Patents by Inventor Raymond J. Saydak

Raymond J. Saydak 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).

  • Four point restraint apparatus
    Patent number: 6305713
    Abstract: A four point restraint apparatus for a vehicle includes in a preferred embodiment a first pair of flexible lap belts connected at laterally opposite sides of a seat cushion with inner ends transversely connectable to one another across pelvic regions of an occupant and a second pair of flexible shoulder belts connected to a support in the vehicle body and extending forward of the seat back adjacent the neck and across the clavicle of the occupant. The shoulder belts extend from the clavicle essentially parallel downward across front edge portions of the occupant's rib cage to laterally spaced attachment with the lap belts adjacent pelvic regions of an occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: James Frederick Pywell, Stephen William Rouhana, John William Melvin, Joseph D. Mc Cleary, John Robert Hiben, Raymond J. Saydak, Kenneth H. De Saele
  • Four point seat-mounted restraint apparatus
    Patent number: 6139111
    Abstract: A four point seat-mounted restraint apparatus for a vehicle includes in a preferred embodiment a first pair of flexible lap belts connected at laterally opposite sides of a seat cushion with inner ends transversely connectable to one another across pelvic regions of an occupant and a second pair of flexible shoulder belts connected to a seat back and extending forward of the seat back adjacent the neck and across the clavicle of the occupant. The shoulder belts extend from the clavicle essentially parallel downward across front edge portions of the occupant's rib cage to laterally spaced attachment with the lap belts adjacent pelvic regions of an occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: James Frederick Pywell, Stephen William Rouhana, John William Melvin, Joseph D. Mc Cleary, John Robert Hiben, Raymond J. Saydak, Kenneth H. De Saele