Patents Examined by Jason S Morrow
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Patent number: 11584319Abstract: A vehicle bumper for a vehicle includes a bumper frame adapted for installing into one of a front end and a rear end of a vehicle to absorb impact in case of collision, and a function unit provided at the bumper frame. The function unit is incorporated with the bumper frame to form at least one of a flip type storage container, a drawer storage container and a detachable storage container for providing an additional storage to the vehicle, wherein the flip type storage container, the drawer storage container and the detachable storage container are located at different locations of the bumper frame, such that the flip type storage container, the drawer storage container and the detachable storage container are individually operated.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Inventor: Xing Wen Luo
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Patent number: 11584283Abstract: A pipe stanchion mounting structure includes an upper mounting section configured to fixedly mount an upper end of a pipe stanchion on an upper part of a vehicle body, and a lower mounting section configured to mount a lower end of the pipe stanchion on a lower part of the vehicle body in a vertically movable manner, wherein the upper mounting section includes a first mounting bracket fixedly fastened to the upper part of the vehicle body, and a screw part integrally formed on an upper side of the pipe stanchion so as to be fixedly screwed into the first mounting bracket.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Sun Hyuk Yun
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Patent number: 11577635Abstract: A component for a vehicle may comprise a roller rotatable relative to a base, a sheet coupled to the roller and movable between a retracted state and an extended state, a lock mechanism and a button. The lock mechanism may disengage to allow sheet movement and engage to block sheet movement. The lock mechanism may comprise an arm to engage the teeth on the roller to hold the sheet in the extended state. The button may comprise a latch to prevent engagement. The component may comprise an actuator to move the lock mechanism to block sheet movement and rotate the roller to provide tension in the sheet. The actuator may comprise a motor. The component may comprise a sensor and a controller for the actuator/motor. The component may comprise a cover or retractable table.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.Inventors: Thomas Scott Hodgson, Tamanna Nabar
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Patent number: 11577676Abstract: A bumper assembly for a material handling vehicle is provided. The material handling vehicle includes a vehicle frame. The bumper assembly includes a first bumper coupled to a first side of the vehicle frame and having a first slot extending along a portion of the first bumper and a first protruding portion. The first protruding portion extends outwardly at an angle past a plane defined by the first side of the vehicle frame. The bumper assembly further includes a second bumper coupled to a second side of the vehicle frame opposite to the first side and having a second slot extending along a portion of the second bumper and a second protruding portion. The second protruding portion extends outwardly at an angle past a plane defined by the second side of the vehicle frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: The Raymond CorporationInventors: Erik C. Tracy, Kevin T. Bordwell
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Patent number: 11577789Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle component, comprising a thermoplastic part; a metal insert having an anchoring portion, a peripheral portion, and a first insert surface and an opposite second insert surface, wherein the first surface is overmolded by the thermoplastic part, a thermoplastic rib overmolded on a second surface of the metal insert the rib extending from the second surface and being at least partly adjacent to the thermoplastic part; and a strut component attached to the metal insert at the anchoring portion on the first surface of tire metal insert. The invention further relates to a vehicle comprising such a vehicle component, wherein the vehicle is one of a railway vehicle, a marine vehicle, a road vehicle, or an aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Davy Wilhelmus Anna Brands, Ilona Maria Francois Grond-Soons
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Patent number: 11565642Abstract: A removable vehicle exterior door guard device comprising an elongate panel and a plurality of vacuum seal suction cups. The panel can comprise a foam pad or other flexible polymer coupled to one or more suction cups configured to hold the panel to a vehicle surface. The device can comprise a foam pad having suction cups configured to provide a vacuum seal to a vehicle exterior door, for example using screw-tightening suction cup mechanism or a lever tightening suction cup mechanism. The vacuum seal suction cups are configured to maintain a strong seal against the vehicle surface over extended periods of time, even if the panel is bumped or the vehicle surface is not clean. The device can additionally include a theft deterrent system comprising a cord attached at a proximate end to the panel and at a distal end to an anchor that is secured inside the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Inventor: Randal Schmidt
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Patent number: 11565645Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes, among other things, a cab back panel assembly pivotably coupled to a cab of a vehicle, and a sill assembly that includes a portion of a securing system. The sill assembly is pivotably coupled to the vehicle. The sill assembly is pivotable back and forth between a latching position where the cab back panel assembly can engage the portion of the sill assembly and a stowed position.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Martin Delonis, Michael Harmon
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Patent number: 11554709Abstract: An aspect includes a transportable fold-out at least partial enclosure including: a center stationary section; a pair of primary platform assemblies, each primary platform including a first panel pivotally joined on opposite sides of the center stationary section and a second panel pivotally joined to the first panel on a side opposite the first panel; and at least one wall assembly pivotally joined to center stationary section and one of the primary platforms.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: AWOL OUTDOORS, INC.Inventors: Shawn McGregor, Cedar Vandergon, Kevin Fleischhacker, Steven M. Koehler
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Patent number: 11554649Abstract: The apparatus cooperates with a vehicle having a chassis, and engine compartment and a passenger compartment and a framework extending above the passenger compartment and a windshield assembly which is disposed in front of the passenger compartment which includes a single flexible sheet material formed into a generally rectangular top section. The top section has first and second opposed edges as well as the front edge and a back edge. The front edge includes a lip dimensioned and configured for engagement with a header bar that is part of the sport utility vehicle and disposed proximate to the top of the windshield assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Inventor: Adam L Trujillo
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Patent number: 11555343Abstract: An embodiment apparatus for preventing a sliding door from swaying includes a rail on a vehicle body, an arm bracket attached to a door panel of a door, a slider slidable in a front-rear direction on the rail, a first arm having first and second sides hingedly coupled to the arm bracket and to a first side of the slider, respectively, a second arm having first and second sides hingedly coupled to the arm bracket and to a second side of the slider, respectively, and a latch part on the slider for adjusting rotations of the first and second arms, wherein the first and second arms push the door outward while being spread and deployed during a first stage operation, and the slider slides on the rail to fully open the door during a second stage operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Hyung-In Yun
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Patent number: 11554651Abstract: A glass run includes a body part including exterior and interior side walls and a bottom wall connecting the exterior and interior side walls; an exterior lip projecting from the exterior side wall toward the bottom wall and configured to slidably contact an exterior side of a door glass; and an interior lip projecting from the interior side wall toward the bottom wall and configured to slidably contact an interior side of the door glass. The interior lip includes a base end portion extending toward the bottom wall and is curved to be oriented toward an exterior of the vehicle as extending to its distal end portion, and the interior side wall includes a protuberance protruding toward the exterior, and the protuberance is positioned to be able to contact the interior lip when the interior lip is pressed toward an interior of the vehicle by the door glass to deform.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshihiko Kamitani
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Patent number: 11554704Abstract: A novel handrail that can be mounted on the side of a recreational vehicle proximate an access door that can be safely grasped by the user to assist in entering or exiting the interior of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Inventor: John Tinghitella
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Patent number: 11548359Abstract: A tonneau cover that includes a first panel and a second panel. The first panel is arranged rearward of the second panel in vehicle position when the tonneau cover is in a first position, each of the first panel and the second panel comprise a top surface and an opposing bottom surface. The first panel and the second panel are movable into a second position where the bottom surface of the first panel is juxtaposed with the bottom surface of the second panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: EXTANG CORPORATIONInventors: Jerome Facchinello, Chad A. Carter, Robert Mosingo
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Patent number: 11541729Abstract: A vehicle described in the present specification is configured such that a door includes an outer panel, a door trim, window glass configured to be manually raised and lowered, a belt molding, and a knob. The window glass is supported movably between an upper limit position at which the window glass closes an opening of a window frame and a lower limit position at which the window glass opens the opening of the window frame. The knob is configured to be gripped by a user who operates the window glass. The door trim includes a recess configured to face the knob and form a space when the window glass is placed at the lower limit position, the space being formed to receive a hand of the user, the hand gripping the knob.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaru Toyota, Sho Tsumita, Yoshiyuki Ryuno
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Patent number: 11541812Abstract: A retention assembly for a windshield bracket includes a fastening feature that includes a shaft defining a plurality of radial fins along a length of the shaft. A cover portion is operably coupled to the shaft of the fastening feature and includes an attachment feature. A coupling member includes a first clip that is operably coupled to the attachment feature of the cover portion and a second clip that is configured to receive a wire of said windshield bracket.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Fabrizio Dublan Sanchez, Layla Kimberly Martinez Rivero, Ligia Olivares Espinosa, Mauro Rodriguez Rodriguez, Diego Sebastián García Hernández
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Patent number: 11535091Abstract: A vehicle includes a body that defines an aperture. A closure panel is coupled to the body and is movable between an open position and a closed position. The closure panel covers the aperture when the closure panel is in the closed position. A support member has a first end and a second end. The first end is coupled to the body. The second end is coupled to the closure panel. The support member is operable between a compressed position and an extended position. The extended position of the support member corresponds with the open position of the closure panel. A collapsible member is coupled to the body and the support member. The collapsible member is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The collapsible member includes a first section and a second section. The collapsible member also includes a fluid drainage system.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Peter Phung, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Pietro Buttolo, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
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Patent number: 11535146Abstract: A bunk bed apparatus is provided, having at least upper and lower bunks, and which encloses a storage area under the lower bunk when the lower bunk is usable for sleeping, and encloses a larger storage area under the upper bunk when only the upper bunk is usable for sleeping, the lower bunk being moved to form an enclosing wall of the larger storage area. The apparatus can be disposed within a vehicle, such as an RV, adjacent a closable opening to the exterior of the vehicle, which gives full access to both sizes of the storage area. The apparatus can be formed with a slideable end wall which contains a pocket for receiving and storing an access ladder for the upper bunk, and that end wall can form a closable opening for the storage area.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Inventor: Vincent J. Cline
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Patent number: 11535182Abstract: A vehicle includes a pair of frame rails and a bumper assembly. The bumper assembly includes a bumper beam supported by the frame rails and an airbag. The airbag includes a first airbag chamber supported by the bumper beam and inflatable to an inflated position, and a second airbag chamber supported by the bumper and inflatable to an inflated position. The first airbag chamber is disposed in a cross-vehicle direction relative to the second airbag chamber. The first airbag chamber has a first volume in the inflated position. The second airbag chamber has a second volume in the inflated position. The first volume is different than the second volume.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Rahul Arora, Jamel E. Belwafa, Saeed David Barbat
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Patent number: 11529901Abstract: A grab bar assembly includes a support beam adapted to be mounted to a vehicle and defining a longitudinal axis, a grab bar having an inner beam disposed within the support beam and movable relative to the support beam in first and second directions along the longitudinal axis. The assembly further includes a locking plate attached to the inner beam and a locking mechanism coupled to the support beam and having a latch movable between a lock position engaging the locking plate to fix the grab bar in a location relative to the support beam and a release position disengaging the locking plate to permit adjustment of the grab bar and the inner beam along the longitudinal axis in one of the first and second directions.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: KA Group AGInventors: Timothy Clayton Smith, Jesse L. Henrikson, Reyna Lynn Wygant
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Patent number: 11525294Abstract: A structure includes a rail mounted on a vehicle body, a rail roller device connected to the rail, a slider mounted on the rail roller device, a movement support device having a first side fixed to a door and a second side connected to the slider, and a catch-pawl locking device including catches and pawls locked to or unlocked from one another while rotating. The catches and the pawls include a first catch and a first pawl for restricting a movement of the rail roller device in a first direction when the first catch and the first pawl are locked to each other, and a second catch and a second pawl for restricting a movement of the movement support device in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction when the second catch and the second pawl are locked.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Hyung-In Yun
