Chrysler Group LLC

Chrysler Corporation

Steven T Houtman

Mark Thompson

Joseph Roy

Michael A Dazy

James P Sassorossi

Anthony D Cavallo

Louis Moncion

Keith D Montone

Pietro Gorlier

Jeffrey D Foor

A conversion system that converts a four-door style vehicle into a pick-up style vehicle. The conversion system converts the four-door style vehicle into a pick-up style vehicle when rear doors of the vehicle are removed and replaced by inner and outer side panels that form a side panel assembly for the bed of the vehicle. Additional features of the conversion system include a bed floor assembly, a bulkhead assembly, and a roof assembly that isolate the cabin of the vehicle from the newly formed bed.

Truck bed panel attached to door hinge mounting plate

A method to prevent chain jump in a drivetrain of a four-wheel drive vehicle including receiving sensed vehicle parameters from sensors in the four-wheel drive vehicle, generating transfer case chain-jump parameters based on the sensed vehicle parameters and sending a command signal to initiate disengagement of a clutch pack in a transfer case of the drivetrain responsive to the generated transfer case chain-jump parameters.

Method to prevent chain jump in a drivetrain

A method to reduce backlash in a drive train of a four-wheel drive vehicle, the method including receiving rotational parameters from sensors in the four-wheel drive vehicle, determining a torque reversal in the drive train based on the received rotational parameters and sending a command signal to initiate engagement of a clutch pack in a transfer case of the drive train responsive to the determination.

Method to reduce backlash in a drive train

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South Lyon, MI, United States of America

Steven T Houtman