Patents by Inventor Karl M. Siebertz

Karl M. Siebertz 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).

  • Secondary floor assembly
    Patent number: 6224133
    Abstract: A secondary floor assembly for a motor vehicle having a floorpan extending generally horizontally and a toeboard extending generally upwardly at an angle from the floorpan includes a heel portion extending laterally and longitudinally along the floorpan and a toe portion connected to the heel portion and extending laterally and upwardly along the toeboard for pushing a heel of a foot of an occupant of the motor vehicle rearwardly during a frontal impact of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J. Abramoski, Karl M. Siebertz, James R. Feustel, Brian R. Spahn