Patents Examined by Jason S Morrow
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Patent number: 11446987Abstract: An arrangement for a darkening device for a vehicle roof having a tension bow and a coupling, said coupling including at least one coupling recess and being coupled to the tension bow at an elongate end thereof. The arrangement has a drive cable and a cable attachment which includes at least one coupling recess and which is coupled thereto at an elongate end of the drive cable. Moreover, the arrangement may have at least one coupling pin which extends in each case into the coupling recess of the coupling and into the coupling recess of the cable attachment and connects the coupling to the cable attachment and couples the tension bow to the drive cable, so that the tension bow can be moved in a predefined manner by the drive cable.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: WEBASTO SEInventors: Marian Riegger, Bernhard Braun
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Patent number: 11446991Abstract: A collapsible door frame with an extendable fabric cover replaces a factory door for a sport utility vehicle, providing the vehicle for operation without a door while still allowing the drive to assemble and install the collapsible door frame and extend the fabric cover to provide protection from adverse weather conditions.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Inventor: James Bell
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Patent number: 11447189Abstract: 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 coves 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: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: PennPlastics, LLCInventor: Terry D. Pennington
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Patent number: 11440477Abstract: A guide rail arrangement for an extensible cover. The guide rail arrangement has a main extension direction (D) and comprises a guide rail and a guide member. The guide rail extends in the main extension direction and is adapted to guide the cover during pull-out thereof. The guide member is displaceable in relation to the guide rail, e.g. by sliding or rotation. The guide member is configured to form an extension of the guide rail in the main extension direction, when in an operational position in relation to the guide rail. The present disclosure further relates to a kit comprising the guide rail arrangement and a belt, to a vehicle and to a method of pulling out the extensible cover.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Volvo Car CorporationInventor: Gert Aldeborg
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Patent number: 11440381Abstract: A motor vehicle side window arrangement has a side window pane, which has a left edge, a right edge, a top edge connecting the left and right edges in the top region thereof and a bottom edge connecting the left and right edges in the bottom region thereof, which bottom edge is operatively connected to a window lever, and a seal. In the closed state of the side window pane, the seal has a left section adjacent to the left edge, a right section adjacent to the right edge, a top section adjacent to the top edge and a seal base. An improved sealing effect is obtained by the right edge adjacent to the right section of the seal having, in the top region thereof, a smaller distance from the seal base than in the bottom region thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Johann Aigner, Florian Wallner
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Patent number: 11433796Abstract: A boarding handrail includes: a base supported by a support member provided on a periphery of an entrance of a vehicle; a handrail main body provided on the base and capable of being grasped by a passenger who gets on or off the vehicle through the entrance; and a moving member movably fitted on the handrail main body. The moving member has a self-propelled device that rolls over an outer circumferential surface of the handrail main body so as to cause the moving member to move in an axial direction while rotating on its axis, and an irradiation device that irradiates the outer circumferential surface of the handrail main body with ultraviolet light.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hideyuki Sakurai
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Patent number: 11433749Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body including a truck bed at least partially defining a cargo area, a vehicle interior with front passenger seating and rear 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 truck bed to function as a truck bed storage cover to enclose the cargo area and provide a securable storage compartment. The multi-component hard top assembly is detachable from the vehicle body to provide an open air configuration for the vehicle interior.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: FCA US LLCInventors: Michael S Boyle, Mikil L Sockow, David C Fischer, Cole T Schaenzer, Robert Rizzo, Christopher J Allen, Jimmy L Suder
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Patent number: 11433750Abstract: A tonneau cover comprising: (a) a plurality of panels; (b) one or more hinges located between and connecting each panel of the plurality of panels; and (c) one or more rotary locks located on a first side, a second side, or both sides of one or more of the one or more hinges, one of the plurality of panels, or both, the one or more rotary locks including: (i) one or more panel caps; and (ii) one or more rail locks that create a lock with the one or more panel caps when the tonneau cover is in a closed position so that the tonneau cover is prevented from being opened proximate to the one or more hinges.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: EXTANG CORPORATIONInventors: David Germano, Jovanni Esquivel
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Patent number: 11433822Abstract: A net assembly for a vehicle, comprising an assembly of rod elements, each of which has a guide channel; a plurality of joint elements, each of which has at least one connection opening, wherein the rod elements are connected together via the joint elements; and at least one tensioning element which extends through the guide channels of at least some of the rod elements and the connection openings of at least some of the joint elements and can be tensioned in order to clamp the rod elements relative to the joint elements. In this manner, a net assembly is provided which can be used in a variable manner, the shape of which can be adapted in a flexible manner, and which can thus be used to withstand forces.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, CoburgInventors: Matthias Baumecker, Lucas Becker, Tobias Baumann
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Patent number: 11433753Abstract: A vehicle covering device may comprise a case, a spooling mechanism, an attachment mechanism, and a cover, wherein the cover is configured to fit over a vehicle. The system may comprise a spooling mechanism with rotational deployment and retraction of a cover from a central location with sufficient momentum to extend the cover sufficient to enclose a vehicle. The cover may comprise a plurality of predetermined sizes to be used with a plurality of vehicles, either in their entirety or for designated parts. The cover may comprise a plurality of elements distributed throughout or confined to a particular portion such as magnets, thermoregulators, ultraviolet shielding factors, and an alarm. The vehicle cover device may be activated by an external device such as a remote-control or a software application.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Inventor: Alise Alixe Stephens
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Patent number: 11433751Abstract: A truck cap assembly that selectively covers a truck bed of a truck is provided. The truck cap assembly may include a cap that sets on opposing side walls of the truck; a cap door located on the cap; a latch bar located on the cap; a controller located on the cap door; and a latch release assembly which includes a motor and a latch arm. The controller is in electrical communication with a motor actuator that is coupled to a latch arm. A signal from the controller activates the motor to move the latch arm. The latch arm is releasable from the latch bar to release the cap door.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Truck Accessories Group, LLCInventors: Donald Richard Ireland, Terrill D. Becker, Bruce Charles Bacon, Jeffrey Joal Hickey, Robert G. Bos
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Patent number: 11427265Abstract: A modular gate combined with multiple functions which can be easily employed with existing tailgates without any hardware or mounting modifications to existing truck beds. There is provided a modular tailgate system having a tailgate portion in combination with a plurality of functions. The modular tailgate system integrates any combinations of at least two of the plurality of features without affecting existing body sides and/or existing truck beds. Integrated features include a multi-functional gate (e.g., swing, drop, etc), storage (e.g., normal, sealed, refrigerated, heated, etc), step(s), lighting (e.g., ingress/egress, bed interior, removable, trailer hitch, parking, etc), bed extension(s), power (e.g., 12 v and/or 110 v), tie downs (e.g., ratchets, anchors, etc), sawhorse, magnet(s), table(s), bench(es), seat(s), net(s), any other predetermined desired function, etc., and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Magna Exteriors Inc.Inventors: Chris Williamson, Robert M. Horner, Marc Cogswell, Larry R. Erickson, Brian Staley
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Patent number: 11427061Abstract: A top for a convertible vehicle, the top having a top linkage displaceable between a cover and storage position, and which may have a front bow forming a front edge of the top when the top is in the cover position and accommodating a front lock by which the front bow can be fastened to a front header of the vehicle when the top is in the cover position, and the top having a headliner, the front bow having an upper bow shell to which a drive of the front lock is attached and whose upper side is covered by a top cover. The front bow may have a lower bow shell extending at least largely across the width of the front bow in the transverse direction of the top and whose underside is fully covered by the headliner and defines the shape of the headliner with its entire surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: WEBASTO SEInventors: Alexander Haimerl, Heinrich Wüllrich
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Patent number: 11427283Abstract: A snowmobile including a hood, a hood cap connected to the hood, and a door, which together define a storage compartment. An antenna is mounted to an upper portion of the hood cap above a headlight. A main body panel is removably coupled to a chassis of the snowmobile by way of a fastener assembly. A first trim panel is removably coupled to the main body panel. The first trim panel has a first thickness and extends a first distance from a side of the snowmobile. A second trim is configured to be coupled to the main body panel in place of the first trim panel. The second trim panel has a second thickness that is different from the first thickness and extends a second distance from the side of the snowmobile that is different than the first distance.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.Inventors: Benjamin T. Edwards, Michael A. Hedlund, Ronald W. Bachleitner, Cameron D. Fisher, James E. Rogala
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Patent number: 11427264Abstract: A fold-out table for a truck bed is disclosed. The fold-out table includes a tabletop configured to extend longitudinally along an inner sidewall of the truck bed. The fold-out table further includes one or more hinges disposed below an upper rim of the inner sidewall of the truck bed. The hinges are configured to couple the tabletop to the inner sidewall of the truck bed so that the tabletop is pivotable between a raised position and a lowered position. The tabletop may be substantially perpendicular to the inner sidewall of the truck bed when the tabletop is in the raised position and substantially parallel to the inner sidewall of the truck bed when the tabletop is in the lowered position.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Inventor: Vincent M. Ring
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Patent number: 11420566Abstract: A trim element having a body and a covering element extending over part of the body. The covering element includes at least two substantially rigid panels connected to one another by a flexible branch forming a bending line of the panels relative to one another and fastened to the body by a fastening edge forming a hinge between the panels and the body, the covering element being deformable around the bending line. The covering element hinges between a retracted position, in which the panels of the covering element are pressed against the body, and a deployed position, in which the panels are moved away from the body, the covering element defining a storage volume with the body in the deployed position.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIEInventors: Cédric Habert, Alain Nguyen
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Patent number: 11420700Abstract: A vehicle wind buffeting shield, a vehicle incorporating a wind buffeting shield, and a method of diverting upward air flow during operation of a vehicle using a wind buffeting shield are provided. The wind buffeting shield includes a flow restricting portion and at least one mounting member. The at least one mounting member couples the flow restricting portion proximate a bottom portion of a gas tank of a vehicle such that the flow restricting portion projects generally horizontal and outwards from the vehicle and restricts upward air flow during operation of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Wichita State UniversityInventor: Steven Skinner
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Patent number: 11413941Abstract: An electric window shade apparatus for a vehicle is proposed, the electric window shade apparatus being configured to receive power directly from a motor. An electric window shade apparatus for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a shade module configured to be unwound or wound automatically by a driving force so as to move with respect to a window glass; and a driving module providing the driving force to the shade module by an operation of a cable wound on at least one drum driven by a motor.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Dong Han Kim
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Patent number: 11414025Abstract: An object retaining system adapted to operatively associate with an intrinsic, host seat track of a vehicle for retaining devices, containers, or the like within the cabin of the vehicle. The object retaining system may utilize a track arm to slidably engage the intrinsic host seat track, and a locking mechanism may be employed to secure such engagement. Selective adjustment of the elevation and location of the retaining object is also contemplated herein with adjustable height portions and pivotable connections disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Inventor: Leslie Ronald Hamilton
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Patent number: 11414137Abstract: A partition separates a cabin space from a bed space on a vehicle having a first side body and a second side body. The partition includes a forward-opening receptacle fixable to the first side body and to the second side body to span between the first side body and the second side body and includes a rear panel. The partition includes a modular assembly securable as a unit to a forward side of the receptacle. The modular assembly includes a front panel and a window glass configured to be translatably supported by the modular assembly between the front panel and the rear panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Matthew Simonin, John D. Taylor, Michael T. Chaney, James Nicholas
