Patents Examined by Jason S Morrow
  • Vehicle partition for single passenger and secure storage area
    Patent number: 11498488
    Abstract: A partition assembly for a vehicle can include a partition member, a platform member, and a drawer. The partition member can extend along a first axis, have a first side surface and a second side surface, and define a storage area and a prisoner area. The platform member can be coupled to the first side surface of the partition member and can extend from the partition member along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The drawer can be coupled to the platform member and can be slidable between an open position and a closed position along the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: J.R. Setina Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Terry L. Setina, Adam Sampson
  • Systems and methods for deploying parcel trays on hinged vehicle closure members
    Patent number: 11491919
    Abstract: Vehicle parcel tray systems may be provided for exchanging goods or other items between authorized users and the vehicle. A parcel tray of the parcel tray system may be automatically deployed for exchanging the goods or other items as part of an automated delivery process. The parcel tray may be configured to move in unison with a vehicle closure member via an actuator system that operably links movement of the parcel tray with that of the closure member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher R. Westfall
  • Vehicle convertible top systems
    Patent number: 11485207
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body with a truck bed at least partially defining a cargo area, a tonneau cover at least partially enclosing the cargo area, a vehicle interior with passenger seating, and a modular, multi-component hard top assembly. The hard top assembly is configured to selectively and removably couple interchangeably between (i) the vehicle body to provide an enclosed configuration at least partially enclosing the vehicle interior and (ii) the tonneau cover. The multi-component hard top assembly is detachable from the vehicle body to provide an open air configuration for the vehicle interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Carl Mather, Dorinel Neag, Brice A Burkhardt
  • Hidden division bar for a vehicle window
    Patent number: 11485201
    Abstract: A vehicle window system includes a vehicle door that has a window region. The system includes a fixed window having an exterior surface and an interior surface, a division bar, and a movable window. The fixed window is arranged in a first portion of the window region, and the division bar is arranged along a first region of the interior surface. The movable window is arranged in a second portion of the window region and is configured to close against the division bar. The division bar is not directly visible from outside of the vehicle door when viewed at an elevation of the fixed window. To illustrate, the movable window can be configured to move vertically within the first portion of the window region and the fixed window arranged at the top of the window region and the division bar is arranged substantially horizontally along the interior surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Rajinder P. Singh, Richard Maciejewski, Shun Yi Jin, Mark Taylor
  • Seating system for a vehicle
    Patent number: 11485253
    Abstract: A seating system for a vehicle having a seat and a vehicle body includes a latch system having a seat portion configured for attachment to the seat and selectively engageable to and disengageable from the vehicle body. The seat portion may include a deformable portion configured to deform when the seat portion is engaged with the vehicle body and the seat is subjected to a force directed in a forward direction relative to the seat. The seat portion may also include a detachable portion having a plurality of elements configured such that at least one of the elements separates from at least one other of the elements when the seat portion is engaged with the vehicle body and the seat is subjected to the force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Philipp Gastl, Eckhard Nock, Johannes Barzen
  • Glass run
    Patent number: 11479088
    Abstract: A glass run attached to a groove formed in a door frame includes: a basic frame including a bottom wall, a vehicle exterior side wall, and a vehicle interior side wall; an outer lip provided on the vehicle exterior side wall and coming into sliding contact with the vehicle exterior side of door glass; and an inner lip provided on the vehicle interior side wall and coming into sliding contact with the vehicle interior side of the door glass. The inner lip includes at least a first inner lip, and a second inner lip provided at a position closer to the bottom wall than the first inner lip is. Each of the first inner lip and the second inner lip extends toward the bottom wall, and does not come into contact with each other during sliding contact with the door glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Nojiri
  • Clip locking device
    Patent number: 11479096
    Abstract: This invention provides a clip locking device including a first clip body, a second clip body, and a fastener. The first clip body has a protruding piece, the first clip body sliding fits with the sliding groove on the guide rail by the protruding piece. The fastener is mounted at the first clip body for pressing the first clip body tightly against the guide rail. The second clip body is detachably connected with the first clip body, the second clip body has a vertical sheet, the vertical sheet is used for connecting with the locking tongue. By the first clip body, the protruding piece, and the fastener, mounted the first clip body to the guide rail, and the position of the first clip body on the guide rail can be adjusted by adjusting the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: HANGZHOU GOLDEN SUN AUTO PARTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chenshan Lin, Jinqin Fu, Shaoyong Zheng, Xue'e Wang, Xiaohong Tang
  • Load floor arrangement for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11472319
    Abstract: A load floor arrangement for a motor vehicle is provided. The arrangement has a rear load floor element which, in a floor position, forms a floor portion of a load space. The load floor arrangement has a front load floor element which is connected to a backrest of a vehicle seat so as to be pivotable about a floor element pivot axis extending in the vehicle transverse direction, whereby it is adjustable between a contact position and at least one pivoted position in which its inclination relative to the horizontal is reduced compared to the contact position, when the backrest is inclined forwards in an inclined position about a backrest pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sascha Kaatz, Tobias Lotz
  • Vehicle frame and cargo bay liner
    Patent number: 11472491
    Abstract: A vehicle and liner assembly is provided that includes a recreational vehicle having a housing, a front end, a rear end, a top, a bottom, and a pair of sidewalls. A frame assembly is provided wherein, the housing is mounted on and supported by the frame assembly. The liner is attached to the frame assembly and covers at least a substantial portion of the bottom of the housing. The liner has a first face having projections extending therefrom and a second face having openings therein. The openings coincide with and extend into corresponding projections on the first face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: PennPlastics, LLC
    Inventor: Terry D. Pennington
  • Land vehicles incorporating monocoques and modular mold systems for making the same
    Patent number: 11472484
    Abstract: Land vehicles, modular systems for forming monocoques of land vehicles, and methods of forming monocoques of land vehicles using modular systems are envisioned. In certain embodiments, the land vehicles are provided as delivery vehicles and/or utility vehicles. A land vehicle includes a monocoque supporting a plurality of wheels to permit movement of the vehicle relative to an underlying surface in use of the land vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Workhorse Group Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Willison
  • Land vehicles incorporating monocoques and modular mold systems for making the same
    Patent number: 11472485
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, an electric vehicle includes a front cage, a rear floor, an intermediate section, a utility cabinet, and a flatbed. In other embodiments, an electric vehicle includes a front cage, a rear floor, an intermediate section, and a flatbed. In some embodiments, the front cage at least partially defines an operator cabin, the rear floor is positioned rearward of the front cage in a longitudinal direction, and the intermediate section is disposed at least partially between the front cage and the rear floor in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Workhorse Group Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Willison
  • Interfacing element for a lock zone of a motor vehicle door
    Patent number: 11465473
    Abstract: An interfacing element of a lock zone of a door of a motor vehicle. The interfacing element comprises: includes a support made of plastic material, intended to be attached to a lining of the door, the lining being made of plastic material and a reinforcing plate of the lock zone onto which a lock is intended to be fastened, the plate being integrated to the support by overmolding. The support is made of a material having a Young's modulus lower than that of the plastic material of the lining of the door, and a coefficient of elongation at break greater than that of the plastic material of the lining of the door. A sub-assembly of motor vehicle includes a lining of tailgate and an interfacing element fastened onto an outer face of the lining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Compagnie Plastic Omnium
    Inventor: Philippe Coudron
  • Occupant support component for a seat of a vehicle and vehicle seat
    Patent number: 11458867
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an occupant support element that may have at least one structural support element. Further, the present disclosure relates to a vehicle seat that may have such an occupant support element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: John J. Gomez, John Bleau, Raza Bashir, Joseph Gasko, Dalibor Dimovski
  • Vehicle mount
    Patent number: 11453285
    Abstract: A vehicle mount may comprise a member attach to a frame of a vehicle. Another mount member may comprise limbs. A space between limbs may receive an arm attachable to a component of the vehicle. The second member may attach to the first member such that the space between the first and second limbs forms an opening for receipt of the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Spurling, Joergen Hilmann, Dominik Mueller, Daniel Meckenstock, Marius Sawatzki
  • Vehicle subassembly and method
    Patent number: 11453356
    Abstract: The invention relates to a subassembly for a vehicle, the subassembly comprising a chassis (50) assembly and a front body module (10). The front body module (10) is attachable to a forward portion of the chassis (50) assembly. The front body module includes a side portion (20) which extends outwardly beyond the chassis in a transverse direction. A stay (40) is provided which extends transversely outwardly from the chassis assembly (50) to support the side portion. One of the front body module (10) or the stay (40) is provided with a connecting member (30) which extends in a substantially longitudinal direction. The other of the stay (40) or front body module is provided with a corresponding longitudinally aligned aperture (42) for receiving the connecting member in use to support the side portion (20) of the front body module (10). A method of assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventor: Frédéric Vaireaux
  • Insert for a run slide for a vehicle window
    Patent number: 11453280
    Abstract: An insert for a run slide for a vehicle window. The insert may be overmoulded to form a connecting wedge between two strands of the run slide. The insert may be formed in one piece and is configured to cooperate with a portion of a vehicle door frame. The insert is further configured to cooperate with a portion of a hubcap to be attached to one of the strands. The insert includes a protruding pin configured to be engaged in a recess of a rabbet of the vehicle door frame to index the insert along an axis X substantially parallel to an axis of elongation of the rabbet. The insert is configured to cooperate with the portion of the hubcap to ensure indexing the hubcap along the axis X and along an axis Z perpendicular to X and substantially parallel to an axis of elongation of the hubcap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Emmanuel Petit, Benoît Prochasson, Pierre David
  • Garnish structure for lower door
    Patent number: 11453275
    Abstract: A garnish structure includes a garnish unit configured to be located on a surface of a lower door and to perform impact absorption and load support, wherein the garnish unit includes a first layer region configured to absorb energy, and a second layer region configured to withstand a collision. The garnish unit further includes a garnish panel forming an outer surface of the garnish unit, a first impact member formed inside the garnish panel, an absorbing member located in the first layer region, a spring member located inside the absorbing member, a second impact member formed inside the first impact member, and a damping spring located in the second layer region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sudhir Rampalli, Ki Hyun Cho, Chung Hwa Jung
  • Tonneau cover latch system
    Patent number: 11453277
    Abstract: A latch system for a tonneau cover. The latch system includes a handle that is configured to move about an axis; and a latch pin connected to the handle. The latch pin is configured to move in a retracted direction and during movement of the handle towards the tonneau cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Extang Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome Facchinello, Chad A. Carter, Robert L. Mosingo
  • Vehicle
    Patent number: 11453273
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a vehicle body, a door, a window frame, a window panel, a lower support and a stopper. The window panel may be provided in the window frame, configured to be manually raised and lowered, and supported to be movable between an upper limit position where the window panel closes an opening of the window frame and a lower limit position where the window panel opens the opening of the window frame. The lower support may include a groove. The groove may be configured to receive a lower edge of the window panel when the window panel is located at the lower limit position. The stopper may be disposed in the groove of the lower support and include an abutting surface configured to abut the lower edge of the window panel, wherein the abutting surface may be curved to protrude upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaru Toyota, Sho Tsumita, Yoshiyuki Ryuno
  • Accessory utility vehicle door panel
    Patent number: 11446990
    Abstract: An accessory door panel for a utility vehicle provides a fabric door panel which can be quickly deployed and installed within a utility vehicle for emergency weather use where the utility vehicle has had the factory doors removed at the discretion of the driver. The fabric door panel is fitted to the contours of the door opening and may be stored from an overhead horizontal support member over the door or alternatively stored within a container mounted to the floor at the bottom of the door opening, the door being made of a flexible material that can be stretched across the door opening and anchored at several points along the door frame by independent anchors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventors: James Bell, Jakob Andrew Bell