Patents Examined by Kofi Shulterbrandt
  • Patent number: 6892995
    Abstract: A seat track assembly for adjusting a seat assembly of an automotive vehicle comprising a lower track having a first plurality of apertures, an upper track slidably mounted to the lower track and having a second plurality of apertures. A latch assembly is fixedly mounted to the upper track. The latch assembly includes a plurality of locking fingers projecting through the apertures in the upper track and adapted to be received in at least one of the apertures in the lower track. An actuator moves the fingers between a locked condition engaged with at least one of the apertures in the lower track and an unlocked condition spaced from each of the apertures in the lower track and a biasing member biases the fingers to the locked condition regardless of a relative position between the upper and lower tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Intier Automotive Inc.
    Inventors: Omar D. Tame, Kirk M. Nicola, James Weber, Joseph Severini
  • Patent number: 6616108
    Abstract: An ergonomic support is disclosed for use with a computer input device such as a mouse. Some embodiments allow the same support to be used with a wide range of mouse sizes. Some embodiments allow a user to make a customized fit between the user's hand, the support and the input device. Many embodiments include a deformable member which continues to apply force to the input device after being deformed by a user, thereby coupling the support to the input device without the need for external fasteners. In other embodiments, an attachment member couples the input device to a recessed area of the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Acco Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Brophy, Eric Ronberg, Donald G. Varga