Patents by Inventor Roger A. Shipman

Roger A. Shipman 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: 5895089
    Abstract: A door bumper assembly for an automotive vehicle sliding door has an adjustable bumper head with a door face for mating with a door inner surface when the door is in a closed position to provide a predetermined lateral load to the door. A bumper base is mounted between the bumper head and a vehicle body surface at a rearward end of a door track and has a hinge face for contacting a door hinge to prevent door rearward longitudinal movement when the door is moved to a fully open position. A bolt threaded on both ends is attached on a first end to the bumper head to allow lateral adjustment with respect to the bumper base, and passes through the bumper base for attachment on a second end to a vehicle body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajinder Pal Singh, Roger A. Shipman, Giuseppe Joe Cannella, Mary Teresa Bell, Timothy Dean Pusilo
  • Patent number: 5791723
    Abstract: In an automotive vehicle having a body opening closable by a sliding door, a door bumper wedge for restraining longitudinal and lateral movement of the sliding door has a wedge member attached to a door mating surface of the body opening, a receptacle member attached on a body mating edge of the sliding door defining a receptacle pocket, a pair of flexible, opposed prongs extending from the receptacle member a predetermined distance into the receptacle pocket, and a bumper member positioned within the receptacle pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Mary Teresa Bell, James Mario Hagerman, Roger A. Shipman, Rajinder Pal Singh, Charles Lincoln Varney
  • Patent number: 4781417
    Abstract: A seat cushion support for an upholstered seat cushion comprises a one-piece, form-retaining, resilient seat pan, preferably of molded plastic, and a pair of mounting tangs, each unitary with the seat pan. The seat pan has a curvilinear upper surface, ishium accommodating means in a rearward portion of the seat pan, which is concavely curved downwardly, and a forward portion which curves downwardly to a forward edge. The mounting tangs are located inboard of and proximate lateral edges, each mounting tang extending downwardly from connection with the seat pan. An upholstered seat cushion assembly comprises such seat cushion support, a cushion, an upholstery covering, and mounting brackets to which the mounting tangs are attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1988
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Roger A. Shipman, Richard M. Kostin, William J. Brezina