top vehicle having a passenger compartment defined in part by a front floor pan ending in an elevated rear floor pan together with right and left rear inner wheelhouse panels. The beam arrangement includes forming each wheelhouse panel upper inboard portion with a recessed step defining opposed upstanding riser portions each having a lower edge terminating in an inboard extending tread portion. An upper horizontal gusset panel of the beam is welded to upper portions of spaced apart front and rear downstanding gusset panels, while lower flanges of the front and rear gusset panels are welded to the rear floor pan forming a closed section cross beam. The outboard ends of the upper gusset panel terminate in connector portions, each formed with an upstanding shroud having a top panel defined by fore and aft downstanding side walls together with an inboard wall. Each shroud, welded together with its associated underlying wheelhouse tread and riser portions, define a box-shaped stiffener enclosing a pair of upstanding strut fastener receiving spacers.

US Patent:

55470360, Aug 20, 1996

Filed:

Sep 26, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/312245

Inventors:

Sadanand Gawaskar - Farmington Hills MI
Frank J. Norris - Sterling Heights MI
Joseph Vitous - Clarkston MI
Kevin L. Young - New Baltimore MI

Assignee:

Chrysler Corporation

International Classification:

B60R 1604

US Classification:

180 685

Abstract:

A battery support device for supporting a battery in an automobile, the automobile having an engine compartment, the engine compartment having a side and a side rail. The side rail has an upper surface, the upper surface having an outer side toward the side of the engine compartment. The engine compartment further has a vertical wall extending upwardly from the outer side of the upper surface of the side rail. The battery support device includes a one-piece support tray for supporting a battery, the support tray being attachable to the side rail of the automobile so that the battery is cantilevered off the side rail.