Patents by Inventor Chris Gearhart

Chris Gearhart 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).

  • Method and system for determining weather strip fit for a closure panel of a vehicle
    Publication number: 20050074604
    Abstract: A method and system for determining weather strip fit for the closure panels of a vehicle includes a flexible carrier with a transferable disclosing agent disposed on the flexible carrier. The flexible carriers may be applied to a closure panel of vehicle when the panel is in an open position, with the panel then being closed so as to allow the disclosing agent to either be transferred to the fixed side of the opening, or to be merely dislodged from the flexible carrier. In either case, the pattern of interference fit between the weather strip and the closure panel is then disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Chris Gearhart, Sankaran Subramaniam, Vijitha Kiridena