Patents by Inventor David A. Lepley

David A. Lepley 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).

  • Vehicle windshield testing assembly
    Patent number: 11768140
    Abstract: A vehicle windshield testing assembly includes a test table, a plurality of supports, a vehicle windshield, and a testing fixture. The test table is configured to be adjustable about a first axis and a second axis. The plurality of supports is movably connected to the test table. The vehicle windshield is supported by the plurality of supports. The testing fixture supported by the plurality of supports. The testing fixture includes a plurality of hollow sleeves configured to receive a testing object. Each of the hollow sleeves has an opening facing the vehicle windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Bobby Fuentes, Kody Karver, Michael Valencia, Dale Clifford Butterworth, David Lepley, Ronald B. Morrow, John Zakoff
  • VEHICLE WINDSHIELD TESTING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20230236099
    Abstract: A vehicle windshield testing assembly includes a test table, a plurality of supports, a vehicle windshield, and a testing fixture. The test table is configured to be adjustable about a first axis and a second axis. The plurality of supports is movably connected to the test table. The vehicle windshield is supported by the plurality of supports. The testing fixture supported by the plurality of supports. The testing fixture includes a plurality of hollow sleeves configured to receive a testing object. Each of the hollow sleeves has an opening facing the vehicle windshield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Bobby FUENTES, Kody KARVER, Michael VALENCIA, Dale Clifford BUTTERWORTH, David LEPLEY, Ronald B. MORROW, JR., John ZAKOFF
  • Capacitive ignition system with ion-sensing and suppression of AC ringing
    Patent number: 9429132
    Abstract: In order to reduce AC ringing of the secondary voltage after the spark event in a capacitive ignition system, which would influence ion-sensing, a secondary winding current (IR) flowing through the secondary winding (4) after the spark event is forced to flow through a forward-biased muting diode (D1) that is connected across the secondary winding (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Hoerbiger Kompressortechnik Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Joseph M Lepley, David Lepley, Steven B Pirko, Arno Gschirr
  • Modular floor protection mat system
    Patent number: 6148577
    Abstract: A new modular floor protection mat system for protecting a variety of sizes and types of floor surfaces from contaminants such as dirt, petroleum products and thawing compounds and the like falling off of vehicles parked on the floor surface. The inventive device includes at least one floor protection mat module having a mat portion and a perimeter lip portion. An elongate perimeter strip member mounts over the perimeter lip portion of the floor protection mat module to connect the mat module to other similar mat modules and allow a vehicle to roll over the perimeter lip portion of the mat module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Inventors: John J. Smolenski, David A. Lepley