Patents by Inventor Roy C. Thorsell

Roy C. Thorsell 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: 10077592
    Abstract: A console box includes a box body that includes an opening portion, a lid supported by a hinge shaft on the box body, and an opening/closing mechanism that tilts the lid. The opening/closing mechanism includes a main rack that includes an engaging portion and a sub-rack that includes an engaged portion. When the lid is tilted between an opened position and a closed position, the engaged portion engages the engaging portion and restricts sliding of the sub-rack on the main rack. When the lid is further tilted from the closed position in a closing direction in which the lid closes the opening portion and when the lid is further tilted from the opened position in an opening direction in which the lid opens the opening portion, the engaged portion is disengaged from the engaging portion to cancel the restriction imposed on the sub-rack by the main rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Roy C. Thorsell, James R. Sand
  • Publication number: 20110156478
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cord management system comprising: a vehicle comprising: (a) an upper opening in a dashboard; (b) a lower opening in the base of the dashboard or in a center console; (c) a sleeve attached to and extending from the upper opening to the lower opening; and (d) a power source, jack, port, or combination thereof located inside or adjacent to the lower opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Roy C. Thorsell, Thomas A. Miller
  • Patent number: 7267396
    Abstract: A removable storage module assembly configured for securement to the headliner in a passenger compartment of a vehicle. The headliner includes a storage module receiving area formed therein having a securement portion disposed proximate the receiving area. A storage module having a housing, a fastener associated with the housing configured to engage the securement portion and a storage area defined in the housing is removably positioned in the storage module receiving area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil A. Schultz, Roy C. Thorsell