Displaceable Bumper Patents (Class 224/491)
  • Patent number: 11208052
    Abstract: An assembling structure for a vehicle carrying device is provided, including: a tubular member, a first abutting member, an expansion mechanism and an actuating member. The tubular member has an axial direction and is configured to be inserted within a trailer hitch. A wall of the tubular member has a through hole. The first abutting member is movable along the axial direction and disposed in the tubular member. The expansion mechanism includes a second abutting member disposed on the first abutting member and an elastic member. The second abutting member is located within the through hole and urgeable to move by the first abutting member. The elastic member is disposed between the second abutting member and one of the tubular member and the first abutting member so that the second abutting member has a tendency to move radially in a direction toward the first abutting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: KING ROOF INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Chieh Shen, Chun-Yi Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10173601
    Abstract: A carrier apparatus for a vehicle may include a bumper back beam to be drawn out and received in the bumper back beam, an adapter cover rotatably disposed at an upper portion of the carrier in an up and down direction and having an upper portion depressed to form an installation space, and a loading cover detachably connected to the installation space of the adapter cover and provided with a fixture for fixing a luggage loaded at an upper portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Hyun Gyung Kim, Keon Soo Jin, Jin Young Yoon, Ki Hong Lee
  • Patent number: 10086768
    Abstract: A personal mobility device support assembly integrated with a vehicle includes a pair of assemblies, a connector member, and a bracket. Each of the pair of assemblies includes a housing secured within a rear panel portion of the vehicle, a first member mounted to translate from within the housing, and a second member pivotally mounted to the first member to rotate between stowed and deployed positions. The connector member secures ends of the second members to one another when in the deployed position. The bracket may be sized for mounting to one of the members to support a mobility device. The connector member may be adapted to secure ends of the third member to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Donald Allen Ritter, Jr., Kassandra Hibala Ritter
  • Patent number: 9855896
    Abstract: A bicycle carrier apparatus for a vehicle may include a slide carrier configured to slide in a front-rear direction of a rear bumper beam to be drawn out and stowed, extension supports laterally extending on the slide carrier to load a bicycle, a retainer rotatably disposed on the slide carrier and configured to be coupled to a bicycle loaded on the extension supports by a clamping device to retain the bicycle, and locking devices fixed to the slide carrier, holding the retainer to be rotatable, and fixing a rotational position of the retainer when a push lever is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Jin Young Yoon, Seung Mok Lee, Hyun Gyung Kim
  • Patent number: 9789913
    Abstract: A replacement tailgate for the purpose of elongating the pick up truck may be installed on a truck bed wherein the replacement tailgate can be unfolded in order to elongate a length of the truck bed. The replacement tailgate may have front and rear shells that are used to support objects placed in the truck bed as well as act as the new tailgate when the truck bed length is elongated. Various panels may be unfolded in order to trap objects within the truck bed when the replacement tailgate is unfolded in order to elongate the truck bed length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Inventor: Nicholas J. Singer
  • Patent number: 9545869
    Abstract: A lift mechanism for an associated cargo carrier includes a rail configured for sliding movement between a first position received within a footprint of the carrier and a second position extended outwardly from the carrier footprint. A leg assembly is configured for extending movement between a first position received in the rail and a second position extending outwardly from the rail. When the rail and leg assembly are in the respective first positions, the leg assembly is stored along the carrier, and when the rail and leg are in the respective second positions, the leg assembly supports the cargo carrier. A drive arrangement selectively raises and lowers the leg assembly between the first and second positions to raise and lower the cargo carrier relative to the vehicle bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Inventor: Paul G. Eidsmore
  • Patent number: 9221401
    Abstract: A telescopic bracket assembly for vehicle waste tanks, having at least first and second longitudinal frame members, at least one transversal member, a wheel chock assembly, at least one aft transversal member, and at least one longitudinal telescopic assembly. The wheel chock assembly has at least first and second wheel chocks that are fixed to the at least first and second longitudinal frame members respectively. The telescopic bracket assembly for vehicle waste tanks also has at least one transversal telescopic assembly. In a preferred embodiment, the telescopic bracket assembly for vehicle waste tanks is mounted onto an underside of a vehicle, so that it does not obstruct any functionalities of the vehicle. As an example, the vehicle may be a recreational vehicle, or a food trailer, better known as food truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Inventor: Brian Birkenstock
  • Patent number: 9174584
    Abstract: A bicycle carrier for a vehicle may include guide rails symmetrically disposed at both sides of a rear bumper beam and extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, a sliding rail including a panel and sides extending from the panel, and sliding forward and backward on the guide rails, an expanding link disposed between the sides of the sliding rails and including a plurality of links connected such that a lateral gap between the links increases, when a front-rear gap between the links decreases, support arms disposed on the expanding link to move laterally with the expanding link, slidably engaged with the sliding rails, and fixing a loaded bicycle, and an actuating unit fixed to the rear bumper beam, including a link assembly connected to the sliding rail and the expanding link, and providing power through the link assembly during operation to move the sliding rail and expand or contract the expanding link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Phil Jung Jeong, Hyun Gyung Kim, Seung Mok Lee, Soo Hyun Hyun
  • Patent number: 8844779
    Abstract: A storage apparatus for a vehicle may include a rear bumper having a back beam mounted under an inner space thereof, a storage case provided in a space above the rear bumper and drawn-out/drawn-in by being sled to the outside in the state in which a load is supported by the top of the back beam, and a bumper door rotatably provided on an end of the storage case so as to open and close the storage case and formed so that a portion exposed to the outside coincides with an outer surface of the rear bumper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, MS Autotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Seung Mok Lee, Jeong Ho Lee, Yeong Sun Choi
  • Patent number: 8596507
    Abstract: A storage apparatus for a vehicle may include a rear bumper having a back beam mounted under an inner space thereof, and a storage case provided in a space above the rear bumper, having a portion exposed to the outside formed so as to coincide with an outer surface of the rear bumper, and drawn-out/drawn-in by being slid to the outside in a state in which a load is supported above the back beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seung Mok Lee, Nae Ung Jang, Hee Chan Yang, Dong Eun Cha, Nam Cheol Kim, Kwang Jae Choi, Jo Han Kim, Yong Won Jeong, Seung Hwan Lee, Cheol O Kim, Ki Tae Kim, Myung Eun Kim, Hun Soo Kim, Hoo Taek Cho, Jeong Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8418902
    Abstract: A telescopic bicycle carrier installed on a vehicle so as to be able to load a bicycle outside the vehicle, may include a guide rail located inside a bumper of the vehicle and fixed to an end of a body of the vehicle, a guide frame slidably installed on the guide rail along a lengthwise direction of the vehicle, a pair of expansion brackets installed on lateral sides of the guide frame and slidable toward or away from each other with respect to the guide frame in a widthwise direction of the vehicle through the guide frame, bicycle wheel fixtures pivotally installed on the pair of expansion brackets to fix wheels of the loaded bicycle, and bicycle body fixtures pivotally installed on the pair of expansion brackets to fix a body of the loaded bicycle, wherein the pair of expansion brackets may be received inside the bumper along with the guide frame in a retracted state where the expansion brackets slide toward each other into the guide frame, and may be extracted from the bumper along with the guide frame if
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Seung Mok Lee, Sung Won Kim, Hun Soo Kim, Hoo Taek Cho
  • Patent number: 8302829
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a bicycle carrier for a vehicle, which is housed in the rear bumper of the vehicle to be concealed and when necessary is drawn out from the rear bumper to carry a bicycle. The bicycle carrier includes a front frame positioned in a rear bumper of the vehicle and secured to a rear end of a vehicle body. A central frame perpendicularly passes through the front frame. A rear frame is secured to a rear end of the central frame. A folding unit couples each of opposite ends of the front frame with each of opposite ends of the rear frame and is folded to vary a distance between the front frame and the rear frame. A bicycle wheel support is provided on the folding unit. A bicycle body support is provided on the central frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seung Mok Lee, Hee Chan Yang, Dong Eun Cha, Nam Cheol Kim, Kwang Jae Choi, Ju Yong Park, Jo Han Kim, Yong Won Jeong, Kwang Sup Jeong, Jeong Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 6889880
    Abstract: A vehicle cargo rack is provided with a sill connected to the vehicle, at least one rotatable joint mounted on the sill, and at least one arm coupled to the at least one joint and configured to hold cargo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Nissan Design America, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfonso E. Albaisa, John Cupit