Patents by Inventor Gregory A. Engele

Gregory A. Engele 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).

  • Fastener locating and retention design to accommodate part expansion and contraction
    Patent number: 10914337
    Abstract: A fastener locating and retention structure which includes a dog house attached to a part. The doghouse includes at least three walls and an opening in the fourth wall large enough for allowing a T-stud shaft portion to enter. A top surface it provided for extending inward from the walls. The top surface has an aperture formed there in by two pairs of spring retention legs which oppose each other engage the shaft portion of the T-stud on either side of the shaft thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Magna Exteriors Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Dobbs, Gregory A. Engele
  • FASTENER LOCATING AND RETENTION DESIGN TO ACCOMMODATE PART EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION
    Publication number: 20180087553
    Abstract: A fastener locating and retention structure which includes a dog house attached to a part. The doghouse includes at least three walls and an opening in the fourth wall large enough for allowing a T-stud shaft portion to enter. A top surface it provided for extending inward from the walls. The top surface has an aperture formed there in by two pairs of spring retention legs which oppose each other engage the shaft portion of the T-stud on either side of the shaft thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel R. Dobbs, Gregory A. Engele