Patents by Inventor Michael J. McIsaac

Michael J. McIsaac 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: 7905542
    Abstract: A sunroof assembly with a composite water management assembly having side rails with a water trough connected at one end to end caps and to a pair of corners at the other, which connect to a front rail at substantially right angles to the side rails. This composite assembly can be connected by vibration welding. A reinforcement bar can be connected at substantially right angles to the rearward end of vertically oriented slide tracks snap fitted into substantially the length of the side rails. A pair of mirror slide mechanisms with vertically oriented mounts are retained, but free to slide, within a channel of the slide track and outboard of the water trough. A movable panel such as a glass sunroof are attached to the slide mechanism. A sunshade can be added that also combines water shedding ribs to channel water to the water trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Webasto AG
    Inventors: Craig T Marx, James D Sahlaney, Randall W Budnick, Lisa Marie Pomeroy, Steven H Klotz, Thomas Murray, Michael J McIsaac, Joachim Juergen Gernot Klesing
  • Publication number: 20100320808
    Abstract: A sunroof assembly with a composite water management assembly having side rails with a water trough connected at one end to end caps and to a pair of corners at the other, which connect to a front rail at substantially right angles to the side rails. This composite assembly can be connected by vibration welding. A reinforcement bar can be connected at substantially right angles to the rearward end of vertically oriented slide tracks snap fitted into substantially the length of the side rails. A pair of mirror slide mechanisms with vertically oriented mounts are retained, but free to slide, within a channel of the slide track and outboard of the water trough. A movable panel such as a glass sunroof are attached to the slide mechanism. A sunshade can be added that also combines water shedding ribs to channel water to the water trough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Craig T. Marx, Steven H. Klotz, Thomas Murray, Michael J. Mcisaac, James D. Sahlaney, Randall W. Budnick, Lisa Marie Pomeroy, Joachim Juergen Gernot Klesing
  • Patent number: 6676189
    Abstract: A cover assembly for a vehicle bed includes track members, support members, a flexible cover, and a reversible motor. The support members are movably arranged on the track members such that (1) movement of a distal one of the support members in the opening or closing direction causes the distal support member to push or pull each of the other support members in a sequential manner in the opening or closing direction. A drive cable is engaged with a gear operatively connected to the motor in intermeshed relation such that (a) rotation of the gear by the motor in a first rotational direction pushes the cable in a distal direction to push the distal support member in the closing direction and (b) rotation of the gear in a second rotation direction pulls the cable in a proximal direction to pull the distal support member in the opening direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Webasto Sunroofs, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Schall, Thomas Murray, Anthony E. Michon, Michael J. McIsaac, Thomas J. Mack, Daniel G. Beohmer
  • Publication number: 20020113456
    Abstract: A cover assembly for a vehicle bed includes track members, support members, a flexible cover, and a reversible motor. The support members are movably arranged on the track members such that (1) movement of a distal one of the support members in the opening or closing direction causes the distal support member to push or pull each of the other support members in a sequential manner in the opening or closing direction. A drive cable is engaged with a gear operatively connected to the motor in intermeshed relation such that (a) rotation of the gear by the motor in a first rotational direction pushes the cable in a distal direction to push the distal support member in the closing direction and (b) rotation of the gear in a second rotation direction pulls the cable in a proximal direction to pull the distal support member in the opening direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Michael G. Schall, Thomas Murray, Anthony E. Michon, Michael J. McIsaac, Thomas J. Mack, Daniel G. Boehmer