Patents by Inventor Robert W. MacFarland

Robert W. MacFarland 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: 6264338
    Abstract: An outside rearview mirror assembly for a motor vehicle of the type in which the mirror glass is selectively movably relative to the mirror housing to achieve the desired rearview image. A viscous damper device is positioned within the mirror housing, interconnects the mirror housing and the mirror glass, and is operative to damp vibrational movement of the mirror glass relative to the mirror housing so as to present a steady mirror image to the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Adac Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. MacFarland, Richard T. Young
  • Patent number: 4006918
    Abstract: An inflatable vehicle occupant restraint confinement having separate inner and outer inflatable chambers formed from a single sheet of material. Fluid port means communicating with both the inner and outer chambers is provided in the form of a cylindrical diffuser. The method of making the confinement includes folding a flat pattern of a single layer of material about its midline and seaming the margins except for a portion adapted for receiving the port means. The folded wall of the confinement thus formed is then folded inwardly to form a pocket and define new folded margins of the pocket which are then seamed together to form the pocket into an inner chamber and an outer chamber formed by the remainder of the material surrounding the inner chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1973
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1977
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: Robert W. MacFarland