Patents by Inventor Frank R. Piatt

Frank R. Piatt 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: 5736689
    Abstract: A system for mounting an audio speaker within an automobile door, in which a bridge is mounted on and extends from a door interior support panel, and has an integral platform spaced from the support panel and surrounding a speaker opening. The body of the audio speaker is received within the bridge speaker opening, and mounting flange tabs on the speaker radially project from the speaker body and are releasably secured to the bridge platform. An exterior trim panel has a lip that surrounds a speaker opening in the trim panel. The trim panel lip is removably secured to the platform radially outwardly of the speaker, such that the trim panel and the speaker are removably secured to the platform independently of each other. A grill is removably secured to the trim panel overlying and enclosing the speaker opening in trim panel, and thus covering both the bridge platform and the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Inventors: James E. Van Hout, Zdzislaw J. Skorupa, Paul C. Pellerito, Frank R. Piatt, Thomas D. Mihelich, Richard Kleinhoffer