Patents by Inventor Albert J. Colautti

Albert J. Colautti 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).

  • Preloaded screw actuator
    Patent number: 4509382
    Abstract: An automotive vehicle power-actuated seat adjuster assembly includes a screw type height adjustment apparatus employing a nut held axially but rotatable under applied torque within spaced antifriction bearings, one of which bearings is an element molded of low friction polymeric material formed with elastic thrust absorbing legs deflectable to provide up to a predetermined amount of axial preload in the screw and nut elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1985
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Albert J. Colautti, Hans J. Borlinghaus
  • Pivotal and movable connection
    Patent number: 4452545
    Abstract: A pivotal and movable connection between a pair of members which includes a slot in an offset portion of one of the members to locate the edge portions of the slot in laterally offset parallel relationship. A shaft on the other member mounts a pair of rollers, each engageable with a respective edge portion of the slot under loading between the members in a direction normal to the slot. The rollers are located by spacers engageable with planar portions of the one member and plastic ribs mounted on the one member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1984
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Albert J. Colautti