Patents by Inventor Kenneth S. Pyszel

Kenneth S. Pyszel 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: 5482345
    Abstract: A latch system for a vehicle seat leg is provided. The seat has a seating position in which it is generally horizontally oriented with front and rear legs connected to the vehicle floor via floor pins, and the seat has a storage position wherein only the front legs are connected to the vehicle floor with the seat inclined upwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: James Bolsworth, Kenneth S. Pyszel, Garrett P. Baitinger, Joseph D. Kondziola
  • Patent number: 5393116
    Abstract: A releasably mounted seat for a van-type vehicle is provided which in an embodiment includes a rear leg biased to latch to a floor of a vehicle, a seat bun frame joined to the rear leg providing a seating surface, a backing plate pivotally mounted with respect to the bun frame and selectively adjustable with respect to the bun frame means, a seat back pivotally mounted with respect to the backing frame and foldable between a first position generally extending with the backing plate and a second position folded forward generally adjacent the bun frame, and a single handle providing control to selectively position the seat back in the first and second positions and the handle providing control to selectively adjust the position of the backing plate with respect to the bun frame, and the handle providing control over the engagement of the latch of the rear leg with the vehicle floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: James Bolsworth, Kenneth S. Pyszel, Joseph D. Kondziola, Terrel L. Scherman, Wilheim R. Braner
  • Patent number: 5282662
    Abstract: A rear seat for an all purpose vehicle has front and rear legs that are releasably latched to pins located in escutcheons in the vehicle floor. The rear seat is manually folded and stored in the vehicle by releasing the rear legs and pivoting the seat forward on the front pins to a vertical position. The seat is removed from the vehicle by releasing the front legs when the seat is in the stored position and lifting the seat off the front pins. The latch mechanisms for the front and rear legs have locks so that the legs are not unlatched unintentionally. A lift assist mechanism is also provided for pivoting the seat forward on the front pins to the stored position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1994
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: James Bolsworth, Kenneth S. Pyszel, Joseph D. Kondziola
  • Patent number: 4147440
    Abstract: A code reader, in the form of a photoelectric sensing device, is slidable across a coded disc which disc includes a first circle of apertures at one diameter designating a code channel for advancing record media, for example, at a spacing of six lines per inch and a second circle of apertures at another diameter designating a code channel for advancing the record media at a spacing of eight lines per inch. A positive locking detent is associated with the code reader for maintaining the desired position thereof for the selected code channel and line spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1979
    Assignee: Computer Peripherals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph E. Mishark, Robert N. Peters, Kenneth S. Pyszel