Patents by Inventor Dragan B. Stojkovic

Dragan B. Stojkovic has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • VEHICLE FRONT TRUNK ACCESS
    Publication number: 20200130586
    Abstract: A vehicle having front body structure including a grille opening adjacent to a front trunk. A hood is pivotally mounted to the structure over the front trunk. A grille is mounted to the body structure or the hood via a horizontal hinge, the grille pivotable from a closed position in the grille opening to an open position extending from the body structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Colleen Marie Hoffman, Dennis P. Laakso, Dragan B. Stojkovic
  • Roof rack mount for a vehicle having a removable roof
    Patent number: 10632825
    Abstract: A vehicle including a passenger compartment having a roof support framework including a pair of roof rails, a header and at least one roof bow. A roof including several rigid removable roof panels is removably assembled to the roof support framework. Pins are removably assembled to the roof rails or to brackets attached to the roof rails that extend through the roof panels. A roof rack or cargo carrier is removably attached to upper ends of the pins and is spaced above the roof panels. A method of assembling a roof rack to a vehicle is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dragan B. Stojkovic, Colleen Marie Hoffman, Jack Marchlewski, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Ronald M. Lovasz, Mathias A. Huber
  • PICKUP TRUCK WITH BATTERY COOLING PACK AND CUSTOMIZABLE STORAGE SPACE IN BOX SIDE
    Publication number: 20200114826
    Abstract: A pickup truck includes a box side inner panel, a box side outer panel, a first compartment defined between the box side inner panel and the box side outer panel and a battery cooling pack held in the first compartment. A storage space customization feature may also be provided in the first compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Dragan B. Stojkovic, Colleen Marie Hoffman, Jack Marchlewski
  • Headboard winch mount
    Patent number: 10603966
    Abstract: A bed for a pickup truck includes a floor, at least two sidewalls extending perpendicular to the floor on opposite sides of the floor, a headboard connected to and disposed between the sidewalls, a mount and a plate. The mount has a base including a face defining a plurality of holes, extending across the headboard. The mount is attached to the at least two sidewalls at a first and second end of the base. The plate is configured to support a winch on the base of the mount. The plate includes a bracket to slide on the face and is configured to secure the plate at any of the plurality of holes on the face between the first and second ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dragan B. Stojkovic, Joshua R. Hemphill, Jack Marchlewski
  • Lockable roof accessory mounting interface
    Patent number: 10589692
    Abstract: A disclosed accessory mount for a vehicle includes a housing with openings, at least one bearing, a lock cylinder movable within the housing and holding the at least one bearing in a locked position extending through the openings and a released position where the at least one bearing is not held within the openings, and a mount including a groove receiving the at least one bearing in the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jack Marchlewski, Dragan B. Stojkovic, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Robert Reiners, Jeffrey Gray
  • Tailgate tie down systems
    Patent number: 10576867
    Abstract: A tailgate tie down system includes a first plate assembly and a second plate assembly. A strap is connected between each of the first plate assembly and the second plate assembly. In an exemplary method, the strap can be routed through at least one accessory tool before securing the first plate assembly and the second plate assembly within tailgate latch openings. Once the plate assemblies are locked within the latch openings, the accessory tool is also locked relative to the tailgate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Reiners, Jack Marchlewski, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Jeffrey Gray, Dragan B. Stojkovic
  • Roof frame bracket assembly
    Patent number: 10577023
    Abstract: A roof frame includes a roof rail having a bottom, a bracket assembly, and a pillar. The bracket assembly includes a bracket inner and a bracket outer fixed to each other. The bracket inner and the bracket outer fixed to the bottom of the roof rail. The pillar includes a pillar inner fixed to the bracket inner and a pillar outer fixed to the bracket outer. The pillar inner and the pillar outer fixed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dragan B. Stojkovic, Jack Marchlewski
  • Removable seatbelt post for a vehicle having a removable roof
    Patent number: 10562485
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a body, a removable roof, and a removable seatbelt post. The body has a pillar that includes a pillar receptacle. The removable roof has a roof pillar adapted to be received within the pillar receptacle and removably fastened to the pillar in a first configuration. The removable seatbelt post includes a first portion having a seatbelt ring. The removable seatbelt post further includes a second portion adapted to be received within the pillar receptacle and removably fastened to the pillar in a second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dragan B. Stojkovic, Stephen Thomas Kozak
  • Vehicle tailgate system
    Patent number: 10538207
    Abstract: A vehicle tailgate includes an internal panel, a pair of side panels, and a tie-down bracket. The internal panel extends between the pair of side panels. The pair of side panels are rotatably secured to a cargo bed. The tie-down bracket is secured to an exterior of the internal panel. The tie-down bracket defines first and second C-channels that extend in a direction from a first to a second of the side panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dragan B. Stojkovic, Jack Marchlewski, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Stephen William Gallagher, Colleen Marie Hoffman
  • Pick-up truck winch apparatus
    Patent number: 10525863
    Abstract: A winch is mounted in a pick-up truck bed having a floor, sidewalls, and a front wall. The sidewalls each include at least one receptacle that are each adapted to receive a connector. A frame includes a beam that is held spaced from the floor and extends in a transverse direction across the truck bed. The beam may be arcuate or straight and is connected to right and left connectors on right and left ends of the beam. The connectors may be connected directly to the receptacles or may be connected through right and left rails to the receptacles. The winch is attached to a winch mounting plate provided on the beam and is used to facilitate loading and unloading objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jack Marchlewski, Vincent Anthony Chimento, Dragan B. Stojkovic, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Robert Reiners
  • Vehicle tailgate
    Patent number: 10526023
    Abstract: A tailgate includes an internal panel, external panel, upper panel, lower panel, latching mechanism, and access panel. The internal and external panels are each secured to the upper and lower panels. A cavity is defined between the upper, lower, internal, and external panels. The latching mechanism is disposed within the cavity and is linked to a handle located on the external panel. The access panel is secured and extends adjacent to the internal panel beyond the upper panel. The cavity is exposed when the access panel is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jack Marchlewski, Joshua R. Hemphill, Robert Reiners, Dragan B. Stojkovic
  • Pick-up truck bed with rope tie-down cleats and method of manufacturing tie-down cleats
    Patent number: 10518692
    Abstract: A tie-down assembly for a pick-up truck bed that includes a cleat including a base having first and second feet defining first and second fastener receiving holes, a body portion extending from an outer side of the feet, and first and second arms extending from the body portion that are spaced from the feet and define tie-down holes. Fasteners inserted into the first and second fastener holes secure the cleat to the pick-up truck bed. A method of making a tie-down cleat for a pick-up truck bed by extruding an elongated bar having a pair of feet portions connected by a body portion to a pair of arm portions. The elongated bar is cut into a plurality of planar cleat blanks and the cleat blanks are drilled to form fastener holes in the feet portions and tie-down holes in the arm portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dragan B. Stojkovic, Joshua R. Hemphill
  • Vehicle Roof Joint Assembly
    Publication number: 20190366819
    Abstract: A vehicle assembly including a vehicle body and a roof assembly is provided. The vehicle body may include a mid-pillar having a receiving region. The roof assembly may include a mid-pillar segment having an attachment end. The receiving region may be defined by a cutout having a base portion spaced from an adjacent vehicle body surface. The attachment end may be sized for disposal within the cutout for one or more fasteners to removably secure the mid-pillar segment to the mid-pillar. The receiving region and the attachment end may be arranged with one another such that the roof assembly is removably attachable adjacent a belt line of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dragan B. Stojkovic, Stephen Thomas Kozak, Edward Andrew Pleet, Colleen Marie Hoffman
  • Tailgate work surface
    Patent number: 10494036
    Abstract: A tailgate cover assembly may include a first panel having a beaded side and a flat side, and a first ledge extending from one end of the first panel, and a second panel having a beaded side and a flat side, and a second ledge extending from an end proximate to the first panel, the second ledge configured to overlap the first ledge to attach the first panel to the second panel wherein the flat side of the first panel aligns with the flat side of the second panel to form a tailgate cover having a beaded side and a flat side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Robert Hemphill, Jack Marchlewski, Robert Reiners, Dragan B. Stojkovic, Colleen Marie Hoffman
  • ROOF FRAME BRACKET ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190344832
    Abstract: A roof frame includes a roof rail having a bottom, a bracket assembly, and a pillar. The bracket assembly includes a bracket inner and a bracket outer fixed to each other. The bracket inner and the bracket outer fixed to the bottom of the roof rail. The pillar includes a pillar inner fixed to the bracket inner and a pillar outer fixed to the bracket outer. The pillar inner and the pillar outer fixed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: DRAGAN B. STOJKOVIC, JACK MARCHLEWSKI
  • Vehicle tailgate system
    Patent number: 10471901
    Abstract: A vehicle tailgate includes an internal panel, an upper panel, a lower panel, a pair of side panels, and a tie-down bracket. The internal panel extends from the upper panel to the lower panel and between the pair of side panels. The pair of side panels are rotatably secured to a cargo bed. The tie-down bracket is secured to an exterior of one of the side panels. The tie-down bracket defines a C-channel that extends along the exterior of one of the side panels from the upper panel toward the lower panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dragan B. Stojkovic, Jack Marchlewski, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Stephen William Gallagher, Colleen Marie Hoffman
  • POWER TAILGATE LIFT MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20190330907
    Abstract: A tailgate for a motor vehicle is disclosed and includes an interior space accessible through a removable panel, a motor mounted within the interior space, and a drive mechanism driven by the motor for moving the tailgate about a pivot axis. The tailgate includes an overall height from the pivot axis and the motor is mounted a distance from the pivot axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Jack Marchlewski, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Robert Reiners, Dragan B. Stojkovic, Jeffrey Gray
  • REMOVABLE SEATBELT POST FOR A VEHICLE HAVING A REMOVABLE ROOF
    Publication number: 20190315309
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a body, a removable roof, and a removable seatbelt post. The body has a pillar that includes a pillar receptacle. The removable roof has a roof pillar adapted to be received within the pillar receptacle and removably fastened to the pillar in a first configuration. The removable seatbelt post includes a first portion having a seatbelt ring. The removable seatbelt post further includes a second portion adapted to be received within the pillar receptacle and removably fastened to the pillar in a second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Dragan B. STOJKOVIC, Stephen Thomas KOZAK
  • ROOF RACK MOUNT FOR A VEHICLE HAVING A REMOVABLE ROOF
    Publication number: 20190315210
    Abstract: A vehicle including a passenger compartment having a roof support framework including a pair of roof rails, a header and at least one roof bow. A roof including several rigid removable roof panels is removably assembled to the roof support framework. Pins are removably assembled to the roof rails or to brackets attached to the roof rails that extend through the roof panels. A roof rack or cargo carrier is removably attached to upper ends of the pins and is spaced above the roof panels. A method of assembling a roof rack to a vehicle is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Dragan B. STOJKOVIC, Colleen Marie HOFFMAN, Jack MARCHLEWSKI, Joshua Robert HEMPHILL, Ronald M. LOVASZ, Mathias A. HUBER
  • LOCKABLE ROOF ACCESSORY MOUNTING INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20190299871
    Abstract: A disclosed accessory mount for a vehicle includes a housing with openings, at least one bearing, a lock cylinder movable within the housing and holding the at least one bearing in a locked position extending through the openings and a released position where the at least one bearing is not held within the openings, and a mount including a groove receiving the at least one bearing in the locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Jack Marchlewski, Dragan B. Stojkovic, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Robert Reiners, Jeffrey Gray