Patents by Inventor Joseph Richard Karner

Joseph Richard Karner 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: 6793107
    Abstract: A stowable automotive coat hanger support for a vehicle roof has a support structure and an outer panel in assembled relationship and a headliner in affixed spaced relationship to the support structure. The coat hanger support is comprised of a fabric webbing loop which is connected to the support structure in the space between the support structure and the headliner. The webbing loop extends from the space to a coat-hanger-receiving position and is foldable to a collapsed stowed position against the headliner. A hook-and-loop fastener is used to retain the collapsed webbing loop against the headliner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph Richard Karner
  • Publication number: 20040060953
    Abstract: A stowable automotive coat hanger support for a vehicle roof has a support structure and an outer panel in assembled relationship and a headliner in affixed spaced relationship to the support structure. The coat hanger support is comprised of a fabric webbing loop which is connected to the support structure in the space between the support structure and the headliner. The webbing loop extends from the space to a coat-hanger-receiving position and is foldable to a collapsed stowed position against the headliner. A hook-and-loop fastener is used to retain the collapsed webbing loop against the headliner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Joseph Richard Karner
  • Patent number: 5673877
    Abstract: An exhaust pipe hanger assembly is provided in a vehicle having a rigid structural member. The exhaust pipe hanger assembly includes a continuously linearly extending rigid rod bracket. The rod bracket has a first portion extending through and securely captured within the rigid structural member and a second portion linearly extending from the first portion and extending outwardly from the structural member. The exhaust pipe is suspended from the second portion of the rigid rod bracket. The rigid rod bracket has sufficiently high stiffness and resonant vibrational frequencies such that transmission of exhaust pipe vibration into the vehicle is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Richard Karner, Stephen Benjamin Sherrick, Alexander Christopher Winter, Gregory Lee Zubal, Katherine Lee Tachick, Jack William Berletch