Patents by Inventor Gilbert A. Garza

Gilbert A. Garza 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).

  • Assist device for a door handle and latch assembly
    Patent number: 7000958
    Abstract: An assist device for a door handle comprises an elongated bar which has one end pivoting about a pivot pin and another end receiving a pivot piece therein. The parts interact to produce a tight looking, attractive, easy-to-assemble, and sturdy device with no sharp projecting parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Inventors: Gilbert Garza, Lisamarie Garza
  • Assist device for a door handle and latch assembly
    Publication number: 20050156440
    Abstract: An assist device for a door handle comprises an elongated bar which has one end pivoting about a pivot pin and another end receiving a pivot piece therein. The parts interact to produce a tight looking, attractive, easy-to-assemble, and sturdy device with no sharp projecting parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Gilbert Garza, Lisamarie Garza
  • Method for making encapsulated liquid crystal material
    Patent number: 5202063
    Abstract: Encapsulated liquid crystal material is made by mixing liquid crystals, a containment medium, and a carrier medium made of a water-miscible monohydric alcohol and water in the proportion between 5:95 and 60:40 weight/weight to form an emulsion; applying the emulsion onto a substrate and drying the emulsion to remove the carrier medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventors: Brackin L. Andrews, Gilbert Garza, Mark F. Wartenberg, William Seeley
  • Prosthesis system and method
    Patent number: 4665918
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for implanting a prosthesis the length of a blood vessel. A generally tubular prosthesis member having an unobstructed central passageway is provided. The member contracts to a smaller dimension for delivery through the unobstructed portion of the length of blood vessel, and is outwardly expansible in the blood vessel. The prosthesis member is positioned in a contracted condition between a delivery catheter and an outer sheath, and expands outwardly responsive to removal of the sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Inventors: Gilbert A. Garza, Marek Kacki