Patents by Inventor Katherine Lee Tachick

Katherine Lee Tachick 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).

  • Exhaust pipe hanger assembly
    Patent number: 5673877
    Abstract: An exhaust pipe hanger assembly is provided in a vehicle having a rigid structural member. The exhaust pipe hanger assembly includes a continuously linearly extending rigid rod bracket. The rod bracket has a first portion extending through and securely captured within the rigid structural member and a second portion linearly extending from the first portion and extending outwardly from the structural member. The exhaust pipe is suspended from the second portion of the rigid rod bracket. The rigid rod bracket has sufficiently high stiffness and resonant vibrational frequencies such that transmission of exhaust pipe vibration into the vehicle is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Richard Karner, Stephen Benjamin Sherrick, Alexander Christopher Winter, Gregory Lee Zubal, Katherine Lee Tachick, Jack William Berletch