Patents Examined by Jason S Daniels
  • Awning connector assembly
    Patent number: 11999220
    Abstract: An awning connector assembly includes a mounting bracket having first and second elongated and parallel beads, and an extension bracket defining first and second elongated and parallel grooves configured to slidingly receive the first and second beads in laterally locked engagement. The mounting bracket can be secured to a slide-out room by the vehicle manufacturer to facilitate after-purchase installation of an awning assembly if desired by the vehicle owner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: LIPPERT COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Boessler, Catherine Kline
  • Solar table mobile transport
    Patent number: 11999284
    Abstract: A solar table mobile transport is described that moves a solar table to a point of installation. The solar table mobile transport comprises multiple motors that allow movement within a three-dimensional coordinate system as well as provide angular controls of pitch, yaw and roll. These motors enable at least one alignment process used to install the solar table to a mounting structure within a solar system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Terabase Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Campbell, Brian Coleman, Tianya Zhao, Adam Hansel, Soren Jensen
  • Airflow adjusting apparatus
    Patent number: 11993321
    Abstract: An airflow adjusting apparatus to be provided in a vehicle includes a first airflow generator and a second airflow generator. The vehicle includes a front wheel and a rear wheel that are disposed in a vehicle longitudinal direction to be partly protruded from a bottom surface of a vehicle body of the vehicle downward in a vertical direction of the vehicle body. The first airflow generator is provided on the bottom surface of the vehicle body and behind the front wheel, and configured to generate a first airflow moving backward of the vehicle. The second airflow generator is provided on the bottom surface of the vehicle body and behind the first airflow generator, and configured to generate a second airflow that deflects, vehicle-widthwise inward, an airflow flowing in from a side on which the first airflow generator is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto Watanabe, Yusaku Dogahira
  • Vehicle underbelly structure
    Patent number: 11993315
    Abstract: A panel has a first edge portion defining a first end of the panel, and a second edge portion defining a second end of the panel. The length of the panel is predetermined for the panel to reach across a vehicle chassis frame in an installed position in which the first edge portion rests on a side beam and the second edge portion rests on an opposite side beam. The panel further has a longitudinal rib. A first end of the rib is located adjacent to, and inboard of, the first edge portion. A second end of the rib is located adjacent to, and inboard of, the second edge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Ameri-Kart Corp.
    Inventors: Anandh Raj Marimuthu, Joshua A. Parks, Jeremy R. Delcamp
  • Apparatus for adjusting seat of vehicle
    Patent number: 11987153
    Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting a seat of a vehicle includes a seat back frame, a cushion frame that is moved forward and backward by a motor driving unit, a cushion hinge part connecting the seat back frame and the cushion frame and rotating according to the movement of the cushion frame to adjust the angle of the seat back frame, and a seat back hinge part connecting the seat back frame and the vehicle body and rotating according to the movement of the seat back frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, DAECHANG SEAT CO., LTD-DONGTAN, HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventors: Min Ju Lee, Seunghyun Kim, Byung Yong Choi, Sanghyun Lee, Seon Chae Na, Chan Ki Cho, In Chang Hwang, Donghwan Kim, Youngwoon Choi, Jaejin Lee
  • Tonneau system for use with a pickup truck
    Patent number: 11987110
    Abstract: A tonneau system for use with a pickup truck. The tonneau system includes a frame and a tonneau cover having a plurality of tonneau sections moveable between a folded position and an unfolded position. The tonneau cover includes solar energy-receiving material secured to a top exposed surface of at least two of the tonneau sections. The solar energy-receiving material moves with their corresponding tonneau sections between the unfolded and folded positions. A battery, transformer, and/or electrical cabling system may be included within the circuit for power storage and conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: WORKSPORT LTD.
    Inventors: Steven Rossi, Jonathan Loudon
  • Vehicle interior member and vehicle interior member manufacturing method
    Patent number: 11981269
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle interior member that can suppress the reflection of light to the outside, and that can reduce glare from whatever angle a passenger views the interior member. A cross-section of a groove 6 formed in a vehicle interior member 4 is substantially V-shaped, and is constituted by two flat surfaces, a first reflection surface 7 and a second reflection surface 8. The groove 6 has a groove angle ? of 32 degrees, and the reflectance at a light receiving surface 5 is no more than 2.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Kenji Umeda
  • Crashworthiness energy absorption parts for automotive
    Patent number: 11975762
    Abstract: A crashworthiness energy absorption part includes: a tubular member having tensile strength of 590 to 1180 MPa grade; a closed cross section space forming wall part having tensile strength lower than the tubular member and having both edge portions joined to inner surfaces of a pair of side wall portions of the tubular member, and forming a closed cross section space between the closed cross section space forming wall part and a part of a peripheral wall portion of the tubular member; and a resin configured to fill the closed cross section space, includes a rubber-modified epoxy resin and a curing agent, and has tensile breaking elongation of 80% or more, adhesive strength to the tubular member and closed cross section space forming wall part of 12 MPa or higher, and a compression nominal stress of 6 MPa or higher at a compression nominal strain of 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Higai, Tsuyoshi Shiozaki, Yoshikiyo Tamai, Shigeaki Kitamura, Naoki Mabuchi
  • Vehicle having a storage compartment with a deployable shelf
    Patent number: 11970137
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a storage compartment, a belt conveyor located in the storage compartment and having a slat belt supported by a pair of rollers, and a shelf operatively coupled to the slat belt and configured to move between a lower stowed position within the storage compartment and an upper deployed position extending outward from the storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Jeff Robert Seaman, Annette Lynn Huebner, George Abram Thornton, Michael John Harmon
  • Actuator for motor vehicle applications
    Patent number: 11970886
    Abstract: An actuator for motor vehicle applications, in particular a motor vehicle door actuator, includes a manually or electromotively operating drive. Furthermore, a flexible drive means which is connected to the drive and can be acted upon by the latter is realized. Additionally provided is an actuating member driven by the drive means. According to the invention, the drive means is produced predominantly from plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Jan Hendrik Peters, Thomas Welke
  • Methods and apparatus for a strut assembly for an aerodynamic trucking system
    Patent number: 11970218
    Abstract: A strut assembly for mounting an aerodynamic fairing assembly for attachment to a trailer of a tractor-trailer having a centerline, transverse structural support members extending between sides of the trailer, and longitudinal members extending along a length of the trailer. The strut assembly may comprise a mounting plate, a strut body, and a composite spring. The composite spring may be substantially rectangular. The mounting bracket comprising a mounting plate and a pair of spaced apart sidewalls. The strut body rotatably may be coupled to the pair of spaced apart sidewalls on the mounting bracket. The composite spring may be coupled to an upper surface of the strut body and configured to contact an underside of the mounting plate of the mounting bracket to resist inward deflection from an external force applied to the strut body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Fleetaero, LLC
    Inventor: Richard P. Senatro
  • Vehicle seat and vehicle
    Patent number: 11964596
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat including: a seat cushion supported by a support member so as to be rotatable around an axial direction along the seat up-down direction; a seatback configured such that the angle of the seatback relative to the seat cushion is adjustable by unlocking and locking of an angle adjustment mechanism, the seatback being biased to be tilted forward in the seat front-rear direction when the angle adjustment mechanism is unlocked; an operated member configured to unlock and lock the angle adjustment mechanism, the operated member being placed on a first end side of the seat cushion in the seat width direction; and an operating member provided in the support member such that the operating member is configured to relatively operate the operated member along with a rotation of the seat cushion so as to unlock the angle adjustment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Lightweight aluminum alloy carriage
    Patent number: 11964700
    Abstract: Provided is a lightweight aluminum alloy carriage, which relates to the field of lightweight logistics equipment manufacturing application. The lightweight aluminum alloy carriage comprises a bottom plate assembly, and the bottom plate assembly comprises a front end part and a rear end part which are arranged front and back on an axis; the front end part comprises a transversely arranged aluminum alloy profile bottom plate, and the extrusion direction of the transversely arranged aluminum alloy profile bottom plate is perpendicular to the axis of the bottom plate assembly; and the rear end part comprises aluminum alloy square tube cross beams and a longitudinally arranged aluminum alloy profile bottom plate, and the aluminum alloy square tube cross beams are perpendicular to the axis of the bottom plate assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Fujian Minlu Lightweight Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaizheng Xiao, Xiang Li, Donggui Zhang, Yongda Fan
  • Vehicle door assembly
    Patent number: 11958344
    Abstract: A vehicle door assembly includes a vehicle body structure defining a door opening, a first door movably connected to the vehicle body structure, and a second door movably connected to the vehicle body structure. The first door is configured to move between closed and open positions. The first door is configured to move in a first direction from the closed position to the open position. The second door is configured to move between closed and open positions. The second door is configured to move in a second direction from the closed position to the open position. The second direction being different from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald B. Morrow, Jr., David Kovie, Robert Russell
  • Robotic arm cooperating with an off-road capable base vehicle
    Patent number: 11951617
    Abstract: An autonomous solar module installation platform can be used for solar module installation onto a solar tracker. The autonomous solar module installation platform can include an off-road capable base vehicle and a robotic arm, mounted on the off-road capable base vehicle, for the solar module installation onto the solar tracker. The off-road capable base vehicle and the robotic arm can communicate with each other and cooperate their movements to proceed to the solar tracker and align with the solar tracker in order for the robotic arm to pick up and lift the solar module during an installation of the solar module onto the solar tracker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Rosendin Electric, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Zhou, William Paul Mazzetti, Jr., Halston Ryan Rowe, David Scott Lincoln
  • Work vehicle and system including work vehicle
    Patent number: 11951815
    Abstract: A wheel loader as a work vehicle includes a ladder, an operator's compartment, an actuator, an operation unit, and a controller. The operator's compartment has an openable and closable door disposed above the ladder. The actuator is disposed at the operator's compartment so as to actuate the door to make an opening motion. The operation unit receives an operation from an operator. The controller controls the drive of the actuator, based on an operation signal received from the operation unit, so that the door makes an opening motion while the operation unit is receiving an operation from the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Yasunari Kato
  • Truck cap
    Patent number: 11945291
    Abstract: A truck cap having a cap body with an opening, and a cap door that is movable between open and closed positions with respect to the opening. At least one hinge that attaches to the cap body and the cap door of the truck cap. The hinge includes a first hinge bracket member and a second hinge bracket member. The first hinge bracket member includes a hinge bracket to receive a pivot pin. The second hinge bracket member includes a hinge bracket with an opening sized to receive at least a portion of the pivot pin. The first hinge bracket member and the second hinge bracket member are pivotable with respect to each other about the pivot pin. A longitudinally extending gas prop pivotably attached to the pin extending from the second angled portion of the first hinge bracket member and to the pin of the second hinge bracket member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Leer Group
    Inventors: Jeffrey Joal Hickey, Donald Richard Ireland, Terrill D. Becker, Mitchell Austin Westra, James Dillard Fletcher
  • Adjustable canopy for a refuse vehicle
    Patent number: 11939154
    Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body configured to store refuse, a cab coupled to the chassis, and a canopy assembly extending directly above the cab. The canopy assembly includes a main body fixedly coupled to the chassis and an adjustable panel movably coupled to the main body and selectively repositionable relative to the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Nelson, Jerry Shirley, Reid Behrens
  • Partition opening/closing system
    Patent number: 11932151
    Abstract: Provision or non-provision of partitions is changeable in correspondence with the presence or absence of occupants in a vehicle. A partition opening/closing system is provided with a partition opening/closing determination unit and a partition drive unit. The partition drive unit is a drive device that drives opening and closing of partitions. Partitions are opened and closed between a plurality of seats provided in the vehicle. The partition opening/closing determination unit is a control unit that determines the necessity for opening/closing of partitions. Information indicating at least one of scheduled boarding and scheduled alighting of the vehicle by occupants is used in this determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shota Ushiro
  • Mobile home system
    Patent number: 11932160
    Abstract: A mobile home system having a trailer having a chassis and tongue, at least one axle, and providing a trailer platform. A mobile home structure is secured to the trailer. The structure having a laminate floor portion; a roof portion, and rafters and bottom plates; and a wall portion positioned between the floor portion and the roof portion. The wall portion has at least one wall with a top plate, a sill plate and studs extended therebetween, and internal sheathing panels. Each stud providing at least one tenon on an internal face; and each interior sheathing panel applied to the interior edge face of the plurality of studs, with each interior sheathing panel having a plurality of mortises configured to receive one of the tenons of each stud, to form a mortise-tenon connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Atomic Design Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Andrew Keller, Adam John Curry