Patents by Inventor Scott B. Smith
Scott B. Smith 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: 11958541Abstract: An outrigger coupled to a cab frame. The outrigger including a base wall, a first side wall, an opposite second side wall, a reinforcement flange, and a reinforcement bracket. The first side wall and the opposite second side wall extend from the base wall. Each of the first side wall and the second side wall include an interior edge, an opposite exterior edge, and an inner surface. The reinforcement flange extends along the exterior edge of the first side wall, the second edge, and the exterior edge of the second side wall. The reinforcement bracket is coupled to the interior edge of the first side wall and the interior edge of the second side wall.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Jacob M. Kemppainen, Scott B. Smith
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Publication number: 20230099867Abstract: An outrigger coupled to a cab frame. The outrigger including a base wall, a first side wall, an opposite second side wall, a reinforcement flange, and a reinforcement bracket. The first side wall and the opposite second side wall extend from the base wall. Each of the first side wall and the second side wall include an interior edge, an opposite exterior edge, and an inner surface. The reinforcement flange extends along the exterior edge of the first side wall, the second edge, and the exterior edge of the second side wall. The reinforcement bracket is coupled to the interior edge of the first side wall and the interior edge of the second side wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Jacob M. Kemppainen, Scott B. Smith
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Patent number: 9216630Abstract: A water shield for a door of a vehicle. The water shield includes a sheet of a water impervious material configured to be attached to an inboard panel of the door and extend over an access opening in the inboard panel. A cover of expanded foam is directly attached to the sheet to fit over the access opening in the door. A perimeter portion of the cover circumscribes the access opening. The cover is secured, around the access opening, to the inboard panel, resulting in sealing of the access opening and mass dampening of the inboard panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Chris P. Sheehy, Scott B. Smith, Paxton S. Williams
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Publication number: 20140259952Abstract: A water shield for the door of a vehicle. The water shield includes a sheet of a water impervious material configured to extend over a portion of the door's inboard panel to be attached thereto. An access opening cover of expanded foam is directly attached to the sheet. The cover's perimeter portion circumscribes the access opening. The cover is secured, around the access opening, to the inboard panel, resulting in sealing of the access opening and mass dampening of the inboard panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Chris P. Sheehy, Scott B. Smith, Paxton S. Williams
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Patent number: 7974755Abstract: A motor vehicle acoustic noise reduction system is provided. The acoustic noise reduction system particularly reduces or eliminates wind throb in a moving vehicle. The system includes a window sensor operable to sense when a first window of the motor vehicle is open. An air inlet is also included which is actuatable to let air into the motor vehicle when the air inlet is in an open position. An actuator associated with and operable to open or close the air inlet is provided and in communication with a controller. The controller is associated with tie sensor and can energize the actuator to place the air inlet in the open position and let air into the motor vehicle when the window sensor senses the first window is in the open position and communicates this information to the controller.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2007Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Brett A. Campbell, Scott B. Smith, Todd M. Remtema
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Patent number: 7641275Abstract: A wind deflector noise reduction system is provided. The wind deflector noise reduction system particularly reduces or eliminates wind throb in a moving vehicle having a rear side window in an open position. The system includes a panel attached to the B-pillar of a motor vehicle and operable to move between a closed position and an open position. When the panel is in the open position, wind is deflected from entering the moving vehicle. An actuator associated with the panel and operable to move the panel between the closed and the open position can be energized by a controller. The controller can be activated by the user of the motor vehicle and/or by a sensor that detects the position of the rear side window.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2007Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Brett A. Campbell, Scott B. Smith, Todd M. Remtema
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Publication number: 20080306661Abstract: A wind deflector noise reduction system is provided. The wind deflector noise reduction system particularly reduces or eliminates wind throb in a moving vehicle having a rear side window in an open position. The system includes a panel attached to the B-pillar of a motor vehicle and operable to move between a closed position and an open position. When the panel is in the open position, wind is deflected from entering the moving vehicle. An actuator associated with the panel and operable to move the panel between the closed and the open position can be energized by a controller. The controller can be activated by the user of the motor vehicle and/or by a sensor that detects the position of the rear side window.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2007Publication date: December 11, 2008Applicant: Toyota Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Brett A. Campbell, Scott B. Smith, Todd M. Remtema
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Publication number: 20080306660Abstract: A motor vehicle acoustic noise reduction system is provided. The acoustic noise reduction system particularly reduces or eliminates wind throb in a moving vehicle. The system includes a window sensor operable to sense when a first window of the motor vehicle is open. An air inlet is also included which is actuatable to let air into the motor vehicle when the air inlet is in an open position. An actuator associated with and operable to open or close the air inlet is provided and in communication with a controller. The controller is associated with tie sensor and can energize the actuator to place the air inlet in the open position and let air into the motor vehicle when the window sensor senses the first window is in the open position and communicates this information to the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2007Publication date: December 11, 2008Applicant: Toyota Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Brett A. Campbell, Scott B. Smith, Todd M. Remtema
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Publication number: 20080223813Abstract: A tamper-indicating package includes a container having a neck finish with at least one external thread segment, at least two angularly spaced sets of external ratchet teeth spaced from the thread segment and a circumferentially extending radial enlargement between the two sets of ratchet teeth. A closure includes a skirt with at least one internal thread segment engaging the external thread segment on the container neck finish, a tamper band frangibly connected to the skirt, and a circumferential array of internal engagement elements on the tamper band for engaging the ratchet teeth on the neck finish to prevent rotation of the tamper band with respect to the ratchet teeth and thereby sever the tamper band from the closure skirt upon first unthreading of the closure from the container neck finish.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2007Publication date: September 18, 2008Inventors: Frank Flak, Thomas A. Kozlowski, Scott B. Smith, Kenneth S. Bloom