Stephen R Nolan

US Patent:

6529125, Mar 4, 2003

Filed:

Aug 6, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/856088

Inventors:

Bryan Frederick Butler - Billericay, GB
Stephen Anthony Nolan - Huntington Woods MI

Assignee:

Visteon Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B60Q 100

US Classification:

340461, 3404071, 34081547

Abstract:

The invention relates to a vehicle control panel for an automotive vehicle having at least one multifunctional setting switch and a mode selector for setting the control panel to operate in any one of at least two modes, wherein in a first mode of operation of the control panel the multifunctional setting switch controls a parameter of an audio system of the vehicle, and, in a second mode of operation of the control panel the multifunctional setting switch controls a parameter of a climate control of the vehicle.

US Patent:

55742262, Nov 12, 1996

Filed:

Apr 6, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/417522

Inventors:

Kenneth R. Reuther - Plymouth MI
Stephen A. Nolan - Ferndale MI
Richard W. Squires - Commerce Township MI
Mark N. Maskill - Birmingham MI
Mark W. Talley - Farmington MI

Assignee:

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

G01N 2900

US Classification:

73669

Abstract:

An environmental test facility for testing vehicle suspension and body components is disclosed. The test facility is transportable over conventional roads and is essentially self-contained for set-up at manufacturing facilities or other locations to facilitate testing of vehicles. A four-poster hydraulic suspension test simulator is provided. A temperature-controlled environment and simulated sunlight sources may also be provided.