Patents Represented by Attorney Girfford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.
  • Patent number: 8157222
    Abstract: A wire harness clamp with at least a pair of tension members that afford for harnesses having different sizes to be held securely by the clamp is provided. In addition, the wire harness clamp can have a length that can protect wire harnesses held within the clamp from proximate objects that can rub, vibrate, etc., against the wire harnesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Christa Lynn Shirey, Yuko Haba Miki
  • Patent number: 8141759
    Abstract: A container assembly for a motor vehicle passenger compartment includes a housing, a door, an arm, a helical spring and a cam. The door is pivotally coupled to the housing for movement about a first pivot between a closed position wherein the door covers an opening in the housing and an open position wherein the door is pivoted about the first pivot to allow access through the opening to a storage space in the housing. The arm is pivotally coupled to the housing for movement about a second pivot. The arm has a cam surface. The helical spring continuously biases the arm toward the first pivot. The cam is coupled to the door and movable with the door about the first pivot between the closed position and the open position. The cam has a center portion and a lobe extending outwardly from the center portion. The lobe remains in contact with the cam surface of the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Charan Singh Lota, Joel T. Runyan