Patents by Inventor Sumorfin Salazar

Sumorfin Salazar 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).

  • Vehicle door mounting arrangement
    Patent number: 5029364
    Abstract: A mounting arrangement is provided in which a vehicle door is attached to a vehicle body via hinge assemblies which are releasably secured to the vehicle body whereby the release may be effected from either the vehicle's interior or exterior surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1991
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventor: Sumorfin Salazar
  • Hinge with elastomerically supported check spring
    Patent number: 4800624
    Abstract: An automotive door hinge assembly is provided with a check spring assembly consisting of a leaf spring with an elastomeric block mechanically connected in series with the leaf spring and in which the check spring assembly is carried within the door plate and body plate of the hinge assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1989
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Douglas E. Whitefoot, Sumorfin Salazar
  • Vehicle door hinge having vertically separable pivotal connections
    Patent number: 4766643
    Abstract: A lift-off vehicle door hinge is formed of a pair of interleaved stampings having pivot pins received in bearings in relatively pivotally movable parts of the stampings and an abutment tab is formed as one of the stampings to prevent lift-off separation when the stampings are arranged in a position effecting closure of the vehicle door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventor: Sumorfin Salazar
  • Vehicle door mounting assembly for effecting vertical removability
    Patent number: 4765025
    Abstract: A mounting arrangement for a vehicle door is provided in which one of two vertically spaced hinges is the type that permits separation of the part connected to the vehicle body from the type connected to the door through lifting one with respect to the other and the other is a conventional hinge fixed to the body through a single fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventor: Sumorfin Salazar
  • Door hinge with integral check
    Patent number: 4532675
    Abstract: An automotive door hinge assembly is provided with a hold-open device consisting of a leaf spring carried on the body part of the hinge and a roller carried in a cage portion of the door part which engages the leaf spring only during the portion of its travel proximate the door-open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventor: Sumorfin Salazar