Patents by Inventor Frederick Edward Mlakar

Frederick Edward Mlakar 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).

  • Top down electrical distribution center assembly
    Patent number: 6077102
    Abstract: An electrical distribution center assembly and a method of constructing the same which eliminates the need to flip an electrical distribution center over in order to couple a wire harness connector to the electrical distribution center. The electrical distribution center assembly includes an electrical distribution center, a wire harness connector, and a connector retainer carried by a vehicle for temporarily holding the wire harness connector in position while the wire harness connector is coupled to the electrical distribution center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: James William Borzi, Joseph Matthew Senk, Kevin Paul Phillips, Randall Kent Smith, Frederick Edward Mlakar, Sharon Elizabeth Wingert Arkwright
  • Top down electrical distribution center assembly
    Patent number: 5788529
    Abstract: An electrical distribution center assembly and a method of constructing the same which eliminates the need to flip an electrical distribution center over in order to couple a wire harness connector to the electrical distribution center. The electrical distribution center assembly includes an electrical distribution center, a wire harness connector, and a connector retainer carried by a vehicle for temporarily holding the wire harness connector in position while the wire harness connector is coupled to the electrical distribution center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: James William Borzi, Joseph Matthew Senk, Kevin Paul Phillips, Randall Kent Smith, Frederick Edward Mlakar, Sharon Elizabeth Wingert Arkwright
  • Press fit stamped buss
    Patent number: 5709567
    Abstract: An assembly for conveying electricity comprising a stamped electrical buss plate having a slot formed therein, and an electrical terminal having a body portion and an upwardly extending prong portion, said body portion having raised features, said terminal being inserted in said stamped electrical buss plate slot so that said raised features engage the edges of said buss plate defining said slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Howard Gladd, Frederick Edward Mlakar