Patents by Inventor Steven D. Harmon, JR.

Steven D. Harmon, JR. 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).

  • Vehicular body structural arrangement
    Patent number: 11155300
    Abstract: A vehicular body structural arrangement includes a polymeric deck panel. The deck panel includes corrugations, a crosswise crossbeam footprint and, along a partial length of the crossbeam footprint, two features for securing a crossbeam thereto. The corrugations include an adjacent ridge and valley. The features include a first feature having a first direction along the deck panel, and a second feature having a second direction toward the deck panel. The first feature includes a unitarily-formed web projecting normally to the deck panel past the ridge, and a rivet nut installed to the web against a backing facing the first direction. The second feature includes a unitarily-formed stanchion behind the web projecting normally to the deck panel from inside the valley, and a threaded insert seated in the stanchion facing the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Continental Structural Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew A. Jansma, Christopher M. Higgins, Steven D. Harmon, Jr.
  • VEHICULAR BODY STRUCTURAL ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20210323607
    Abstract: A vehicular body structural arrangement includes a polymeric deck panel. The deck panel includes corrugations, a crosswise crossbeam footprint and, along a partial length of the crossbeam footprint, two features for securing a crossbeam thereto. The corrugations include an adjacent ridge and valley. The features include a first feature having a first direction along the deck panel, and a second feature having a second direction toward the deck panel. The first feature includes a unitarily-formed web projecting normally to the deck panel past the ridge, and a rivet nut installed to the web against a backing facing the first direction. The second feature includes a unitarily-formed stanchion behind the web projecting normally to the deck panel from inside the valley, and a threaded insert seated in the stanchion facing the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew A. Jansma, Christopher M. Higgins, Steven D. Harmon, JR.