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Douglas Scott Rhode — 50 Patents

Ford: 49 patents #278 of 17,473Top 2%
University of Michigan: 2 patents #1,079 of 4,352Top 25%
Farmington Hills, MI: #17 of 2,032 inventorsTop 1%
Michigan: #929 of 86,293 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #54,373 of 4,157,543Top 2%
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Showing 26–50 of 50 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9296423 Maximum trailer angle determination and control for a trailer backup assist system Matt Y. Rupp, David Dean Smit, Roger Arnold Trombley, Thomas Edward Pilutti, Erick Michael Lavoie +4 more 2016-03-29
9290186 Messaging via vehicle steering wheel Christopher Attard, Shane Elwart, Jeff Allen Greenberg, Rajit Johri, John P. Joyce +4 more 2016-03-22
9248858 Trailer backup assist system Erick Michael Lavoie, Roger Arnold Trombley, Christopher Nave, John Shutko, Matt Y. Rupp +4 more 2016-02-02
9212926 In-vehicle path verification Christopher Attard, Shane Elwart, Jeff Allen Greenberg, Rajit Johri, John P. Joyce +8 more 2015-12-15
9174649 Redundancy for automated vehicle operations Rajit Johri, Andrew Brown, Scott J. Lauffer, Sarra Awad Yako, Shane Elwart +3 more 2015-11-03
9164955 Trailer active back-up assist with object avoidance Erick Michael Lavoie, Darrel Alan Recker 2015-10-20
9129528 Trailer active back-up assist with lane width HMI Erick Michael Lavoie, Darrel Alan Recker 2015-09-08
9037312 Trailer heading angle using vehicle wheel speed sensors Darrel Alan Recker, Erick Michael Lavoie 2015-05-19
8972109 Rotatable driver interface for trailer backup assist Erick Michael Lavoie, Matt Y. Rupp, David Dean Smit, Thomas Edward Pilutti, Roger Arnold Trombley 2015-03-03
8909426 Trailer path curvature control for trailer backup assist David Dean Smit, Erick Michael Lavoie, Martin Fitzpatrick Frey, Thomas Edward Pilutti, Taehyun Shim +2 more 2014-12-09
8725353 Vehicle rollover mitigation system Jianbo Lu, Dimitar Petrov Filev, Greg Blaisdell Stevens, Jeffrey Dan Rupp, Thomas Edward Pilutti 2014-05-13
8380416 Method and apparatus for controlling brake-steer in an automotive vehicle in reverse Timothy Gerard Offerle, Hongtei Eric Tseng, Gregory P. Brown 2013-02-19
7950751 Method and apparatus for maintaining a trailer in a straight position relative to the vehicle Timothy Gerard Offerle, Craig Hammann Stephan 2011-05-31
7229139 Control system for brake-steer assisted parking and method therefor Jianbo Lu, Timothy Gerard Offerle, Hongtei Eric Tseng, Gregory P. Brown 2007-06-12
7143864 Yaw control for an automotive vehicle using steering actuators Keith Mattson, Todd Allen Brown 2006-12-05
6834222 Tire imbalance detection system and method using anti-lock brake wheel speed sensors Jianbo Lu 2004-12-21
6496758 Rollover stability control for an automotive vehicle using front wheel actuators Joseph Carr Meyers, Todd Allen Brown 2002-12-17
6332104 Roll over detection for an automotive vehicle Todd Allen Brown 2001-12-18
6324446 Roll over stability control for an automotive vehicle Todd Allen Brown 2001-11-27
6263261 Roll over stability control for an automotive vehicle Todd Allen Brown 2001-07-17
6076027 Method of controlling a vehicle active tilt control system Joseph M. Raad, John Oliver, Russell Lee Norton, Steven Hermann, Jon Roland Watson 2000-06-13
6002327 Low tire warning system with axle torque signal Mathew Alan Boesch, Leonard Murray Brown 1999-12-14
5864493 Self-adapting interval mean value filter Mathew Alan Boesch 1999-01-26
5864768 Vehicle suspension control system Martin Bieber, Sam M. Mackool 1999-01-26
5721528 Low tire warning system Mathew Alan Boesch 1998-02-24