Burnell L Bender

6515425, Feb 4, 2003

Jun 28, 2000

09/604991

Burnell L. Bender - Woodburn IN

International Truck Intellectual Property Company, L.L.C. - Warrenville IL

B60Q 102

315 82, 315 77, 307 108

An anti-glare system for motor vehicle headlights is effective to illuminate the headlights at reduced intensity when the vehicle is not in motion and the headlight switch is on thereby promoting better visibility for the driver of an oncoming vehicle. This system is believed particularly useful in service vehicles, such as pick-up and delivery trucks and school buses.

6719116, Apr 13, 2004

Jul 24, 2002

10/202364

Burnell L. Bender - Woodburn IN
Brian P. Marshall - Fort Wayne IN

International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC - Warrenville IL

F16D 2508

192 85C, 192 91 R, 192 99 S

Clutching arrangements for motor vehicle standard transmissions. The force required to clutch a vehicle transmission using a foot pedal is reduced by providing a compressed air actuated boost device attached to the clutch linkage. The degree of boost is selectable using a hand controlled air pressure regulator. Activation of the boost device is controlled by switches which are sensitive to clutch pedal position.

6810982, Nov 2, 2004

Feb 12, 2002

10/074203

Dale L. Kuhn - Fort Wayne IN
Michael E. Stagg - Evansville IN
Burnell L. Bender - Woodburn IN
Steven W. Fuller - Leo IN
Anthony D. Sutton - Fort Wayne IN
Brandi L. Grimm - Fort Wayne IN
Joseph M. Smith - Bluffton IN

International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC - Warrenville IL

B62D 6112

180209, 280 865

A control for raising and lowering a lift axle ( ) on a motor vehicle ( ) having an ignition switch ( ) for turning the motor on and off. The control has a circuit ( ) that is fed through the ignition switch when the ignition switch is on but not when the ignition switch is off and that has a first switch device ( F) that requires actuation to enable the lift axle to be lowered and a second switch device ( D) that, once the first switch device has been actuated to enable the lift axle to be lowered, is effective upon being actuated to cause the lift axle to be lowered. Placement of the vehicle transmission in reverse automatically raises the lift axle if it has been lowered.

6836094, Dec 28, 2004

Jul 1, 2003

10/611005

Burnell L. Bender - Woodburn IN

International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC - Warrenville IL

H02J 700

320104

A disconnect switch ( SA) is placed in circuit between a battery bank ( ) and a distribution point ( B) for the entire electrical system load except the engine cranking motor ( ). This allows the circuit between the battery bank and a cranking motor solenoid ( ) that operates the cranking motor to be switch-free. A switch-free circuit allows a continuous cable to connect the battery bank to the cranking motor solenoid, significantly reducing the electrical resistance between the battery bank and the cranking motor solenoid.

7429804, Sep 30, 2008

Sep 24, 2004

10/950007

Nicholas D. Lengacher - Fort Wayne IN, US
Burnell L. Bender - Woodburn IN, US

International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC - Warrenville IL

B60L 1/00

307 91

A lift gate () is raised and lowered on a motor vehicle by a prime mover. An electrical system of the vehicle has at least one D. C. storage battery () for raising and lowering the lift gate when the vehicle engine is not running. A disconnect, such as a mag switch () carries electricity from the battery to the prime mover when actuated to an enabling condition. Control logic for selectively enabling and unenabling the disconnect to carry electricity to the prime mover from the battery includes a control input (), a source providing battery voltage data corresponding to actual battery voltage (), and a timer in an ESC (). The control logic causes the disconnect to become and remain enabled upon the control input requesting enablement of the disconnect and battery voltage data indicating actual battery voltage in compliance with a defined criterion until the earlier occurrence of 1) elapse of a length of time set by the timer and 2) battery voltage data disclosing non-compliance with the defined criterion.

7537365, May 26, 2009

May 10, 2006

11/382566

Burnell L. Bender - Woodburn IN, US
Allen R. Wittman - Convoy OH, US
Jason E. McVay - Fort Wayne IN, US
Joseph R. Turner - Huntertown IN, US

International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC - Warrenville IL

F21S 8/10

362512, 362539, 362507

An exterior lighting system of a motor vehicle () has headlamps () and foglamps () for illuminating a field of view. The headlamps have lenses () through which light passes to illuminate the field of view and are constructed to alter the light that is directed within the headlamps toward upper zones (A) of the lenses relative to light that is directed toward lower zones (B) of the lenses when both headlamps and foglamps are shining onto the field of view so as to attenuate headlight glare that would otherwise be seen by a driver of the vehicle looking toward the field of view in the absence of the light alteration. Various embodiments of inventive headlamps are shown.

20070199319, Aug 30, 2007

Feb 28, 2006

11/363605

Burnell Bender - Woodburn IN, US

F02B 29/04
F02D 23/00
F02B 33/44

060599000, 060600000, 060605100

A bypass () around a charge air cooler () and a control system () for apportioning the amounts of charge air passing through the bypass and the charge air cooler.

20090140886, Jun 4, 2009

Dec 3, 2007

11/949079

Burnell L. Bender - Woodburn IN, US

International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC - Warrenville IL

G08G 1/123

340988

At least first and second geofences are established. The first geofence provides for indicating to an operator of a vehicle a limit to the territorial extent of a permitted operational area for the vehicle. The second geofence limits the territorial extent of a permitted operational area for the mobile platform, typically by limiting the mobility of the mobile platform. The first and second geofences are located with respect to one another and the permitted operational area so that with movement through the limits of the permitted operational area, the mobile platform encounters the first geofence no later than it encounters the second geofence.