Patents by Inventor Ola Stillback

Ola Stillback 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: 5487685
    Abstract: The invention concerns an electrical contact nut (1) primarily intended to be welded to a sheet steel component (8) of a motor vehicle, and comprising a first, preferably cylindrical portion (2) and a second, wider portion (3) at one end of the first portion (2). On its side facing the first portion (2), the second portion (3) is provided with an annular member (4) of a weldable material. By means of its first portion (2), the nut (1) may be introduced into an aperture (7) formed in the sheet metal component (8) until the annular welding member (4) abuts against the sheet metal component (8). In this position, the nut may be welded to the component (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: AB Volvo
    Inventors: Ola Stillback, Lars Lindahl
  • Patent number: 4687172
    Abstract: A combined handle and lock mechanism for a dashboard mounted apparatus, such as a car radio, comprises a slide displaceable in a guide on either side of the apparatus, the outer end of each slide being made as a handle and the inner end of each slide cooperating with a latch member to lock the apparatus in a cassestte. The slide has an inserted position, in which it is locked against being pushed out, at the same time the latch member is blocked in a locked position. When the slide is pushed in further the latch member and the slide are unlocked so that the slide handle is accessible for pulling out the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignee: AB Volvo
    Inventor: Ola Stillback