Patents by Inventor Kenneth Ptak

Kenneth Ptak 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).

  • Articulating high latch for a seat
    Patent number: 7819478
    Abstract: A method and a high latch for a vehicle seat. The vehicle seat has a seatback pivotably coupled to a seat base and the seat base is coupled to a vehicle body having a vehicle wall. The high latch includes a hook carriage including a structural hook, with the hook carriage coupled to the seatback. A striker assembly including a striker arm is configured to selectively engage the structural hook, with the striker assembly coupled to the vehicle body. With the structural hook and striker arm engaged, the seatback will move with the striker assembly from the first position to a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Les Griswold, David L. Allen, Kenneth Ptak, Michael Laskowski
  • ARTICULATING HIGH LATCH FOR A SEAT
    Publication number: 20090021067
    Abstract: A method and a high latch for a vehicle seat. The vehicle seat has a seatback pivotably coupled to a seat base and the seat base is coupled to a vehicle body having a vehicle wall. The high latch includes a hook carriage including a structural hook, with the hook carriage coupled to the seatback. A striker assembly including a striker arm is configured to selectively engage the structural hook, with the striker assembly coupled to the vehicle body. With the structural hook and striker arm engaged, the seatback will move with the striker assembly from the first position to a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Les GRISWOLD, David L. Allen, Kenneth Ptak, Michael Laskowski
  • Articulating high latch for a seat
    Patent number: 7377584
    Abstract: A method and a high latch for a vehicle seat. The vehicle seat has a seatback pivotably coupled to a seat base and the seat base is coupled to a vehicle body having a vehicle wall. The high latch includes a hook carriage including a structural hook, with the hook carriage coupled to the seatback. A striker assembly including a striker arm is configured to selectively engage the structural hook, with the striker assembly coupled to the vehicle body. With the structural hook and striker arm engaged, the seatback will move with the striker assembly from the first position to a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Les Griswold, David L. Allen, Kenneth Ptak, Michael Laskowski
  • Articulating high latch for a seat
    Publication number: 20050062327
    Abstract: A method and a high latch for a vehicle seat. The vehicle seat has a seatback pivotably coupled to a seat base and the seat base is coupled to a vehicle body having a vehicle wall. The high latch includes a hook carriage including a structural hook, with the hook carriage coupled to the seatback. A striker assembly including a striker arm is configured to selectively engage the structural hook, with the striker assembly coupled to the vehicle body. With the structural hook and striker arm engaged, the seatback will move with the striker assembly from the first position to a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Les Griswold, David Allen, Kenneth Ptak, Michael Laskowski