Patents by Inventor Larry E. Mathias

Larry E. Mathias 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: 7084932
    Abstract: A display unit (12) is provided, the display unit including a housing (20) configured for mounting in an interior region of a vehicle, and a screen (30) mounted on the housing for movement between a stowed position wherein the screen is at least partially contained within the housing and a deployed position wherein the screen projects from the housing to reveal a viewing surface (32) of the screen. When the screen is deployed, the viewing surface typically is at an angle of between 45-degrees and 90-degrees from the stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Larry E. Mathias, Paul D. Hurley, Matthew L. Leeka
  • Patent number: 5441339
    Abstract: A lamp assembly for a vehicle is integrally formed in a vehicle headliner which includes an aperture for receiving a lens. In some preferred embodiments, the lens snap-fits directly to the headliner. In another preferred embodiment the lens and a trim bezel interlockably engage the edge of the headliner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Prince Corporation
    Inventors: Larry E. Mathias, Jason M. Hathaway, Elisabet A. Anderson
  • Patent number: 5411233
    Abstract: A vehicle coat hook assembly in which the coat hook is spring-biased to normally locate the hook closely adjacent to the header of the vehicle but which is extendable against the bias of the spring to provide more area for hanging a greater number of clothes hangers. In a preferred embodiment, a linearly movable stem is connected to the coat hook. In another embodiment, the coat hook is pivotally mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: Prince Corporation
    Inventors: Robert W. Grimes, III, Douglas A. Fischer, Nels R. Smith, Larry E. Mathias
  • Patent number: 5329429
    Abstract: A lamp assembly for a vehicle is integrally formed in a vehicle panel which includes a concave recess for receiving a lamp socket and lamp. A plurality of lens receiving slots extend around the periphery of the concave recess for snap-fitting a lens to the panel. In a preferred embodiment, the concave recess is offset by a peripheral convex rim to position the lens toward the vehicle interior. In a preferred embodiment also, the panel is a vehicle headliner and the concave recess includes an aperture for receiving a spring clip which mounts a lamp socket to the headliner within the concave recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1994
    Assignee: Prince Corporation
    Inventors: Larry E. Mathias, Jason M. Hathaway