Patents by Inventor Marc Clark

Marc Clark 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: 7140682
    Abstract: A vehicle seating system for adjusting, without rails, the vertical and longitudinal position and the inclination of a vehicle seat relative to a vehicle floor has, in one embodiment, first and second pivot levers, spaced apart from one another in an adjustment direction. The pivot levers are articulated respectively on the vehicle seat and on the vehicle floor by way of pivot pins extending parallel to one another. The pivot pins arranged on the vehicle seat and on the vehicle floor of at least one of the pivot levers are lockable independently of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: David Jaeger, Nick Xiromeritis, Tamas Karacsonyi, Marc Clark
  • Publication number: 20040075322
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an apparatus for adjusting, without rails, the vertical and longitudinal position and the inclination of a vehicle seat (1) relative to a vehicle floor (4). The apparatus according to the present invention has at least two pivot levers (10, 14), spaced apart from one another in an adjustment direction (B), that are articulated respectively on the vehicle seat (1) and on the vehicle floor (4) by way of pivot pins (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) extending parallel to one another. The pivot pins (12a, 12b; 12c, 12d), arranged on the vehicle seat (1) and on the vehicle floor (4), of at least one of the pivot levers (10, 14) are lockable independently of one another, the pivot lever (10, 14) having the lockable pivot pins (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) comprising an additional pivot pin (12e) extending parallel to the pivot pins (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) and thereby being subdivided into two lever segments (14, 16) joined in articulated fashion to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: David Jaeger, Nick Xiromeritis, Tamas Karacsonyi, Marc Clark
  • Patent number: 6565137
    Abstract: A center console assembly for use in a vehicle includes a table capable of being disposed within a center console. A linear drive mechanism is coupled to the table. The linear drive mechanism includes a driver capable of moving the table from a retracted position within the center console to an extracted position outside of the center console.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Michael Snook, Nick Xiromeritis, Tamas Karacsonyi, Marc Clark
  • Patent number: D408419
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: Davco Manufacturing L.L.C.
    Inventor: Marc Clark