Patents Assigned to General Motors of Canada, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 6945592
    Abstract: A sealer tape and clip assembly in accordance with the present invention is adapted to be disposed in a recess, defined by at least one interior surface. The assembly includes a sealer tape member having an upper surface, a lower surface, and opposed side surfaces. An aperture extends through the upper surface and the lower surface, and is disposed between but does not extend through the opposed side surfaces. A clip body includes an upper portion, a lower portion, and an intermediate portion extending therebetween. The intermediate portion of the clip body is disposed in the aperture, the upper portion of the clip body engages the upper surface of the sealer tape member, and the lower portion of the clip body engages the lower surface of the sealer tape member. The sealer tape member sealingly bonds with the interior surface of the recess to secure the assembly in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: General Motors of Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Paul Hui, George C. Floarea
  • Patent number: 5261270
    Abstract: A motor vehicle fuel composition sensor is responsive to a dielectric constant of a mixture of two fuels such as gasoline and methanol to indicate the relative concentrations of each. The sensor is fuel temperature dependent at high concentrations of methanol; and a fuel temperature sensor thus provides a fuel temperature signal for fuel composition signal correction. Diagnostic apparatus stores references defining permissible operating ranges for the fuel temperature and fuel composition sensor outputs and compares the sensor outputs with these ranges to detect abnormal sensor operation. The reference defining the end of the fuel composition sensor range at maximum methanol, however, is corrected for fuel temperature if the fuel temperature sensor output is within range. An out of range signal from either sensor causes a default value to be substituted for fuel composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignees: General Motors Corporation, Delco Electronics Corporation, General Motors of Canada Ltd.
    Inventors: Eugene V. Gonze, John K. Orminski, Larissa C. Chu
  • Patent number: 4789273
    Abstract: An indexable milling cutter has inserts arranged in a configuration of densely packed pairs, or intermeshed circular rows, of cooperating inserts, with predetermined small radial and axial differentials between the cutting corners of the insert pairs. In addition, the pitch between adjacent inserts of the pairs varies from a greater to a lesser pitch, and the axial rake angle of the insert pairs alternates from substantially zero to a small negative angle. The configuration is effective to create reduced size chips, yielding both improved surface quality and significantly reduced insert wear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Assignee: General Motors of Canada Ltd.
    Inventors: Stanley P. Wiacek, Ernest G. Flonders