Patents by Inventor William C. Paulson

William C. Paulson 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).

  • Motor vehicle braking system
    Patent number: 4991681
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating the braking system of a vehicle, in which the system is automatically, on movement of the vehicle, pneumatically armed for actuation by a detector signal to cause brake application, and the armed brake system is actuated by a contact of the moving vehicle with an obstruction to generate a pneumatic signal, the braking system being releasable and automatically rearmable. In another mode the braking system is constantly armed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: S.B.R. Limited
    Inventor: William C. Paulson
  • Retractable bumper bar
    Patent number: 4991890
    Abstract: A bumper assembly, for use with a tailgate assembly on a motor vehicle frame, comprising: a bumper bar carrying a pair of laterally projecting, spaced arms, one end of each of the arms being fixed to the bar and the other end being pivotally mounted on the frame of the vehicle; and rigid links connected at one end with the bar and adapted to be connected at the other end with the tailgate assembly, whereby upon lowering the tailgate the bar swings out of the path of the tailgate into a position suspended beneath the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: S.B.R. Limited
    Inventor: William C. Paulson