Patents by Inventor Gregory P. Collier

Gregory P. Collier 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).

  • Steering gear for motor vehicles
    Patent number: 5272933
    Abstract: A motor vehicle rack and pinion steering gear having torsional damping by friction between an annular plastic damper ring on a housing of the steering gear and a journal surface on a pinion shaft of the steering gear. The damper ring has an outer wall press fitted in a pinion shaft bore of the housing to nonrotatably mount the ring on the housing and a plurality of flexible inner fingers resiliently bearing against the journal surface. An annular metal spring is disposed on the damper ring and includes a plurality of integral legs bearing against the flexible inner fingers of the damper ring to press the fingers against the journal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory P. Collier, Michael P. Anspaugh, Terry E. Burkhard