Patents by Inventor Harry Chuck Buchanan, Jr.

Harry Chuck Buchanan, Jr. 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).

  • Restraining end clip for vehicle seat adjuster drive screw
    Patent number: 5762309
    Abstract: A restraining end clip is mounted on a component of a vehicle power seat adjuster and has a portion coupled to and rotatably supporting the free end of a rotatable drive shaft for minimizing resonance of the free end of the drive screw. The end clip has a first end detachably mountable in an aperture on one of the seat adjuster components. A second end depends from the first end and carries a receiver having an internal recess conformed to the shape of the free end of the drive screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Peter S. Zhou, Harry Chuck Buchanan, Jr.