Patents by Inventor Mark Deadrick

Mark Deadrick 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).

  • Publication number: 20080277987
    Abstract: A seat back is provided having a composite body having a first end, a center section, and a second end that is thicker than the center section. The first end, the center section, and the second end comprise a plurality of layers of highly aligned fibers in a thermoplastic matrix. The seat back also is provided with a member extending outwardly from the second end and a leg secured along at least a portion of the second end. The leg is positioned along the member to form a cavity defined by the second end, the member, and the leg, the cavity capable of receiving a connecting rod for connecting the seat back assembly to a seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventor: Mark Deadrick
  • Patent number: 6601906
    Abstract: A closing device for a folding top of a convertible including a one-handed swiveling handle supported in a longitudinal median plane of the vehicle at the roof peak part. The swiveling handle has a rod which extends symmetrically to the longitudinal median plane of the vehicle and transfers a swiveling motion. The connecting rod is constructed as a torsion bar which can be shifted jointly with the swiveling handle about a drag bearing of the swiveling handle at the roof peak part. End parts of the torsion bar are mounted immovably at the roof peak part in the region of locking mechanisms engaging the windshield frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Wilhelm Karmann GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Deadrick, Frank Marius Geyer, Khais Jumaah, Brad Smith
  • Patent number: 6530587
    Abstract: A rear wheel suspension system replaces the lower control arms, coil springs, and anti-roll bar assembly in the prior art with a simple composite beam. By carefully designing the shape of the beam, the material system and the pivot locations, the ride and roll rates and camber and toe characteristics of the original prior art suspension system can be preserved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Christian Lawson, Frederick Mark Deadrick
  • Publication number: 20020043808
    Abstract: A closing device for a folding top of a convertible is provided with a one-handed swiveling handle (5), which is supported in the longitudinal median plane (4) of the vehicle at the roof peak part (2). This one-handed swiveling device (5) has a connecting rod (9), which extends symmetrically to the longitudinal median plane (4) of the vehicle and transfers a swiveling motion (C). In an inventive embodiment, the connecting rod (9) is constructed as a torsion bar (T), which can be shifted jointly with the swiveling handle (5) about the drag bearing (14) of the latter at the roof peak part (2). The end parts (7) of the torsion bar (T) are mounted in each case immovably at the roof peak part (2) in the region of the locking organs (12) engaging the windshield frame (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Mark Deadrick, Frank Marius Geyer, Khais Jumaah, Brad Smith
  • Publication number: 20020000703
    Abstract: A rear wheel suspension system replaces the lower control arms, coil springs, and anti-roll bar assembly in the prior art with a simple composite beam. By carefully designing the shape of the beam, the material system and the pivot locations, the ride and roll rates and camber and toe characteristics of the original prior art suspension system can be preserved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: Robert Christian Lawson, Frederick Mark Deadrick
  • Patent number: 6036255
    Abstract: A multi-functional vehicle door system includes a common lower door adapted to selectively cooperate with one of a door cassette and a side curtain assembly. The common lower door defines a cavity which opens adjacent an upper surface of the common lower door. The door cassette includes a frame defining a window opening and a lower portion adapted to be substantially inserted into the cavity of the common lower door. The side curtain assembly includes a frame and a flexible window. The frame includes a plurality of downwardly extending locating pins. One of the locating pins is adapted to engage an aperture provided in the upper surface of the common lower door. The other locating pins are adapted to engage apertures provided in a trim plug removably insertable into the opening of the common lower door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Lester, Mark Deadrick, Randolph C. Smith