Patents by Inventor Gerald J. Marsh

Gerald J. Marsh 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: 4142737
    Abstract: A seat belt securing device includes a C-shaped hook member having upper and lower legs spaced apart to define a belt receiving slot having a forwardly facing open end. The lower leg is pivotally mounted on a mounting bracket attached to the vehicle body by a resilient yieldable support for positioning the hook member adjacent the hip of the seated occupant. The upper leg has a lower face engaged by the belt upon entry of the belt into the slot and is arranged relative the pivot so that belt force applied against the hook member by a retractor associated with the belt and by restraint of the occupant maintain the hook member in a downwardly directed belt capturing position. An abutment lip extends downwardly from the upper leg adjacent the open end to partially close the open end of the slot to assist retention of the belt against inadvertent disengagement. A gate member is pivotally mounted on the mounting bracket and is spring biased against the lip to normally close the open end of the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1979
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald J. Marsh, Kenneth H. Reid, William C. Jarski
  • Patent number: 4050712
    Abstract: A cambering vehicle having pivoted trailing arms interconnected through a cambering device including a bell crank consisting of two wing members which are connected together by a gearing arrangement and combined with a lever-operated locking device that allows the trailing arms to be freely movable for normal operation of the vehicle and to be folded towards the vehicle frame so as to provide a compact package when the vehicle is to be stowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1977
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Richard E. Denzer, Gerald J. Marsh, Horacio Shakespear