Patents by Inventor James Arthur Cole

James Arthur Cole 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: 6826957
    Abstract: A portable air pressure decay test apparatus for leak testing of a sealed system includes a hollow housing, an air pump having an inlet and an outlet disposed in the housing, and a controller disposed in the housing and connected to the pump for controlling the operation of the pump. A test head is mounted on the housing for releasably attaching to an attachment point of a sealed system. The test head is in fluid communication with the outlet of the pump. When the test head is attached to the attachment point of the sealed system, the controller operates the pump to provide pressured air to the sealed system and raise the pressure in the sealed system to a predetermined value. After the predetermined value of pressure is reached, the controller stops the pump and monitors the air pressure in the sealed system for a predetermined time interval to measure an air pressure decay rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher James Martone, Daniel W. Doubleday, Daniel Gerald Jones, Paul J. Boor, Raymond J. Sapienza, James Arthur Cole, Joseph E. Safran, Tony J. Deschutter
  • Publication number: 20040173005
    Abstract: A portable air pressure decay test apparatus for leak testing of a sealed system includes a hollow housing, an air pump having an inlet and an outlet disposed in the housing, and a controller disposed in the housing and connected to the pump for controlling the operation of the pump. A test head is mounted on the housing for releasably attaching to an attachment point of a sealed system. The test head is in fluid communication with the outlet of the pump. When the test head is attached to the attachment point of the sealed system, the controller operates the pump to provide pressured air to the sealed system and raise the pressure in the sealed system to a predetermined value. After the predetermined value of pressure is reached, the controller stops the pump and monitors the air pressure in the sealed system for a predetermined time interval to measure an air pressure decay rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Christopher James Martone, Daniel W. Doubleday, Daniel Gerald Jones, Paul J. Boor, Raymond J. Sapienza, James Arthur Cole, Joseph E. Safran, Tony J. Deschutter
  • Patent number: 6638075
    Abstract: A window system for a vehicle including a glass assembly, an electrical device coupled to the glass assembly, a conducting post electrically coupled to the electrical device, sheet metal in the vehicle forming an aperture in the vehicle for accepting the glass assembly, a locating tab located on the border of the aperture, where the conducting post couples to the locating tab to position the glass assembly within the aperture to create an electrical connection to an electrical system in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Inventors: James R. Spaulding, Joseph Bosy, Michael C. Heitmann, James Arthur Cole
  • Publication number: 20030162415
    Abstract: A window system for a vehicle including a glass assembly, an electrical device coupled to the glass assembly, a conducting post electrically coupled to the electrical device, sheet metal in the vehicle forming an aperture in the vehicle for accepting the glass assembly, a locating tab located on the border of the aperture, where the conducting post couples to the locating tab to position the glass assembly within the aperture to create an electrical connection to an electrical system in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: James R. Spaulding, Joseph Bosy, Michael C. Heitmann, James Arthur Cole