Patents by Inventor Bert R. Wanlass

Bert R. Wanlass 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: 5088347
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a power door lock actuator for use on a standard door lock system. The actuator operates quietly, has zero back drive and can be mounted on all vehicle types without retooling for each vehicle. The door lock actuator has an arcuately mounted output arm, an attaching portion on the arm, a power source and a clutch to selectively couple the output arm and the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignee: Auto-Vation Inc.
    Inventor: Bert R. Wanlass
  • Patent number: 4885954
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a power door lock actuator for use on a standard door lock system. The actuator operates quietly, has zero back drive and can be mounted on all vehicle types without retooling for each vehicle. The door lock has an arcuately mounted output arms, an attaching portion on the arm, a power source and a clutch to selectively couple the output arm and the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1989
    Inventor: Bert R. Wanlass
  • Patent number: 4458930
    Abstract: A fuel tank filler door mounts a striker which is engageable by a latch member of a lock on the body to lock the filler door against movement to open position. The lock is released by a shiftable cable controlled by a power actuator or a mechanical actuator within the vehicle trunk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1984
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas J. Goike, Thomas A. Grace, Bert R. Wanlass
  • Patent number: 4418498
    Abstract: A carrier member mounted on a door window is positioned between the first and second opposed facing spaced apart legs of a door mounted track. The carrier member has an axially extending cylindrical bore communicating between the track legs. First and second bearing balls are mounted within the cylindrical bore and roll against one another and respectively against the first and second track legs to provide low friction precision guided movement of the window between the open and closed positions. Tracks are preferably provided at both the front and rear of the window. One of the tracks extends vertically through the window opening. First and second carrier members and associated rolling balls are mounted on the window in vertically spaced relation and roll along semi-cylindrical grooves extending vertically along the track legs to define the path of rolling movement and support the window against pitching movement and against fore and aft movement relative the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1983
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Bert R. Wanlass, James R. Drouillard
  • Patent number: 4134052
    Abstract: A controlled bi-directional electric motor is energized for armature rotation in respective opposite directions in response to the operation of an electrical control switching arrangement electrically open and electrically closed. A mechanically operable electrical switching device arranged to be operated by a mechanical movable member that is driven between first and second travel limits by the controlled motor is effective, when the movable member is driven by the motor to either travel limit, to interrupt motor energization and to condition the circuit for effecting motor energization for armature rotation in the direction to drive the movable member toward the other travel limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1979
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Bert R. Wanlass, Anthony March
  • Patent number: 3983354
    Abstract: A rotary switch comprising a housing, a cover, three stationary contacts, a rotor, an O-ring seal, and a combination sealing and driving member. The switch is mounted on the end of a door lock cylinder assembly of a vehicle and is connected with the vehicle anti-theft system so that insertion of a key into the lock cylinder and rotation of the key in one direction arms the alarm system through the switch while rotation in the opposite direction disarms the system. The switch is entirely self-contained and weatherproof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1976
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph E. Gammie, Bert R. Wanlass
  • Patent number: 3954016
    Abstract: A door lock actuator for locking and unlocking a vehicle door includes a rack and pinion drive assembly which is laterally movable to move the door lock control member between locking and unlocking positions as driven by a passenger controlled permanent magnet electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1976
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Edmund F. Sarosy, Bert R. Wanlass