Patents by Inventor Timothy A. Wirsing

Timothy A. Wirsing 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: 5607198
    Abstract: An automotive vehicle extendable window glass stabilizer for laterally stabilizing a window glass with a body of an automotive vehicle is provided including a support generally extending from the automotive body laterally toward the window glass, a fabric mat mounted on a support extending toward the window glass, and a plastic button surrounded by the fabric mat. The button has a head providing a bottoming-out contact surface for the window glass when the glass more fully compresses the fabric mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy A. Wirsing
  • Patent number: 5537781
    Abstract: A modular window regulator system is provided for controlling the movement of a window which includes first and second cross arms pivotally joined to one another, each cross arm having first and second ends, the first cross arm first end being geared; a back plate mounting a driver gear for torsional engagement with the geared end of the first cross arm, the back plate mounting the first end of the second cross arm for linear movement; first and second channels extending generally vertically and transverse to the back plate and fixably joined thereto at opposite ends of the back plate; a sash slidably mounting the second end of the cross arms, the sash having first and second ends extending toward the first and second channels, respectively; a first guide block fixably connected to the sash first end and to the window, the first guide block having a vertical bearing connection with the first channel; a second guide block fixably connected to the sash second end and to the window, the second guide block having
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: William C. Bisnack, Jesse J.-S. Jou, Timothy A. Wirsing, Alex N. Draper
  • Patent number: 5430976
    Abstract: A holding device for attaching, in a preferred embodiment, a window regulator channel blade to a vehicle door, the blade being subject to adjustment along three axes before final attachment to the door, the holding device including a nut having a fixed axis with respect to the door; a slider slidably engaged with the nut being adjustable with the nut along a first axis, the slider having an ear and an elbow spaced therefrom; a polymeric insert providing a nest for compliantly holding the blade, allowing adjustment of the blade with respect to the slider along two axes of adjustment and the insert having a guide surface for urging the blade into the nest; and a bolt for threadably penetrating the nut wherein torquing of the nut causes the nut and the slider to be affixed with respect to the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy A. Wirsing
  • Patent number: 5363595
    Abstract: An arrangement for a door is provided including, in a preferred embodiment, a door body with a top opening; a window pane within the door extendable through the top opening, the window having a bore along its lower end; a channel member extending within the door body for guiding the window; a guide block slidably mounted on the channel having a bore in alignment with the bore in the window, the guide block having a contact surface and a projecting ledge with an alignment aperture; an insulator having an inner member joined to an outer member by a bottom wall, the inner member, bottom wall and outer member generally forming a U-shaped opening for receipt of the window, the inner and outer insulator members having a bore generally aligned with the window bore, the inner member having a cylindrical portion for extending through the window bore and the cylindrical portion having a snap fit connection with the outer member, thereby retaining the insulator to the window, the insulator further along its bottom wall
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy A. Wirsing