Patents by Inventor Ervin R. Pilarczyk

Ervin R. Pilarczyk 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).

  • Patent number: 6339455
    Abstract: A digital-video-disc vehicle television has a thin ceiling-mountable TV housing (1) having a front edge (2) from which a preferably flat TV screen (3) pivots adjustably downward from a stowage space (4) and having a rear edge (5) with a digital video disc (DVD) slot (6). The TV housing is preferably oval-shaped with a major length of about fifteen inches and a major width of about eight inches. Thickness is about one-to-three inches, depending on type and plurality of components it uses. Intermediate the stowage space and the DVD slot are dome lights (9) that preferably are adjustable for reading and a rearward-facing control panel (7) that preferably has pushbutton control and is backlit. Audiovisual signaling (18, 19) is received selectively from remote or in-vehicle broadcasting sources and from the DVD player (15) and transmitted to a speaker (14) and to the TV screen as controlled by a control unit (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Inventors: William L. Allan, Ervin R. Pilarczyk
  • Patent number: 5590907
    Abstract: A device for automatically positioning a shoulder harness of a vehicle retractable seat belt for maximum fit and comfort of a vehicle occupant regardless of the body size of the occupant, and including a shoulder harness positioning guide for automatically positioning the shoulder harness of the safety belt over the torso of a seat occupant, wherein the guide is provided adjacent the retractor mechanism and provides at least a convex guide surface over which the shoulder harness is fed out during deployment, the convex guide surface being wider than the width of the safety belt webbing, the convex guide surface having an upper end and a lower end, such that during deployment of the safety belt the movement of the safety belt tongue plate over a lower path causes the shoulder harness to be deployed from the lower end of the convex guide surface, and movement of the safety belt tongue plate over a higher path causes the shoulder harness to be deployed from the upper end of the convex guide surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Erwin S. McQueen, II, Ervin R. Pilarczyk