Patents by Inventor Paul J. Mura

Paul J. Mura 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).

  • Independent springing guides for floating rotors
    Publication number: 20040069575
    Abstract: A disc brake assembly includes a rotatable hub and at least one disc supported on the hub for rotation therewith about an axis, and slideable axially along the hub. A guide member is disposed between the hub and disc. A spring member is separately formed from the guide member and acts between the guide member and the hub to impart a constant radial force against the guide member and thus the disc in such manner as to position the guide member in constant engagement with the disc to maintain alignment and prevent rattling of the disc on the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Paul J Mura, Richard J. Kowalczyk, Keith W. Deyer
  • Snap-in upper mount assembly and method of use
    Patent number: 5248134
    Abstract: An assembly and a method for quickly mounting a damper to a support structure in a vehicle includes an upper mount assembly mounted on a piston rod of a damper prior to assembly of the damper to a mounting tower. As the piston rod is guided through an opening in the mounting tower, a resilient ring is compressed until it passes through the opening. When the ring clears the opening, it expands radially outwardly to a diameter greater than the diameter of the opening, thereby quickly mounting the piston rod and damper to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Michael A. Ferguson, Eugene M. Klco, Jack E. Smith, Richard M. Kleber, Paul J. Mura, Troy M. Hill