Patents by Inventor John Andrew Stakoe

John Andrew Stakoe 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).

  • Patent number: 8434812
    Abstract: A vehicle visor is provided that includes a mirror assembly. The visor body has a first side and a second side and pivots between a stowed position and a downward use position. The visor body further includes a mirror assembly located on the visor body. The mirror assembly includes a conversation mirror that is extendable from a first side of the visor body for viewing from the first side of the visor body, and is stowable within the visor body for viewing through an aperture from the second side of the visor body. The mirror may serve as a vanity mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chi Li, John Andrew Stakoe, Changhong Chen, Haibo Wang
  • Patent number: 8425094
    Abstract: A vehicle sun visor is provided that includes a visor body having a first side and a second side, and a vanity and lighting assembly located on the visor body. The assembly includes a lighting device located on the visor body. The lighting device is configured to provide a vanity light for a vanity mirror and is further configured to provide a dome light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Andrew Stakoe, Chi Li
  • Patent number: 8382189
    Abstract: A vanity mirror and light assembly is provided for use on a vehicle visor. The vanity assembly includes a clear frame molded to a reflective film to define a reflector portion and a partially transmissive portion. The assembly also includes a lighting device located behind the partially transmissive portion of the reflective film to provide a vanity light passing through the partially transmissive portion. A method of forming the vanity assembly in a mold is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chi Li, John Andrew Stakoe
  • Publication number: 20130016429
    Abstract: A vehicle visor is provided that includes a mirror assembly. The visor body has a first side and a second side and pivots between a stowed position and a downward use position. The visor body further includes a mirror assembly located on the visor body. The mirror assembly includes a conversation mirror that is extendable from a first side of the visor body for viewing from the first side of the visor body, and is stowable within the visor body for viewing through an aperture from the second side of the visor body. The mirror may serve as a vanity mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Chi Li, John Andrew Stakoe, Changhong Chen, Haibo Wang
  • Publication number: 20120327674
    Abstract: A vehicle visor is provided that includes a visor body having a first side, a second side, and a light transmissive cover material. The vehicle visor further includes a hidden light assembly located in the visor body arranged to provide light illumination through the light transmissive cover material on the first and second sides of the visor body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: John Andrew Stakoe, Chi Li
  • Publication number: 20120080903
    Abstract: A vanity mirror and light assembly is provided for use on a vehicle visor. The vanity assembly includes a clear frame molded to a reflective film to define a reflector portion and a partially transmissive portion. The assembly also includes a lighting device located behind the partially transmissive portion of the reflective film to provide a vanity light passing through the partially transmissive portion. A method of forming the vanity assembly in a mold is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Chi Li, John Andrew Stakoe
  • Publication number: 20110305032
    Abstract: A vehicle sun visor is provided that includes a visor body having a first side and a second side, and a vanity and lighting assembly located on the visor body. The assembly includes a lighting device located on the visor body. The lighting device is configured to provide a vanity light for a vanity mirror and is further configured to provide a dome light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: John Andrew Stakoe, Chi Li
  • Patent number: 8070209
    Abstract: A sun visor assembly includes a sun visor in which the corners associated with one of the longer edges are rotatably mounted to an automotive vehicle, one corner of which is fixed and the other corner being removable from a mount affixed to the vehicle. The removable corner has a cutout with a cylindrical pin coupled to the cutout at both ends of the pin. The mount has an arcuate cradle to engage the pin over less than half of its circumference. The opening to gain access to the cradle faces generally downward when installed and the pin is held in the mount by magnetic attraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chi Li, John Andrew Stakoe, Todd Jared Konet
  • Publication number: 20110163568
    Abstract: A sun visor assembly includes a sun visor in which the corners associated with one of the longer edges are rotatably mounted to an automotive vehicle, one corner of which is fixed and the other corner being removable from a mount affixed to the vehicle. The removable corner has a cutout with a cylindrical pin coupled to the cutout at both ends of the pin. The mount has an arcuate cradle to engage the pin over less than half of its circumference. The opening to gain access to the cradle faces generally downward when installed and the pin is held in the mount by magnetic attraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Chi Li, John Andrew Stakoe, Todd Jared Konet
  • Publication number: 20110070018
    Abstract: A system for attaching accessories to a vehicle interior is provided. The system includes a quick-release receptacle formed in such surfaces as a windshield visor. Accessories having a T-shaped quick-release connector may be quickly and easily attached and removed for mounting on various surfaces of the vehicle interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Marc David Nedelman, John Andrew Stakoe, Donald Joseph Woodward, Leslie Raymond Hinds