Patents by Inventor Sven E. Carlson

Sven E. Carlson 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: 6988752
    Abstract: A pinless inside door handle assembly has a housing, a latch handle and a lock lever that snap together and require no separate pivot pin. Interrelating projections and enclosed apertures are in pivotal engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Belchine, III, Sven E. Carlson, Joel R. Lee
  • Patent number: 6409238
    Abstract: The door handle assembly includes a pivoting child lock out cam which pivots between a first locked position and a second unlocked position with respect to a door handle. More particularly, the child lock out cam includes a latch with an aperture through which a hook on an underside of the door handle passes in the first locked position. In order to reduce unwanted noises, such as rattling, from the child lock out cam in a vibratory environment, a flexible tab integrally extends from a plate of the door handle assembly to laterally bear against a radially enlarged cam section on the child lock out cam thereby urging the journal of the child lock out cam against the interior walls of the bearing apertures through which the journal passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Mark R. Mikenis, Conrad E. Hlavacek, Patrick J. Bowden, Donald T. Boone, Sven E. Carlson
  • Patent number: 5667276
    Abstract: A locking headrest support assembly for the back of a vehicle set includes a sleeve, a cap, a spring and a button. The sleeve is lockable within the back of a vehicle seat and has a longitudinal bore for a rod of a vehicle headrest. The cap locks onto the top of the sleeve, and has a longitudinal bore aligned with that of the sleeve when so locked. Alternatively, the cap and sleeve may be combined in one integral piece. The cap has a slot in which the button is disposed in a drawer-like fashion. The slot has two side walls, a rear wall, and a top and a bottom. The side walls each have a notch which defines a ledge. The notches are produced by holes directed into the cap from its underside, so that the holes may not be exposed to view when the locking headrest support assembly os fully assembled. The button has prongs which engage with the ledges and prevent the button from being withdrawn once the prongs have so engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Connelly, Sven E. Carlson