Patents by Inventor Jacob WARMAN

Jacob WARMAN 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 door power opening system
    Patent number: 10358857
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle includes: a door; an electric actuating motor that opens and closes the door, the electric actuating motor configured for actuating at a hinge of the door; a push-open actuator mounted at a rear of the door, the push-open actuator configured for pushing against a body of the vehicle; and a wireless device configured for communications to the vehicle. A system for a vehicle includes: a front door; a rear door behind the front door, the rear door having a dual-hinge design that opens and closes in a substantially vertical direction; an electric actuating motor that opens and closes the front door, the electric actuating motor configured for actuating at a hinge of the front door; and a wireless device configured for communications to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: David Wheeler, Chris McCarthy, Jacob Warman, Austin Newman, John Hughes
  • VEHICLE FRONT DOOR POWER OPENING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180038148
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle includes: a door; an electric actuating motor that opens and closes the door, the electric actuating motor configured for actuating at a hinge of the door; a push-open actuator mounted at a rear of the door, the push-open actuator configured for pushing against a body of the vehicle; and a wireless device configured for communications to the vehicle. A system for a vehicle includes: a front door; a rear door behind the front door, the rear door having a dual-hinge design that opens and closes in a substantially vertical direction; an electric actuating motor that opens and closes the front door, the electric actuating motor configured for actuating at a hinge of the front door; and a wireless device configured for communications to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: David Wheeler, Chris McCarthy, Jacob Warman, Austin Newman, John Hughes
  • Vehicle front door power opening system
    Patent number: 9797181
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle includes: a door; an electric actuating motor that opens and closes the door, the electric actuating motor configured for actuating at a hinge of the door; a push-open actuator mounted at a rear of the door, the push-open actuator configured for pushing against a body of the vehicle; and a wireless device configured for communications to the vehicle. A system for a vehicle includes: a front door; a rear door behind the front door, the rear door having a dual-hinge design that opens and closes in a substantially vertical direction; an electric actuating motor that opens and closes the front door, the electric actuating motor configured for actuating at a hinge of the front door; and a wireless device configured for communications to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: David Wheeler, Chris McCarthy, Jacob Warman, Austin Newman, John Hughes
  • DUAL-HINGE CLOSURE WITH LATCHING IN HORIZONTAL DIRECTION
    Publication number: 20170130495
    Abstract: A closure system for a vehicle comprises: a dual-hinge closure comprising a first portion hinged to the vehicle by a first hinge, and a second portion hinged to the first portion by a second hinge; a frame that at least in part surrounds an opening in the vehicle; an adjustable bump stop subassembly mounted to the first portion, wherein the adjustable bump stop subassembly rests on the frame when the first portion is in a closed position; and a latch system comprising a latch configured to engage a horizontal striker, the latch system configured so that an end of the second portion opposite the second hinge latches to and unlatches from a distal portion of the frame by essentially horizontal motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Tesla Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: David Wheeler, Steve Klotz, Ian Sadowski, Nermin Mujcinovic, Noam Goldberg, Robert Coleman Skelton, Andy Warburton, Adnan Esmail, Joshua Liu, Andy Wong, Padmanabhan Kumar, Jon Bennett, John Hughes, Hemant Sikaria, Jacob Warman, Chris Satkoski, Nicolas Altenburger
  • VEHICLE FRONT DOOR POWER OPENING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170058588
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle includes: a door; an electric actuating motor that opens and closes the door, the electric actuating motor configured for actuating at a hinge of the door; a push-open actuator mounted at a rear of the door, the push-open actuator configured for pushing against a body of the vehicle; and a wireless device configured for communications to the vehicle. A system for a vehicle includes: a front door; a rear door behind the front door, the rear door having a dual-hinge design that opens and closes in a substantially vertical direction; an electric actuating motor that opens and closes the front door, the electric actuating motor configured for actuating at a hinge of the front door; and a wireless device configured for communications to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: David WHEELER, Chris MCCARTHY, Jacob WARMAN, Austin NEWMAN, John HUGHES