Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Kolar

Jeffrey Kolar 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: 6553719
    Abstract: A motorized sliding door mechanism for a motor vehicle having a body structure having a door opening and door. The mechanism includes a motor and drum assembly mounted on the door and a cable system including cable runs anchored to spaced points on the body structure. One cable run is wrapped in one direction around the drum and extends to an anchor point proximate the rear edge of the door opening of the body structure and a second run is wrapped around the drum in an opposite direction and extends to a point at the rear end of a rear guide track for the door which is mounted to the body structure. The cable runs extend from the drum to the anchor points via a pivotal hinge and a guide block at the rear of the door for guiding the sliding movement of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Hi-Lex Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Stone, Michael Turk, Jeffrey Kolar, Jose Garcia, Dennis Reid
  • Patent number: 6516567
    Abstract: A power actuator for lifting a pivotal lift gate closing an access opening in a motor vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Hi-Lex Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Stone, Michael Turk, Jeffrey Kolar, Jose Garcia, Dennis Reid
  • Patent number: 5782038
    Abstract: A window regulator for raising a lowering a window pane in a motor vehicle. The regulator includes a scissors linkage including crossed lever arms connected at a pivot axis. The lever arms are attached at their upper ends to spaced points on the lower edge of the window pane and a cable is connected to the linkage at the pivot axis of the crossed arms. The cable is wrapped around a drum driven by a motor and is further trained over an upper pulley positioned above the pivot axis of the linkage and a lower pulley positioned below the pivot axis of the linkage. The regulator further includes a lower cross rail defining a rear pivot pivotally mounting the lower end of one of the lever arms, an intermediate pivot pivotally mounting the lower pulley, and a forward slot slidably mounting the lower end of the other lever arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Hi-Lex Corporation
    Inventors: Edward E. Sponable, Jeffrey Kolar