Patents by Inventor Cleatis W. Yarger

Cleatis W. Yarger 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 of making a one-piece modular door frame glass run channel
    Patent number: 5233758
    Abstract: A window receiving assembly is carried by a frame of a vehicle door. A metallic channel has a mounting surface for mounting to the frame and a pair of side walls projecting from the mounting surface and defines a window receiving channel with an opening. The inboard side wall of the metallic channel has an edge rolled into the window receiving channel defining a lip and the outboard side wall consists of an upper portion in proximity to the mounting surface and a lower portion where the lower portion is rolled into the window receiving channel. A molding is extruded to the lower portion of the channel forming a sealing surface for engaging an exterior surface of the window. The sealing surface of the molding and the upper portion of the outboard side of the channel define a void where the window receiving channel widens compared to the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: John C. Bielis, Kenneth D. Schell, Cleatis W. Yarger
  • One-piece modular door frame glass run channel
    Patent number: 5163248
    Abstract: A window receiving assembly is carried by a frame of a vehicle door. A metallic channel has a mounting surface for mounting to the frame and a pair of side walls projecting from the mounting surface and defines a window receiving channel with an opening. The inboard side wall of the metallic channel has an edge rolled into the window receiving channel defining a lip and the outboard side wall consists of an upper portion in proximity to the mounting surface and a lower portion where the lower portion is rolled into the window receiving channel. A molding is extruded to the lower portion of the channel forming a sealing surface for engaging an exterior surface of the window. The sealing surface of the molding and the upper portion of the outboard side of the channel define a void where the window receiving channel widens compared to the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: John C. Bielis, Kenneth D. Schell, Cleatis W. Yarger