Patents by Inventor David Robert Helebrant

David Robert Helebrant 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).

  • Snap together automotive coupler
    Patent number: 7004665
    Abstract: A low insertion force snap together automotive coupler for the suspension of a vehicle includes a spherical bearing insert having a first end, a second end, a pocket adapted to engage a ball stud that is integrally formed onto a suspension component, and an axially extending annular flange. The coupler further includes a receiver adapted to receive the spherical bearing insert after the spherical bearing insert has been placed to a ball stud and to engage the flange to secure the spherical bearing insert within the receiver. The pocket within the spherical bearing insert is shaped such that an axial force tending to pull the ball stud out of the pocket will result in a radial force exerted upon the flange, thereby causing additional force to keep the flange engaged within the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Automotive Components Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Neil Alan Wasylewski, Gregory Paul Kiselis, Paul Eugene Beshears, Jr., David Robert Helebrant
  • Snap together automotive coupler
    Publication number: 20040091306
    Abstract: A low insertion force snap together automotive coupler for the suspension of a vehicle includes a spherical bearing insert having a first end, a second end, a pocket adapted to engage a ball stud that is integrally formed onto a suspension component, and an axially extending annular flange. The coupler further includes a receiver adapted to receive the spherical bearing insert after the spherical bearing insert has been placed to a ball stud and to engage the flange to secure the spherical bearing insert within the receiver. The pocket within the spherical bearing insert is shaped such that an axial force tending to pull the ball stud out of the pocket will result in a radial force exerted upon the flange, thereby causing additional force to keep the flange engaged within the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil Alan Wasylewski, Gregory Paul Kiselis, Paul Eugene Beshears, David Robert Helebrant