Patents Assigned to Irvin Automotive Products, LLC
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Patent number: 11396220Abstract: A visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor comprises a pivot rod and a carrier arranged over the pivot rod. The visor also comprises a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body and a vanity arranged therein. The visor also comprises a light base secured to the second shell and a circuit board engaging the light base. The visor also comprises a light emitting diode secured to a surface of the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, LLCInventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, Leslie Hinds, Martin Rathsburg, Jr., Robert J. Mayne, Jr.
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Patent number: 11312211Abstract: A sliding sun visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The sun visor includes a first and second visor body shell. The visor also comprises a pivot rod and a carrier slidingly arranged over the pivot rod. The first shell of the visor body includes a monorail arranged on an inside surface thereof. The carrier is slidingly engaged with the first shell wherein the carrier is arranged within or on the monorail. The carrier contacts a top portion of the monorail and a bottom portion of the monorail. The carrier is hence slidingly secured to the monorail and only connected to one of the shells used to engage to form a visor body. The visor bodies are secured via a press fit between a first boss arranged on a first shell and a second boss arranged on the second shell thus creating a secure connection that does not need screws to secure the visor halves to one another.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: IRVIN AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: David Huff, Aaron Levine
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Patent number: 11243154Abstract: A seat foam inspection gage including a foam displacement indicator is used for inspecting seat foam on site at a manufacturing plant. The seat foam inspection gage includes a cylindrical body and a ball arranged within the body. The seat foam inspection gage also includes an indicator arranged on a top surface of the body, wherein the indicator measures distance of a foam displacement of the seat foam at a seat manufacturing facility. The seat foam inspection gage may take the distance of foam displacement and convert that number into an IFD number, thus allowing for quick comparison of seat foam hardness across an entire seating surface and across all seats being manufactured in a facility without having to send the seat foam to an offsite quality control lab to measure the IFD with large frame machinery.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: IRVIN AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS, LLCInventor: Richard Kenji Brummit
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Publication number: 20210354607Abstract: A deep draw trim member for use in a vehicle seat is disclosed. The deep draw trim member comprises a strip of hook material secured to a foam of the vehicle seat, The deep draw trim member also comprises a strip of loop material secured to a seat trim member, wherein the strip of loop material having a plurality of slits arranged throughout. The strip of loop material is engaged with the strip of hook material to create a seating surface that is aesthetically pleasing for the vehicle seat. The seat trim member is applied to the vehicle seat via a pressing of the vehicle seat trim. member to the vehicle seat foam such that the hook and loop materials attached thereto and interengage with one another to create a secure connection therebetween along with an improved and aesthetically pleasing outer surface for the vehicle seat assemblies.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2020Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, LLCInventors: Gregory Lee Ward, Steven Michael Zabaroni, Michael Joseph Gregg
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Patent number: 11077789Abstract: A visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor comprises a pivot rod and a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body. The visor also comprises a vanity and a mirror having at least one clear portion arranged at or near an end thereof. The visor also comprises a circuit board secured to the first shell and a light emitting diode secured to a surface of the circuit board. The visor also comprises a ramp arranged in a back surface of the mirror wherein the ramp is aligned with at least one clear portion of the mirror. The visor mirror having a ramp arranged therein may allow for light to be redirected towards the user of the mirror from the LED.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: IRVIN AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, Andrew Joseph Wieczorek, Martin J. Rathsburg, Jr., Leslie Hinds, John Gerald Nowakowski, Mark Anthony Schuetz
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Publication number: 20210116343Abstract: A seat foam inspection gage including a foam displacement indicator is used for inspecting seat foam on site at a manufacturing plant. The seat foam inspection gage includes a cylindrical body and a ball arranged within the body. The seat foam inspection gage also includes an indicator arranged on a top surface of the body, wherein the indicator measures distance of a foam displacement of the seat foam at a seat manufacturing facility. The seat foam inspection gage may take the distance of foam displacement and convert that number into an IFD number, thus allowing for quick comparison of seat foam hardness across an entire seating surface and across all seats being manufactured in a facility without having to send the seat foam to an offsite quality control lab to measure the IFD with large frame machinery.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, LLCInventor: RICHARD KENJI BRUMMIT
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Patent number: 10870337Abstract: A thin visor for a vehicle comprising a pivot rod and a first and second shell being engageable to form a visor body. The visor also comprises a vanity secured to the visor body. The visor comprises a carrier positioned in the visor body and engaged with the pivot rod. The visor also comprises a first electrical contact arranged on an end of the pivot rod and a second electrical contact arranged on a surface of the carrier. The visor further comprises a third electrical contact arranged on a surface of the carrier. The thin visor generally has a width of approximately seventeen to eighteen millimeters and allows for a sleek small profile ergonomically designed visor to be arranged within a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, LLCInventor: David Huff
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Patent number: 10864804Abstract: A sliding thin visor for a vehicle comprising a pivot rod and a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body. The visor comprises a rail extending from a surface of the first shell and a carrier slidably positioned in the visor body, wherein that carrier is engaged with the rail. The visor also may comprise a detent assembly having a generally mailbox shape attached to the carrier. The thin visor generally has a width of approximately seventeen to eighteen millimeters and allows for a clean small profile ergonomically designed visor to be arranged within a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: IRVIN AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS, LLCInventor: David Huff
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Publication number: 20200353799Abstract: A visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor comprises a pivot rod and a carrier arranged over the pivot rod. The visor also comprises a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body and a vanity arranged therein. The visor also comprises a light base secured to the second shell and a circuit board engaging the light base. The visor also comprises a light emitting diode secured to a surface of the circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, LLCInventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, Leslie Hinds, Martin Rathsburg, JR., Robert J. Mayne, JR.
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Publication number: 20200282810Abstract: A sliding sun visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The sun visor includes a first and second visor body shell. The visor also comprises a pivot rod and a carrier slidingly arranged over the pivot rod. The first shell of the visor body includes a monorail arranged on an inside surface thereof. The carrier is slidingly engaged with the first shell wherein the carrier is arranged within or on the monorail. The carrier contacts a top portion of the monorail and a bottom portion of the monorail. The carrier is hence slidingly secured to the monorail and only connected to one of the shells used to engage to form a visor body. The visor bodies are secured via a press fit between a first boss arranged on a first shell and a second boss arranged on the second shell thus creating a secure connection that does not need screws to secure the visor halves to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, LLCInventors: David Huff, Aaron Levine
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Publication number: 20200276887Abstract: A sliding thin visor for a vehicle comprising a pivot rod and a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body. The visor comprises a rail extending from a surface of the first shell and a carrier slidably positioned in the visor body, wherein that carrier is engaged with the rail. The visor also may comprise a detent assembly having a generally mailbox shape attached to the carrier. The thin visor generally has a width of approximately seventeen to eighteen millimeters and allows for a clean small profile ergonomically designed visor to be arranged within a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, LLCInventor: DAVID HUFF
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Publication number: 20200276888Abstract: A thin visor for a vehicle comprising a pivot rod and a first and second shell being engageable to form a visor body. The visor also comprises a vanity secured to the visor body. The visor comprises a carrier positioned in the visor body and engaged with the pivot rod. The visor also comprises a first electrical contact arranged on an end of the pivot rod and a second electrical contact arranged on a surface of the carrier. The visor further comprises a third electrical contact arranged on a surface of the carrier. The thin visor generally has a width of approximately seventeen to eighteen millimeters and allows for a sleek small profile ergonomically designed visor to be arranged within a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: IRVIN AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS, LLCInventor: DAVID HUFF
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Patent number: 10737559Abstract: A visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor comprises a pivot rod and a carrier arranged over the pivot rod. The visor also comprises a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body and a vanity arranged therein. The visor also comprises a light base secured to the second shell and a circuit board engaging the light base. The visor also comprises a light emitting diode secured to a surface of the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, LLCInventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, Leslie Hinds, Martin Rathsburg, Jr., Robert J. Mayne, Jr.
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Patent number: 10688850Abstract: A sliding sun visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The sun visor includes a first and second visor body shell. The visor also comprises a pivot rod and a carrier slidingly arranged over the pivot rod. The first shell of the visor body includes a monorail arranged on an inside surface thereof. The carrier is slidingly engaged with the first shell wherein the carrier is arranged within or on the monorail. The carrier contacts a top portion of the monorail and a bottom portion of the monorail. The carrier is hence slidingly secured to the monorail and only connected to one of the shells used to engage to form a visor body. The visor bodies are secured via a press fit between a first boss arranged on a first shell and a second boss arranged on the second shell thus creating a secure connection that does not need screws to secure the visor halves to one another.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, LLCInventors: David Huff, Aaron Levine
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Publication number: 20190389371Abstract: A visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor comprises a pivot rod and a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body. The visor also comprises a vanity and a mirror having at least one clear portion arranged at or near an end thereof. The visor also comprises a circuit board secured to the first shell and a light emitting diode secured to a surface of the circuit board. The visor also comprises a ramp arranged in a back surface of the mirror wherein the ramp is aligned with at least one clear portion of the mirror. The visor mirror having a ramp arranged therein may allow for light to be redirected towards the user of the mirror from the LED.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, LLCInventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, Andrew Joseph Wieczorek, Martin J. Rathsburg, JR., Leslie Hinds, John Gerald Nowakowski, Mark Anthony Schuetz
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Publication number: 20190283553Abstract: A sliding sun visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The sun visor includes a first and second visor body shell. The visor also comprises a pivot rod and a carrier slidingly arranged over the pivot rod. The first shell of the visor body includes a monorail arranged on an inside surface thereof. The carrier is slidingly engaged with the first shell wherein the carrier is arranged within or on the monorail. The carrier contacts a top portion of the monorail and a bottom portion of the monorail. The carrier is hence slidingly secured to the monorail and only connected to one of the shells used to engage to form a visor body. The visor bodies are secured via a press fit between a first boss arranged on a first shell and a second boss arranged on the second shell thus creating a secure connection that does not need screws to secure the visor halves to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2018Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, LLCInventors: David Huff, Aaron Levine
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Patent number: 10406973Abstract: A visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor comprises a pivot rod and a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body. The visor also comprises a vanity and a mirror having at least one clear portion arranged at or near an end thereof. The visor also comprises a circuit board secured to the first shell and a light emitting diode secured to a surface of the circuit board. The visor also comprises a ramp arranged in a back surface of the mirror wherein the ramp is aligned with at least one clear portion of the mirror. The visor mirror having a ramp arranged therein may allow for light to be redirected towards the user of the mirror from the LED.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: IRVIN AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, Andrew Joseph Wieczorek, Martin J. Rathsburg, Jr., Leslie Hinds, John Gerald Nowakowski, Mark Anthony Schuetz
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Patent number: 10376721Abstract: A gear loop for use in a climbing harness or any other recreational or commercial harness or belt and generally comprises a U shaped body, wherein the body is made of a first predetermined material. The gear loop body also has a first end and a second end. The gear loop further comprises an end member attached to the first end and the second end of the body. The end member is made of a second predetermined material. The end member is formed, such that it allows the gear loop to fold in a predetermined direction with relation to a harness.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, LLCInventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, David L. Huff, Jason William Barnes
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Patent number: 10300769Abstract: A visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor comprises a pivot rod and a carrier arranged over the pivot rod. The visor also comprises a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body and a vanity arranged therein. The visor also comprises a light base secured to the second shell and a circuit board engaging the light base. The visor also comprises a light emitting diode secured to a surface of the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, LLCInventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, Leslie Hinds, Martin Rathsburg, Jr., Robert J. Mayne, Jr.
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Patent number: 9827891Abstract: A bus seat for use in a bus comprises a frame and a seat back secured to a portion of the frame. The bus seat further comprises a seat cushion secured to another portion of the frame. The bus seat also comprises a removable two piece cover arranged over the seat back, wherein the cover pieces are secured to one another with a zipper. The zippered two piece seat back cover allows for easy installation, removal or replacement of any damaged or worn portions of the seat back trim cover.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: IRVIN AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Earl DeWayne Conn, Jeffrey Scott Graves