Patents by Inventor Wendell Collins

Wendell Collins 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).

  • Upper mount assembly for a suspension damper
    Patent number: 5263694
    Abstract: An upper mount assembly includes a pair of plates seating at least one Belleville spring. The plates are concentrically mounted about a hydraulic damper so that the Belleville spring is in series with a coil suspension spring. During use, deflection of the Belleville spring provides an additional degree of motion to reduce transmission of vibration to the vehicular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Stanley E. Smith, Richard E. Longhouse, Wendell Collins, Jr., Eric L. Jensen
  • Top mount assembly for a suspension actuator
    Patent number: 5150886
    Abstract: A top mount assembly includes a resilient isolator designed to be seated on an upper end of an actuator. A guiding sleeve is seated on the isolator and includes an upstanding annular wall forming a cavity in an upper surface of the guiding sleeve. At least one Belleville spring is mounted in the cavity to permit deflection of the assembly during the operational range of the actuator. A thrust plate is mounted on the Belleville spring and attached to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: James P. Hamberg, Todd H. Baldini, Stanley E. Smith, Wendell Collins, Jr., Richard E. Longhouse
  • Process for preparing an aqueous undertread adhesive composition
    Patent number: 4623414
    Abstract: A process for preparing an aqueous adhesive composition which comprises preparing a solvent dispersion by mixing rubber, carbon black, vulcanizing agent, tackifying resin and accelerator with sufficient organic solvent to form a solvent dispersion and thereafter emulsifying the solvent dispersion in the presence of water to form an aqueous emulsion. The aqueous emulsion may be used to bond unvulcanized rubber compounds, such as a tread stock to the carcass portion during the formation of a tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1986
    Assignee: SWS Silicones Corporation
    Inventors: Wendell Collins, Howard L. Brooks
  • Process for preparing an aqueous adhesive composition
    Patent number: 4463120
    Abstract: A process for preparing an aqueous adhesive composition which comprises preparing a solvent dispersion by mixing rubber, carbon black, vulcanizing agent, tackifying resin and accelerator with sufficient organic solvent to form a solvent dispersion and thereafter emulsifying the solvent dispersion in the presence of water to form an aqueous emulsion. The aqueous emulsion may be used to bond unvulcanized rubber compounds, such as a tread stock to the carcass portion during the formation of a tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1984
    Assignee: SWS Silicones Corporation
    Inventors: Wendell Collins, Howard L. Brooks