Patents Represented by Attorney Edward J. Biskup

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  • Vehicle headlamp assembly
    Patent number: 4747023
    Abstract: A headlamp assembly having a spring plate member fastened through a pivot connection to the lamp body and formed with a pair of clip members and a pair of spring members for allowing the lamp body to be readily secured to a support panel of a motor vehicle and allow selective adjustment of the lamp body about a horizontal aim axis and a vertical aim axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1988
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel A. Ball, Patrick J. Hurley
  • Support arrangement for a vehicle headlamp
    Patent number: 4742435
    Abstract: A support arrangement for a vehicle headlamp assembly that includes a stanchion that supports the lamp body through two pivotal connections and facilitates the installation of the lamp body a support panel located at the front end of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Paul D. Van Duyn, Keith D. Childress
  • Vehicle headlamp assembly
    Patent number: 4731707
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp assembly includes a box-like support frame enclosing a lamp body mounted adjustably as by connectors which are connected to the support frame through resilient means to cushion any shock that the lamp body may experience during the travel of the vehicle along a roadway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1988
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: David R. McMahan, Harry S. Murphy, Jr., John D. Geddie
  • Vehicle headlamp assembly
    Patent number: 4722033
    Abstract: A headlamp assembly including a headlamp body located within a support frame and adapted to be mounted on the front end of a motor vehicle for selective adjustment about a substantially horizontal aim axis and a substantially vertical aim axis for obtaining the desired aim of the light beam emitted from the lamp body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1988
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Paul D. VanDuyn, Carey D. Marks, Michael E. O'Shaughnessey
  • Vehicle tail lamp assembly
    Patent number: 4722032
    Abstract: A tail lamp assembly hinged to a support housing secured to the rear of a vehicle and adapted to be pivoted outwardly from the support housing by spring means carried by the support housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1988
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Frederick C. Kulka
  • Vehicle headlamp assembly
    Patent number: 4712164
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp assembly includes a box-like support frame enclosing a lamp body mounted adjustably, as by support shoes slidable in slots of the frame, by rotary manipulation of threaded elements, accessible at improved locations on the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: David R. McMahan, Leslie H. Hallgarth, Gary L. Miller
  • Support shoe for a vehicle headlamp assembly
    Patent number: 4707770
    Abstract: A support shoe for pivotably connecting a headlamp body to a support frame and including a block member and a retaining member each of which is provided with a spherical surface so, when the block member and retaining member are interconnected, a socket is formed for the ball portion of the ball stud connected to the headlamp body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Paul D. Van Duyn
  • Vehicle headlamp assembly
    Patent number: 4707769
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp assembly includes a box-like support frame enclosing a rectangular lamp body mounted adjustably with the lower corners of the lamp body supported by the frame by a pair of movable ball and socket members between which is located a pivot means that allows movement of the lamp body about a vertical axis and a horizontal axis but does not serve as a load bearing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Paul D. Van Duyn
  • Retainer assembly
    Patent number: 4707768
    Abstract: A retainer assembly for a composite headlamp that includes a body portion formed with a cavity which accommodates a lock member having a key hole shaped opening for capturing and preventing longitudinal movement of one end of an adjustment screw while allowing the adjustment screw to be rotated to permit repositioning of the headlamp about an aiming axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel A. Ball
  • Support shoe for a vehicle headlamp assembly
    Patent number: 4707771
    Abstract: A support shoe for pivotably connecting a headlamp body to a support frame and including a block member and a retaining member each of which is provided with a spherical surface so, when the block member and retaining member are interconnected, a socket is formed for the ball portion of the ball stud connected to the headlamp body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Paul D. Van Duyn, David R. McMahan, John D. Geddie, William E. Nagengast, Jr.
  • Vehicle headlamp assembly
    Patent number: 4703399
    Abstract: An adjustment means located at the rear of a lamp body for adjustably positioning the lamp body about an aiming axis and characterized by having a pair of orthogonally arranged shafts which are interconnected in a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Paul D. Van Duyn, John D. Geddie
  • Automotive outside rearview mirror
    Patent number: 4684216
    Abstract: The invention relates to an outside rearview mirror for mounting on the driver's side of a motor vehicle which is adapted for pivoting movement towards the side of the vehicle operator about an axis which is disposed substantially vertically with respect to the plane of vehicle movement, the pivoting being effected by means of a reversible electric motor, so as to eliminate the glare to the vehicle operator if the headlights of a following vehicle are reflected by such a mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Bernhard Neumann
  • Quick disconnect device
    Patent number: 4679956
    Abstract: A coupling device for connecting a work tool to a support that provides a quick disconnect for electrical and fluid connections and is characterized by the use of two separable members which can be locked together through a ball cage and lock ring arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Barry D. Douglas, Frederick A. McCurdy
  • Anti-glare rear view mirror
    Patent number: 4679906
    Abstract: An anti-glare rear view mirror which includes a plastic housing combined with a plastic pivot plate having laterally extending pivot shafts received in a snap action manner by a pair of bearing members integrally formed with the housing and wherein the pivot plate is combined with a plastic finger operated actuator and a metal spring in a manner so as to allow the housing together with a supported prismoidal mirror to be selectively moved between a "day" position and a "night" position upon 90 degrees rotation of the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Darrell L. Brandenburg
  • Headlamp bulb retaining arrangement
    Patent number: 4679128
    Abstract: A retaining arrangement for a replaceable bulb mounted in a vehicle headlamp reflector that includes a grip member and a cooperating lock nut. The former of which is adapted to be press fitted onto and retained by spring fingers on a cylindrical boss surrounding the socket formed in the headlamp reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Paul D. Van Duyn, John D. Geddie
  • Headlamp aim cap
    Patent number: 4669035
    Abstract: A headlamp lens having at least one of its aiming pads provided with an aim cap and a method for bonding the aim cap to the aiming pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: A. P. Stanley Hyde, Thomas E. Persing, Eugene C. Helm
  • Weapon system
    Patent number: 4660704
    Abstract: A link guide chutes for a weapon system including a main gun using link fed ammunition and a co-axially mounted machine gun mounted in a turret rotatably positionable in an armored vehicle. The spent links for the main gun and the spent machine gun links and brass are ejected through the trunnion bearing on which the rotor for the main gun rotates and into a compartment which communicates with the exterior of the vehicle. The link guide chutes for the main gun, which can be a dual fed 25 millimeter gun, include guide strips for guiding the tab members of the links through the chute channels and thereby preventing jamming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Richard S. LeBlanc
  • Handwheel assembly for weapon system
    Patent number: 4638715
    Abstract: A handwheel assembly for a weapon system including a main gun using link fed ammunition and a co-axially mounted machine gun mounted in a turret rotatably positionable in a armored vehicle. The linked ammunition for the main gun is stored in a rectangular shaped ammunition box positioned diametrically in the turret basket. The handwheel assembly is characterized in that it has manual trigger and main gun elevation assembly that includes a mechanical connection between the trigger and the trigger switch which does not rotate with the trigger and handwheel. The link eject chutes for the main gun, which can be a dual fed 25 millimeter gun, include guide strips for guiding the tab members of the links through the chute channels and thereby preventing jamming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Richard S. LeBlanc
  • Vehicle headlamp assembly
    Patent number: 4639840
    Abstract: A headlamp assembly provided with a retainer for maintaining a headlamp unit in an adjustable support bracket and having a rim that provides an aiming surface for the aiming pads of the headlamp unit. The support bracket carries spring means which engages a rear portion of the headlamp unit and biases the aiming pads of the headlamp unit into engagement with the rim with the result that when a replacement lamp unit is mounted in the support bracket, the replacement lamp unit is automatically aimed by the retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: David R. McMahan, Richard W. Nicholas
  • Fish skin lure
    Patent number: 4637160
    Abstract: A lure for fishing that simulates a live fish by incorporating therein and exposing the scale side of a fish skin of a recently caught fish while simultaneously firmly retaining the peripheral edges of the fish skin so that water flows along the length of the exposed skin to provide a visual and scented attraction to a live fish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1987
    Inventor: Andrew L. Biskup