Patents by Inventor Ronald A. Wheat

Ronald A. Wheat 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).

  • One piece molded component high mounted stop lamp
    Patent number: 6241372
    Abstract: A one piece molded vehicle lamp includes a housing portion, a lens portion, and a hinge connecting the housing portion to the lens portion. At least one connector secures the lens portion to the housing portion. A bulb is located on an inside of the housing portion. Light emanating from the bulb reflects light from the bulb outward through the lens portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: North American Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard M. Bloomfield, Deval Desai, Ronald A. Wheat
  • Vehicle headlamp assembly
    Patent number: 5386349
    Abstract: A headlamp assembly having a recalibration device for providing the correct aim of the headlamp in a horizontal plane and characterized in that the recalibration device includes a transparent member which allows a leveling device to be visible to an observer so as to indicate whether or not the headlamp is in a correct aimed position in a vertical plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald A. Wheat, David R. McMahan, Paul D. Van Duyn
  • Headlamp leveling arrangement
    Patent number: 5253154
    Abstract: A leveling arrangement for a vehicle headlamp that includes a support portion formed in the upper portion of the reflector member that has a spirit level member mounted thereon which is characterized in that it includes a living hinge serving as a pivotal connection for a depending member fastened to a substantially vertically oriented surface of the support portion so that rotation of screw means carried by the spirit level results in pivotal movement and calibration of the spirit level relative to the optical axis of the reflector member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: David R. McMahan, William E. Nagengast, Terry L. Coombs, Bradley A. Merrill, Ronald A. Wheat, Jan A. Wisler