Patents by Inventor Charles G. Bambenek

Charles G. Bambenek 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).

  • Anti-chucking striker
    Patent number: 8128138
    Abstract: A vehicle including an anti-chucking striker overmold for minimizing chucking of a vehicle door having a latch therein. The anti-chucking striker overmold may include a striker mount connected to a striker and including one or more wedges including a first portion contiguously engageable with a latch frameplate opening to minimize movement of the vehicle door relative to the striker in a first direction. The wedge may include a second portion formed line-to-line with a fishmouth opening of the latch to minimize movement of the vehicle door in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Charles G. Bambenek, Kosta Papanikolaou, Venkatesh Krishnan
  • ANTI-CHUCKING STRIKER
    Publication number: 20090295196
    Abstract: A vehicle including an anti-chucking striker overmold for minimizing chucking of a vehicle door having a latch therein. The anti-chucking striker overmold may include a striker mount connected to a striker and including one or more wedges including a first portion contiguously engageable with a latch frameplate opening to minimize movement of the vehicle door relative to the striker in a first direction. The wedge may include a second portion formed line-to-line with a fishmouth opening of the latch to minimize movement of the vehicle door in a second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Charles G. Bambenek, Kosta Papanikolaou, Venkatesh Krishnan