Patents by Inventor Frederick Andrew Drapala

Frederick Andrew Drapala 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).

  • Cockpit system of interchangeable modules
    Patent number: 6322122
    Abstract: A cockpit system of interchangeable modules for a first vehicle having a left-hand-drive arrangement and for a second vehicle having a right-hand-drive arrangement, including a driver-side module, a passenger-side module, a center module fastenable between the driver-side module and the passenger-side module, a left-hand-drive top module, and right-hand-drive top module. Alternatively, a cockpit system of interchangeable modules for a first vehicle having a narrow cockpit width and for a second vehicle having a wide cockpit width including a driver-side module, a passenger-side module, a narrow center module, a wide center module, a narrow top module, and a wide top module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary John Burns, Robert A. Chanko, Frederick Andrew Drapala, Timothy B. Jackson
  • Cockpit system of interchangeable modules
    Publication number: 20010030435
    Abstract: A cockpit system of interchangeable modules for a first vehicle having a left-hand-drive arrangement and for a second vehicle having a right-hand-drive arrangement, including a driver-side module, a passenger-side module, a center module fastenable between the driver-side module and the passenger-side module, a left-hand-drive top module, and right-hand-drive top module. Alternatively, a cockpit system of interchangeable modules for a first vehicle having a narrow cockpit width and for a second vehicle having a wide cockpit width including a driver-side module, a passenger-side module, a narrow center module, a wide center module, a narrow top module, and a wide top module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventors: Gary John Burns, Robert A. Chanko, Frederick Andrew Drapala, Timothy B. Jackson