Patents by Inventor Christopher D. Lega

Christopher D. Lega has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7127958
    Abstract: A dust testing facility for static dust testing of a motor vehicle, wherein actual road dust is utilized, which dust is fully recirculated and reused, and wherein the dust testing of the motor vehicle suitably approximates a dynamic road dust test of the motor vehicle. The dust testing facility includes a dust testing chamber which receive thereinside a motor vehicle to be tested and is integrated with four major component systems: an air supply system, a dust supply system, a dust spray system interfaced with the dust supply system, and a dust recapture system interfaced with the air supply and dust supply systems. The dust testing chamber preferably includes, for purposes of dust testing of a motor vehicle, a leak detection system selectively interfaced with a motor vehicle being dust tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: John J. Blewett, Christopher D. Lega