Patents by Inventor Michael Robert Uhlmeyer

Michael Robert Uhlmeyer 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: 5950366
    Abstract: A seal structure is provided for a vehicle having a removable roof member. Advantageously, the single integral seal structure seals between a front end of the roof member, an upper edge of a windshield, and a header rail. The seal structure includes a base retainer portion secured to the header rail and a windshield lip portion covering and sealing against the upper edge of the windshield. The windshield lip portion is integrally coupled to the base retainer portion. The seal structure also includes a weatherstrip portion integrally coupled with the windshield lip portion and the base retainer portion for sealably engaging the front end of the roof member. Preferably, the weatherstrip portion includes at least one hollow weatherstrip bulb for sealably engaging the forward end of the roof member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Robert Uhlmeyer
  • Patent number: 5681069
    Abstract: A prop device for assembly on a vehicle having a convertible top and a tonneau cover. The prop device is adapted to support a five bow of the convertible top in a suspended position. The prop device includes a mounting bracket adapted to be mounted on the tonneau cover and a pivoting arm attached to the mounting bracket at a first end thereof. The pivoting arm has a curved bow engaging portion at a second end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Inventors: Mark Timothy Gaylord, Michael Robert Uhlmeyer, Ryan Wayne Massey