Patents Examined by D. Glenn Dayoan
  • Patent number: 11370344
    Abstract: A tilting truck bed includes a bed body configured to load materials, lifting supports, shock absorber supports and a shock-absorbing pad assembly. The bed body includes a first bottom plate, a front plate, a tail plate, a left side plate, and a right side plate that are welded to upper edges of the first bottom plate. The lifting supports are symmetrically mounted on the tail plate and hinged to the frame to realize the tipping of the bed body. The shock absorber supports are symmetrically mounted on both sides of the front part of the first bottom plate, wherein the shock absorber support includes a shock absorber support main body and a gap adjusting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: XUZHOU XCMG MINING MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daoming Wang, Jieshan Zhang, Hongyi Qin, Kuipu Qiao, Zhiming Tang
  • Patent number: 11370284
    Abstract: A motor vehicle including a rear bumper and a front bumper, and a protective tarpaulin system having a flexible tarpaulin for covering the vehicle and a rear shaft that is installed at the rear bumper, the tarpaulin being windable around the rear shaft. The vehicle is fitted with two longitudinal sheaths a longitudinal slot, a slider being received in each longitudinal sheath and being connected via a traction cable both to a front shaft and to a rear shaft, so that rotating the shafts causes the traction cable to be wound and unwound, thereby moving the slider in the longitudinal sheath, which slider entrains the tarpaulin that is connected to the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: ACPV
    Inventors: Andre Sassi, Jocelyne Sassi
  • Patent number: 11370349
    Abstract: A coil rack carrier for guiding and carrying a plurality of coil racks includes a pair of upstanding front guide members laterally spaced apart from one another and a pair of upstanding rear guide members laterally spaced apart from one another. Each rear guide member defines a length that is greater than a length of each front guide member. One of the pair of rear guide members is rearwardly adjacent a first one of the front guide members so as to define a first channel therebetween. Similarly, another of the pair of rear guide members is rearwardly adjacent a second one of the front guide members so as to define a second channel therebetween. For stowage the plurality of coil racks is sequentially received into the first and second channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick Dowell, Brad Warren Fredrick
  • Patent number: 11370294
    Abstract: A grille shutter includes a frame, a fin supported by the frame, and brackets that are arranged respectively on opposite sides of the frame in the vehicle right-left direction and used for attaching the frame to a vehicle body. Each of the brackets is partially provided with a fragile portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tamotsu Tsuchida, Shun Totsuka, Ken Komatsubara, Kazuki Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 11370350
    Abstract: A component arrangement includes at least one basic component in which at least one additional component is integrated, the additional component forming at least one visible joint with the basic component. A holding device for the additional component is integrated in the basic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Riccardo Bauer, Tobias Posch, Ulrich Koenigs, Andreas Kieschke
  • Patent number: 11370347
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile cabin set that allows flexible arrangement of layout in a cabin. One aspect of the present disclosure provides a mobile cabin set that includes a cabin body configuring a part of a moving body and including a ceiling surface, a floor surface, and two or more side surfaces that define an interior space; at least one rail arranged on at least one surface of the ceiling surface, or the two or more side surfaces of the cabin body, the at least one rail extending in a direction that intersects a vertical direction; and at least one attachment arranged in the interior space. The at least one rail includes an attachment/detachment mechanism to allow attachment/detachment of the at least one attachment at a given position of the at least one rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tokuyuki Nishikawa, Katsuhito Yamauchi, Takeshi Yamada, Hiroaki Namba, Masahiro Tatenami
  • Patent number: 11370281
    Abstract: A vehicle container has a vehicle container body, a door pivotally connected to the vehicle container body, the door defining at least one recess, and a door latch system for locking the door in a closed position. The door latch system has an extendible and retractable actuator pivotally connected to the vehicle container body, a linkage assembly operatively connected to the actuator, a rod operatively connected to the linkage assembly, the rod being pivotable about an axis upon extension and retraction of the actuator, at least one hook connected to the rod, the at least one hook being received and withdrawn from the at least one recess of the door by pivoting the rod about the axis, and at least one pin removably fastened to the door and extending in the at least one recess, the at least one pin being selectively movable relative to the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: INDUSTRIES FABKOR INC.
    Inventors: Benoit Lemaire, Stefane Leib, Dominic Giroux-Bernier
  • Patent number: 11364863
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for distributing crash energy within a vehicle. The device includes a member insertable into an end of a bumper beam of a vehicle, where a first portion of the inserted member occupies an unsupported end of the bumper beam. A second portion of the inserted member is fixedly attached to the bumper beam and to a left frame rail or a right frame rail of the vehicle, and a third portion of the inserted member occupies a portion of the bumper beam between the left frame rail and the right frame rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Jeremiah T. Hammer, Brian L. Tew, John P. Kim
  • Patent number: 11364859
    Abstract: A vehicle door assembly including a door panel. A support member is coupled to the door panel. The support member has an edge defining an opening in a top portion thereof. The support member defines at least one flange extending into the opening from the edge. A switch bezel is disposed at least partially within the opening. The switch bezel includes at least one retaining feature configured to slidably engage the at least one flange. A cover member coupled to a side portion of the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Juergen Koehler, Xuqiang Shen, Linh Ngoc Doan
  • Patent number: 11358643
    Abstract: This composite structure is characterized in that: an internally inserted component, which is molded from a resin material having a tensile elongation of 10% or more, is placed inside a metal member having a hollow closed cross-section such that an external load can be received by both the internally inserted component and the metal member, and the outer shape of the internally inserted component occupies 50% or more relative to the hollow closed cross-section of the metal member as projection area ratio. By disposing the resin-made internally inserted component having a specific toughness at a specified state inside the metal member having a hollow closed cross-section, especially when a collision load occurs, the metal member undergoes ductile deformation and the internally inserted component also deforms correspondingly, and thus the waveform of the load-displacement curve can approach an ideal rectangular waveform, and excellent impact energy absorbing performance can be exhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hideo Matsuoka, Kosaku Hashimoto, Yukitane Kimoto
  • Patent number: 11358549
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a removable grill cover and attachment clip. Advantageously, the grill cover to be removably attached to a grill of a vehicle without the need to drill or otherwise damage the grill. The grill cover can prevent ice formation on the vehicle in the winter time, and can act as a bug shield/bug screen in the summer months.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Lund, Inc.
    Inventor: Dean Edward Mettler
  • Patent number: 11358648
    Abstract: A vehicle side body structure having a pillar member including an upper member and a lower member that is joined to the upper member and has a rigidity lower than the upper member, the pillar member partitioning a side part opening of a body into a front part and a rear part; a side door disposed adjacently to the pillar member; and an impact bar provided in the side door, in which a front end portion of the impact bar overlaps with both the upper and lower members in side view while the side door is closed. The upper member has a reinforcing member and the front end portion of the impact bar covers a region of the upper member in which the reinforcing member is present, a region of the upper member in which the reinforcing member is not present, and the lower member in side view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Yamazaki, Takeshi Nakamura, Toshiyuki Gendo
  • Patent number: 11358667
    Abstract: A safety windscreen assembly including a windscreen panel, a support arm to support the windscreen panel, the support arm having a first arm portion configured to be attached to a motor vehicle, and a second arm portion attached to the windscreen panel, the motor vehicle being a vehicle provided with a steering handlebar and with a seat astride which a driver may sit, where at least one sacrificial coupling element is provided, to couple the second arm portion with the first arm portion so that the second arm portion is adapted to pass in a breaking configuration with respect to the first arm portion when the windscreen panel is hit by a predetermined impact force higher than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Maffe′, Stefano Baracco
  • Patent number: 11358443
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a protective screen for windows of vehicles are described. The protective screen for windows of vehicles includes a flexible protective sheet including a vehicle fastener. The flexible protective sheet includes: a first outer layer, resistant to heat and cold, mechanical and chemical stresses, UV ray-shielding and having fastness to light, a second layer made of thermally insulated fabric, designed to face a window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: PARTS SOLUTION S.R.L., GRUPPO TOSETTO S.R.L.
    Inventors: Innocente Tosetto, Lorenzo Perricone
  • Patent number: 11358668
    Abstract: A legs apron for a motor vehicle includes a first part of apron having anchoring elements for removably anchoring the first part of apron to the motor vehicle, a second part of apron configured to at least cover the legs of a driver of the motor vehicle, a coupling system operatively interposed between the first and the second part of apron for removably coupling the first and second part of apron to each other, the coupling system defining a junction line between the first and second part of apron when the first and second part of apron are coupled together, where the apron further includes a waterproofing element arranged to waterproof the junction line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Francesco Maffe
  • Patent number: 11358540
    Abstract: A protective shell protects an interior door panel of a vehicle having an inner face with a protruding door pull defining a door well for receiving a user's fingers and a door sill leading to a window opening. The protective shell has a deformable sheet of hard plastic with an exposed side and a reverse side, the reverse side being profiled to fit over the inner face of the vehicle door interior panel. An outwardly directed top surface portion rests on the door sill. A protrusion on the exposed side of the deformable sheet encloses the vehicle door pull. A locking well extends downwardly from an upper ledge of the door pull and is responsive to downward pressure on the upper ledge to fit snugly into the door well to hold the protective shell securely in position on the interior door panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: Edward Tansingco
  • Patent number: 11358645
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle body structure member molded by a die. The vehicle body structure member includes a general portion constituting a main part of the vehicle body structure member, and ribs provided in a standing manner from the general portion and extended along the input direction of a collision load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Soshiro Murata, Ayaka Kagami, Takashi Sagisaka, Yu Sasaki, Shinichi Arimoto, Koh Hirokawa
  • Patent number: 11358459
    Abstract: A cover assembly for use in a vehicle to protect electronic components on a vehicle's dashboard, shield the interior of the vehicle from rain and debris, and provide privacy to occupants in the vehicle when in the vehicle. The cover assembly includes a dash cover, rain curtains, and privacy curtains that include long and/or short bungee cords for attaching and securing the cover and curtains to roll bars in a vehicle. The cover and some of the privacy curtains also include suction cups that are attachable to a vehicles windshield or back window. The cover assembly is quickly installed within a vehicle with ease to cover door and/or window openings, or the windshield or back window of a vehicle. The cover assembly may come in a variety of different sizes to accommodate use with different makes and models of vehicles having roll bars, and removable doors, rooftops, and/or windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: Amber Miller
  • Patent number: 11352063
    Abstract: Power machine frames, and corresponding power machines such as skid steer loaders, have fully arcuate access aperture features formed in a first frame panel providing access to a volume internal to the first frame panel or otherwise positioned interior to the frame. The fully arcuate access aperture has a fully arcuate perimeter in the first frame panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY
    Inventors: Brent Durkin, Michael J. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11351890
    Abstract: A seat crossmember includes a base facing a floor of a vehicle, a first reinforcing portion connected to a first edge of the base, wherein the first reinforcing portion has a first cavity, and a second reinforcing portion integrally connected to a second edge of the base, wherein the second reinforcing portion has a second cavity. The first cavity and the second cavity can be closed cavities. The first reinforcing portion and the second reinforcing portion can protrude upwardly from the base, and the first reinforcing portion, the second reinforcing portion, and the base can define a third cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Wook Park, Seung Min Jeong