Magna International Inc.

Warren Edward Young

Jeffrey Jay Mellis

Gianfranco Gabbianelli

Frank A Horton

Seetarama S Kotagiri

Timothy Walter Skszek

Mark Francis Werner

DeWayne Dale Egle

Daniel Sulisz

Darren Andrew Womack

Gregory Paul Kiselis

Ryan Robert Warpup

Pascal P Charest

Frank Gabbianelli

Eric deNijs

Erryn Leigh Ashmore

Erryn Leigh Langlois

Dalip K Matharoo

Ying Zhang

David N Plentis

Matthew Williamson

Jeremiah John Brady

Edward Karl Steinebach

Benjamin Saltsman

Todd Deaville

Mark Justin Jones

Azhagu Subramanian

Richard Lee Winfree

Venugopal Garimella

P Gregory Kiselis

Darren A Womack

Joel Stiverson

Timothy Reaburn

Paul James Marston

Adam Naish

Sathvik Srinivas

Gregory P Kiselis

Mark F Werner

Dewayne D Egle

A vehicle door system includes doors with a door module attached to a hinge module, which is attached to the vehicle body. The door module includes a latch mechanism configured to engage a striker pin of the vehicle body, with a pawl that pivots to accommodate a misalignment with the striker pin during a door closing operation, with the latch mechanism shifting following engagement with the striker pin. A door check mechanism includes a permanent magnet and a steel plate. Activation of the permanent magnet shifts the steel plate from a closed position to an open position permitting the hinge module to move from a locked position. An interface between doors includes a primary and secondary seal each having a constant cross section, with filler pieces disposed between the door and the secondary seal along a portion of the interface.

Modular individually operable vehicle door

A transportable enclosure comprises a sheet of flexible material defining a closed loop, with the sheet defining an opening therethrough. The closed loop of the sheet is configured to be rotated by an actuator for selectively aligning the opening with an access position, such as a port in a side panel of a housing, for loading or unloading cargo from the interior space. A drive pulley is coupled to the actuator for rotating the sheet, and a belt extends along the closed loop to engage the drive pulley. The actuator may be located within the transportable enclosure or outside of the transportable enclosure. One or more guides are configured to hold the closed loop of the sheet outwardly while allowing the sheet to rotate. The transportable enclosure may be used with a ground or an aerial vehicle, which may be a vehicle configured for unmanned and/or autonomous operation.

Transportable enclosure with rotary door

The vehicle door assembly includes an outer panel which has a rocker sill area and a beltline area. A reinforcement member, which is made of one or more pieces, is attached with the outer panel along at least a portion of an outer periphery of the outer panel. The door assembly further includes a module which is made as a single integral piece and is fixedly attached with the reinforcement member. The module has an inner beltline reinforcement and supports a pair of window channels and a window regulator for controllably raising and lowering a window between an open position and a closed position.

Vehicle door assembly

An electrohydraulic actuator assembly for use in a brake-by-wire hydraulic brake system. The electrohydraulic actuator assembly includes a pair of electrohydraulic actuator EHA units. One EHA unit provides fluid to front brakes and the other EHA unit provides fluid to rear brakes. Each EHA unit includes an electric motor, a reduction gear unit, a pair of magnetorheological clutches, and a pair of fluid pumps. The system further including an ECU that actuates the electric motor and controls engagement of the clutches to cause the fluid pump to pump brake fluid to at least one of the front and rear brakes. The system further includes a regeneration system for providing supplemental electricity to the electric motors.

Brake by wire

A vehicle bumper assembly includes a bumper beam and a crash box. At least one of the bumper beam or the crash box is cast from metal, such as aluminum or magnesium, to reduce weight, reduce manufacturing process steps, and improve performance characteristics of the bumper assembly. In an embodiment, both of the bumper beam and the crash box are cast from metal to establish an integral connection therebetween. One of the bumper beam or the crash box can be open along a top and bottom portion of the bumper assembly and include at least one reinforcing rib cast integral therewith. In an embodiment, both of the bumper beam and the crash box can be open along a top and bottom portion of the bumper assembly and each include at least one reinforcing rib cast integral therewith.

Cast bumper assembly and method of manufacturing same

A hybrid torsion beam axle assembly is provided, which includes a steel torsion beam. An end cap is fastened to an end portion of the steel torsion beam, and a cast trailing arm is cast about the end portion of the steel torsion beam including the end cap. In this way, the cast trailing arm is positively and rigidly secured to the steel torsion beam.

Hybrid component

A hybrid component for lightweight, structural uses, including a steel member formed of a high strength steel; and a cast coupling member cast on a portion of the steel member by casting-in-place a semi-solid aluminum about the portion of the steel member, thereby positively and rigidly securing the coupling member to the steel member. A method of forming a hybrid component for lightweight, structural uses, including: forming a steel member formed of a high strength steel into a predetermined configuration; and casting a coupling member on a portion of the steel member by casting-in-place a semi-solid aluminum about the portion of the steel member, thereby positively and rigidly securing the coupling member to the steel member.

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Troy, MI, United States of America

Warren Edward Young