Patents Examined by Amy R Weisberg
  • Wire loom support
    Patent number: 11865981
    Abstract: A recreational vehicle may comprise a vehicle body having a living space defined therein, a chassis supporting the vehicle body and having a crossmember disposed across the vehicle body, a wire loom, and a wire loom support. The wire loom support may comprise a body having a hook that fits over a first edge of the crossmember and a finger that folds over a second edge of the crossmember to support the wire loom between the wire loom support and the crossmember. A method of supporting such wire loom may comprise disposing a body of a wire loom support adjacent a crossmember, hooking a hook of the wire loom support to a first edge of the crossmember, placing a finger of a wire loom support over a second edge of the crossmember, and applying a force on the finger to bend the finger over the second edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Thor Tech, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary Offill
  • Vehicle interior panel assembly having a stowage tray for a mobile device
    Patent number: 11866010
    Abstract: A vehicle interior panel assembly includes an in-vehicle support substrate and a stowage tray for a mobile device. The stowage tray includes a reception surface for the mobile device, and one or more sliders configured to attach the stowage tray to the support substrate. The one or more sliders are further configured to tilt the reception surface with respect to a sowed position for the stowage tray in the support substrate. This structure for a stowage tray helps improve within vehicle integration and support more flexible usability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FAURECIA AUTOMOTIVE SEATING, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Dessapt, Cedric Ketels
  • Integrated bed optimization system
    Patent number: 11865906
    Abstract: An integrated bed optimization system comprises a dynamic frame which is integrated into the front and sides of a pickup truck bed. The frame can be raised and lowered to expand the bed's usable volume and to optimize cargo storage options. The frame comprises T-Track beams which permit the user to customize the bed by allowing the user to secure one or more attachments to the frame. The attachments can include tiedown points, storage racks, tonneau covers, camper shells, and other modular accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Oliver Scammell
  • Automatic light blocking device for vehicle
    Patent number: 11865904
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic light blocking device for a vehicle, wherein a light blocking slider protrudes in a sliding manner from the ceiling or roof of the vehicle in order to block sunlight shining into the interior of the vehicle. To this end, an automatic light blocking device for a vehicle comprises: a light blocking body provided on the ceiling or roof of the vehicle and having at least one sliding groove which is open in the direction in which light is to be blocked; a light blocking slider which is slidably inserted into and coupled to the sliding groove; and a driving unit for sliding the light blocking slider along the light blocking body by using power applied from the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Young Sung Geum
  • Deck hook for heavy cargo
    Patent number: 11858595
    Abstract: A deck hook having the capability 1) to accept loading force in wide space angles of multiple directions, and 2) to distribute loading forces over increased deck/socket surface areas thereby increasing durability of the deck elements built from non-steel materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Peck & Hale, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Joseph Royt
  • Electrified vehicle module brace assembly and supporting method
    Patent number: 11858550
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a brace assembly that extends from a passenger side frame rail of a vehicle to a driver side frame rail of the vehicle, and at least one electrified vehicle powertrain module supported by the brace assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Suriyaprakash Ayyangar Janarthanam, Do Young Chung, Robert Bartz, Jason C. Marcath, Chelliah Madasamy
  • Deployable vehicle desk
    Patent number: 11858399
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a dashboard having a lower portion that defines a recess. The lower portion has a bottom surface and a recess surface. The bottom surface is adjacent to the recess surface, and the recess surface of the lower portion defines the recess. The vehicle also includes a desk operably coupled to the dashboard and movable between an undeployed position and a deployed position. In the undeployed position, the desk is received within the recess and an underside surface of the desk is generally flush with the bottom surface of the lower portion of the dashboard. In the deployed position, the position of the desk is further vehicle-rearward than the position of the desk in the undeployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael John Harmon, Ryan Wayne Warner, Jesse Rene Diephuis, Andrew Brand, Andrew Smith
  • Cowl reinforcement structure of vehicle
    Patent number: 11858554
    Abstract: A cowl reinforcement structure of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure for reinforcement of a cowl upper panel connected to a dash panel by forming a curved line along a front and rear direction of the vehicle includes a cowl upper side reinforcement member provided in a shape corresponding to the curved line of the cowl upper panel at the lower part of the cowl upper panel; and a cowl support bracket joined to the cowl upper side reinforcement member at the lower part of the cowl upper panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: HanSeok Song
  • Dashboard carrier for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11851109
    Abstract: A dashboard carrier for a motor vehicle with a first hollow carrier profile and a second hollow carrier profile. The two carrier profiles are aligned in the longitudinal extension of the dashboard carrier, arranged at a distance from one another, and connected to one another by a carrier connector spanning the distance between the two carrier profiles. The carrier connector connects the two carrier profiles to one another eccentrically and asymmetrically in relation to the longitudinal axis of the carrier profiles. The carrier connector has an attachment portion on each end side thereof and a carrier portion which connects the attachment portions. The carrier connector is connected, with its attachment portions, to a respective circumferential portion of the lateral surface of the two carrier profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: KIRCHHOFF AUTOMOTIVE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Weige, Antonio Turco, Andreas Bender
  • Vehicle sun visor equipped with card holder
    Patent number: 11850923
    Abstract: A vehicle sun visor has: a hollow plate-like visor body; and a card holder fitted to the visor body. The visor body has an opening that is formed in a first component of the visor body, and a pair of rails that extend from both ends of the opening on the backside of the first component. The card holder has, integrally, an annular bezel along the opening, and a holder body extending from one side of the bezel over the other side thereof. The holder body has both edges that are held on the rails, and a projection piece that is located on a side opposite to the bezel and is held on the visor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: KYOWA SANGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Ishikura, Takashi Haraguchi
  • Emblem for steering wheel
    Patent number: 11851009
    Abstract: The emblem for a steering wheel includes: a rim of the steering wheel; the rim including a coupling groove formed in an outer surface thereof; an emblem bracket coupled into the coupling groove; and an emblem assembly including an emblem body, an emblem logo, and a logo portion formed on the emblem logo, the emblem assembly fastened into the emblem bracket in a state in which the logo portion is exposed from a surface of the emblem body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Joo Seon Yoo, Jun Yong Min
  • Chassis assembly for a delivery vehicle
    Patent number: 11850987
    Abstract: The chassis assembly (3) includes a vehicle chassis (4) extending along a longitudinal direction (D1); a first supporting part (6) configured to support a first load unit (7.1) on a first longitudinal side (4.1) of the vehicle chassis (4); a second supporting part (8) configured to support a second load unit (7.2) on a second longitudinal side (4.2) of the vehicle chassis (4) opposite to the first longitudinal side (4.1); and a lifting device (5) secured to the vehicle chassis (4) and configured to lift up and down the first and second supporting parts (6, 8) with respect to the vehicle chassis (4) so as to vertically displace each of first and second load units (7.1, 7.2) supported by the first and second supporting parts (6, 8) between a loading/unloading position and a driving position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Denis Caux, Jean-Roch Barbier, Thierry Gronsfeld, Carole Fatet
  • Vehicle roof comprising a shading arrangement and guide rails
    Patent number: 11845323
    Abstract: A vehicle roof having a plate-shaped body-shell element and a shading arrangement which has a shading element and guide rails for laterally guiding the shading element. At least one fixing element is formed integrally on each of the guide rails at an upper side facing the body-shell element, said fixing element being in engagement with at least one molded portion which is molded to the body-shell element and has at least one fixing counterpart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Gioacchino Inzerillo, Gianluca Anedda
  • Stamped rear frame bolster
    Patent number: 11840277
    Abstract: A cargo transport rear frame includes a pair of posts, an upper cross member, and a rear bolster. The posts are spaced in a width direction, and extend in a height direction. The upper cross member extends along the width between the posts. The rear bolster extends between lower ends of the posts such that the rear bolster is spaced below the upper cross member. The posts, the upper cross member, and the rear bolster bound the rear cargo opening. The rear bolster has a first side facing in a forward direction, and the rear bolster has a second side facing in a rearward direction to be exposed to a rear side of the cargo transport rear frame. The rear bolster comprises a sheet metal stamping including a base surface and a relief embossed in the rearward direction from the base surface to form a loading dock engagement feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: STI Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary L. Fenton, Jason Alan Drost
  • Torsion spring installation means for vehicle sunroof, front frame and vehicle sunroof
    Patent number: 11840133
    Abstract: A torsion spring installation means for a vehicle sunroof, front frame and vehicle sunroof. The torsion spring may have spring coils, a first torsion arm and a second torsion arm. The torsion spring installation means has a recess, the recess being configured as a cavity having an opening, for the purpose of receiving the spring coils, and having a wall and a recess bottom; a receiving component, the receiving component having an opening part, in order to receive the first torsion arm; wherein a guide block is provided on a first wall face of the wall in a fixed manner, the guide block extending out from the first wall face in such a way that its size gradually diminishes. The present means provides convenience of installation and removal, ease of maintenance and replacement, effective prevention of water penetration, the ability to prevent jumping out and wobbling, an extended service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Yunquan Bu, Baojia Liu, Jun Chen
  • Boarding handrail
    Patent number: 11840166
    Abstract: A boarding handrail includes: an outer pipe which is supported by a support member provided on a periphery of an entrance of a vehicle and of which one segment is removed to form a non-annular shape; an inner pipe that has a substantially C-shaped cross-section as seen from an axial direction, with the outside diameter smaller than the inside diameter of the outer pipe, and is disposed in the one segment by being suspended across one end and the other end of the outer pipe; a sheet member that continuously covers an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface of the inner pipe and is capable of being moved in a circumferential direction of the inner pipe by a driving device provided inside the inner pipe; and a disinfecting device that is provided inside the inner pipe and disinfects the sheet member by irradiating it with ultraviolet light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideyuki Sakurai
  • Rear hard enclosure for a soft top
    Patent number: 11840132
    Abstract: A panel top assembly adapted for a vehicle including a pivotal portion that is rotatable between a closed position and open sunroof position, the pivotal portion is coupled to guide assemblies to selectively slide rearward to another top open position. There is provided a removable hard rear window, a rear hard drip rail; and a pair of removable hard rear side window assemblies on the side of the vehicle that wrap around to the back of the vehicle creating clear rear hard corners and that are also in sealing engagement to the rear window. The rear hard drip rail and pivotal portion selectively drop down at an angle into the rear cargo area of the vehicle when a fully open top experience is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Bestop, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Smith, Charles C. Turney
  • Support element for fastening an interior lining part to a component of a vehicle, fastening arrangement and vehicle
    Patent number: 11833981
    Abstract: A support element fastens an interior lining part to a structural part of a vehicle, wherein the interior lining part is fastenable to the structural part via the support element. The support element has at least one deformation region which is of meandering design in at least one plane and is deformable under the application of a force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Distler, Sascha Engel, Ralf Mueller, Andreas Petermann, Wolfgang Witek
  • Coupling structure of vehicle body and chassis frame
    Patent number: 11834101
    Abstract: A coupling structure of a vehicle body and a chassis frame may include: a vehicle body side sill section provided to the vehicle body of a vehicle; and a side member section provided to a chassis frame coupled to the vehicle body, coupled to the vehicle body side sill section, and having a battery module mounted thereto, wherein the side member section includes a side member body part, and a battery coupling part which is integrally formed with the side member body part, wherein the vehicle body side sill section includes a side sill body part which is seated on the upper surface of the side member body part, and a locking part which is integrally formed with the side sill body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Jin Woo, Hyoun Young Oh
  • Vehicle load floor adjustment system
    Patent number: 11833941
    Abstract: Mechanisms for raising at least a portion of a vehicle load floor in response to lowering of one adjacent seat, to allow for easier loading of vehicle cargo areas. Mechanisms may raise a portion of the load floor when any one or more adjacent seats are lowered, but only lower the load floor when all adjacent seats are raised. In this manner, mechanisms of embodiments of the disclosure raise the load floor to an inclined position so that the load floor gradually rises to the elevation of any adjacent folded seat backs, rather than having a step increase in height at the boundary between load floor and seats. This allows for easier sliding of cargo over the load floor and onto the seat backs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer Sterling, Marcus Merideth, John Behrendt, Peter McKean