Patents by Inventor Matthew Graeme Leck
Matthew Graeme Leck 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).
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Patent number: 11137628Abstract: A privacy system for a vehicle, including: a window configured to selectively switch between transparent and non-transparent states and to simultaneously have a transparent zone and a non-transparent zone, an elongate touch sensitive sensor provided adjacent to the window, and a controller configured to receive a signal from the elongate touch sensitive sensor and control the transparency of the window such that a transition line between the transparent zone and the non-transparent zone is substantially aligned with and follows a point at which the elongate touch sensitive sensor is being touched.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Marcus Hoggarth, Matthew Graeme Leck, Morten Warren, Susan Cook
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Patent number: 10730407Abstract: A motor vehicle seating system is provided. The seating system comprises two or more seats and a guide track extending between three or more spaced apart seating positions within an interior of the motor vehicle, wherein each of the seats is movably coupled to the guide track, such that the seats are movable between the seating positions. A seat, suitable for use in the motor vehicle seating system is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ian Guy, Marcus Hoggarth, Ben Carroll, Matthew Graeme Leck, Kyle Loughlin
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Patent number: 10583717Abstract: A vehicle door system having an upper door configured to cover a top portion of an opening in the body of a vehicle and to open in an upward direction, and a lower door configured to cover a bottom portion of the opening and to open in a sideways direction. The upper door includes a deployable portion configured to form at least a portion of a canopy extending away from the body of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Marcus Hoggarth, Matthew Graeme Leck, Benjamin Carroll, Stephen De Saulles, Edward Rose, Morten Warren
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Patent number: 10427552Abstract: An expandable seat for a vehicle comprising a support structure movable between an expanded state and a contracted state, the support structure forming a seating region that is greater in size when the support structure is in the expanded state than when the support structure is in the contracted state, and a flexible covering movably coupled to the support structure. The support structure and the flexible covering cooperate to ensure that the flexible covering covers the seating region of the support structure when the support structure is in the expanded state and when the support structure is in the contracted state.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ian Guy, Marcus Hoggarth, Ben Carroll, Natasha DeLange, Matthew Graeme Leck
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Patent number: 10414314Abstract: A movable table for a motor vehicle is provided. The motor vehicle comprises a guide track extending at least partially around an interior space of the vehicle between a plurality of seating positions for seats within the vehicle. The movable table comprises a table top, a pillar, the table top being coupled to a first end of the pillar, and a follower element provided at a second end of the pillar, wherein the follower element is configured to movably couple the table to the guide track, such that the table is movable between seats positioned at the seating positions.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Matthew Graeme Leck, Kyle Loughlin
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Patent number: 10368648Abstract: A deployable footrest assembly for a seat is provided. The deployable footrest assembly comprises a footrest movable between a stowed position and a deployed position in which the footrest presents a first surface for an occupant of the seat to rest their feet upon, wherein the footrest is bendable about an upstanding structural support for the seat such that the footrest is bent about the structural support in the stowed position.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Marcus Hoggarth, Matthew Graeme Leck
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Publication number: 20190061489Abstract: A vehicle door system having an upper door configured to cover a top portion of an opening in the body of a vehicle and to open in an upward direction, and a lower door configured to cover a bottom portion of the opening and to open in a sideways direction. The upper door includes a deployable portion configured to form at least a portion of a canopy extending away from the body of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Marcus HOGGARTH, Matthew Graeme LECK, Benjamin CARROLL, Stephen DE SAULLES, Edward ROSE, Morten WARREN
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Publication number: 20180354389Abstract: An expandable seat for a vehicle comprising a support structure movable between an expanded state and a contracted state, the support structure forming a seating region that is greater in size when the support structure is in the expanded state than when the support structure is in the contracted state, and a flexible covering movably coupled to the support structure. The support structure and the flexible covering cooperate to ensure that the flexible covering covers the seating region of the support structure when the support structure is in the expanded state and when the support structure is in the contracted state.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ian Guy, Marcus Hoggarth, Ben Carroll, Natasha DeLange, Matthew Graeme Leck
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Publication number: 20180354391Abstract: A motor vehicle seating system is provided. The seating system comprises two or more seats and a guide track extending between three or more spaced apart seating positions within an interior of the motor vehicle, wherein each of the seats is movably coupled to the guide track, such that the seats are movable between the seating positions. A seat, suitable for use in the motor vehicle seating system is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ian Guy, Marcus Hoggarth, Ben Carroll, Matthew Graeme Leck, Kyle Loughlin
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Publication number: 20180354397Abstract: A movable table for a motor vehicle is provided. The motor vehicle comprises a guide track extending at least partially around an interior space of the vehicle between a plurality of seating positions for seats within the vehicle. The movable table comprises a table top, a pillar, the table top being coupled to a first end of the pillar, and a follower element provided at a second end of the pillar, wherein the follower element is configured to movably couple the table to the guide track, such that the table is movable between seats positioned at the seating positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Matthew Graeme Leck, Kyle Loughlin
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Patent number: 10144330Abstract: A deployable headrest assembly for a seat is provided. The headrest assembly includes a headrest slidably coupleable to the seat such that the headrest is movable from a stowed position, in which the headrest is stowed within a seat back of the seat, to a deployable position, in which the headrest extends from the seat back. The headrest is expandable from a collapsed state to an expanded state such that the headrest has a thickness that is larger in the expanded state than in the collapsed state, the headrest being retractable into the stowed position in the seat back when in the collapsed state.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Matthew Graeme Leck
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Publication number: 20180339624Abstract: A deployable headrest assembly for a seat is provided. The headrest assembly includes a headrest slidably coupleable to the seat such that the headrest is movable from a stowed position, in which the headrest is stowed within a seat back of the seat, to a deployable position, in which the headrest extends from the seat back. The headrest is expandable from a collapsed state to an expanded state such that the headrest has a thickness that is larger in the expanded state than in the collapsed state, the headrest being retractable into the stowed position in the seat back when in the collapsed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Matthew Graeme Leck
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Publication number: 20180338619Abstract: A deployable footrest assembly for a seat is provided. The deployable footrest assembly comprises a footrest movable between a stowed position and a deployed position in which the footrest presents a first surface for an occupant of the seat to rest their feet upon, wherein the footrest is bendable about an upstanding structural support for the seat such that the footrest is bent about the structural support in the stowed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Marcus Hoggarth, Matthew Graeme Leck
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Publication number: 20180314081Abstract: A privacy system for a vehicle, including: a window configured to selectively switch between transparent and non-transparent states and to simultaneously have a transparent zone and a non-transparent zone, an elongate touch sensitive sensor provided adjacent to the window, and a controller configured to receive a signal from the elongate touch sensitive sensor and control the transparency of the window such that a transition line between the transparent zone and the non-transparent zone is substantially aligned with and follows a point at which the elongate touch sensitive sensor is being touched.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Marcus Hoggarth, Matthew Graeme Leck, Morten Warren, Susan Cook
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Patent number: 10070717Abstract: A stowable table assembly includes: a table portion rotatable between a deployed position and a stowed position; a carrier configured to be slidably received in a recess; and a plurality of elongate members provided between the table portion and the carrier. Each of the elongate members has a wedge-shaped cross-section such that the elongate members comprise side surfaces that taper towards each other from an upper surface to an underside surface of the elongate members. A first elongate member is coupled to the table portion and a last elongate member is coupled to the carrier. The elongate members are movably coupled to one another such that the side surfaces of neighboring elongate members abut when the table portion is in the deployed position.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stephen De Saulles, Liberty Fearns, Marcus Hoggarth, Matthew Graeme Leck
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Publication number: 20170181536Abstract: A stowable table assembly includes: a table portion rotatable between a deployed position and a stowed position; a carrier configured to be slidably received in a recess; and a plurality of elongate members provided between the table portion and the carrier. Each of the elongate members has a wedge-shaped cross-section such that the elongate members comprise side surfaces that taper towards each other from an upper surface to an underside surface of the elongate members. A first elongate member is coupled to the table portion and a last elongate member is coupled to the carrier. The elongate members are movably coupled to one another such that the side surfaces of neighbouring elongate members abut when the table portion is in the deployed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Stephen De Saulles, Liberty Fearns, Marcus Hoggarth, Matthew Graeme Leck
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Patent number: 9414166Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a wireless-enabled peripheral hub device. According to one embodiment, the hub device includes a communication module for wirelessly communicating with one of a plurality of mobile devices and a loudspeaker system configured to stream audio received from one of the mobile devices. Furthermore, the device housing includes a movable cover portion and an internal cavity area for storing an accessory input device for use with one of the plurality of mobile devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Randall W. Martin, Matthew Graeme Leck, Marcus Andrew Hoggarth, John Joseph Briden
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Patent number: 8888524Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a modular power adapter assembly for a portable electronic device. According to one example embodiment, the assembly includes a power adapter housing and an extender member connected to the adapter housing at a first end region thereof. Furthermore, a plug adapter is configured to receive power and removably attach to a second end region of the extender member. A cable is attached to the adapter housing to supply power to a connected portable electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Randall W. Martin, Fred Charles Thomas, III, Andrew Leonard Zee, Matthew Graeme Leck, Jonathan Patrick Summers, Marcus Andrew Hoggarth, Morten Villiers Warren
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Publication number: 20140094065Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a modular power adapter assembly for a portable electronic device. According to one example embodiment, the assembly includes a power adapter housing and an extender member connected to the adapter housing at a first end region thereof. Furthermore, a plug adapter is configured to receive power and removably attach to a second end region of the extender member. A cable is attached to the adapter housing to supply power to a connected portable electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Randall W. Martin, Fred Charles Thomas, III, Andrew Leonard Zee, Matthew Graeme Leck, Jonathan Patrick Summers, Marcus Andrew Hoggarth, Morten Villiers Warren
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Publication number: 20140086431Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a wireless-enabled peripheral hub device. According to one embodiment, the hub device includes a communication module for wirelessly communicating with one of a plurality of mobile devices and a loudspeaker system configured to stream audio received from one of the mobile devices. Furthermore, the device housing includes a movable cover portion and an internal cavity area for storing an accessory input device for use with one of the plurality of mobile devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Devlopment Compnay, L.P.Inventors: Randall W. Martin, Matthew Graeme Leck, Marcus Andrew Hoggarth, John Joseph Briden