Patents Assigned to Irvin Automotive Products
  • Patent number: 9770965
    Abstract: A sliding sun visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The sun visor includes a first and second visor body shell. At least one of the shells having a retaining channel for engaging and retaining a floating carrier on a visor pivot rod. It is also contemplated that the sun visor may have a snap in vanity system and rotating pin on a D-ring associated therewith. The visor body also may include a wire routing option to route a wire from the electrical system of a vehicle to a light bulb in a vanity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, LLC
    Inventors: David Lee Huff, Leslie Raymond Hinds, Bryan Wesley Busha, Donald Joseph Woodward, Joseph Peter Wieczorek
  • Publication number: 20170217365
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, Andrew Joseph Wieczorek, Martin J. Rathsburg, JR., Leslie Hinds, John Gerald Nowakowski, Mark Anthony Schuetz
  • Patent number: 9702188
    Abstract: A security shade for use in an automotive vehicle. The security shade includes a cassette having a roll tube arranged therein. The roll tube has a shade panel fixed to the roll tube at one end thereof. The security shade also includes a bearing arranged in an end of the roll tube and a spring housing arranged in an end of the cassette. A motor spring is arranged within the spring housing and is axially fixed with relation to the roll tube and the cassette. The security shade also includes an end cap arranged over an end of a cassette. The security shade has the compressible end cap over each end of the roll tube and cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph P. Wieczorek, Bryan Busha, Leslie R. Hinds, Gary James Clark
  • Publication number: 20160167490
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, Leslie Hinds, Martin Rathsburg, JR., Robert J. Mayne, JR.
  • Publication number: 20160167573
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, Leslie Hinds, Martin Rathsburg, JR., Robert J. Mayne, JR.
  • Publication number: 20160121147
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, David L. Huff, Jason William Barnes
  • Patent number: 9278608
    Abstract: A D-ring for use with a visor in a vehicle is disclosed. The D-ring includes a body and a pin arranged between two surfaces of the body. The D-ring also includes a leg extending from the body and a first and second arm extending from a side of the body wherein the arms are generally parallel to the leg. The D-ring also includes a first and second flange extending from the body substantially parallel to and in spaced relationship to the arms for receiving and holding a planar object between the flanges and the arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: IRVIN AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: John Carl Mingay, Steven Ernest deHagen
  • Publication number: 20160046175
    Abstract: A sliding sun visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The sun visor includes a first and second visor body shell. At least one of the shells having a retaining channel for engaging and retaining a floating carrier on a visor pivot rod. It is also contemplated that the sun visor may have a snap in vanity system and rotating pin on a D-ring associated therewith. The visor body also may include a wire routing option to route a wire from the electrical system of a vehicle to a light bulb in a vanity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lee Huff, Leslie Raymond Hinds, Bryan Wesley Busha, Donald Joseph Woodward
  • Publication number: 20150352928
    Abstract: A D-ring for use with a visor in a vehicle is disclosed. The D-ring includes a body and a pin arranged between two surfaces of the body. The D-ring also includes a leg extending from the body and a first and second arm extending from a side of the body wherein the arms are generally parallel to the leg. The D-ring also includes a first and second flange extending from the body substantially parallel to and in spaced relationship to the arms for receiving and holding a planar object between the flanges and the arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: John Carl Mingay, Steven Ernest deHagen
  • Patent number: 9186962
    Abstract: A sliding sun visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The sun visor includes a first and second visor body shell. At least one of the shells having a retaining channel for engaging and retaining a floating carrier on a visor pivot rod. It is also contemplated that the sun visor may have a snap in vanity system and rotating pin on a D-ring associated therewith. The visor body also may include a wire routing option to route a wire from the electrical system of a vehicle to a light bulb in a vanity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lee Huff, Leslie Raymond Hinds, Bryan Wesley Busha, Donald Joseph Woodward, Robert Mayne, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150224900
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Earl DeWayne Conn, Jeffrey Scott Graves
  • Patent number: 9032888
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Earl DeWayne Conn, Jeffrey Scott Graves
  • Patent number: 8869870
    Abstract: A motor spring assembly for use in a sun shade assembly in a vehicle comprises a motor spring housing and a bracket integral with and extending from the housing. The assembly also comprises a cover arranged over one side of the housing and a motor spring arranged within the housing. The assembly further comprises a shaft in contact with the motor spring wherein the shaft rotates with respect to the housing. The assembly also includes a connector arranged over an end of the shaft. The motor spring assembly generally will be arranged and secured within a guide rail of a sun shade assembly thus allowing for a more robust and durable sun shade assembly within an automotive vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Wieczorek, David L. Huff
  • Patent number: 8870259
    Abstract: A hybrid visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor includes an expanded polypropylene body and a partial clamshell engaging the body along a single longitudinal length of the body and along a single transverse length of the body. The visor also comprises a pivot rod arranged within the clamshell and a cover material arranged over the body and the clamshell. The hybrid visor provides a light weight, low cost recyclable visor that is capable of being designed into any number of configurations all while providing the same robustness and stiffness of heavier and more costly visors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Wieczorek, Leslie R. Hinds
  • Patent number: 8770256
    Abstract: A security shade for use in an automotive vehicle. The security shade includes a cassette having a roll tube arranged therein. The roll tube has a shade panel fixed to the roll tube at one end thereof. The security shade also includes a bearing arranged in an end of the roll tube and a spring housing arranged in an end of the cassette. A motor spring is arranged within the spring housing and is axially fixed with relation to the roll tube and the cassette. The security shade also includes an end cap arranged over an end of a cassette. The security shade has the compressible end cap over each end of the roll tube and cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Wieczorek, Bryan Busha
  • Patent number: 8672016
    Abstract: An end cap for use in a shade assembly in a vehicle. The end cap is capable of folding and includes a base and a linkage pivotally connected to the base. The end cap also includes an extension pivotally connected to the linkage. The folding end cap will allow for the effective length of the end cap to be reduced by pivoting the extension of the end cap in an approximate 180° arc such that it engages and is secured to the base on an outer surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Busha, Christopher R. Hammond, Joseph P. Wieczorek
  • Publication number: 20140028047
    Abstract: A sliding sun visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The sun visor includes a first and second visor body shell. At least one of the shells having a retaining channel for engaging and retaining a floating carrier on a visor pivot rod. It is also contemplated that the sun visor may have a snap in vanity system and rotating pin on a D-ring associated therewith. The visor body also may include a wire routing option to route a wire from the electrical system of a vehicle to a light bulb in a vanity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lee Huff, Leslie Raymond Hinds, Bryan Wesley Busha, Donald Joseph Woodward, Joseph Peter Wieczorek
  • Patent number: 8556325
    Abstract: A sliding sun visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The sun visor includes a first and second visor body shell. At least one of the shells having a retaining channel for engaging and retaining a floating carrier on a visor pivot rod. It is also contemplated that the sun visor may have a snap in vanity system and rotating pin on a D-ring associated therewith. The visor body also may include a wire routing option to route a wire from the electrical system of a vehicle to a light bulb in a vanity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lee Huff, Leslie Raymond Hinds, Bryan Wesley Busha, Donald Joseph Woodward, Joseph Peter Wieczorek
  • Patent number: 8556339
    Abstract: A latch lock out assembly for use with an armrest of a vehicle is disclosed. The latch lock out assembly comprises a flexible body secured to the armrest on an end of the body. The latch lock out assembly also comprises a generally cylindrically shaped blocking member arranged on an end of the body. The blocking member will be used to block the disengagement of a latch from a locking surface when the armrest is in a generally vertical or seat back position but flex or bend to a secondary or disengaged position when the armrest is in a generally horizontal position within the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Shane A. DeVoe
  • Patent number: 8210567
    Abstract: A seam for use in a seat of a vehicle having a side airbag that deploys through a cover of the vehicle seat. The seam including a first material and a second material joined to the first material. A monofilament member used to join the first material to the second material. The monofilament member will allow for quicker and easier tearing of the seam thus allowing for more complete and quicker deployment of the airbag through the vehicle seat cover to protect the occupant from contact with interior surfaces of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Wieczorek, Timothy Owen Hamlin, William Bredo Berghoff