Patents by Inventor Gary W. Deering

Gary W. Deering 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).

  • Fascia anti-rattle springs
    Patent number: 7445259
    Abstract: An automobile bumper system including an isolator disposed adjacent a cross beam of an automobile frame, and a fascia disposed adjacent the isolator to substantially cover the isolator. A plurality of fascia support anti-rattle springs may be mounted to the isolator and disposable in contiguous engagement with the fascia for maintaining the fascia adjacent the isolator in a fascia predetermined position and further biasing the fascia away from the isolator to the fascia predetermined position. The fascia support anti-rattle spring may include an end mounted to the isolator and an engagement detent for contiguously engaging the fascia and thereby biasing the fascia away from the isolator to the fascia predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Vince R. Mahe, Irfan Sharif, Dan L. Scalici, Geoff Brooks, Gary W. Deering