Patents Examined by Amy R Weisberg
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Patent number: 12384228Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 28, 2023Date of Patent: August 12, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norimasa Koreishi, Hideo Takeda, Hitoshi Takezoe
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Patent number: 12377787Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 8, 2023Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroto Watanabe, Masanori Mizuno, Yasuhiro Kodama
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Patent number: 12377798Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 18, 2022Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ik Keun Choi
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Patent number: 12365395Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 22, 2022Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: Gemini Group, Inc.Inventor: Mark Robinson
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Patent number: 12365390Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 27, 2022Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Alejandro Eli Acosta Flores, Diego Eduardo Mendoza Hernández
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Patent number: 12365299Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 17, 2022Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: Westin Automotive Products, Inc.Inventor: Carlos Rios
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Patent number: 12358718Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Logan Gary, Derek Wente, Jacob Wallin, Jerrod Kappers
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Patent number: 12358350Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 9, 2023Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: KYOWA SANGYO CORP.Inventor: Tomoko Matsumoto
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Patent number: 12357518Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Clifford Edwin Lambarth, Chad Conway Souke, Kurosh Nahavandi, Adam Darwin Downey, Robert Gregory Cox
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Patent number: 12358433Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Gye Young Ahn, Kyoung Sik Kim
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Patent number: 12352084Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 16, 2022Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Inventor: Jose Rodriguez
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Patent number: 12351112Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 15, 2022Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Tyler D. Hamilton, Venkatesh Krishnan, Michael Robertson, Jr., Moura Renato da Rosa Borges, Henrico Quinelato
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Patent number: 12351132Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc.Inventor: Sven Christopherson
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Patent number: 12351133Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 29, 2022Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, NIFCO KOREA Inc.Inventors: Byung Seok Kong, Geun Heung Kim
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Patent number: 12351006Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 8, 2022Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: AGC INC.Inventors: Kunihiko Kawashima, Shigemitsu Igei
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Patent number: 12351094Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 27, 2023Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Inventors: Wyatt Taft Farmer, Luke Waesche
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Patent number: 12351084Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: KOMMA AGInventors: Lowie Vermeersch, Goran Popovic
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Patent number: 12344080Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 5, 2022Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignees: Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd., ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Martin Larsson, Martin Svensson, Henrik Grammahage
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Patent number: 12344315Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 21, 2023Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Bradley Allen Newcomb, Joung Min Choi, Julien P. Mourou
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Patent number: 12344084Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: Aurora OntarioInventors: Marc Cogswell, Larry R. Erickson, Robert M. Horner, Brian Staley, Luyao Zhu