Patents by Inventor Stephen C. Pearse

Stephen C. Pearse 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: 6488327
    Abstract: A seating system for a vehicle includes a seat portion with a front edge and a rear edge, and a back portion with an upper edge and a lower edge, where the rear edge of the seat portion is connected to the lower edge of the back portion. The system includes a platform portion of the vehicle configured to support an underside of the seat portion when the seat assembly is in a seating position. A pivot connection couples the platform to the seat portion to selectively move the seat assembly from the seating position to a cargo storage position. A cargo storage surface is provided on the underside of the seat assembly that is supported above a floor portion of the vehicle by the back portion of the seat assembly when the seat assembly is in the cargo storage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Stephen C. Pearse, Kenneth S. Karpczuk, William J. Hentges
  • Patent number: 5579555
    Abstract: A squeegee assembly for use in a floor cleaning machine includes a housing which includes a forward plate and a rearward plate. The opposed ends of the forward plate and the rearward plate converge toward one another to form an interior wedge. One or more squeegee blades are disposed within the housing of the squeegee assembly adjacent to the forward and rearward plates thereof. A pair of wedge bars are provided within the housing of the squeegee assembly for releasably securing the squeegee blades thereto. The wedge bars are preferably identical, each having an outer shape which corresponds to the shape of the interior wedge defined by the forward and rearward plates. A wedge member is provided for moving the wedge bars between an engaged position, wherein the squeegee blades are frictionally engaged between the wedge bars and the forward and rearward plates, and a disengaged position, wherein the squeegee blades are not frictionally engaged between the wedge bars and the forward and rearward plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: The National Super Service Company
    Inventor: Stephen C. Pearse