Patents by Inventor David Bryan McGEARY

David Bryan McGEARY 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).

  • Air cleaner assembly
    Patent number: 11261831
    Abstract: An air cleaner assembly including a tray including a cleat receptacle at a back side of the assembly and a cover including a cleat at the back side. The assembly further includes guide features arranged at a front side of the assembly. The guide feature are designed to contact one another continuously and guide the cover rearward, from an unseated position to a fully seated position where the cleat is seated within the cleat receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Morton, David Bryan McGeary, Roger Joseph Khami, Robert Boyer, Scott Allen Schaffer
  • Air cleaner assembly
    Patent number: 11236712
    Abstract: An air cleaner assembly including a tray including two cleat receptacles spaced apart from one another at a back side of the assembly and a cover including two cleats at the back side, each of the two cleats adapted to seat within one of the two cleat receptacles. The assembly further includes a mounting bracket coupled to the tray, between the two cleat receptacles. The mounting bracket includes a guide rib extending outward from the mounting bracket, toward the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Morton, David Bryan McGeary, Roger Joseph Khami, Robert Boyer, Scott Allen Schaffer
  • Fastening system for a vehicle component housing
    Patent number: 10875383
    Abstract: A vehicle component housing, such as for an air filtration assembly, includes a first shell having a mount defining a retention feature, and a second shell having a flange. A fastener has a hooked region rotatably supported by the mount and configured to selectively mate with the retention feature to retain the fastener in a disengaged position. The fastener has a locking member configured to mate with the flange to retain the fastener in an engaged position. The fastener may be a spring clip fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Morton, David Bryan McGeary, Scott Allen Schaffer, Robert D. Boyer, Roger Joseph Khami
  • AIR CLEANER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20200095962
    Abstract: An air cleaner assembly including a tray including two cleat receptacles spaced apart from one another at a back side of the assembly and a cover including two cleats at the back side, each of the two cleats adapted to seat within one of the two cleat receptacles. The assembly further includes a mounting bracket coupled to the tray, between the two cleat receptacles. The mounting bracket includes a guide rib extending outward from the mounting bracket, toward the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey Morton, David Bryan McGeary, Roger Joseph Khami, Robert Boyer, Scott Allen Schaffer
  • AIR CLEANER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20200095961
    Abstract: An air cleaner assembly including a tray including a cleat receptacle at a back side of the assembly and a cover including a cleat at the back side. The assembly further includes guide features arranged at a front side of the assembly. The guide feature are designed to contact one another continuously and guide the cover rearward, from an unseated position to a fully seated position where the cleat is seated within the cleat receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey Morton, David Bryan McGeary, Roger Joseph Khami, Robert Boyer, Scott Allen Schaffer
  • FASTENING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE COMPONENT HOUSING
    Publication number: 20190291536
    Abstract: A vehicle component housing, such as for an air filtration assembly, includes a first shell having a mount defining a retention feature, and a second shell having a flange. A fastener has a hooked region rotatably supported by the mount and configured to selectively mate with the retention feature to retain the fastener in a disengaged position. The fastener has a locking member configured to mate with the flange to retain the fastener in an engaged position. The fastener may be a spring clip fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffrey MORTON, David Bryan McGEARY, Scott Allen SCHAFFER, Robert D. BOYER, Roger Joseph KHAMI