Patents Examined by Dennis H. Pedder
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Patent number: 11884240Abstract: A system for using an electrostatic force to cause an object to adhere to a surface of a vehicle can include an electrode and a device. The electrode can be configured to be disposed within a structure of the vehicle. The structure can define the surface. A shape of the electrode can define a shape of a region of the surface. The device can be configured to connect the electrode to a voltage source so that, at a time at which the electrode is connected to the voltage source, an electric charge is produced on the electrode to produce the electrostatic force capable of causing the object to adhere to the surface. For example, the surface can include a dashboard, a dashboard vent frame, a sunglasses holder cover, or the like. For example, the object can include a mobile device, a cup, a pair of sunglasses, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Ryohei Tsuruta, Shailesh N. Joshi, Umesh N. Gandhi
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Patent number: 11884185Abstract: A vehicle seat having fewer components and having a pitching mechanism advantageous for strength/rigidity is provided. The vehicle seat includes: a base frame mounted in a vehicle compartment; a cushion frame pin-connected to a first connecting point of the base frame to be capable of a forward leaning operation; a back frame disposed to be capable of a reclining operation with respect to the cushion frame; a front link swingably pin-connected at a proximal end side thereof with a second connecting point of the base frame and slidably connected at a distal end side thereof with the cushion frame; a lock unit for locking the cushion frame to the base frame at a seated position and regulating a pitching operation of the main frame; and a release member for releasing a locked state.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.Inventors: Masakazu Takeda, Keita Myochin, Naoki Toda
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Patent number: 11878739Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle body panel including a main body made of plastic material and sized to be bonded to a motor vehicle structure, and a bead of glue arranged to receive a second bead of glue, the bead of glue being made of a more flexible material than that forming the main body.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM SEInventor: Marcel Boksbeld
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Patent number: 11878734Abstract: A roof assembly for a work vehicle includes a grab rail and a grab rail support coupled to the grab rail. The grab rail support is configured to couple to a roof structure of the roof assembly, the grab rail support is configured to support the grab rail on the roof structure, the grab rail support has a hollow passage configured to facilitate passage of a wire, and the grab rail support has an inlet to the hollow passage configured to be positioned at an interior of the roof structure to enable the wire to extend from the interior of the roof structure into the hollow passage.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: David Sheldon Booth, John Torin Piper, Michael J. Braun, Thomas Michael Curley, Aaron Francis Onken, David Larry Tveito, Abhishek Shende
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Patent number: 11879230Abstract: A cab includes: a pillar member; a beam member; and a rib member. The pillar member extends in an up-down direction. The beam member extends in a left-right direction. The beam member is connected to an upper end of the pillar member. The rib member is provided at a corner portion where the pillar member and the beam member intersect with each other. The rib member is connected to the pillar member and the beam member. The rib member is embedded in at least one of the pillar member and the beam member.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Masayoshi Nomoto, Makoto Sasaki, Hiroaki Tanaka, Takeshi Ikeda
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Patent number: 11873028Abstract: An embodiment front vehicle body structure includes a fender apron upper member, a front side member coupled to a front portion of the fender apron upper member, and a front pillar unit coupled to a rear portion of the front side member and a rear portion of the fender apron upper member, the front pillar unit including an aluminum material.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Byeongdo An
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Patent number: 11873030Abstract: An underbody for a vehicle may arrange and couple a plurality of assemblies forming the underbody in a vertically laminating structure. The underbody includes a panel assembly configured to form a floor of a vehicle interior; an upper member assembly configured to be laminated on and coupled to an upper side of the panel assembly; and a lower member assembly configured to be laminated on and coupled to a lower side of the panel assembly and coupled to a side portion of the panel assembly and a side portion of the upper member assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Sung Don Pyun
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Patent number: 11872940Abstract: This disclosure details vehicle static body structure mounted side view mirror assemblies. The exemplary side view mirror assemblies may include features for supporting vehicle off-roading, such as a pivoting and telescoping mirror section, a wind wing, lighting features, snorkel features, and/or accessory mounts, etc. The exemplary side view mirror assemblies may also include features for supporting improved vehicle security, such as mirror mounted radar sensors capable of establishing a security protection zone about the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Jeffrey Robert Seaman, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Annette Lynn Huebner
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Patent number: 11872877Abstract: A fuel lid opener-has: a heart cam mechanism that is structured so as to, each time a lifter is push-operated via a fuel lid, cause the lifter to alternately repeat advancing-out and withdrawing, and so as to push the fuel lid open due to advancing-out of the lifter; and a locking mechanism-that can restrict operation of the heart cam mechanism. At the locking mechanism, a time when a stopper is moved by operation of a motor, and the aforementioned restricting is released, the aforementioned stopper engages with the heart cam mechanism and operates the heart cam mechanism. Due thereto, the lifter advances-out, and the fuel lid is pushed open.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihisa Tani, Ken Toriyama, Akinori Sasaki
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Patent number: 11872871Abstract: A belt molding which is capable of easily and stably suppressing the generation of abnormal noise when coming into sliding contact with a window pane. Each of belt moldings is configured to be mounted along a lower edge of a window opening of a vehicle door and come into sliding contact with the window pane which is raised and lowered in the window opening. Each of the belt moldings includes body portions configured to be mounted to door panels of the vehicle door and sealing portions configured to be in elastic contact with the window pane. The sealing portions includes contact portions at the portions configured to be in contact with the window pane, respectively. The contact portions have fiber layers formed by attaching numerous fibers, respectively. Attached density of fibers in the fiber layers is 100 to 600 fibers/mm2.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: TOKAI KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventor: Yosuke Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11872961Abstract: A collapsible trunk for use with a vehicle having a wheel well. The trunk comprises a base wall and a side wall pivotally connected thereto. The side wall extends from the base wall and terminates at an upper edge. The side wall and base wall collectively define a storage cavity. The base wall and the side wall each have an expandable portion conformable to the wheel well in response to placement of the base wall and the side wall over the wheel well. The trunk is selectively transitional between a collapsed configuration and a deployed configuration. In the collapsed configuration, the base panels overlap each other, and in the deployed configuration, the plurality of base panels are co-planar to each other. The upper edge of the side wall moves away from the base wall as the trunk transitions from the collapsed configuration toward the deployed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Inventor: Nicholas J. Singer
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Patent number: 11866908Abstract: A working machine includes a load transmitting member including: an upper pillar part; an intermediate part extending to circumvent a window from a position above a lower corner of a window edge of the window and outer than the lower corner in a wall width direction to a position below the lower corner and inner than the lower corner in the wall width direction; and a beam part extending so as to be farther away from a wall side edge under the window. The upper pillar part, the intermediate part, and the beam part are continuous in this order so that a load applied to an upper portion of a cabin is transmitted to an upper frame. At least the intermediate part of the load transmitting member is made of a single member.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Keiji Yamamoto, Takuzo Shimoi, Shinnosuke Matsushima
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Patent number: 11866099Abstract: A refuse body adapter includes a sub-frame assembly, a sub-frame adapter, and a spacer. The sub-frame assembly is configured to be coupled to a cargo body. The sub-frame adapter is configured to be coupled to a chassis of a vehicle. The spacer is coupled to both the sub-frame assembly and the sub-frame adapter. The spacer is disposed in a gap formed between the sub-frame assembly and the sub-frame adapter. A thickness of the spacer may be adjusted to accommodate different gap sizes between the sub-frame assembly and the sub-frame adapter.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Leslie Schwartz, Robert Ryan, Matthew Deinema, John Kellander, Emily Davis, Rob Messina
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Patent number: 11866098Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes: a front pillar joined to a dash panel; a front side member extending from the dash panel toward the front of a vehicle; a side sill connected to a bottom end of the front pillar; a rear lower member connecting a rear portion of the front side member and a front portion of the side sill; and a connection member connecting at least two of the front pillar, the side sill, and the rear lower member. The connection member is integrally connected to the front pillar, the side sill, or the rear lower member to form a unitary one piece structure therewith.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2023Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Deok Hwa Hong, Hee Seouk Chung, Hyun Sik Kim, Byeong Cheon Lee
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Patent number: 11865905Abstract: A vehicle removable roof system including a roof support structure removably attachable to a vehicle, the roof support structure including a plurality of vertically oriented supports and at least one horizontally oriented support. The at least one removable panel configured to engage with the roof support structure. The vehicle removable roof system formed of a light weight sandwich composite structure that affords a high gloss surface without resort to additional processing after production with improved moisture resistance and edges suitable for sealing the removable roof assembly to other vehicle components.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Teijin Automotive Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Durham, Yuhei Konagai, Yagi Yutaka, Matthew Plauman, Evan Freeman-Gibb, Hugh Foran
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Patent number: 11865903Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a ramp, a sliding door that when open allows the ramp to be deployed from the vehicle, and an anti-rattle device to prevent or reduce rattling of the ramp against the door or other components of the vehicle when the ramp is in a stowed position. The anti-rattle device includes an arm pivotable relative to the door and a roller rotatably coupled to the arm, spaced apart from the door, and configured to contact the ramp.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: The Braun CorporationInventors: Robert E. Bettcher, III, Kenneth Edward Peterson
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Patent number: 11858553Abstract: A rear vehicle body structure includes two opposite rear side members to which wheelhouse panels are respectively coupled and spring seats positioned respectively at lower sides of the two opposite rear side members.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Byeongdo An, Mun Soo Cha
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Patent number: 11858417Abstract: A sun visor according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a magnetic switch, and a vanity including a light. The light is configured to turn on and off when the magnetic switch is activated and deactivated. The sun visor further includes a vanity cover moveable between an open position and a closed position. Further, movement of the vanity cover relative to the vanity is configured to activate and deactivate the magnetic switch.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Daimay North America Automotive, Inc.Inventors: Yintai Jiang, Jianhua Wang
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Patent number: 11858558Abstract: A body frame and a vehicle having the same are provided. The body frame includes: a transverse beam, provided with a transverse sliding groove; a longitudinal beam, connected with the transverse beam and provided with a longitudinal sliding groove; and a joint, disposed at a junction of the transverse beam and the longitudinal beam and mounted to the transverse beam by a transverse rivet and to the longitudinal beam by a longitudinal rivet. The transverse rivet is slidably mated with the transverse sliding groove, and the longitudinal rivet is slidably mated with the longitudinal sliding groove.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Wang Peng, Fengshou Huang, Zhiqiang Wang, Zhen Chen
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Patent number: 11858325Abstract: A collapsible deflector member of a sunroof device including a front portion on the front side of an opening and corner portions extending rearward from the front portion, respectively, a lower edge fixed to a lower edge of the deflector and attached to a fore part of a frame structure, an upper edge supporting an upper edge of the deflector, and arms end connected to one of longitudinal ends of the upper edge in a manner that allows the arm end to move. Upper edges of the front portion and the corner portions of the deflector include a bag-shaped fitting portion fitted onto the upper edge, and in the arm, an arc-shaped portion inserted into the corner portion of the deflector is formed at the arm end, and a connecting portion positioned on an end side of the arc-shaped portion and connected to an end of the upper edge.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: WEBASTO SEInventors: Koji Sawahata, Takeshi Mizoguchi, Masaya Kobatake, Shigeru Ueki