Patents by Inventor Steven C. Dworack

Steven C. Dworack 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).

  • Fastener for providing a clamp load between two parts
    Patent number: 9862422
    Abstract: A rocker panel assembly for a vehicle includes an upper rocker panel, a lower rocker panel, and a fastener. The fastener connects the upper and lower rocker panels. The fastener has a frustoconical tip to locate the fastener on the lower rocker panel, a body with a plurality of fins to stabilize the fastener between the upper and lower rocker panels, and a shoulder including an arrow-head configured to clamp the lower rocker panel to the upper rocker panel between the shoulder and a head of the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Lee Jarvis, Steven C. Dworack
  • FASTENER FOR PROVIDING A CLAMP LOAD BETWEEN TWO PARTS
    Publication number: 20170247060
    Abstract: A rocker assembly for a vehicle includes an upper rocker panel, a lower rocker panel, and a fastener. The fastener connects the upper and lower rocker panels. The fastener has a frustoconical tip to locate the fastener on the lower rocker panel, a body with a plurality of fins to stabilize the fastener between the upper and lower rocker panels, and a shoulder including an arrow-head configured to clamp the lower rocker panel to the upper rocker panel between the shoulder and a head of the fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: David Lee JARVIS, Steven C. DWORACK
  • False division bar for minimizing wind throb noise
    Patent number: 8333423
    Abstract: A false division bar assembly for minimizing wind noise generated during movement of a vehicle including a retractable rear window. The assembly includes a division bar mountable in a vehicle rear door window opening to create at least two air passages on opposite sides of the division bar within the vehicle rear door window opening, to thereby minimize wind noise generated during movement of the vehicle when the vehicle front windows are closed with the vehicle rear windows being opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William S. Gulker, Steven C. Dworack, Scott D. Conn, Artem Poliakov
  • FALSE DIVISION BAR FOR MINIMIZING WIND THROB NOISE
    Publication number: 20090121517
    Abstract: A false division bar assembly for minimizing wind noise generated during movement of a vehicle including a retractable rear window. The assembly includes a division bar mountable in a vehicle rear door window opening to create at least two air passages on opposite sides of the division bar within the vehicle rear door window opening, to thereby minimize wind noise generated during movement of the vehicle when the vehicle front windows are closed with the vehicle rear windows being opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: William S. Gulker, Steven C. Dworack, Scott D. Conn, Artem Poliakov