Patents by Inventor Andrew Baranowski

Andrew Baranowski 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: 8096606
    Abstract: A sliding door in a vehicle includes a motor unit, a guide positioned rail along the sliding door, a slider that slides along the guide rail, a cable coupled to the motor unit, a hinge unit in which the outer thereof end is pivotally mounted to a body of the vehicle and the inner thereof is pivotally mounted to the slider, and a control lever pivotally mounted to the slider and coupled to the hinge unit. The cable is pulled by in the motor unit to turn the control lever, which turns the hinge unit and moves the sliding door from a closed position to a projecting position for opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Hanaki, Andrew Baranowski, Bryan Farris
  • Publication number: 20100095595
    Abstract: A sliding door in a vehicle includes a motor unit, a guide rail along the sliding door, a slider that slides along the guide rail, a cable coupled to the motor unit, a hinge unit in which the outer end is pivotally mounted to a body of the vehicle and the inner end is pivotally mounted to the slider, and a control lever pivotally mounted to the slider and coupled to the hinge unit. The cable is pulled in the motor unit to allow the control lever to turn with the hinge unit, so that the sliding door moves from a closed position to a projecting position for opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Naoki HANAKI, Andrew BARANOWSKI, Bryan FARRIS
  • Patent number: 6511107
    Abstract: A vehicle door latch assembly is moveable between an unlocked condition, a locked condition and a double locked condition. The door latch assembly has a support housing with a cover having a projecting block. A cam is rotatably mounted to the cover and includes an integral notch defining a pair of stops for selective engagement with the block. A rocker is movably mounted to the cover for selectively engaging at least one of the stops of the notch within the cam. A first controller rotates the cam into selective engagement with the block and the rocker for defining the unlocked condition and the locked condition, respectively, of the door lock. A second controller rotates the rocker to release the rocker from one of the stops of the notch to allow further rotation of the cam from the locked condition to the double locked condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Atoma International Corp.
    Inventors: Darek Barczynski, Roman Cetnar, Greogy A. Jorgensen, Andrew Baranowski, Frank Abulnar, Ann-Margaret Mozola, Maciek Bigoszewski, Jerzy Kopiec, Venkateswar Sagi
  • Patent number: 6328353
    Abstract: A vehicle door latch assembly moveable between an unlocked condition, a locked condition and a double locked condition. The door latch assembly has a support housing with a cover having a projecting block. A ratchet is mounted to the support housing between a latched position and an unlatched position. A pawl is mounted to the support housing and is moveable between a blocking position securing the ratchet in the latched position and a release position permitting the ratchet to pivot toward the unlatched position. A release mechanism is mounted to the support housing for moving the pawl into the release position. A coupler is couples between the pawl and the release mechanism. The coupler moves between an engaged position aligned with the release mechanism and a disengaged position spaced from the release mechanism. A cam is rotatably mounted to the cover and includes an integral notch defining a pair of stops for selective engagement with the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Atoma International
    Inventors: Darek Barczynski, Roman Cetnar, Greogy A. Jorgensen, Andrew Baranowski, Frank Abulnar, Ann-Margaret Mozola, Maciek Bigoszewski, Jerzy Kopiec, Venkateswar Sagi
  • Publication number: 20010024041
    Abstract: A vehicle door latch assembly is moveable between an unlocked condition, a locked condition and a double locked condition. The door latch assembly has a support housing with a cover having a projecting block. A cam is rotatably mounted to the cover and includes an integral notch defining a pair of stops for selective engagement with the block. A rocker is movably mounted to the cover for selectively engaging at least one of the stops of the notch within the cam. A first controller rotates the cam into selective engagement with the block and the rocker for defining the unlocked condition and the locked condition, respectively, of the door lock. A second controller rotates the rocker to release the rocker from one of the stops of the notch to allow further rotation of the cam from the locked condition to the double locked condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Applicant: Atoma International Corp.
    Inventors: Darek Barczynski, Roman Cetnar, Greogy A. Jorgensen, Andrew Baranowski, Frank Abulnar, Ann-Margaret Mozola, Maciek Bigoszewski, Jerzy Kopiec, Venkateswar Sagi