Patents Examined by Joseph D. Pape
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Patent number: 11833892Abstract: A reinforcement assembly comprising a carrier including a connection means to connect to a panel, a rim portion for receiving an adhesive, the rim portion surrounding a central opening portion, and a plurality of apertures located in the rim portion, the apertures adapted for receiving the adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Zephyros, Inc.Inventor: Bill Barz
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Patent number: 11827084Abstract: A sun visor holder includes a base portion and leg portion. The leg portion includes a first wall portion and a second wall portion that are vertically disposed from the base portion and face each other. The first wall portion includes a first engaging piece provided with a release portion. The second wall portion includes a pair of second engaging pieces whose base end portions are connected to a tip end side of the second wall portion, and a vertical wall that is disposed between the pair of second engaging pieces and extends in a vertical direction of the second wall portion. Groove portions that extend in the vertical direction of the second wall portion and thin the second wall portion are formed on the second wall portion between each of the second engaging pieces and the vertical wall.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventors: Yukihiro Sotome, Hikaru Kiyota
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Patent number: 11820213Abstract: A foldable support structure for a soft high top of a pickup truck includes an installation base frame, a support frame, and a folding support rod. The installation base frame is fixedly connected with or integrally formed with a vehicle body. The support frame is hinged with the installation base frame. The folding support rod includes one end hinged with the support frame, and the other end fixedly connected with the installation base frame. The support frame of the foldable support structure for a soft high top of a pickup truck can be folded by the folding support rod, which occupies a small space.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: CHANGZHOU SUNWOOD INTERNATIONAL TRADING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hang Shi, Hongjuan Zheng
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Patent number: 11819463Abstract: A base floor part made of plastic or composite material for a replacement floor for enlarging a rear cargo space of a motor vehicle, such as a compact car or an off-road vehicle, on which a wheelchair can be stored, is described. The base floor part may be connected to the vehicle body. The base floor part may include a preformed marking at which a front end portion can be separated to enable coupling with an extension floor part.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: API CZ S.R.O.Inventors: Miroslav Bartos, Marek Huisl
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Patent number: 11819462Abstract: The embodiments described and claimed herein include an automated securement system that secures a wheeled mobility device for transit in a vehicle, and periodically re-secures the wheelchair to ensure proper securement despite shifting of the wheelchair during transit. The embodiments also include improvements to a compression-based wheeled mobility device securement system.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Valeda Company, LLCInventor: Edgardo Cardona
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Patent number: 11820275Abstract: A carrier platform with a suspension mechanism and suspension methods for supporting a vibration-sensitive load including humans and sensitive objects or cargo in a vehicle such as a terrestrial vehicle, a marine vehicle or aircraft. The suspension mechanism deploys a set of linkage elements for accommodating linear motion of the carrier platform in a vertical linear degree of freedom (Z-axis) and in two horizontal linear degrees of freedom (X- and Y-axes). The suspension mechanism uses springs attached to the carrier platform for biasing it along the vertical linear degree of freedom. The suspension mechanism also has an active damping device with a set of motors to dampen vibrations experienced by the carrier platform in at least one translational degree of freedom.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Inventors: Thomas J. Currier, Christopher A. Tacklind
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Patent number: 11821248Abstract: A fuel door opener assembly for a push type fuel door includes a pop-up part installed inside a housing and a locking part installed inside the housing. The pop-up part includes a plunger installed to be slidable inside the housing in a state of being elastically supported, a door catch connected to the fuel door, installed to pass through the housing, disposed coaxially with the plunger, brought into contact with an end portion of the plunger, and configured to pop up the fuel door, a cam being selectively restrained by the locking part and configured to restrain sliding of the door catch when restrained by the locking part, and a plunger spring configured to elastically support the plunger toward the door catch inside the housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, SAMBO A & T Co., Ltd., Southco Manufacturing & Technology (Shanghai) Co., Limited.Inventors: Seong-Muk Lee, Yeong-Bae Park, Joon-Ho Hong
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Patent number: 11814100Abstract: A structural support system for a vehicle having a longitudinal axis extending from a front of the vehicle to a rear of the vehicle includes a cradle configured to support an engine of the vehicle, a structural side rail assembly having first and second side rails, a first set of six cradle attachments coupling the cradle to the first side rail, and a second set of six cradle attachments coupling the cradle to the second side rail. A predetermined portion of the cradle attachments of both the first and second set of six cradle attachments are designed to intentionally detach during a frontal impact event to facilitate absorbing impact energy and reducing deceleration and passenger compartment intrusion.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: FCA US LLCInventors: Sunil Waghmare, Abhijeet Thorat, Homyoung Kim
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Patent number: 11813930Abstract: A door includes an inner wall, an outer wall, and a window assembly including a window. The inner wall is configured to engage with a cab of a vehicle. The outer wall is coupled to the inner wall and spaced apart from the inner wall to form an interior cavity. The door is configured to move between a closed position in which the inner wall is engaged with the cab and an open position in which the inner wall is separated from the cab. In the closed position, at least a portion of the interior cavity is configured to be disposed outboard from the cab in a lateral direction. The window is slidably engaged to the door and configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position. In the retracted position, the window is at least partially disposed in the portion of the interior cavity.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2023Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Dave McGraw, Andrew Drach, Paul Schmidt, Jeffrey Elliott, Jacob Beenen, Mohit Nagallapuram
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Patent number: 11814012Abstract: A moving console for a vehicle may include a housing being configured for linear sliding on a vehicle body; a moving duct mounted in the housing and being configured for linear sliding together with the housing; a connecting duct being configured for linear sliding relative to the leaner sliding of the moving duct and to supply air received from a fixed duct fixed to the vehicle body to the moving duct; and a locking device configured to lock or unlock the connecting duct at a position where an entrance of the connecting duct fluidically communicates with the fixed duct.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Gye Young Ahn, Kyoung Sik Kim
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Patent number: 11807307Abstract: A vehicle base structure includes a rear member having an attachment portion at which a trailing arm is attached, and a reinforcing member disposed to be overlaid on the rear member. The rear member and the reinforcing member configure at least a part of a reinforcing portion. The reinforcing portion has a tubular shape extending in the vehicle front-rear direction. In at least a part along the vehicle front-rear direction, a cross section of the reinforcing portion perpendicular to the vehicle front-rear direction is a closed cross-sectional shape.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Noriaki Matsuo, Tomohiro Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11807089Abstract: A clamp assembly for use with a tonneau cover assembly is provided. Illustratively, the clamp assembly may include a first clamp member, a second clamp member, a clamp fastener, and at least one shim. The second clamp member is located opposite the first clamp member to form a space located therebetween. The clamp fastener is extended through the space between the first clamp member and the second clamp member. The at least one shim is located in the space between the first clamp member and the second clamp member.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Leer GroupInventors: Eugene A. Dylewski, II, Tommy C. Brock
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Patent number: 11807081Abstract: A device for protecting a tire affixed to a vehicle. The tire guard device includes an interlocking U-shaped guard member that forms a housing with an interior volume when connected with a second U-shaped guard member. Each guard member includes a sidewall and an open end with an exposed interface edge disposed along the sidewall, wherein the interface edges overlap to secure to enclose around the tire. An upper edge of the sidewall includes a lip that protrudes outward from the interior volume to prevent mice and other pests from accessing the tire. The sidewall includes a cutaway region on an interior side that can receive an axle extending from the tire. The cutaway region is sizable to the vehicle and allows for coverage of various vehicle and tire/wheel makes and models.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Inventor: Davy Russ Bingman
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Patent number: 11807152Abstract: A work area is provided and includes a substantially horizontal work surface that can be translocated between a first location and a second location. The work area includes one or more tracks along which the work area can be moved between a first and a second location and the work surface remains slidably connected and substantially horizontal during translocation between a first location and second location. The first location may include a floor above which the work surface is situated when the work area is located in the first location and the second location may include a base above which the work surface is situated when it is in the second location. The floor and the base are not level with each other and when the work surface is located in the first location, its height above the floor is substantially the same as its height above the base when it is in the second location.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: SylvanSport, LLCInventors: Gregory Kyle Mundt, Thomas Dempsey, Thomas Reeder
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Patent number: 11801780Abstract: Embodiments related to active vibration isolation systems for a vehicle seat, as well as their methods of use, are disclosed. In some embodiments, an active suspension system may be configured to support a seat above a floor of a vehicle. The active suspension system may include two or more actuators that may be operated cooperatively to control both the roll and heave of the vehicle seat. In some instances, these actuators may also be non-back-drivable actuators. Additionally, in some embodiments, an active suspension system may include one or more torsion springs that apply torques in parallel with associated actuators of the active suspension system to support at least a portion of the loads applied to the active suspension system during operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: ClearMotion Acquisition I LLCInventors: Clive Tucker, Ross J. Wendell, Thomas James Cashman, Jr.
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Patent number: 11801736Abstract: Disclosed is door visor mounted on a vehicle having a door without an upper frame, the door visor including a body portion which includes: a molding portion mounted on a vehicle body of the vehicle; and a visor portion connected to the molding portion and covering a portion of an upper portion of a door window in a state of being spaced apart from the door window based on a state where the door of the vehicle is closed and the door window of the door is closed.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: AUTOCLOVER CO., LTD.Inventor: Kwan Min Lee
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Patent number: 11801786Abstract: A bunkhouse trailer is provided that includes a plurality of bunk bed assemblies. The trailer has a plurality of interior barrier walls defining isolated living spaces between the lower and upper beds in each of the bunk bed assemblies. The individual accommodations for each user eliminates shared spaces where surface contamination may lead to disease transmission. In some embodiments, the air handling within each individual accommodation is configured to reduce the risk of cross-contamination between users.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: JAG MOBILE SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventor: William L Gibson
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Patent number: 11794559Abstract: A sun visor assembly includes a visor having a recess, a first clip portion, and a second clip portion configured to be integrally mounted in the recess of the visor. The second clip portion is configured for connection to the first clip portion to allow the first clip portion to undergo pivotal movement relative to the second clip portion between open and closed states of the first clip portion. The first and second clip portions together form a cavity for securely accommodating and releasable holding an item in the closed state of the first clip portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Inventor: John Peterson
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Patent number: 11794818Abstract: A cowl cover apparatus includes a cowl cover that covers a cowl portion, a vertical wall body detachably attached to the cowl cover and being positioned while rising with respect to the cowl cover in a state of being attached thereto. The vertical wall body includes an insertion portion in an end portion in a vehicle width direction. The cowl cover includes a regulation portion into which the insertion portion is partly inserted in the vehicle width direction. The insertion portion is formed to be elastically deformable in the vehicle width direction due to a reaction force from the cowl cover against a load onto the vertical wall body in a predetermined direction intersecting the vehicle width direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.Inventor: Masanori Hirano
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Patent number: 11795736Abstract: A vehicle door structure includes: a door having a door body defining a closed section with a door inner panel and a door outer panel; an engaging member configured to hold the door in a closed and stopped state by engaging with an engaged member; and a load transmitting member configured to, when a load in a direction perpendicular to a design surface on a vehicle cabin outer side of the door outer panel is input, transmit the load toward a base end side of the engaging member and apply a load to the base end side of the engaging member in an engagement direction of the engaging member with the engaged member.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takahiro Suzaki