Patents by Inventor José D'Almeida

José D'Almeida 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: 6554329
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a motor vehicle door lock including an outside opening lever able to open the lock under the action of outside opening means such as a handle or outside door finger-plate, a locking lever able to move a disengageable interconnecting link between an engaged position in which the outside opening lever can cooperate, during its opening travel, with said interconnecting link to open the lock, and a disengaged position in which the opening travel of the outside opening lever does not interfere with said interconnecting link, which prevents opening of the lock, characterized in that it includes at least one blocking part able to block the movement of said interconnecting link when this link is in its disengaged position, and anti-panic means positioned between said locking lever and said interconnecting link to enable, on the one hand, movement of said interconnecting link by said locking lever, when said blocking part is at rest, and on the other hand, movement of said locking lever to it
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Valeo Securite Habitacle
    Inventors: Luc DeBlock, Jean Sannier, José D'Almeida
  • Patent number: 6497436
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a motor vehicle door lock characterized in that it includes a first module which includes a retention compartment containing the restraining parts of the lock, notably a striker-retaining latch-bolt and a pawl that holds said latch-bolt in at least one position restraining the striker, and in which part of the kinematic opening/locking chain of the lock is mounted on a mounting face of said first module, on the opposite side from said retention compartment; and that it also includes a second module on which is mounted the other part of the kinematic opening/locking chain of the lock, said second module fitting on said first module on the same side as said mounting face; and that it also includes a casing that covers said second module and the mounting face of said first module, said first and second modules and said casing being assembled by connecting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Valeo Securite Habitacle
    Inventors: Luc DeBlock, Jean Sannier, José D'Almeida