Patents Examined by D. Glenn Dayoan
  • Front grille light assembly for emergency vehicles
    Patent number: 11312323
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lighting assembly configured to mount to the front-end of a vehicle without removal of an existing vehicle grille or fascia. The lighting assembly of the present disclosure further provides for lighting on the side-facing edge of the front-end of the vehicle to provide for improved visibility resulting in safer operation of the lighted vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Pro-Gard Products LLC
    Inventors: Mike Navarro, Andrew Gunselman, Matt Jones
  • Vehicle container, vehicle container door and system for assembling a door to a vehicle container
    Patent number: 11312214
    Abstract: A system for assembling a door to a vehicle container having first and second pillars includes a first base adapted for connection to a top portion of the first pillar, a second base adapted for connection to a top portion of the second pillar, and a hinge assembly adapted for pivotally connecting the door to the vehicle container. The hinge assembly is adapted to be removably connected to the first and second bases and to the door. The hinge assembly is selected from first and second hinge assemblies. When the first hinge assembly pivotally connects the door to the vehicle container, the door has a first pivoting configuration. When the second hinge assembly pivotally connects the door to the vehicle container, the door has a second pivoting configuration being different from the first pivoting configuration. A vehicle container and a door for a vehicle container are also encompassed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: INDUSTRIES FABKOR INC.
    Inventors: Benoit Lemaire, Stefane Leib, Dominic Giroux-Bernier
  • Tailgate with integrated loading ramp system
    Patent number: 11312285
    Abstract: A tailgate system for a vehicle having a body defining a rear cargo area and an opening, the tailgate system comprising: (a) a tailgate door adapted to pivotally engage the rear cargo area in a first direction between a closed position and an open position; (b) a bed extension pivotally engaged to the tailgate door; and (c) one or more ramps, wherein the bed extension is pivotally engaged to the tailgate door and adapted to pivot from a closed position to one or more open positions; and wherein the one or more ramps removably attach to the bed extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventor: Steve DeSimone
  • Control station for a soil-processing machine
    Patent number: 11312422
    Abstract: A control station for a soil-processing machine includes a control station floor region and at least one floor window provided in the control station floor region. The floor window in the control station floor region is supported so that it can swivel between an open position and a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HAMM AG
    Inventor: Detlef Bornemann
  • Vehicle body structure having a reinforcing member
    Patent number: 11312421
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a dash panel separating a vehicle front part from a vehicle cabin, a front side member extending longitudinally of a vehicle body in the vehicle front part and having ends located rearward of the vehicle body, opposite to the dash panel, a floor frame member forming a floor frame of the vehicle cabin, and a plate-shape reinforcing member disposed further toward a center of the vehicle cabin with respect to the dash panel and the floor frame member to be opposite to the ends of the front side member. The reinforcing member includes an upper portion secured to the dash panel and a lower portion secured to the floor frame member, and has a curvature that is smaller than a curvature of the dash panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motoki Tanaka, Koji Saeki
  • Hinged and sectioned drop-in flatbed side rails
    Patent number: 11312425
    Abstract: A disclosed flatbed truck side rail and stake pocket system includes side rail sections for each lateral side of the flatbed, wherein each side rail comprises at least one hinge attached at a first hinge plate wherein the side rails together span each lateral side of the flatbed. Also, stake stubs are each attached to a second hinge plate of each at least one hinge and are configured drop-in receivable into a stake pocket in the flatbed. Additionally, a stake in a lateral side of the flatbed supports the siderails via a spring loaded pin inserted through the stake and into at least one side rail. Furthermore, a flatbed comprising a traverse pocket underneath the flatbed and behind a rear license plate is disclosed. The traverse pocket comprises rails configured to receive at least one loading ramp and latch it therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventor: Misty McNall
  • Vehicle body upper structure
    Patent number: 11312210
    Abstract: A vehicle body upper structure includes a pair of first structures that constitute portions on both sides in a width direction of a vehicle body in an upper portion of the vehicle body; and a second structure that extends in the width direction and is joined at opposing ends to the first structures so as to define at least a part of a window opening, to which a windshield is attachable in cooperation with the first structures. The second structure includes a low-rigid portion that is joined to one of the pair of first structures in a first area of the one of the pair of first structures, and a high-rigid portion that is separated in distance in the width direction from the first area and that has higher rigidity than the low-rigid portion. The low-rigid portion being joined to one of the first structures via the damping material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kiyoshita, Takeshi Nakamura
  • Vehicle door armrest
    Patent number: 11312276
    Abstract: A vehicle door armrest includes: a cushion; a skin covering the cushion; and a living hinge connecting the cushion and the skin. In particular, the skin is integrally connected to the cushion through the living hinge so that the skin, the cushion, and the living hinge form a unitary one-piece structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, KAIS Inc.
    Inventors: Ho Kyeong Kwon, Wan Su Park, Jae Ho Sin
  • Mobile platform for a vehicle baggage compartment
    Patent number: 11312283
    Abstract: A platform and a wheel assembly, wherein the wheel assembly comprises one of: i) at least one supporting plate on each side of the platform, facing lateral edges of the platform, the supporting plate mounting a least a bottom rotating wheel at a first height of the plate and a top rotating wheel at a second height of the plate, the second height being higher that said first height, an interspace between facing rotating circumferential surfaces of said wheels engaging a respective lateral edge of the platform; a rotation axis of the wheels being mounted on said plate with a controlled positional tolerance; and ii) at least one wheel mounted on lateral edges of the platform, a rotation axis of the wheels being mounted on the platform with a controlled positional tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventor: François Caron
  • Dump body for a working machine and a working machine
    Patent number: 11312284
    Abstract: A dump body for a hauler vehicle, and a hauler vehicle adapted for such a body. The dump body can be equipped to an autonomous, and electric or hybrid, working machine. The working machine includes a dump body and a working machine frame. The dump body includes at least one guide portion having a guide surface facing downwards and being arranged at the load supporting end portion, the guide portion being configured to transfer the load of the dump body, and a second end portion of the working machine frame includes at least one guiding plate arranged to receive the at least one guide portion of the dump body, whereby the guide portion and the at least one guiding plate are arranged such that the dump body is guided towards a centered position on the working machine during a pivotal downward movement towards said working machine frame of the working machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB
    Inventors: Lena Sollenlid, Peter Johansson, Jörgen Ahlberg
  • Vehicle body side structure
    Patent number: 11305820
    Abstract: A vehicle body side structure includes a side sill stiffener, a wheel arch reinforcement member, an inner panel and a bulkhead. The side sill stiffener has a side sill stiffener extension section extending from a rear end portion of the side sill toward behind and above in the vehicle body. The wheel arch reinforcement member is coupled to the side sill stiffener extension section. The inner panel is coupled to the wheel arch reinforcement member and forms a first closed cross section. A first bulkhead is coupled to the side sill stiffener extension section and the wheel arch reinforcement member and partitions the first closed cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazunori Hida
  • Door lining upper base and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 11305705
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a door lining upper base and a method of manufacturing the door lining upper base through injection molding of several sub-components. The door lining upper base is manufactured by separately injection molding a base substrate that forms the structural shape of the door lining upper base including aesthetic curvature, and first and second support structures that include attachment mechanism for connecting the door lining upper base to other aspects of the motor vehicle. In this way, each sub-component may be injection molded in a cost effective manner using a two-piece mold without the need for complex multi-part molds including side-sliders or lifters. The resulting door lining upper base therefore includes an aesthetic curvature, while still being manufactured in an efficient and cost effective manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew E. Barrow, Jason R. Dilley, Sarah J. Huth, Rachel E. Canepa, Ryan W. Van Voorhis
  • Power sliding center console and method of operating same
    Patent number: 11305698
    Abstract: A center console may include a moving portion, a motor, and a controller. The moving portion may be configured to move between a first position and a second position. The motor may be configured to move the moving portion between the first position and the second position. The controller may be configured to, responsive to moving the moving portion in a first direction towards the first position, a number of motor position increments exceeding a first threshold within a period, and an absence of location data of a position of the moving portion, stop the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Alexander Atang, Stephen Nawrocki, Matthias Buehler, Robert Trask, Markus Wunder, Detlef Russ
  • Pedestrian protection device for a vehicle
    Patent number: 11305723
    Abstract: A pedestrian protection device of a vehicle includes a first body element mounted to the vehicle and having a connecting section. The pedestrian protection device includes a second body element that includes a hollow profile section. The first body element is movably received in the hollow profile section. The pedestrian protection device includes an elastically deformable exterior component connected to the second body element. The hollow profile section of the second body element is displaced from a rest position to a crash position upon the application of force against exterior component. The pedestrian device includes a latching device that releasably latches the connecting section of the first body element with the hollow profile section of the second body element when set in the crash position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Anca Ebner, Holger Staack
  • Modular side lining
    Patent number: 11299109
    Abstract: A modular side lining forming a portion of an interior surface of a motor vehicle includes a first lining member having a recessed portion, a side portion, and an upper surface portion, a second lining member, and a rear stiffener defining a rear edge of the recessed portion of the first lining member. The second lining member includes one of a plurality of bins configured to be received in the recessed portion of the first lining member and one of a plurality of lids covering a portion of the bin and forming a side surface of the modular side lining with the side portion of the first lining member. The combination of bins and lids may be selected based upon a plurality of different functional configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Marek Myszkowski, Sean M Gavin, Sarah J Huth, Shirena Takai, Larry G Hughes, Jr., Ryan W. Van Voorhis
  • Vehicle including deployable fastener and tool carrier in cargo area
    Patent number: 11299100
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a rear cargo scuff and a rear cargo area that has a floor including a cover that can be selectively opened to access a tool tray below the floor. A tool tray is connected to the rear cargo scuff by a first hinge. The tool tray is configured to rotate between a first position and a second position, such that the tool tray rests below a top surface of the floor in the first position and is positioned above the top surface of the floor in the second position. The tool tray also includes a tool receiving portion configured to receive one or more tools. The tool tray includes a lid coupled to a second hinge, where the lid is configured to rotate between a closed position and an open position via a second hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Clifford, Tanner Ardaiz, Jason Weaver, Salvatore Moceri
  • Stowable ramp system for livestock transport, and related methods of use
    Patent number: 11299083
    Abstract: An apparatus has: a livestock transport having a floor, walls, ground engaging members, and an access door opening; a ramp; and side panels that are pivotally connected to the walls of the livestock transport, in which the ramp and the side panels are configured to move between: a deployed position where the ramp extends from the access door opening and the side panels cooperate with the ramp to form a livestock loading chute; and a transport position where the ramp is stowed and the side panels are swung about to lie against the walls of the livestock transport. A kit has the ramp and side panels of the apparatus. A method of using the apparatus involves moving the ramp and side panels between the deployed position and the transport position to load, unload, and transport, respectively, livestock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Opend Range Ltd.
    Inventors: Douglas Green, Norman Noordof
  • Dump body and dump truck
    Patent number: 11299082
    Abstract: A dump body includes: a side plate; a flow path which is provided in the side plate and through which an exhaust gas of an engine flows; an exhaust port of the exhaust gas which is provided in an outer surface of the side plate; and a guide surface which has a first inner end portion and a first outer end portion and is inclined downward toward the first outer end portion, the first inner end portion being connected to an outer surface of the side plate below the exhaust port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Yushi Tanaka, Kengo Aoki
  • Body structures for an automotive vehicle utilizing upper and lower shear structure assemblies
    Patent number: 11299205
    Abstract: A body structure for an automotive vehicle includes an enclosure for a power source, an upper shear structure assembly and a lower shear structure assembly. The enclosure includes a front cross-member, a rear cross-member, a left rocker and a right rocker. The upper and lower shear structure assemblies are disposed across the top and bottom of the enclosure, respectively, and are fastened to respective top and bottom surfaces of the cross-members and rockers. The upper and lower shear structure assemblies may include respective front and rear generally trapezoidal sections configured for attachment to respective front and rear box structures. Each of the shear structure assemblies is effective to dissipate in-plane a portion of an external load imposed upon the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Robert N. Saje, Brian V. Castillo, Giles D. Bryer, Warren J. Parsons, Michael T. Chaney, Eric A. Mathieson, James A. Rochon
  • Vehicle-body structure of vehicle
    Patent number: 11292526
    Abstract: A vehicle-body structure that effectively distributes and transfers a side collision load in the vehicle width direction. A cross member includes a cross member top face facing a floor panel, and a cross member front face and a cross member rear face extending from respective ends in a front-rear direction of the cross member top face to the floor panel. A reinforcement member is at a side sill-side end of the cross member top face of the cross member, and a fragile portion extending in the vehicle front-rear direction is provided at a position at a side sill-side end of the cross member and overlapping the reinforcement member. The fragile portion is selected from a cutout, a bead, and a hole. The reinforcement member is a seat mounting bracket, and the fragile portion is on a vehicle-width-direction outer side of a seat mounting surface of the seat mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Ebisumoto, Daisuke Tsuji, Akiko Nakamoto, Daisuke Imamura