Patents by Inventor James E. Helping

James E. Helping 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: 5037142
    Abstract: A connector assembly for attaching a brake hose of synthetic rubber to the disk brakes of a vehicle road wheel in which a cylindrical hose skirt of metal has a first end pocket which receives the cylindrical cup portion of a fluid transmitting metal eyelet which also has a nozzle that extends from the cup into a second end pocket of the skirt and into the fluid passage of the brake hose, a steel fluid conducting tube routed from the brakes fits into the cup portion of the eyelet and is joined in a high quantity fluid-tight manner to the eyelet cup and the skirt by a single brazing operation or by other similar joining material to provide for the improved support and optimized hydraulic connection of the hose with respect to the disk brakes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: James E. Helping