Patents by Inventor John J. Blewett

John J. Blewett 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: 7127958
    Abstract: A dust testing facility for static dust testing of a motor vehicle, wherein actual road dust is utilized, which dust is fully recirculated and reused, and wherein the dust testing of the motor vehicle suitably approximates a dynamic road dust test of the motor vehicle. The dust testing facility includes a dust testing chamber which receive thereinside a motor vehicle to be tested and is integrated with four major component systems: an air supply system, a dust supply system, a dust spray system interfaced with the dust supply system, and a dust recapture system interfaced with the air supply and dust supply systems. The dust testing chamber preferably includes, for purposes of dust testing of a motor vehicle, a leak detection system selectively interfaced with a motor vehicle being dust tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: John J. Blewett, Christopher D. Lega
  • Patent number: 6422567
    Abstract: A storage system for a motor vehicle having a floor includes a plurality of retainer brackets adapted to be secured to the floor, and a base having a body and a plurality of mounting brackets attached to the body. The body has first and second inclined tracks. The mounting brackets are engageable with the retainer brackets so as to secure the base to the floor. At least one of the mounting brackets is moveable with respect to the body so that the at least one mounting bracket may be engaged with a respective retainer bracket after the body is positioned with respect to the floor. Furthermore, the storage system includes a movable storage unit having a plurality of wheels that are engageable with the tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: James J. Mastrangelo, Gregory J. Vishey, Daniel E. Hawkins, Wendy M. Beadle, John J. Blewett, Joseph M. Heilig