Patents by Inventor Juan M. Capo

Juan M. Capo 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: 6231103
    Abstract: A foldable motor vehicle seat including a horizontal seat cushion and a vertical seat back joined at a horizontal hinge for pivotal movement of the seat cushion from a horizontal position to a vertical position folded against the seat back. The seat back is connected to a side wall of a body of the motor vehicle for pivotal movement about a vertical axis between a seating position in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal centerline of the motor vehicle and a cargo position in a plane parallel to the longitudinal centerline. With the seat cushion folded vertically against the seat back and the seat back in its cargo position, the floor of the motor vehicle under the seat is exposed for cargo. With the seat cushion horizontal and the seat back in its seating position, a passenger may sit on the foldable seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald Lee Elson, Elisabeth B. Nevitt, Gregory J. Cenzer, James A. Watson, Michael A. Jones, Robert W. Smith, Nancy M. Simioni, Michael H. Bates, Francis Nile Smith, Juan M. Capo
  • Patent number: 4642853
    Abstract: A seat belt guide loop is comprised of a stamped metal bracket having an aperture adapted to receive a bolt for pivotally mounting the guide loop on a vehicle body pillar. The stamped metal bracket has a belt slot therein of a width somewhat greater than the width of the belt and a height greater than the thickness of the belt. A molded plastic cover is molded in situ upon the stamped metal bracket and overlies the lower wall of the belt slot to define a low friction wall over which the belt is slidable. This plastic cover has a clearance slot which underlies the low friction wall and cooperates therewith to define a plastic bridge integral with and supporting the low friction wall. The clearance slot is of a width somewhat less than the width of the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Edward J. Plesniarski, Richard D. Loose, Juan M. Capo