Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Visteon Global Tech.
  • Method and apparatus for providing tension within a cable
    Patent number: 6279415
    Abstract: An apparatus 10 for providing tension in a cable 12. Apparatus 10 includes a generally cylindrical housing 14, movable member 16 which is slidably disposed within housing 14 and a member 18 which is slidably disposed within member 16 and housing 14. Assembly 10 further includes a conventional spring or compression member 20 which is conventionally and operatively coupled to members 16 and 18, and is effective to impart opposing forces upon member 16 and member 18, thereby providing tension within cable 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Visteon Global Tech., Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Edward Chance, Christopher Patrick Nolan, Celine Anne-Alice Verrier
  • Vehicle driveshaft
    Patent number: 6279221
    Abstract: A vehicle driveshaft 10 having first and second splined members 12,16 which are manufactured of aluminum, which are anodized, and which respectively include relatively long and wide respective spline portions 14, 18, thereby cooperatively forming a relatively stiff driveshaft 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Visteon Global Tech., Inc.
    Inventors: Maciej Glowacki, Walter Joseph Golembiewski
  • Alternator assembly
    Patent number: 6278208
    Abstract: An alternator assembly 10 having a pair of housing members 11, 12 which cooperatively contain a stator 24, rotor 18, and bearing 29. The housing member 12 includes an integrally formed bearing sleeve member 40 which receives the bearing 29 and allows the rotor 18 to rotate within the assembly 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Visteon Global Tech.
    Inventors: Dave Linden, Jayeson Fougner, Kevin Roy Harpenau, Steven John Yockey