Patents by Inventor Steven A. Tervol

Steven A. Tervol 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: 4610478
    Abstract: A fiberglass headliner with integrally reinforced roof bows and roof rail for improved structural rigidity. Selected areas of a resin bonded fiberglass headliner are infiltrated and saturated with a suitable liquid thermosetting resin to a predetermined depth and width. The spaces between glass fibers in a resin bonded fiberglass panel are filled with this additional resin to form hardened and rigid sections when cured in a subsequent compression molding process. These hardened areas of resin saturation provide structural rigidity to partially support a vehicle roof panel and to temporarily carry various roof mounted accessories attached in a subassembly process to form a headliner module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1986
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Steven A. Tervol