Patents by Inventor Brian A. Barnes

Brian A. Barnes 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: 6560929
    Abstract: A door for an automotive vehicle has an inner metal stamping and an outer metal stamping that are secured together along a perimeter to form a shell that includes an upper window frame and a lower hollow body and a window regulator that is part of a window module that is assembled to the shell. The window module includes a structural belt beam, a drive assembly, a rack, a window pane and a window guide channel. The window guide channel has a front run, a header and a rear run, the window guide channel being attached to structural belt beam so that the front run is attached to a forward end of the belt beam and the rear run is attached to a rearward end of the belt beam. The window pane has a front edge that travels in the front run and a rear edge that travels in the rear run. The rack is disposed in the rear run and attached to the rear edge of the window pane. The drive assembly is mounted in a rearward end portion of the structural belt beam by a bracket that supports a reversible electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian H. Staser, Geoffrey Barr, Brian A. Barnes
  • Patent number: 6036244
    Abstract: A vehicle door handle assembly has a support that includes a concave shell having a pair of vertically spaced bosses with pivot holes for two concentric shafts. One shaft is operated by a handle in the shell and moves an operating lever behind the shell. The other shaft is operated by a lock knob in the shell and moves a second operating lever behind the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Zinovy Tyves, Joseph Frank Carnaghi, Mark Vickery, Brian A. Barnes, Gordon Leroy Cook, Derek L. Roberts, Philippe Jenot, Mike Skiba
  • Patent number: 4899424
    Abstract: A seat belt buckle 10, having a pivoted locking member 26 adapted to releasably engage with a cross-bar 34 of an apertured latch plate 24 insertable within a latch passage 22 in the seat belt buckle, includes a rigid frame 12 having an apertured rectangular base plate 14, upstanding side walls 16 extending from longitudinal edges of the base plate 14, and a fixed bar 18 extending across the width of the base plate 14, parallel to, and spaced apart from, the base plate, the fixed bar 18 being secured at each end thereof to a respective side wall 16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Brian A. Barnes, Ron Clarke, Brian M. Martin, John J. M. McCandless