Patents by Inventor Todd B. Lozier
Todd B. Lozier 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: 11992958Abstract: A fixturing system for processing components includes a work surface, such as a table formed from a ferromagnetic material, a tool fixture having a magnet operable for securing the tool fixture to the work surface and having at least one alignment surface to hold and/or align a component to the tool fixture and to the work surface. The system further includes a storage location spaced from the work surface for storing the tool fixture when not in use on the work surface, a work piece, and optionally a robotic arm with a controller to move the work piece and robotic arm, and a computer having stored therein component location data. The computer is configured to control the work piece to retrieve the tool fixture from the storage location and to place the tool fixture on the work surface at a tool fixture location based on the component location data for aligning, and optionally holding the two components with the tool fixture while being processed.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Thor Tech, Inc.Inventors: Todd B. Lozier, Steven J. Romanowski
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Publication number: 20240046721Abstract: A method of assembling a recreational vehicle includes providing a structural panel for installation in the recreational vehicle, which has a surface and a readable image in or internal to the structural panel, with the readable image being located at or near a location on the surface of the structural panel for installing a component at the location. The readable image has to-be-installed component information about the component to be installed at the location and is readable at the surface of the structural panel. The method further includes reading the readable image to determine the to-be-installed component information about the component that is to be installed at the location on the surface of the structural panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Todd B. Lozier, Steven J. Romanowski
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Patent number: 11801669Abstract: A structural panel for a recreational vehicle includes a plurality of layers laminated together to form a lamination. The lamination forms an outer surface of the structural panel, which is configured to form a sidewall, a ceiling, or a floor of the recreational vehicle when mounted in the recreational vehicle relative to the vehicle chassis. The structural panel further includes an image that is formed on or in one of the plurality of layers in or internal to the structural panel and which is visible at the outer surface. The image is in a location that is in a known fixed registry with a structural reference, such as the outer perimeter, of the structural panel prior to the panel being mounted in the recreational vehicle wherein the location of the image is known relative to the structural reference of the structural panel.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Thor Tech, Inc.Inventors: Todd B. Lozier, Steven J. Romanowski
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Patent number: 11794815Abstract: A structural assembly for a recreational vehicle includes a first structural frame member having a wall and a hollow space at least partially defined by the wall and a second structural frame member having a section thereof extended into the hollow space of the first structural frame member forming an internal interface with the wall of the first structural frame member. The assembly further includes a foam material located in the hollow space that fills a portion of the hollow space to thereby form a bearing member adjacent the section to restrict motion of the section relative to the wall and thereby to form an internal connection between the second structural frame member and the first structural frame member at the internal interface to secure the second structural frame member to the first structural frame member to form a recreational vehicle component.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Thor Tech, Inc.Inventor: Todd B. Lozier
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Patent number: 11790707Abstract: A method of assembling a recreational vehicle includes providing a structural panel for installation in the recreational vehicle, which has a surface and a readable image in or internal to the structural panel, with the readable image being located at or near a location on the surface of the structural panel for installing a component at the location. The readable image has to-be-installed component information about the component to be installed at the location and is readable at the surface of the structural panel. The method further includes reading the readable image to determine the to-be-installed component information about the component that is to be installed at the location on the surface of the structural panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Thor Tech, Inc.Inventors: Todd B. Lozier, Steven J. Romanowski
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Patent number: 11697460Abstract: A structural assembly for a recreational vehicle includes a first structural frame member and a second structural frame member with a side wall having a slot for receiving the side wall of the first structural frame member through a notch formed in the side wall and upper wall of the first structural frame member. The upper wall of the second structural frame member is located in the notch when the second structural frame member is engaged with the side wall of the first structural frame member with the slot.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: THOR TECH, INC.Inventors: Todd B. Lozier, Steven J. Romanowski, Robert E. Miles, III
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Publication number: 20230088678Abstract: A structural panel for a recreational vehicle includes a plurality of layers laminated together to form a lamination. The lamination forms an outer surface of the structural panel, which is configured to form a sidewall, a ceiling, or a floor of the recreational vehicle when mounted in the recreational vehicle relative to the vehicle chassis. The structural panel further includes an image that is formed on or in one of the plurality of layers in or internal to the structural panel and which is visible at the outer surface. The image is in a location that is in a known fixed registry with a structural reference, such as the outer perimeter, of the structural panel prior to the panel being mounted in the recreational vehicle wherein the location of the image is known relative to the structural reference of the structural panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Todd B. Lozier, Steven J. Romanowski
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Patent number: 11535009Abstract: A structural panel for a recreational vehicle includes a plurality of layers laminated together to form a lamination. The lamination forms an outer surface of the structural panel, which is configured to form a sidewall, a ceiling, or a floor of the recreational vehicle when mounted in the recreational vehicle relative to the vehicle chassis. The structural panel further includes an image that is formed on or in one of the plurality of layers in or internal to the structural panel and which is visible at the outer surface. The image is in a location that is in a known fixed registry with a structural reference, such as the outer perimeter, of the structural panel prior to the panel being mounted in the recreational vehicle wherein the location of the image is known relative to the structural reference of the structural panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Thor Tech, Inc.Inventors: Todd B. Lozier, Steven J. Romanowski
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Publication number: 20220044499Abstract: A method of assembling a recreational vehicle includes providing a structural panel for installation in the recreational vehicle, which has a surface and a readable image in or internal to the structural panel, with the readable image being located at or near a location on the surface of the structural panel for installing a component at the location. The readable image has to-be-installed component information about the component to be installed at the location and is readable at the surface of the structural panel. The method further includes reading the readable image to determine the to-be-installed component information about the component that is to be installed at the location on the surface of the structural panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Todd B. Lozier, Steven J. Romanowski
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Patent number: 11189116Abstract: A method of assembling a recreational vehicle includes providing a structural panel for installation in the recreational vehicle, which has a surface and a readable image in or internal to the structural panel, with the readable image being located at or near a location on the surface of the structural panel for installing a component at the location. The readable image has to-be-installed component information about the component to be installed at the location and is readable at the surface of the structural panel. The method further includes reading the readable image to determine the to-be-installed component information about the component that is to be installed at the location on the surface of the structural panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Thor Tech, Inc.Inventors: Todd B. Lozier, Steven J. Romanowski
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Publication number: 20210283885Abstract: A structural panel for a recreational vehicle includes a plurality of layers laminated together to form a lamination. The lamination forms an outer surface of the structural panel, which is configured to form a sidewall, a ceiling, or a floor of the recreational vehicle when mounted in the recreational vehicle relative to the vehicle chassis. The structural panel further includes an image that is formed on or in one of the plurality of layers in or internal to the structural panel and which is visible at the outer surface. The image is in a location that is in a known fixed registry with a structural reference, such as the outer perimeter, of the structural panel prior to the panel being mounted in the recreational vehicle wherein the location of the image is known relative to the structural reference of the structural panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Todd B. Lozier, Steven J. Romanowski
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Publication number: 20210276195Abstract: A fixturing system for processing components includes a work surface, such as a table formed from a ferromagnetic material, a tool fixture having a magnet operable for securing the tool fixture to the work surface and having at least one alignment surface to hold and/or align a component to the tool fixture and to the work surface. The system further includes a storage location spaced from the work surface for storing the tool fixture when not in use on the work surface, a work piece, and optionally a robotic arm with a controller to move the work piece and robotic arm, and a computer having stored therein component location data. The computer is configured to control the work piece to retrieve the tool fixture from the storage location and to place the tool fixture on the work surface at a tool fixture location based on the component location data for aligning, and optionally holding the two components with the tool fixture while being processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Todd B. Lozier, Steven J. Romanowski
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Publication number: 20210207373Abstract: A structural panel for a recreational vehicle includes a plurality of layers laminated together to form an outer surface of the structural panel, which is configured to form a sidewall, a ceiling, or a floor of the recreational vehicle when mounted in the recreational vehicle relative to the vehicle chassis. The structural panel also includes an image formed on or in one of the plurality of layers in or internal to the structural panel and visible at the outer first surface, with the image including readable information about the recreational vehicle or a component to be mounted in the recreational vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Todd B. Lozier, Steven J. Romanowski
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Publication number: 20210188360Abstract: A structural assembly for a recreational vehicle includes a first structural frame member and a second structural frame member with a side wall having a slot for receiving the side wall of the first structural frame member through a notch formed in the side wall and upper wall of the first structural frame member. The upper wall of the second structural frame member is located in the notch when the second structural frame member is engaged with the side wall of the first structural frame member with the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Todd B. Lozier, Steven J. Romanowski, Robert E. Miles, III
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Publication number: 20210188363Abstract: A structural assembly for a recreational vehicle includes a first structural frame member having a wall and a hollow space at least partially defined by the wall and a second structural frame member having a section thereof extended into the hollow space of the first structural frame member forming an internal interface with the wall of the first structural frame member. The assembly further includes a foam material located in the hollow space that fills a portion of the hollow space to thereby form a bearing member adjacent the section to restrict motion of the section relative to the wall and thereby to form an internal connection between the second structural frame member and the first structural frame member at the internal interface to secure the second structural frame member to the first structural frame member to form a recreational vehicle component.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventor: Todd B. Lozier
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Patent number: 11027530Abstract: A structural panel for a recreational vehicle includes a plurality of layers laminated together to form a lamination. The lamination forms an outer surface of the structural panel, which is configured to form a sidewall, a ceiling, or a floor of the recreational vehicle when mounted in the recreational vehicle relative to the vehicle chassis. The structural panel further includes an image that is formed on or in one of the plurality of layers in or internal to the structural panel and which is visible at the outer surface. The image is in a location that is in a known fixed registry with a structural reference, such as the outer perimeter, of the structural panel prior to the panel being mounted in the recreational vehicle wherein the location of the image is known relative to the structural reference of the structural panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Jayco, Inc.Inventors: Todd B. Lozier, Steven J. Romanowski
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Patent number: 10960499Abstract: A welding fixture includes a flexible substrate, which is sufficiently flexible to be reconfigurable between a planar configuration and a folded or rolled compact configuration and is dimensioned to support a plurality of frame members to form a structural frame for a recreational vehicle (RV). The welding fixture further includes a plurality of guide surfaces mounted to the flexible substrate, which are arranged on the flexible substrate to align the frame members in a predefined arrangement with a plurality of weld points and to align the frame members in the predefined arrangement while being welded together at the weld points.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Thor Tech, Inc.Inventors: Joseph B. Thompson, Steven J. Romanowski, Todd B. Lozier
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Publication number: 20200306899Abstract: A welding fixture includes a flexible substrate, which is sufficiently flexible to be reconfigurable between a planar configuration and a folded or rolled compact configuration and is dimensioned to support a plurality of frame members to form a structural frame for a recreational vehicle (RV). The welding fixture further includes a plurality of guide surfaces mounted to the flexible substrate, which are arranged on the flexible substrate to align the frame members in a predefined arrangement with a plurality of weld points and to align the frame members in the predefined arrangement while being welded together at the weld points.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Joseph B. Thompson, Steven J. Romanowski, Todd B. Lozier
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Publication number: 20200298537Abstract: A structural panel for a recreational vehicle includes a plurality of layers laminated together to form a lamination. The lamination forms an outer surface of the structural panel, which is configured to form a sidewall, a ceiling, or a floor of the recreational vehicle when mounted in the recreational vehicle relative to the vehicle chassis. The structural panel further includes an image that is formed on or in one of the plurality of layers in or internal to the structural panel and which is visible at the outer surface. The image is in a location that is in a known fixed registry with a structural reference, such as the outer perimeter, of the structural panel prior to the panel being mounted in the recreational vehicle wherein the location of the image is known relative to the structural reference of the structural panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2019Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Todd B. Lozier, Steven J. Romanowski
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Patent number: D1012777Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: THOR TECH, INC.Inventors: Steven J. Romanowski, Todd B. Lozier