Patents by Inventor Jeffrey J. Gress

Jeffrey J. Gress 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).

  • Welded blank for vehicle door panel
    Patent number: 7959212
    Abstract: A blank for a vehicle door includes components arranged in the form of a blank for a front door or a rear door, each component including an edge that is adjacent to an edge of another one of the components, and welds produced by a laser, connecting the components along weld lines at the adjacent edges, each weld line of the blank for a front door being collinear with a corresponding weld line of the blank for a rear door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Gress, Venkat Aitharaju
  • NON-LINEAR WELDED BLANK AND METHOD OF REDUCING MASS
    Publication number: 20100055488
    Abstract: A structural inner, such as a vehicular door inner, formed from an engineered non-linearly welded blank comprising blank sections of differing thickness, a method of reducing the mass of the blank and redistributing the stresses experienced thereby during a drawing process, and a modified three-piece draw die having a control split device adapted for stamping the blank and localizing, minimizing and redirecting a blank failure to a predetermined location, such as the speaker hole of the door, during the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Gress, Venkat Aitharaju
  • Welded Blank for Vehicle Door Panel
    Publication number: 20100045066
    Abstract: A blank for a vehicle door includes components arranged in the form of a blank for a front door or a rear door, each component including an edge that is adjacent to an edge of another one of the components, and welds produced by a laser, connecting the components along weld lines at the adjacent edges, each weld line of the blank for a front door being collinear with a corresponding weld line of the blank for a rear door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Gress, Venkat Aitharaju