Patents by Inventor Brian Matthew Stipes

Brian Matthew Stipes 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).

  • Water shield having integrated wiring
    Patent number: 6428081
    Abstract: A door for a motor vehicle. The door comprises an outer panel, a trim panel and a water shield. The water shield includes, a rigid substrate and a wire harness. The wire harness has a first terminal communicating with at least one actuator of the outer panel a second terminal communicating with at least one switch of the trim panel, and a connecting portion. The connection portion electrically connects the first and second terminals, and is substantially encapsulated within the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Cadillac Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Joseph Williams, Jr., Brian Matthew Stipes, Douglas Howard Turner
  • Method of making a dual durometer water shield
    Patent number: 6348169
    Abstract: A method of making a water shield for a motor vehicle. The method comprises providing a mold having a cavity with the general shape of the water shield and also having a movable core. A first plastic is injected into the cavity to form a substrate of the water shield. The core is withdrawn, and a second plastic is injected into the mold in proximate the first plastic to form a gasket of the water shield. The plastics are cooled to form the substrate having a first durometer and to form the gasket having a second durometer softer than the first durometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Cadillac Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Matthew Stipes, Douglas Howard Turner