Patents by Inventor Harry S. Koontz, deceased

Harry S. Koontz, deceased 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).

  • Element for heating wiper rest area of a transparency and method of fabricating a transparency having a heatable wiper rest area
    Patent number: 5877473
    Abstract: The wiper rest area of an automotive windshield is heated by a heatable member optionally mounted on a polyester substrate or heating element. The windshield includes outer and inner glass sheets secured together by an interlayer. The heating element is positioned on inner surface of the outer glass sheet and held in position by the interlayer securing the inner and outer sheets together. The heating element or heatable member has extensions extending beyond the edge of the windshield to provide external electrical access to the heatable member to power the heating element to heat the wiper rest area or position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Harry S. Koontz, deceased
  • L-shaped heating element with radiused end for a windshield
    Patent number: 5653903
    Abstract: The wiper rest area of an automotive windshield is heated by a heatable member optionally mounted on a polyester substrate or heating element. The windshield includes outer and inner glass sheets secured together by an interlayer. The heating element is positioned on inner surface of the outer glass sheet and held in position by the interlayer securing the inner and outer sheets together. The heating element or heatable member has extensions extending beyond the edge of the windshield to provide external electrical access to the heatable member to power the heating element to heat the wiper rest area or position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert N. Pinchok, Jr., Harry S. Koontz, deceased