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David Dean Smit

Ford: 16 patents #1,094 of 17,473Top 7%
University of Michigan: 5 patents #363 of 4,352Top 9%
Overall (All Time): #291,674 of 4,157,543Top 8%
16
Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11724736 Trailer backup assist curvature control Douglas Scott Rhode, Erick Michael Lavoie, Martin Fitzpatrick Frey, Thomas Edward Pilutti, Taehyun Shim +2 more 2023-08-15
11066100 Trailer backup assist curvature control Douglas Scott Rhode, Erick Michael Lavoie, Martin Fitzpatrick Frey, Thomas Edward Pilutti, Taehyun Shim +2 more 2021-07-20
10796572 Automated map anomaly detection and update Zachary Farr, Ivan Vukovic, Raymond C. Siciak 2020-10-06
10370030 Trailer backup assist curvature control Douglas Scott Rhode, Erick Michael Lavoie, Martin Fitzpatrick Frey, Thomas Edward Pilutti, Taehyun Shim +2 more 2019-08-06
9809250 Intuitive driver interface for trailer backup assist Erick Michael Lavoie, Douglas Scott Rhode, Matthew Y. Rupp, Thomas Edward Pilutti, Roger Arnold Trombley 2017-11-07
9555832 Display system utilizing vehicle and trailer dynamics Matthew Y. Rupp, Roger Arnold Trombley, Thomas Edward Pilutti, John Shutko, Douglas Scott Rhode 2017-01-31
9296423 Maximum trailer angle determination and control for a trailer backup assist system Matt Y. Rupp, Roger Arnold Trombley, Thomas Edward Pilutti, Erick Michael Lavoie, Christopher Nave +4 more 2016-03-29
9248858 Trailer backup assist system Erick Michael Lavoie, Roger Arnold Trombley, Christopher Nave, John Shutko, Matt Y. Rupp +4 more 2016-02-02
9229452 Detection of and counter-measures for jackknife enabling conditions during trailer backup assist Matt Y. Rupp, Roger Arnold Trombley, Thomas Edward Pilutti, Erick Michael Lavoie, Taehyun Shim 2016-01-05
9037350 Detection of and counter-measures for jackknife enabling conditions during trailer backup assist Matt Y. Rupp, Erick Michael Lavoie, Roger Arnold Trombley, Thomas Edward Pilutti 2015-05-19
8972109 Rotatable driver interface for trailer backup assist Erick Michael Lavoie, Douglas Scott Rhode, Matt Y. Rupp, Thomas Edward Pilutti, Roger Arnold Trombley 2015-03-03
8909426 Trailer path curvature control for trailer backup assist Douglas Scott Rhode, Erick Michael Lavoie, Martin Fitzpatrick Frey, Thomas Edward Pilutti, Taehyun Shim +2 more 2014-12-09
8825328 Detection of and counter-measures for jackknife enabling conditions during trailer backup assist Matt Y. Rupp, Taehyun Shim, Erick Michael Lavoie, Roger Amold Trombley, Thomas Edward Pilutti 2014-09-02
8755984 Managing jackknife enabling conditions during backing of a trailer by reducing speed of a vehicle backing the trailer Matt Y. Rupp, Roger Arnold Trombley, Thomas Edward Pilutti, Erick Michael Lavoie, Taehyun Shim 2014-06-17
8577552 Forward collision warning system with road-side target filtering 2013-11-05
6283258 Brake assembly with noise damping Fang Chen, Ronald Louis Quaglia, Patrick J. Harwood, Shih-Emn Chen 2001-09-04