Patents by Inventor Luis A. Mateos

Luis A. Mateos 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).

  • Vehicle headlamp assembly
    Patent number: 5351170
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp assembly provided with an adjustment device for adjusting the position of a lamp unit and wherein the adjustment device is combined with a rotatable recalibration arrangement that includes a position indicator in the form of a disk member provided with teeth at its periphery and in which the teeth of the disk member are shielded by a wall so as to prevent accidental movement of the disk member when the latter is positioned to indicate the aimed position of the lamp unit in the horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: William E. Nagengast, David R. McMahan, Jan A. Wisler, Luis A. Mateos, Michael W. Ballentine
  • Vehicle headlamp adjustment device
    Patent number: 5063480
    Abstract: An adjustment device for a headlamp assembly that provides aiming adjustment of the headlamp unit in a horizontal plane, after which the adjustment device can be set to visually indicate that the headlamp unit is at a zero ("O") reference marking and also permit re-calibration of the lamp unit if the latter is re-aimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1991
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: David R. McMahan, William E. Magengast, Luis A. Mateos
  • Headlamp assembly
    Patent number: 4807094
    Abstract: A headlamp assembly having a colorless lens which is positioned flush with the adjacent panels at the front end of a motor vehicle and which includes horizontal louvre and vertical slat means located within the body of the headlamp that art of the same color as the adjacent panels and are positioned and spaced therein so that the lens appears to be the same color as the adjacent panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Luis A. Mateos, Lawrence M. Rice