Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Sliney

Thomas C. Sliney 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: 7464783
    Abstract: The invention concerns an access plate for use in a vehicle to cover an aperture in an engine ring, where the engine ring and an engine cover seal against each other. The access plate may include a main body portion, made of a first material having a first durometer, extending across the aperture, and defining a first portion of an outer surface that sealingly engages with the second component; and a seal, made of a second lower durometer material, wherein the seal portion is integral with the main body portion, and the seal portion includes an underside surface in opposed relation to the outer surface that sealingly engages with first component. The access plate may include snap clips, to secure the plate to the engine ring, locating pins to locate the access plate on the ring, and tapered end features to assure a good seal against the engine cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Mathew A. Gray, R. Donald Hollinger, Luigi R. Magnanti, Rodolfo H. Perez, Tito G. Perez, Uzziel A. Ramirez, Rodolfo De La Mora, Jesus M. Piter, John T. Freiwald, Aldo Maya, Thomas C. Sliney
  • Patent number: 5425568
    Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided which, in a preferred embodiment, includes a seat bun platform, a seatback angularly inclined with respect to the bun platform and having a normal seating position and a folded forward position, an inertia latch mechanism having a first position allowing free forward angular movement of the seatback during normal conditions and a second position preventing forward angular movement of the seatback during excessive vehicle decelerations, and an armrest pivotally connected to the seatback having a first usage position and a second storage position wherein the inertia latch is locked in a second position whenever the armrest is in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1995
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas C. Sliney, James R. Abel