Patents by Inventor Richard Kollar

Richard Kollar 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).

  • Liftgate assembly
    Patent number: 6126222
    Abstract: An automotive liftgate assembly for limiting movement of a liftgate along a predetermined direction by utilization of a liftgate limiter. This liftgate limiter is secured to the entryway and has a retractable cable which is coupled to the pivoting liftgate. The extractable cable length is adjustable so as to vary the liftgate's open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Quang Vinh Nguyen, Richard H. Wykoff, Richard Kollar, Brad Watson
  • Automotive door latching system
    Patent number: 6099048
    Abstract: An automotive door latching system can include a first latch for locking one vehicle door, a second latch for locking a second vehicle door, and an electric switch controlled by the first switch for supplying current to an electrically-operated latch release means associated with the second latch. The latching system requires that the first latch be in the door release state before the second latch can be moved to the door release state. Consequently the doors are openable only in a predetermined sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James Lee Salmon, Quang Vinh Nguyen, James Joseph Loschiavo, Richard Kollar
  • Distillation column tray
    Patent number: 5264083
    Abstract: A distillation tray including a use with a distillation column tray and a heating chamber with each tray including a bottom pierced by a through hole and a rim surrounding the bottom and having at least one outside flank. The outside flank includes a plurality of relative projections regularly spaced apart along the rim and constituting undulations. The tray is applicable to metallurgy, and in particular to distilling metals such as zinc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignees: Metaleurop S.A., Hepworth Refractories (Belgium) S.A.
    Inventors: Richard Kollar, Robert Maurage