Patents by Inventor Henry J Ziaja

Henry J Ziaja 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).

  • Vehicle jack and tool bag installation
    Patent number: 7562924
    Abstract: An installation is provided in a cargo area of a vehicle for the stowage of a vehicle jack and tools useful in the changing of a wheel of the vehicle. The installation includes a receptacle in a recess in a deck of the cargo area. The receptacle includes an open top container having space to accommodate the jack and the tools. A cover plate across the top of the container covers a portion of the top only, leaving an access opening through which the jack and the tools may be inserted into and removed from the space in the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Chrysler LLC
    Inventors: Carl J Schultz, Ian N Dupret, Henry J Ziaja, Randolph C Smith
  • Front end for a vehicle and method for making same
    Patent number: 7347489
    Abstract: A vehicle end portion includes a right-hand closure assembly, a left-hand closure assembly, an end module, and at least one locating component positioned to locate the end module relative the left-hand closure assembly and the right-hand closure assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Chrysler LLC
    Inventors: Henry J Ziaja, Ian N Dupret, Randy Wall, Robert Cukr, Dennis Wilgus, John Showalter
  • Test fixture
    Patent number: 6014893
    Abstract: A test fixture to test for possible leakage past a seal between adjacent portions of two test panels. The test panels are supported on a housing in edge-to-edge relation across the open front of a chamber in a housing. The panels are moved toward the open front of the chamber so that the panels seal against the open front. The housing is supported in a cabinet. Liquid is discharged into the cabinet and directed against the seal. The housing has a rear wall which is visible through the cabinet and is constructed to enable viewing into the chamber to see whether the seal has leaked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: David B. Reed, Mark Cooper, Kenneth E. Rosink, Henry J. Ziaja
  • Threaded removable vehicle door hinge pin
    Patent number: 5682646
    Abstract: A vehicle door hinge assembly according to this invention has a hinge bracket for mounting on each of a door and a body pillar of a vehicle. Each hinge bracket has a pair of spaced-apart legs wherein the pair of legs of one hinge bracket is received within and adjacent the pair of spaced-apart legs of the other bracket when the hinge brackets are hingedly mated together. The hinge brackets have aligned holes formed through their respective pairs of legs through which a hinge pin is received to hingedly mate the two hinge brackets together. The improvement comprises the hinge pin having a threaded tip or end and one of the legs of the outer hinge bracket having a nut affixed thereto in coaxial relation to the hole formed therein, or a the hole therein being threaded, and the threaded end of the hinge pin screwed therein when the hinge pin is inserted in the holes in the respective pairs of legs of the hinge brackets to hingedly mate the hinge brackets together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas F. Tyler, IV, Joseph J. Savalle, Brett A. Johnson, Henry J. Ziaja, Terrence W. Gillay, Earl L. Watson