Patents by Inventor Tadeusz J. Siedlecki

Tadeusz J. Siedlecki 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).

  • Vehicular weather strip
    Patent number: 6846034
    Abstract: A weather strip for use between a closure panel and the body of a vehicle includes a foundation bulb extending about the periphery of an opening in the body and a contactor bulb supported entirely by the foundation bulb and having a compliance which is less than the compliance of the foundation bulb such that the configuration of the contactor bulb remains relatively invariant as sidewalls of the foundation bulb deform in response to a compressive load imposed by the closure panel and the body opening panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Wayne Angus, Matthew Partsch, Tadeusz J. Siedlecki
  • Reinforced cargo door assembly
    Patent number: 5364157
    Abstract: A cargo door assembly for pivotally mounted side doors in a van-type vehicle is provided with an improved reinforcing beam. The beam extends vertically along the shut face of one door of the assembly and has structure at its top for mounting the door latch and a hook at its bottom unengageable with the vehicle body at its sill. The beam is wider at its bottom than at its top and presents a simply supported beam to the sidewall of the vehicle, enhancing its capacity to handle lateral loading, including impact loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventor: Tadeusz J. Siedlecki
  • Cargo door assembly
    Patent number: 5297841
    Abstract: A cargo door assembly is provided for a van-type vehicle in which vertically spaced pairs of hook and catch plate engagements are carried at the interface between two mating doors and each of the sets of plates is reinforced in mounting within the doors. The hook of each pair is carried on one of the two doors and the catch is carried on the other. They form catch assemblies which are arranged to engage when the doors are closed to resist inward deflection of the doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventor: Tadeusz J. Siedlecki