Patents by Inventor William E. Rank

William E. Rank 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: 4882805
    Abstract: A slider, for use in slidably connecting a balance arm of a window regulator mechanism to a guide member having a pair of spaced planar edge portions defining a linear slot therebetween is disclosed. The slider is molded from a one piece plastic material and has a main body portion disposed within the slot of the guide member and first and second offset pairs of legs for engaging and straddling the opposite sides of the guide member in a manner to prevent twisting of the slider in a horizontal plane when it is reciprocably moved within the guide slot. One of the pairs of legs is provided with deflectable ears so that both pairs of legs are biased into engagement with the guide member on opposite sides thereof to prevent rattling therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1989
    Assignee: General Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Adrian D. Campbell, William E. Rank
  • Patent number: 4633983
    Abstract: Suspension strut and damper assembly in which the cylinder tube of the hydraulic damper carries a base valve which has arcuately spaced foot pads on the lower surface thereof which seat within the confines of the base cup in a manner so as to limit movement of the cylinder tube relative to the base cup and reservoir tube extending upwardly therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Richard A. Horvath, William E. Rank, James E. Whelan