Patents Examined by Amy R Weisberg
  • Patent number: 12384228
    Abstract: The window frame member has a horizontal bar shape, disposed between the upper window panel and the lower window panel and supports a lower end of the upper window panel and an upper end of the lower window panel. The window frame member has opposite longitudinal ends fixed to a B pillar and a C pillar, vertical pillars of the vehicle cabin, respectively. The seat cross member also has opposite longitudinal ends fixed to the B pillar and the C pillar. The window frame member and the seat cross member overlap each other at least partially in a portion along a vehicle height, and extend with a horizontal gap disposed therebetween over their entire lengths. The horizontal gap is less than a horizontal width of each of the window frame member and the seat cross member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norimasa Koreishi, Hideo Takeda, Hitoshi Takezoe
  • Patent number: 12377787
    Abstract: A console box includes a box body, storage, a side table, a shaft, a shaft support arranged above the storage, and a rotation stopper. The storage is located in a side portion of the box body with respect to a widthwise direction of a vehicle seat. The side table is vertically movable between a storage position and an intermediate position. The shaft is located at a lower end of the side table when in the upright state. The shaft support rotatably supports the shaft so that the side table rotates about the shaft away from the box body in the widthwise direction from the intermediate position to a usage position. The rotation stopper restricts rotation of the side table beyond the usage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroto Watanabe, Masanori Mizuno, Yasuhiro Kodama
  • Patent number: 12377798
    Abstract: A vehicle cockpit module assembled to a front area of the interior of a vehicle, the vehicle cockpit module including a main module composed of a driver module corresponding to a driver seat and a center module disposed at a center of the vehicle, and comprising vehicle control parts, driver seat convenience parts, and driver seat safety parts, and a side module configured to be assembled to or separated from a side of the main module corresponding to a front passenger seat, and comprising front passenger seat convenience parts and front passenger seat safety parts, wherein the side module is configured to be connected to a front part of a vehicle body and a side end of the main module when assembled, and a space in which the side module previously existed is utilized as a storage space, in response to the side module being separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ik Keun Choi
  • Patent number: 12365395
    Abstract: A load structure may include a first honeycomb layer, a second honeycomb layer, and a plurality of intermediate layers. The plurality of intermediate layers may be disposed between the first and second honeycomb layers. The intermediate layers may include one or more adhesive layers, a fiberglass layer, and a paper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Gemini Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Robinson
  • Patent number: 12365390
    Abstract: A structural assembly for an electric vehicle that includes a vehicle frame, a pair of suspension mounts and a deflector beam. The vehicle frame has a pair of longitudinal rails. The pair of suspension mounts are configured to support a vehicle suspension system. Each suspension mount is secured to a respective longitudinal rail of the pair of longitudinal rails. The deflector beam includes a body portion and opposing end portions. The body portion extends in a transverse direction relative to a longitudinal direction of the electric vehicle and is configured to support an electrical module between the pair of longitudinal rails. The deflector beam is secured to the pair of suspension mounts or the vehicle frame. Each end portion extends from the body portion to a respective location that is outboard of a respective suspension mount of the pair of suspension mounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alejandro Eli Acosta Flores, Diego Eduardo Mendoza Hernández
  • Patent number: 12365299
    Abstract: The present invention provides a modular security partition for a public safety vehicle comprising: a driver assembly, a passenger assembly, and a frame connect assembly, wherein the driver assembly having at least one driver panel, and a driver frame member having a non-feature portion, and a driver connect feature that is a part of the frame connect assembly; the passenger assembly having at least one passenger panel, and a passenger frame member having a non-feature portion, and a passenger connect feature that is a part of the frame connect assembly; the driver assembly and the passenger assembly are separate pieces designed for easy shipping; and the driver assembly and the passenger assembly are then assembled together into the security partition as a single piece by using the frame connect assembly, fasteners, and the assembly attachment features of the at least one driver panel and the at least one passenger panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Westin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Carlos Rios
  • Patent number: 12358718
    Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis having a chassis frame member, a refuse collection body having a body frame member, and a battery mounted to the chassis frame member, and a body tie-down assembly. The body tie-down assembly includes a chassis mounting member, a body mounting member, a spring assembly, and a retainer plate. The body mounting member has brackets that define a cavity and retaining slots. The top member of the chassis mounting member may be received within the cavity defined by the brackets. The spring assembly includes a spring, a bolt, and a nut. The retainer plate includes a slot. The bolt further extends through a top member of the chassis mounting member and the slot of the retainer plate and receives the nut. The bolt is received within the retaining slots during removal of the bolt to prohibit the bolt from coming in contact with the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Logan Gary, Derek Wente, Jacob Wallin, Jerrod Kappers
  • Patent number: 12358350
    Abstract: A vehicle sun visor includes a hollow visor main body that includes a frame portion including an opening, a mirror that is attached to the frame portion to face the opening, and a mirror cover configured to slide relative to the visor main body between a closed position at which the mirror cover covers the mirror and an open position at which the mirror cover exposes the mirror. The vehicle sun visor further includes at least one of a first stopper portion that is disposed at a section of the frame portion on a leading side in an opening direction of the mirror cover and protrudes toward the mirror cover, or a second stopper portion that is disposed at an end portion of the mirror cover on a leading side in a closing direction of the mirror cover and protrudes toward the mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: KYOWA SANGYO CORP.
    Inventor: Tomoko Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 12357518
    Abstract: An ambulance cot loading and unloading system for an emergency vehicle includes a base for mounting in the emergency vehicle and an arm mounted for linear movement along the base, wherein the arm configured to support a cot while the cot is being loaded into or unloaded from the emergency vehicle. The ambulance cot loading and unloading system further includes an indicator mounted relative to the arm and a control system, which is in communication with the indicator and configured to generate a status indication of the cot loading and unloading system at the indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Clifford Edwin Lambarth, Chad Conway Souke, Kurosh Nahavandi, Adam Darwin Downey, Robert Gregory Cox
  • Patent number: 12358433
    Abstract: An embodiment sliding console of a vehicle includes a rail, a console body connected to the rail and configured to slide on the vehicle floor, a first duct disposed in the console body and configured to slide with respect to the console body, the first duct having a first hook configured to selectively fix a position when an inlet of the first duct is matched with an outlet of a floor duct, a second duct disposed in the console body such that a position thereof is fixed, coupled to an outlet of the first duct to overlap the first duct like a double pipe, and configured to slide with respect to the first duct, and a second hook configured to restrict relative sliding of the first duct and the second duct in accordance with an overlap length of the first duct and the second duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Gye Young Ahn, Kyoung Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 12352084
    Abstract: A camper shell lock assembly includes a camper shell that is installed on a bed of a pickup. The camper shell has a door and the door has a locking mechanism that is movably integrated into the door. The locking mechanism is rotatable into a locked condition for inhibiting the door from is opened. The locking mechanism is rotatable into an unlocked condition to facilitate the door to be opened. A box is positionable over the locking mechanism thereby restricting motion of the locking mechanism. The box is comprised of a rigid material thereby facilitating the box to inhibit the locking mechanism from being rotated into the unlocked condition. In this way the door from is inhibited from being opened to inhibit a person outside of the camper shell from opening the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Inventor: Jose Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 12351112
    Abstract: An assembly includes a liftgate having a frame and a body panel supported by the frame, the body panel defining a plurality of openings, the openings providing access to the frame. The assembly includes a first cover covering the plurality of openings of the body panel. The assembly includes a second cover supported by the first cover and defining a chamber therebetween. The assembly includes a sensor assembly supported within the chamber between the first cover and the second cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler D. Hamilton, Venkatesh Krishnan, Michael Robertson, Jr., Moura Renato da Rosa Borges, Henrico Quinelato
  • Patent number: 12351132
    Abstract: A collapsible vehicle interior console includes a plurality of walls and is changeable between a deployed configuration in which the walls are vertical and a stowed configuration in which the walls are horizontal. The walls change length between the two configurations such that a console body has a height that is greater than its width when deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Sven Christopherson
  • Patent number: 12351133
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a moving device, and as one embodiment of the present disclosure. The moving device includes a rail unit positioned to be embedded in a floor of a vehicle, a storage unit moved along the rail unit, a magnetic unit positioned in the storage unit and configured to be moved along the rail unit, a magnetic shield unit positioned on both side surfaces of the magnetic unit to increase adherence between the magnetic unit and the rail unit, and a fixing unit fastened to the floor and the storage unit to limit the movement of the storage unit. The magnetic unit is configured to have opposite polarities on both sides with respect to the longitudinal direction of the rail unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, NIFCO KOREA Inc.
    Inventors: Byung Seok Kong, Geun Heung Kim
  • Patent number: 12351006
    Abstract: A window glass for a vehicle capable of suppressing, at a low cost, generation of an abnormal noise caused by entered wind. A window glass for a vehicle according to an aspect of the present disclosure is used for a fixed window of the vehicle and includes a glass plate and a molding made of a resin provided at a peripheral edge of the glass plate. In the molding, a molding lower part disposed on a lower side of the window glass for the vehicle is configured to be disposed on an inside of the door panel when the window glass for the vehicle is mounted to a door panel, and a plate-shaped member projecting toward an outside of the vehicle is provided at the molding lower part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Kawashima, Shigemitsu Igei
  • Patent number: 12351094
    Abstract: A convertible ramp body and/or combination of vehicle with a cargo bed and convertible ramp body wherein the convertible ramp body may be positioned about the cargo bed of a vehicle. The convertible ramp body may include a storage shelf body and cargo bed extender on opposite lateral ends of the cargo bed and connected by sidewall beams and a ramp pivotally connected to the cargo bed extender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Inventors: Wyatt Taft Farmer, Luke Waesche
  • Patent number: 12351084
    Abstract: Vehicle structure includes a front seat for a driver and a rear seat for a passenger aligned with each other. The front seat is slidable and/or tiltable between a rearward position, in which it is rigidly secured to the frame of the rear seat by a releasable locking device, and a forward position, in which a gap is formed between the front seat and the rear seat to facilitate the access and exit of the passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: KOMMA AG
    Inventors: Lowie Vermeersch, Goran Popovic
  • Patent number: 12344080
    Abstract: A door system for a vehicle includes a vehicle body structure and a first door structure. The first door structure includes a first door beam extending between a lower part and an upper part of the vehicle body structure when the first door structure is in a closed position. A first bracket is attached to a lower end of the first door beam. The first bracket is arranged to run in a first guide rail arranged in the vehicle body structure. The first guide rail includes a first recession. The first bracket includes a first protrusion arranged at a bottom end of the first bracket. Upon a roof crush, the first protrusion and the first recession in the first guide rail is arranged to engage to prevent separation of the first door structure from the vehicle body structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignees: Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd., ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Martin Larsson, Martin Svensson, Henrik Grammahage
  • Patent number: 12344315
    Abstract: A roof for a vehicle upper body structure includes a body extending between a first side and a second side, and between a front end and a back end. The front end is configured to be coupled to a header. The body includes a polymer and a plurality of fibers. At least a portion of the body has a transparency of greater than 0% to less than or equal to about 20%. A header for a vehicle upper body structure includes an elongated body extending between a first side and a second side, a front end that is configured to be coupled to a windshield, and a back end that is configured to be coupled to a roof. The body includes a polymer and a plurality of fibers. At least a portion of the body has a transparency of greater than 0% to less than or equal to about 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Bradley Allen Newcomb, Joung Min Choi, Julien P. Mourou
  • Patent number: 12344084
    Abstract: A hard top removal assist system for a vehicle. The system includes a vehicle body having a plurality of rails mounted to the vehicle body. A hard top has a connection that is used to connect the hard top to the plurality of rails. There is at least one connection on the hard top that is slidable in the one or more rails between an installed position and a removed position. The hard top can be fully removed from the vehicle body and the one or more rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Aurora Ontario
    Inventors: Marc Cogswell, Larry R. Erickson, Robert M. Horner, Brian Staley, Luyao Zhu