Patents by Inventor David Choby

David Choby 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).

  • Publication number: 20060208678
    Abstract: A power closure system with anti-pinch having a closure, a motor operatively connected to the closure, a sensor operatively producing signals indicative of motor speed, an anti-pinch activator coupled to the sensor and the motor, the anti-pinch activator including a predetermined trigger value; a measured value; a stored value; a comparator for comparing the measured value with the stored value and initiating a pinch response when the difference between the measured value and the stored value is greater than the trigger value; and a predetermined modifying calculation for changing the stored value when the measured value indicates a motor speed less than the motor speed indicated by the stored value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventor: David Choby
  • Publication number: 20060053942
    Abstract: A conduit end fitting includes a length of conduit having a core wire extending therethrough and a fitting at an end of the length of conduit. An abutment is rotatably secured to the fitting and has an exterior groove configured to be seated on a substantially U-shaped bracket and a central aperture extending therethrough. A swivel guide tube has an aperture through which the core wire extends and extends through the central aperture of the abutment. A flexible joint member secures one end of the swivel guide tube to the abutment such that the swivel guide tube is rotationally fixed with respect to the abutment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: DURA GLOBALTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Ruhlander, David Choby
  • Publication number: 20060000162
    Abstract: Installation structure for installing and removing a sacrificial glazing panel. There is disclosed a removable retaining member for the sacrificial glazing panel that laterally pressures a primary glazing panel to seal and hold the primary glazing panel and holds the sacrificial glazing panel without lateral pressure. A unitary, dual-durometer retaining member is disclosed which is optimized for holding the primary glazing and the sacrificial glazing panel in different manners by having materials of two different hardnesses. Additionally, a retaining member is disclosed that has flocking material to reduce rattling of the sacrificial glazing panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: David Choby, Michael Kobrehel, Daryl Dankert, Leroy Schmuck, Todd Cripe, Harley Rensch, Kip Ellis
  • Patent number: 4387923
    Abstract: A window assembly used in vehicles including a resilient frame about the peripheral edge of a glazing panel and formed to permit securement of the panel within a window opening without the use of separate attachment devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1983
    Assignee: Excel Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: David Choby, James Crawford, James Mariel