Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Daniel A. Dettlaff
  • Patent number: 6737975
    Abstract: A machine to turn on the occupancy sensor(s) of a motor vehicle using a temperature sensing element. The temperature element senses a dangerously high temperature in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle and energizes the occupancy sensors. The occupancy sensors energize for a time period sufficient to determine the presence or absence of an occupant. If no occupant is detected, the occupancy sensors de-energize after a set period of time. If an occupant is detected, an audible alarm is enabled to draw attention to the motor vehicle. Once the alarm is active, a key must be used to reset it. If no occupant is detected each operation of a door switch will cause an additional sensing provided the temperature remains dangerously high. This logic is only energized or enabled when a passenger compartment is dangerously high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Inventor: Mark S. Pelletier
  • Patent number: 6536250
    Abstract: A dent removal system is provided having a portable vacuum chamber head and a shaper vacuum roller coupled to a vacuum source. The vacuum chamber head has a center see-through window for aligning the head over a dented work surface, a template of desired surface shape and a matrix of closely-spaced standoff pins to communicate the template shape to the work surface while allowing passage of vacuum to the dent. A method is provided for removing dents in sheet metal surfaces using the dent removal system. The vacuum chamber head is positioned over the dented work surface and sealed. The work surface is excited with vibrational energy. Within the vacuum chamber head, force is applied to the template face to hold the template in fixed relation to the work surface. The template shape is transmitted to the work surface via the matrix of standoff pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Dent Defyer, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Paul Borchert