Patents by Inventor Dominic C. Smith

Dominic C. Smith 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).

  • Heated rear slider window assembly
    Patent number: 8402695
    Abstract: A rear slider window assembly includes a frame portion, at least one fixed window panel and at least one movable window panel that is movable along the frame portion. The movable window panel is movable between a closed position and an opened position and has a first electrical element (such as a heater element) established thereat. The first electrical element is electrically connected to a power source of the vehicle irrespective of whether the movable window panel is in the opened or closed position. The first electrical element may be electrically connected to the power source of the vehicle via a flexible connector that is connected at one end to the first electrical element and at another end to an electrical connector at the fixed window panel, such as at an electrical element of the fixed window panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Dominic C. Smith, Troy F. Tooker, Darin J. Snider
  • HEATED REAR SLIDER WINDOW ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20110030276
    Abstract: A rear slider window assembly includes a frame portion, at least one fixed window panel and at least one movable window panel that is movable along the frame portion. The movable window panel is movable between a closed position and an opened position and has a first electrical element (such as a heater element) established thereat. The first electrical element is electrically connected to a power source of the vehicle irrespective of whether the movable window panel is in the opened or closed position. The first electrical element may be electrically connected to the power source of the vehicle via a flexible connector that is connected at one end to the first electrical element and at another end to an electrical connector at the fixed window panel, such as at an electrical element of the fixed window panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Dominic C. Smith, Troy F. Tooker, Darin J. Snider