Patents by Inventor Mark R. Mikenis

Mark R. Mikenis 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: 6409238
    Abstract: The door handle assembly includes a pivoting child lock out cam which pivots between a first locked position and a second unlocked position with respect to a door handle. More particularly, the child lock out cam includes a latch with an aperture through which a hook on an underside of the door handle passes in the first locked position. In order to reduce unwanted noises, such as rattling, from the child lock out cam in a vibratory environment, a flexible tab integrally extends from a plate of the door handle assembly to laterally bear against a radially enlarged cam section on the child lock out cam thereby urging the journal of the child lock out cam against the interior walls of the bearing apertures through which the journal passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Mark R. Mikenis, Conrad E. Hlavacek, Patrick J. Bowden, Donald T. Boone, Sven E. Carlson