Patents by Inventor Cornelius T. Heiler

Cornelius T. Heiler 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).

  • Patent number: 5444894
    Abstract: A three piece lift-off hinge assembly for a vehicle door comprising a door-half hinge plate and a body-half hinge sub-assembly incorporating an integrated track member and track guide type hold-open door check mechanism. The hinge assembly enables the vehicle door and the door-half hinge plate to be readily removed and re-attached from the body-half hinge subassembly and the vehicle body, such as during an assembly line operation, without disassembling the hold-open door check mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventor: Cornelius T. Heiler
  • Patent number: 5404618
    Abstract: A three piece lift-off door hinge assembly for a vehicle door comprising a door-half hinge plate and a body-half hinge sub-assembly incorporating an interlocking arrangement. The door-half hinge plate provides a notched-out connector while the body-half hinge plate of the sub-assembly has an upstanding latching pin. Upon the vehicle receiving an impact load of predetermined force a door-half hinge plate notched-out connector is adeapted for interlocking engagement with the pin thereby resisting door displacement by transmitting impact forces to the surrounding body frame structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Cornelius T. Heiler, Richard R. Loizzi
  • Patent number: 4864687
    Abstract: A door hinge assembly enabling a vehicle door to be readily removed and rehung during an assembly line operation. Upper and lower hinge door-half sub-assemblies each include a generally hat-shaped door mounting plate secured to the vehicle door and a U-shaped link plate connected to an associated door mounting plate by a pintle pin. Each link plate has a threaded bore in its base wall and a dowel extending downwardly from an upper flange. Upper and lower L-shaped body mounting plates, each having a first leg secured to the body, include an upper web with a dowel hole adapted to receive its associated link plate dowel. Each door mounting plate second leg has a threaded bore while a removable key locks each pair of sub-assembly plates fixing the door in a predetermined hold-open removal mode. To hang the door each link plate depending dowel is inserted in its associated body plate dowel hole aligning their respective threaded bores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Assignee: Chrysler Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald C. Calcaterra, Edward R. Ginther, Cornelius T. Heiler