Patents by Inventor Charles E. Kinkade

Charles E. Kinkade 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).

  • Publication number: 20080067118
    Abstract: A fluid tester includes an inlet for a fluid path, an ionization chamber defining at least part of the fluid path located downstream from the inlet, a charge chamber configured to subject a fluid to an electric field defining at least part of the fluid path located downstream of the ionization chamber, a patch holder configured to hold a patch into the fluid path downstream of the electric chamber and an outlet for the fluid path. A method of testing a fluid includes ionizing a fluid, moving particles suspended in the fluid by passing the fluid through an electric field, passing the fluid through a patch and analyzing a patch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Charles E. Kinkade, Thomas R. Taylor
  • Patent number: 5009295
    Abstract: The transmission shift range selector is held in a Park position by a solenoid attached on one end to a Park/Lock mechanism and to a housing on the other end, until an operator controlled mechanism has been manipulated prior to attempting to shift the range selector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Charles E. Kinkade, Harold L. Sharp, Robert F. Vrbensky
  • Patent number: 4976171
    Abstract: The transmission shift range selector is held in a nondrive position by a pawl and rack mechanism until an operator controlled mechanism has been manipulated prior to attempting to shift the range selector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Harold L. Sharp, Charles E. Kinkade
  • Patent number: 4143560
    Abstract: A manual transmission shift control arrangement wherein a shift shaft is movable by a shift control lever into and out of a transmission to one of three REVERSE, FIRST/SECOND, and THIRD/FOURTH selector positions, and then rotatable in one direction into REVERSE, FIRST or THIRD, or in the opposite direction into SECOND or FOURTH ratio positions, depending upon the selector position, by two cables and associated levers operatively connected therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1979
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Charles E. Kinkade, Robert O. Morgner, Harold L. Sharp