Patents by Inventor Gary Eugene Heldt

Gary Eugene Heldt 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).

  • Door assembly for pick-up trucks
    Patent number: 6059352
    Abstract: A door assembly for closing a door opening in a side of a body of a pick-up truck includes a rocker at a bottom portion of the door opening and a roof rail at a top portion of the door opening. The door assembly also includes a first door and second door pivotally connected to the body and joined pillarlessly between an open and closed position. The door assembly further includes a vertical reinforcement assembly disposed within either one of the first door and second door, an upper latch assembly interconnecting the vertical reinforcement assembly and the roof rail, and a lower latch assembly interconnecting the vertical reinforcement assembly and the rocker to resist inward movement of the first door and the second door from the closed position with respect to the body of the pick-up truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Eugene Heldt, Ryan Spencer Marshall, Tadeusz Joseph Siedlecki, David Rush
  • Reinforced door assembly for pick-up trucks
    Patent number: 5782523
    Abstract: A reinforced door assembly for closing a door opening in a side of a body of a pick-up truck includes a first door pivotally connected to the body between an open and closed position and a second door pivotally connected to the body between an open position and a closed position. The reinforced door assembly also includes a rocker at a bottom portion of the door opening and a roof rail at a top portion of the door opening. The second door includes a vertical reinforcement assembly extending upwardly to the roof rail and downwardly to the rocker to overlap a floor of the pick-up truck to resist inward movement of the door from the closed position with respect to the body of the pick-up truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Eugene Heldt, Ryan Spencer Marshall, Tadeusz Joseph Siedlecki, David Rush
  • Door reinforcement system for pick-up trucks
    Patent number: 5752737
    Abstract: A door reinforcement system for closing an aperture in a side of a body of a pick-up truck includes a first door and a second door pivotally connected to the body and joined pillarlessly between an open position and a closed position, a vertical reinforcement beam disposed within one of the first door and the second door, and a door latch striker connected directly to the vertical reinforcement beam and a door latch connected to the other one of the first door and the second door to engage the door latch striker to resist inward movement of the first door and second door from the closed position with respect to the body of the pick-up truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Eugene Heldt, Ryan Spencer Marshall, Tadeusz Joseph Siedlecki, David Rush