Patents by Inventor Adam Pirkey

Adam Pirkey has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11904764
    Abstract: A cancellation device for an automotive feature on a vehicle includes a lever configured to be manually moved relative to the vehicle from a first, neutral position to a second, non-neutral position to actuate the automotive feature. The cancellation device also includes a detent pawl coupled to the lever such that the detent pawl moves with the lever, a detent spring configured to bias the detent pawl, a centering spring configured to bias the lever back to the first, neutral position, and a magnet configured to generate a force to hold the lever in the second, non-neutral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adam Pirkey, Gregory J. Organek, Steven J. Dimig, Alan J. Ritz, Ben Dimig
  • Publication number: 20220072994
    Abstract: A cancellation device for an automotive feature on a vehicle includes a lever to be manually moved relative to the vehicle from a first, neutral position to a second, non-neutral position to actuate the motor vehicle feature. The cancellation device also includes at least one magnet to move the lever back to the first, neutral position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Adam Pirkey, Gregory J. Organek, Steven J. Dimig, Alan J. Ritz, Ben Dimig
  • Publication number: 20210323468
    Abstract: A cancellation device for an automotive feature on a vehicle includes a lever configured to be manually moved relative to the vehicle from a first, neutral position to a second, non-neutral position to actuate the automotive feature. The cancellation device also includes a detent pawl coupled to the lever such that the detent pawl moves with the lever, a detent spring configured to bias the detent pawl, a centering spring configured to bias the lever back to the first, neutral position, and a magnet configured to generate a force to hold the lever in the second, non-neutral position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Adam Pirkey, Gregory J. Organek, Steven J. Dimig, Alan J. Ritz, Ben Dimig
  • Publication number: 20190120370
    Abstract: A multi-function vehicle control for a vehicle having an interior surface and a transmission, the control including a shifter movable to different positions corresponding to different states of the transmission, and an elongate base extending from the interior surface laterally across a fore-aft direction of the vehicle and defining a driver-facing side. The elongate base movably supports the shifter for multiple movements of the shifter relative to the elongate base including: a first movement of the shifter along a longitudinal direction of the elongate base operable to control a first operation of the transmission; a second movement of the shifter away from the driver-facing side, in a forward vehicle travel direction operable to control a second operation of the transmission; and a third movement of the shifter toward the driver-facing side, in a rearward vehicle travel direction operable to control a third operation of the transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Steven J. Dimig, Zachary S. Husz, Adam Pirkey