Patents Assigned to Automotive Products, Inc.
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Publication number: 20160121147Abstract: A gear loop for use in a climbing harness or any other recreational or commercial harness or belt and generally comprises a U shaped body, wherein the body is made of a first predetermined material. The gear loop body also has a first end and a second end. The gear loop further comprises an end member attached to the first end and the second end of the body. The end member is made of a second predetermined material. The end member is formed, such that it allows the gear loop to fold in a predetermined direction with relation to a harness.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, David L. Huff, Jason William Barnes
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Patent number: 9278608Abstract: A D-ring for use with a visor in a vehicle is disclosed. The D-ring includes a body and a pin arranged between two surfaces of the body. The D-ring also includes a leg extending from the body and a first and second arm extending from a side of the body wherein the arms are generally parallel to the leg. The D-ring also includes a first and second flange extending from the body substantially parallel to and in spaced relationship to the arms for receiving and holding a planar object between the flanges and the arms.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: IRVIN AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: John Carl Mingay, Steven Ernest deHagen
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Publication number: 20160046175Abstract: A sliding sun visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The sun visor includes a first and second visor body shell. At least one of the shells having a retaining channel for engaging and retaining a floating carrier on a visor pivot rod. It is also contemplated that the sun visor may have a snap in vanity system and rotating pin on a D-ring associated therewith. The visor body also may include a wire routing option to route a wire from the electrical system of a vehicle to a light bulb in a vanity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2015Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: David Lee Huff, Leslie Raymond Hinds, Bryan Wesley Busha, Donald Joseph Woodward
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Patent number: 9242416Abstract: An aerosol tire sealant and inflator assembly includes an aerosol bottle, a lid, an actuator, and a hose. The aerosol bottle has pressurized tire sealant and air housed therein. The lid has an actuator opening extending through the lid and a sloped locking lip extending from an inner wall. The locking lip includes a first portion and a second portion. The actuator is positioned within the actuator opening and rotatably coupled to the lid between a closed position and an open position. The actuator has a coupling and an actuator tab engaged with the first portion of the locking lip when the actuator is in the closed position and engaged with the second portion of the locking lip when the actuator is in the open position. The hose includes a coupling configured to couple to the actuator and a coupling configured to couple to a tire stem.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2014Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Ohm, Silas Veloz, C. Kwai Kong
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Publication number: 20150352928Abstract: A D-ring for use with a visor in a vehicle is disclosed. The D-ring includes a body and a pin arranged between two surfaces of the body. The D-ring also includes a leg extending from the body and a first and second arm extending from a side of the body wherein the arms are generally parallel to the leg. The D-ring also includes a first and second flange extending from the body substantially parallel to and in spaced relationship to the arms for receiving and holding a planar object between the flanges and the arms.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: John Carl Mingay, Steven Ernest deHagen
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Patent number: 9186962Abstract: A sliding sun visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The sun visor includes a first and second visor body shell. At least one of the shells having a retaining channel for engaging and retaining a floating carrier on a visor pivot rod. It is also contemplated that the sun visor may have a snap in vanity system and rotating pin on a D-ring associated therewith. The visor body also may include a wire routing option to route a wire from the electrical system of a vehicle to a light bulb in a vanity.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: David Lee Huff, Leslie Raymond Hinds, Bryan Wesley Busha, Donald Joseph Woodward, Robert Mayne, Jr.
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Patent number: 9126373Abstract: A tire puncture repair apparatus may include a handle, a puncture repair screw, and an integral neck between the handle and the puncture repair screw. The puncture repair screw may include a screw head, a cylindrical shaft extending from the screw head opposite the neck, a partially threaded and solid cone that uniformly narrows from the shaft to a tip opposite the shaft, and a conic-helical thread coiled about the cone between the tip and the shaft. The diameter of the shaft may be approximately equal to the diameter of the cone at the widest point of the cone. The thread on the cone may include an angled ridge and may be coiled around the cone from the intersection of the shaft and the cone to before tip of the cone.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: C. Kwai Kong, Patrick L. Ohm, Silas Veloz, Randy Lee
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Publication number: 20150224900Abstract: A bus seat for use in a bus comprises a frame and a seat back secured to a portion of the frame. The bus seat further comprises a seat cushion secured to another portion of the frame. The bus seat also comprises a removable two piece cover arranged over the seat back, wherein the cover pieces are secured to one another with a zipper. The zippered two piece seat back cover allows for easy installation, removal or replacement of any damaged or worn portions of the seat back trim cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Earl DeWayne Conn, Jeffrey Scott Graves
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Patent number: 9039092Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method of manufacture and a structure for an automobile seat cover that includes a seat cover body with an outer perimeter, a seat cover skirt with a first edge sewn with an overlock stitch to the seat cover body for a majority of the outer perimeter, and a second edge, distal from the first edge, comprising a tie element extending for a majority of the second edge around a seat opening in the seat cover. A portion of the seat cover skirt and the seat cover body corresponding to a location of at least one airbag installed in an automobile seat cover over which the seat cover is to be placed are sewn together with one of a straight stitch and a lock stitch instead of the overlock stitch. In some implementations, the thread used is a brightly colored string.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2012Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Ken Krankkala, C. Kwai Kong
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Patent number: 9032888Abstract: A bus seat for use in a bus comprises a frame and a seat back secured to a portion of the frame. The bus seat further comprises a seat cushion secured to another portion of the frame. The bus seat also comprises a removable two piece cover arranged over the seat back, wherein the cover pieces are secured to one another with a zipper. The zippered two piece seat back cover allows for easy installation, removal or replacement of any damaged or worn portions of the seat back trim cover.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2011Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Earl DeWayne Conn, Jeffrey Scott Graves
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Patent number: 9010856Abstract: An automobile bench seat cover having a bottom portion and a back portion is disclosed herein. The bottom portion is configured to cover three seat bottoms of a bench seat when removably coupled to the automobile bench seat. The back portion is coupled to the bottom portion and configured to cover three seatbacks of the bench seat when removably coupled to the bench seat. The bench seat cover also includes two slits extending from a top portion of the back portion toward the bottom portion. Each slit is adaptable between an open position that allows a seatbelt to fit through the slit and a closed position that closes the slit. One or more couplings, such as Velcro, are positioned adjacent each of the two slits and configured to close the respective slit.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Ken Krankkala, Danielle Peters, Joleen Jansen
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Publication number: 20150069803Abstract: An automobile bench seat cover having a bottom portion and a back portion is disclosed herein. The bottom portion is configured to cover three seat bottoms of a bench seat when removably coupled to the automobile bench seat. The back portion is coupled to the bottom portion and configured to cover three seatbacks of the bench seat when removably coupled to the bench seat. The bench seat cover also includes two slits extending from a top portion of the back portion toward the bottom portion. Each slit is adaptable between an open position that allows a seatbelt to fit through the slit and a closed position that closes the slit. One or more couplings, such as Velcro, are positioned adjacent each of the two slits and configured to close the respective slit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Ken Krankkala, Danielle Peters, Joleen Jansen
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Patent number: 8925594Abstract: The present disclosure describes a structure for a portable tire inflator that includes a triangular housing comprising a triangular face, a triangular back, two sides extending between the triangular face and the triangular back on first and second sides of the triangular face and back, and a support base on a third side of the triangular face and back extending between the triangular face and the triangular back, a pump motor within the housing. The inflator may be configured such that a majority of the total weight of the portable tire inflator is positioned between the middle of the triangular face and the base. The tire inflator may also include a reflective border on at least two of three edges of the triangular face and an air pressure indicator responsive to air pressure within the air hose, the air pressure indicator visible on an external surface of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2012Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Patrick L. Ohm, C. Kwai Kong, Alan Okamura
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Patent number: 8887769Abstract: The present disclosure describes a structure for a wall-mountable tire inflator that includes a housing having a variable pressure pump motor and rechargeable battery therein, a face, a backside opposite the face, four sides extending between the face and the backside, and an opening sized to receive a post of an air hose support tray. The backside of the housing may include at least one wall mounting element adapted to couple with a wall mount structure extending from a wall. The tire inflator may also include a coiled air hose extending from the housing, a light bar pivotally coupled to the housing. The detachable air hose support tray may include an annular channel on a side surrounding a raised central projection, a post extending radially from the support tray, and a wall mounting aperture extending through a portion of the support tray.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2012Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Patrick L. Ohm, Alan Okamura
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Patent number: 8882420Abstract: A tire puncture repair apparatus may include a handle, a puncture repair screw, and an integral neck between the handle and the puncture repair screw. The puncture repair screw may include a screw head, a cylindrical shaft extending from the screw head opposite the neck, a partially threaded and solid cone that uniformly narrows from the shaft to a tip opposite the shaft, and a conic-helical thread coiled about the cone between the tip and the shaft. The diameter of the shaft may be approximately equal to the diameter of the cone at the widest point of the cone. The thread on the cone may include an angled ridge and may be coiled around the cone from the intersection of the shaft and the cone to before tip of the cone.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: C. Kwai Kong, Patrick L. Ohm, Silas Veloz, Randy Lee
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Patent number: 8869870Abstract: A motor spring assembly for use in a sun shade assembly in a vehicle comprises a motor spring housing and a bracket integral with and extending from the housing. The assembly also comprises a cover arranged over one side of the housing and a motor spring arranged within the housing. The assembly further comprises a shaft in contact with the motor spring wherein the shaft rotates with respect to the housing. The assembly also includes a connector arranged over an end of the shaft. The motor spring assembly generally will be arranged and secured within a guide rail of a sun shade assembly thus allowing for a more robust and durable sun shade assembly within an automotive vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2010Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Joseph P. Wieczorek, David L. Huff
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Patent number: 8870259Abstract: A hybrid visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor includes an expanded polypropylene body and a partial clamshell engaging the body along a single longitudinal length of the body and along a single transverse length of the body. The visor also comprises a pivot rod arranged within the clamshell and a cover material arranged over the body and the clamshell. The hybrid visor provides a light weight, low cost recyclable visor that is capable of being designed into any number of configurations all while providing the same robustness and stiffness of heavier and more costly visors.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2008Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Joseph P. Wieczorek, Leslie R. Hinds
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Patent number: D724401Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Bell Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: C. Kwai Kong, Patrick L. Ohm, Silas Veloz, Randy Lee
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Patent number: D745422Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2014Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: WESTIN AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: Jeremy Lanini
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Patent number: D755094Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Westin Automotive Products, Inc.Inventor: Jeremy Lanini