Patents by Inventor Alan J. McClellan

Alan J. McClellan 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).

  • Plastic dust tube for shock absorber and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 4199855
    Abstract: Telescopic shock absorber having a cup-like metallic cover plate with a cylindrical rim having a series of arcuately spaced and inwardly projecting dust tube retainer tabs. The dust tube is formed from a generally rectilinear blank of flexible plastic material having a series of holes punched along the upper edge thereof spaced to match the retainer tabs. The blank is curled into cylindrical tube that is subsequently inserted into the cover plate and turned until the retainer tabs enter corresponding holes in the upper end of the tube so that the tube is fixed to the cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1980
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Alan J. McClellan
  • Plastic dust tube for shock absorber
    Patent number: 4167992
    Abstract: Telescopic shock absorber having a cup-like metallic cover plate with a cylindrical rim having a series of arcuately spaced and inwardly projecting dust tube retainer tangs. The dust tube is formed from a generally rectilinear blank of flexible plastic material having a series of holes punched along the upper edge thereof spaced to match the retainer tangs. The blank is curled into cylindrical tube that is subsequently inserted into the cover plate and turned until the retainer tangs enter corresponding holes in the upper end of the tube so that the tube is fixed to the cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1979
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Alan J. McClellan