Patents Represented by Attorney Edward J. Biskup

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  • Antiglare rear view mirror
    Patent number: 4527860
    Abstract: An antiglare rear view mirror which includes a housing having a prismoidal mirror element provided with a pair of vertically aligned and finger-operated tab members for manually moving the mirror element between two positions so as to present one or the other of the two reflecting surfaces of the mirror element to a viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1985
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: James A. Roof
  • Antiglare rear view mirror
    Patent number: 4527861
    Abstract: An antiglare rear view mirror having an actuator assembly which includes two parts, one of which has a reversely bent portion and is formed with integral spring arms, and the other of which is a finger-operated actuator member located within the reversely bent portion and has integral cam and tab members which allow the mirror to be tilted between a "day" position and a "night" position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1985
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Paul D. Van Duyn
  • Sealing arrangement
    Patent number: 4492384
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement between a pair of aligned openings each of which is defined by a frame member and that includes a boot having a pair of opposed arm members adapted to be located in the openings with each arm member being sealingly maintained therein by a molding member which serves to press the associated arm member at localized points into sealing engagement with the associated frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1985
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Fredric A. Herschelman
  • Support device for a vehicle headlamp
    Patent number: 4491901
    Abstract: A support device for a vehicle headlamp that consists of a wire shaped so as to have a gripping engagement with the peripheral portion of the headlamp adjacent the lens and that includes formed wire sections which rotatably carry adjusting screws which connect the support device to a frontal portion of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1985
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen Sigety, Jr.
  • Brake control system for an articulated vehicle
    Patent number: 4487425
    Abstract: A wheel brake control system for an articulated vehicle having fluid-operated actuators associated with the brake means at each wheel of the vehicle that are automatically supplied with pressurized fluid to cause the brake means to be applied for stopping the vehicle whenever the vehicle is moving in reverse at a predetermined speed or when the two hinged sections of the vehicle are displaced about a vertical axis at a predetermined angle while the vehicle is moving in reverse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1984
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: David J. Taylor
  • Damping system for articulated vehicle
    Patent number: 4482165
    Abstract: A damping system having a fluid-operated friction device located at the hinge connection of an articulated vehicle that provides progressively increased damping to movements about the yaw axis after the speed of the vehicle increases beyond a predetermined speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: James M. Dawson, David J. Taylor
  • Lamp assembly
    Patent number: 4477864
    Abstract: A lamp assembly which includes a tubular body for supporting a light bulb socket and being formed with a collar that extends radially from the tubular body. A cover is fixed with the collar and has an opening formed therein that causes the light rays emanating from the light bulb to be cast radially outwardly relative to the longitudinal axis of the tubular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1984
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Paul D. Van Duyn, Jerry J. Johnson, Sr.
  • Close-pack conveyor system
    Patent number: 4474286
    Abstract: A conveyor system that moves closely spaced carrier members around small radius curves and in right-hand and left-hand turns without releasing or respacing the carrier members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1984
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: George R. Alexander
  • Reflector for a sealed beam lamp
    Patent number: 4451873
    Abstract: A reflector for supporting a tungsten-halogen lamp assembly having a light bulb connected to a plurality of terminals. The reflector includes a parabolic section the rear central portion of which is integrally formed with a boss. At least two slots are formed in the boss for receiving the terminals, and each slot is located in a cavity which is adapted to be filled with an adhesive for fixing the terminals to the reflector after the lamp assembly is optically aimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: David O. Tyler, George M. Gasparovic
  • Method for making a resilient tie-down device
    Patent number: 4434124
    Abstract: A method of making a resilient tie-down device which includes the steps of providing a strap made of woven material, forming a loop portion in each end of the strap, and pretensioning and encapsulating the strap within a jacket of elastomeric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1984
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Ralph F. Mantela
  • Industrial robot having a joint-free arm
    Patent number: 4433953
    Abstract: An industrial robot having an arm formed as a hollow joint-free tube which is oval in cross section and made from a material that will provide structural rigidity to enable the arm to support a work tool and provide controlled bending thereof when the hollow interior of the tube is subjected to a variation in pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1984
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Nils L. Muench
  • Hinged cab guard
    Patent number: 4425002
    Abstract: A dump body for a dump truck that includes a hinged cab guard combined with an actuator which serves to pivot the cab guard downwardly relative to the body portion of the dump body so as to allow full raising of the dump body when the dump truck is parked in a garage having a low ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1984
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald G. Coleman, Kenneth C. Philbrook
  • Mechanical hand for a door-opener
    Patent number: 4423999
    Abstract: A mechanical hand for use with a door-opener and having a pair of pivotable members, one of which is insertable into the window pane slot of a vehicle door, and the other of which engages the inner panel of the vehicle door so that the latter is capable of being opened and closed by the door-opener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1984
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Mitchell Choly
  • Occupant restraint system
    Patent number: 4417750
    Abstract: An occupant restraint system which includes a torso-pad and a knee-pad both of which generally conform to and blend with the configuration of a vehicle instrument panel and are interconnected in a manner whereby forceful movement of the knee-pad in a forward direction results in automatic movement of the torso-pad rearwardly towards the passenger seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1983
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Donald L. Burry
  • Retainer member for a vehicle headlamp
    Patent number: 4415956
    Abstract: A retainer member for maintaining a headlamp within a housing characterized in that one portion of the retainer member is connected to the housing by a pivotal connection and another portion of the retainer member is connected to the housing by a spring clip arrangement that is manually released when it is desired to remove the headlamp from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1983
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: David R. McMahan
  • Passenger restraint system
    Patent number: 4413838
    Abstract: A restraint table for a vehicle that is normally stored within a console located along one side of a passenger seat and is connected to the console by a hinge member which allows sequential movement of the restraint table about a pair of substantially perpendicular axes so that the restraint table assumes a position in front of an occupant seated in the passenger seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1983
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Varterasian, Albert R. Plack, Jackson W. Melichar
  • Spring clip for a vehicle headlamp retainer member
    Patent number: 4414614
    Abstract: A spring clip which is removably attached to a retainer member for maintaining a headlamp within a housing and includes a pair of leg sections carried by the housing that cooperate with a flange on the retainer member for locking the retainer member to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1983
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: David R. McMahan, Richard W. Nicholas
  • Strapping machine
    Patent number: 4412484
    Abstract: A strapping machine having a pair of strap-feeder and tensioning devices and a pair of vertically movable chutes which cooperate with the strap-feeder and tensioning devices for applying straps to a package at spaced points thereof and are adjustable horizontally together with the strap-feeder and tensioning devices for varying the distance between the straps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1983
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Beethem, Lynn D. Rumsey
  • Support housing for a vehicle headlamp
    Patent number: 4412275
    Abstract: A support housing for a vehicle headlamp that includes a pair of pivotally interconnected ring members adjustable about a pair of mutually perpendicular pivot axes by a pair of vertically oriented adjustment screws which are located to the rear of the headlamp and within the peripheral confines of the headlamp lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1983
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: David R. McMahan
  • Support housing for a vehicle headlamp
    Patent number: 4412274
    Abstract: A support housing for a vehicle headlamp that includes a pair of pivotally interconnected ring members adjustable about a pair of mutually perpendicular pivot axes by a pair of vertically oriented adjustment screws which are located to the rear of the headlamp and within the peripheral confines of the headlamp lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1983
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: David R. McMahan, Ronald O. Woodward