Patents Examined by Dennis H. Pedder
  • Patent number: 11787349
    Abstract: Roof structure (1) for a vehicle, wherein the roof structure (1) comprises a roof sky (2), wherein the roof sky comprises a foam or sandwich layer (3) and a surface layer (4) covering the foam or sandwich layer preferably to a vehicle interior and wherein a microphone unit (5) is arranged at the foam or sandwich layer (3), the microphone unit (5) comprises at least one mounting means (6), the foam or sandwich layer (3) comprises at least one recess (7) to receive the at least one mounting means (6) and the mounting means (6) of the microphone unit (5) in a mounted condition of the microphone unit (5) is arranged in the at least one recess (7) thereby holding the microphone unit (5) at the foam or sandwich layer (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: PEIKER acustic GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Hintz, Giovanni Monteleone, Marcus Normann
  • Patent number: 11787484
    Abstract: A hybrid structural assembly includes a vehicle structural member extending from a first end to a second end, and a composite reinforcement member attached to the vehicle structural member between the first and second ends of the vehicle structural member. The composite reinforcement member being formed by a continuous method and cut to a predetermined length extending from the first end to the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rohit Telukunta, Steven Frank, Leonard Anthony Shaner, Dragan B. Stojkovic, Sankarsh Kanth Aekbote Vishnukanth
  • Patent number: 11780390
    Abstract: A bumper for vehicle may include an injection-molded bumper cover; and a reinforcing structure provided in a linear shape with fiber reinforced composite material and coupled by direct fitting onto a rear surface of the bumper cover to reinforce a rear side of the bumper cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Seoyon E-Hwa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-han Shin, Sung-noh Lee, Dong Eun Cha, Ki Hong Lee, Dae Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11780525
    Abstract: A saddle ride type vehicle including a movable windscreen structure capable of improving operability at low cost. A shaft is supported by a fixing member so as to be vertically movable, the shaft passes through a lower upright portion of a screen attachment member provided on the outer side in the vehicle width direction of the fixing member, and an operation unit is slidably provided at the end portion of the shaft. The operation unit includes a grip portion gripped when being slid and a flange portion disposed inside in the vehicle width direction of the grip portion, the grip portion includes an outer grip portion disposed outside in the vehicle width direction and an inner grip portion disposed inside in the vehicle width direction of the outer grip portion, and the flange portion is formed to have a larger diameter than the inner grip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Puntawee Poonsawat, Pongsanat Yingyongdamronggun, Shinichiro Ishida
  • Patent number: 11780376
    Abstract: The vehicular sanitary product dispenser comprises a storage structure, a compartment, and a vehicle. The vehicle further comprises a headliner. The compartment is formed in the headliner. The storage structure rotates into and out of the compartment. The storage structure forms a console used to store, dispense, and distribute personal protective products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventor: Kate Russell
  • Patent number: 11780286
    Abstract: To improve a view of a side area from a cabin, the cabin mounted on a machine body includes a hollow rear pillar located on a rear portion of a side surface of the cabin. The rear pillar includes an interior opening through which an interior of the rear pillar is communicated with an interior of the cabin, and an exterior opening through which the interior of the rear pillar is communicated with an exterior of the cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Yasunobe
  • Patent number: 11780505
    Abstract: A hybrid structural assembly for a motor vehicle includes a casting and a structural inlay. The casting includes a plurality of structural components joined together in a casting process to form structural load paths and extending in a plurality of directions in a 3D space. The casting includes a cast-allowable alloy material. The structural inlay is secured to at least one of the structural components. The structural inlay includes a material having at least one of a higher ductility and a higher toughness than the cast-allowable alloy material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Jamil M. Alwan, Djamal Eddine Midoun, Nathan Kristofor Tardif, Sudip Sankar Bhattacharjee, Petros Frantzeskakis
  • Patent number: 11780357
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle cup holder allowing wireless charging. A vehicle cup holder allowing wireless charging according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a housing having an accommodation space for accommodating objects, including a portable telephone; a support unit coupled to the housing by means of a rotational shaft to allow rotation in the accommodation space, and comprising a wireless transmission module for wirelessly charging the battery of a portable telephone; a sensing unit for sensing input signals from a user or the proximity of a portable telephone; and a driving unit for providing driving power to the rotational shaft so as to allow the position of the support unit to be changed, on the basis of a signal sensed by the sensing unit, to a charging position in which the portable telephone can be charged, or to a standby position in which an object can be accommodated in the accommodation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Amosense Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chol Han Kim, Bo Hyeon Han, Bong Sik Woo, Bae Geun Lee
  • Patent number: 11780379
    Abstract: A vehicle add-on part for integrating a camera module includes a cover, which consists at least partially of a transparent thermoplastic material, a carrier part for a camera module, and a camera module having at least one camera lens. The transparent thermoplastic material of the cover has, on the inner side, a local thickening and/or a local thinning, and the camera module is held in the carrier part such that the at least one camera lens of the camera module is arranged directly opposite the thickening and/or the thinning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Luc-Henry Blanche, Laurent Friocourt, Marcus Guldan, Clément Mosnier
  • Patent number: 11772706
    Abstract: In various aspects, the present disclosure provides a component. The vehicle component includes a polymer matrix, a plurality of fibers in the polymer matrix, and a heating element embedded in the polymer matrix. The heating element may be (i) a discrete heating element, (ii) at least a portion of the plurality of fibers, or both (i) and (ii). The heating element is configured to be coupled to an external circuit to generate heat. In one aspect, the vehicle component is a vehicle header including an elongated body extending between a first side and a second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Bradley Allen Newcomb, Xiaosong Huang, Julien P. Mourou
  • Patent number: 11772472
    Abstract: A vehicle battery protection structure includes a vehicle frame member, a first duct, and a second duct. The vehicle frame member is disposed in a region including a battery. The vehicle frame member has a through hole. The battery is mountable on a vehicle. The first duct is disposed on an outside of the battery at a location oriented toward an outside of the vehicle. The second duct is inserted through the through hole of the vehicle frame member. The second duct is disposed to overlap the first duct in a vertical direction of the first duct on the outside of the battery at the location oriented toward the outside of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hara, Yutaka Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11772465
    Abstract: A sunshade system of vehicle roof includes a sunshade formed from a fabric material including a plurality of pleats arranged across a lateral sunshade width and extending along a sunshade length. At least one sunshade guide extends along a length of the sunshade and retains a lateral width edge of the fabric material, and guides the sunshade along a path between a stowed position and an extended position. The sunshade has a variable sunshade width along the sunshade length in the extended position by expansion and relaxation of the plurality of pleats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Lopez de Salvi, Keith E. Diven
  • Patent number: 11772471
    Abstract: An open roof construction for a vehicle comprises a panel for a roof opening and a wind deflector assembly positioned at the front edge of the roof opening. The wind deflector assembly is provided with a substantially rigid upper frame member extending at least along the front edge. A flexible member connects with an upper edge to said upper frame member and with a lower edge to a stationary part. The upper frame member is movable by an operating mechanism between a lower, inactive position and at least two upper, active positions. Tensioning members keep the flexible member taut over in all active positions, and is provided with a substantially rigid, elongate lower frame member at its lower edge. The lower frame member connects to the stationary part through the tensioning members having a maximum tension force which is substantially lower than a maximum operating force of the operating mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: INALFA ROOF SYSTEMS GROUP B.V.
    Inventor: Matheus Simon Wilhelmus Ruiter
  • Patent number: 11772466
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a roof opening, a front window that is located forward from the roof opening, and a rear window that is located rearward from the roof opening. The vehicle also includes a first panel and a second panel. The first panel and the second panel obstruct the roof opening in a closed position and are movable to an open position in which the first panel is positioned adjacent to an exterior surface of the front window and the second panel is positioned adjacent to an exterior surface of the rear window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Philipp J. Wolf, John Raff, Donald R. Monroe, Samuel G. Fowle, Antonio B. Martinez, Albert J. Golko, Ali Tavakoli Targhi, David J. Donohue, David E. Kingman, Ibuki Kamei, Christopher L. Porritt
  • Patent number: 11772709
    Abstract: A vehicle body includes a plurality of shock absorber housings, each shock absorber housing adapted to cover and support a respective shock absorber connected to a respective wheel of a vehicle, wherein each of the shock absorber housings includes a projection projecting upwards from a lower end of the shock absorber housing with an internal space therein, wherein the lower end of the shock absorber housing or the projection is coupled to the shock absorber such that the shock absorber is disposed in the internal space in the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Chul Hee Heo, Tae Gyu Park, Ho Yeon Kim, Sun Hyung Cho, Seok Ju Gim, Ji Ae Yong
  • Patent number: 11772467
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a precipitation sensor detecting weather-related precipitation. An actuator moves a movable overhead covering between a covered position and an uncovered position. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the precipitation sensor and to the actuator. The electronic processor responds to the precipitation sensor detecting weather-related precipitation by automatically causing the actuator to move the movable overhead covering from the uncovered position to the covered position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
    Inventors: Edo Omanovic, Katherine Freund
  • Patent number: 11772552
    Abstract: A vehicle interior lighting assembly includes a roof structure, a headliner and a light source. The roof structure has a lower surface portion located inboard of the outer periphery. The headliner is supported to the outer periphery of vehicle roof structure. The headliner has a central opening defined by an inner edge portion of the headliner. The opening exposes a portion of the roof structure. The inner edge portion of the headliner is spaced apart from the lower surface portion of the vehicle roof structure such that a gap is defined between the vehicle roof structure and inner edge portion of the headliner. The light source is installed to the lower surface portion of the vehicle roof structure such that when the light source is illuminated, light is emitted through the gap between the vehicle roof structure and inner edge portion of the headliner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Young, Nelson Phan
  • Patent number: 11772710
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented herein for providing a reinforcement structure to reduce a Head Impact Criteria value associated with an object impacting a hood assembly that comprises the reinforcement structure. The reinforcement structure is arranged between an outer hood structure and an inner hood structure. The reinforcements structure comprises a main reinforcement and a reinforcement extension configured to extend laterally away from the main reinforcement. The reinforcement extension comprises a rib structure configured to accommodate an upper profile of a rigid front fascia feature and a rear flange configured to extend rearward over the rigid front fascia feature. The reinforcement extension is structured to be stiff enough to deform in a manner that reduces the amount of time an impacting structure reaches a peak acceleration value while also reducing the achievable peak acceleration value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Alfonso Marquez Lopez, Jerry Faber, Vamsi Charan Pulugurtha
  • Patent number: 11772704
    Abstract: A front vehicle body structure includes a front mounting bracket and a front side upper member that is connected to the front mounting bracket. The front side upper member includes an upper member upper surface that is inclined upward and rearward of the vehicle body. A front flange is formed downward from the upper member upper surface and is connected to the front mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Eonpyo Kim
  • Patent number: 11772457
    Abstract: A cowl grille comprises a member portion which extends in a vehicle width direction below a front windshield so as to receive water dripping from the front windshield, a cover portion which is positioned in front of a member portion and covers over an auxiliary equipment, a partition portion which extends downwardly from the cover portion and partitions a space where an engine is arranged from another space where the auxiliary equipment is arranged, and a cowl seal which extends in the vehicle width direction and contacts a bonnet so as to seal between a vehicle outside space and an engine room. The cowl seal is positioned at a front part of the member portion, and the cover portion is made of a plate member and provided to perform heat insulating between a space positioned above the cover portion and another space positioned below the cover portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hosei Mogi, Atsushi Nakamura, Hidekazu Morikawa