Michael William Kowalski

US Patent:

7712815, May 11, 2010

Filed:

Jan 22, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/017464

Inventors:

Michael John Kowalski - Troy MI, US

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B60N 2/02

US Classification:

296 6501, 297311, 297341

Abstract:

The articulated seat assembly to efficiently utilize vehicle compartment space is comprised of a seat back slidably mounted to a floor for horizontal movement relative thereto. A seat pan is equipped with at least first and second seat flange indents on opposite ends of the seat pan to cooperatively engage a floor flange to provide support to the seat pan in first and second pivoted positions. A leg assembly is pivotally attached to the seat pan at a first end and pivotally attached relative to a vehicle floor at a second end. The leg assembly is equipped with a first flat to cooperatively engage the vehicle floor when the leg is in a first pivoted position and a second flat to cooperatively engage the vehicle floor in a second pivoted position. The leg assembly is further equipped with a contour to cooperate with a floor contour to permit pivotal movement of the leg.

US Patent:

20100230571, Sep 16, 2010

Filed:

Mar 11, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/401811

Inventors:

William Sharkey - Troy MI, US
Michael John Kowalski - Troy MI, US

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

A47B 96/06

US Classification:

2483112

Abstract:

A container holder for an automotive vehicle includes a relief space configured within an exterior portion of a load-carrying automotive structure, such as a pickup truck box rail, and a generally cup-shaped insert extending within the relief space and supported by the load-carrying structure. Because the present container holder is mounted externally in the vehicle, it is readily accessible to personnel outside the vehicle's passenger compartment, such as people working on the ground around a vehicle.

US Patent:

57973458, Aug 25, 1998

Filed:

Nov 13, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/748078

Inventors:

William J. Evans - Brighton MI
Michael J. Kowalski - Troy MI

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

G01D 1328
G04B 1904
G04B 1932

US Classification:

116286

Abstract:

Electrical instrument gage that has a pointer indicator member mounted on a rotatable shaft extending from the gage and including an electrically energizable light source mounted on and extending along the pointer portion of the indicator member. The light source is preferably an electroluminescent lamination that contains a pair of flex circuit terminal contacts extending from its base end. The light source is adhesively attached to the pointer portion of the indicator member. The base element of the indicator member contains a socket portion with a cylindrical opening configured to provide a friction fit to the axial shaft extending from the gage. The outer cylindrical surface of the socket contains an electrically conductive area and the gage contains an electrical wiper contact that makes continual electrical interconnection with the conductive portion of the socket over its rotational range. This electrical interconnection provides the power for the light source that is attached to the instrument pointer.