Patents Examined by Joseph D. Pape
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Patent number: 11814100Abstract: A structural support system for a vehicle having a longitudinal axis extending from a front of the vehicle to a rear of the vehicle includes a cradle configured to support an engine of the vehicle, a structural side rail assembly having first and second side rails, a first set of six cradle attachments coupling the cradle to the first side rail, and a second set of six cradle attachments coupling the cradle to the second side rail. A predetermined portion of the cradle attachments of both the first and second set of six cradle attachments are designed to intentionally detach during a frontal impact event to facilitate absorbing impact energy and reducing deceleration and passenger compartment intrusion.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: FCA US LLCInventors: Sunil Waghmare, Abhijeet Thorat, Homyoung Kim
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Patent number: 11813930Abstract: A door includes an inner wall, an outer wall, and a window assembly including a window. The inner wall is configured to engage with a cab of a vehicle. The outer wall is coupled to the inner wall and spaced apart from the inner wall to form an interior cavity. The door is configured to move between a closed position in which the inner wall is engaged with the cab and an open position in which the inner wall is separated from the cab. In the closed position, at least a portion of the interior cavity is configured to be disposed outboard from the cab in a lateral direction. The window is slidably engaged to the door and configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position. In the retracted position, the window is at least partially disposed in the portion of the interior cavity.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2023Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Dave McGraw, Andrew Drach, Paul Schmidt, Jeffrey Elliott, Jacob Beenen, Mohit Nagallapuram
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Patent number: 11814012Abstract: A moving console for a vehicle may include a housing being configured for linear sliding on a vehicle body; a moving duct mounted in the housing and being configured for linear sliding together with the housing; a connecting duct being configured for linear sliding relative to the leaner sliding of the moving duct and to supply air received from a fixed duct fixed to the vehicle body to the moving duct; and a locking device configured to lock or unlock the connecting duct at a position where an entrance of the connecting duct fluidically communicates with the fixed duct.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Gye Young Ahn, Kyoung Sik Kim
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Patent number: 11807307Abstract: A vehicle base structure includes a rear member having an attachment portion at which a trailing arm is attached, and a reinforcing member disposed to be overlaid on the rear member. The rear member and the reinforcing member configure at least a part of a reinforcing portion. The reinforcing portion has a tubular shape extending in the vehicle front-rear direction. In at least a part along the vehicle front-rear direction, a cross section of the reinforcing portion perpendicular to the vehicle front-rear direction is a closed cross-sectional shape.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Noriaki Matsuo, Tomohiro Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11807089Abstract: A clamp assembly for use with a tonneau cover assembly is provided. Illustratively, the clamp assembly may include a first clamp member, a second clamp member, a clamp fastener, and at least one shim. The second clamp member is located opposite the first clamp member to form a space located therebetween. The clamp fastener is extended through the space between the first clamp member and the second clamp member. The at least one shim is located in the space between the first clamp member and the second clamp member.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Leer GroupInventors: Eugene A. Dylewski, II, Tommy C. Brock
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Patent number: 11807081Abstract: A device for protecting a tire affixed to a vehicle. The tire guard device includes an interlocking U-shaped guard member that forms a housing with an interior volume when connected with a second U-shaped guard member. Each guard member includes a sidewall and an open end with an exposed interface edge disposed along the sidewall, wherein the interface edges overlap to secure to enclose around the tire. An upper edge of the sidewall includes a lip that protrudes outward from the interior volume to prevent mice and other pests from accessing the tire. The sidewall includes a cutaway region on an interior side that can receive an axle extending from the tire. The cutaway region is sizable to the vehicle and allows for coverage of various vehicle and tire/wheel makes and models.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Inventor: Davy Russ Bingman
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Patent number: 11807152Abstract: A work area is provided and includes a substantially horizontal work surface that can be translocated between a first location and a second location. The work area includes one or more tracks along which the work area can be moved between a first and a second location and the work surface remains slidably connected and substantially horizontal during translocation between a first location and second location. The first location may include a floor above which the work surface is situated when the work area is located in the first location and the second location may include a base above which the work surface is situated when it is in the second location. The floor and the base are not level with each other and when the work surface is located in the first location, its height above the floor is substantially the same as its height above the base when it is in the second location.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: SylvanSport, LLCInventors: Gregory Kyle Mundt, Thomas Dempsey, Thomas Reeder
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Patent number: 11801780Abstract: Embodiments related to active vibration isolation systems for a vehicle seat, as well as their methods of use, are disclosed. In some embodiments, an active suspension system may be configured to support a seat above a floor of a vehicle. The active suspension system may include two or more actuators that may be operated cooperatively to control both the roll and heave of the vehicle seat. In some instances, these actuators may also be non-back-drivable actuators. Additionally, in some embodiments, an active suspension system may include one or more torsion springs that apply torques in parallel with associated actuators of the active suspension system to support at least a portion of the loads applied to the active suspension system during operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: ClearMotion Acquisition I LLCInventors: Clive Tucker, Ross J. Wendell, Thomas James Cashman, Jr.
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Patent number: 11801736Abstract: Disclosed is door visor mounted on a vehicle having a door without an upper frame, the door visor including a body portion which includes: a molding portion mounted on a vehicle body of the vehicle; and a visor portion connected to the molding portion and covering a portion of an upper portion of a door window in a state of being spaced apart from the door window based on a state where the door of the vehicle is closed and the door window of the door is closed.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: AUTOCLOVER CO., LTD.Inventor: Kwan Min Lee
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Patent number: 11801786Abstract: A bunkhouse trailer is provided that includes a plurality of bunk bed assemblies. The trailer has a plurality of interior barrier walls defining isolated living spaces between the lower and upper beds in each of the bunk bed assemblies. The individual accommodations for each user eliminates shared spaces where surface contamination may lead to disease transmission. In some embodiments, the air handling within each individual accommodation is configured to reduce the risk of cross-contamination between users.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: JAG MOBILE SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventor: William L Gibson
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Patent number: 11794559Abstract: A sun visor assembly includes a visor having a recess, a first clip portion, and a second clip portion configured to be integrally mounted in the recess of the visor. The second clip portion is configured for connection to the first clip portion to allow the first clip portion to undergo pivotal movement relative to the second clip portion between open and closed states of the first clip portion. The first and second clip portions together form a cavity for securely accommodating and releasable holding an item in the closed state of the first clip portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Inventor: John Peterson
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Patent number: 11794818Abstract: A cowl cover apparatus includes a cowl cover that covers a cowl portion, a vertical wall body detachably attached to the cowl cover and being positioned while rising with respect to the cowl cover in a state of being attached thereto. The vertical wall body includes an insertion portion in an end portion in a vehicle width direction. The cowl cover includes a regulation portion into which the insertion portion is partly inserted in the vehicle width direction. The insertion portion is formed to be elastically deformable in the vehicle width direction due to a reaction force from the cowl cover against a load onto the vertical wall body in a predetermined direction intersecting the vehicle width direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.Inventor: Masanori Hirano
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Patent number: 11795736Abstract: A vehicle door structure includes: a door having a door body defining a closed section with a door inner panel and a door outer panel; an engaging member configured to hold the door in a closed and stopped state by engaging with an engaged member; and a load transmitting member configured to, when a load in a direction perpendicular to a design surface on a vehicle cabin outer side of the door outer panel is input, transmit the load toward a base end side of the engaging member and apply a load to the base end side of the engaging member in an engagement direction of the engaging member with the engaged member.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takahiro Suzaki
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Patent number: 11794626Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to freely exchange interior of a vehicle. An interior unit according to the present disclosure is provided with: a frame portion attachable to and detachable from a vehicle; and interior parts installed on the frame portion. The frame portion is foldable, or extendable and contractible.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai
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Patent number: 11794627Abstract: A folding camper has a body having a lower end configured for positioning within a bed of a pickup truck or on a trailer. The camper has sidewalls rotationally engaged between the roof and body whereby the folding camper is moveable between a collapsed position wherein a first sidewall and a second sidewall and a front wall and rear wall are all folded to a substantially horizontal positioning, to a deployed positioning wherein the roof is elevated above an upper end of the body with the first sidewall and the second sidewall both rotated to a substantially vertical positioning.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Inventor: Rick Wise
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Patent number: 11780510Abstract: A skirt securing connector assembly for securing an aerodynamic skirt panel to a trailer is provided, the skirt securing connector assembly comprising an upper attachment portion adapted to secure the skirt securing connector assembly to the trailer, a lower attachment portion adapted to secure a lower portion of the aerodynamic skirt panel and a strut member connected, at a first end thereof, to the upper portion of the skirt securing connector assembly and connected, at a second end thereof, to the lower portion of the skirt securing connector assembly, the strut member including a longitudinal axis between the first end and the second end, the strut member including a concave portion extending along the longitudinal axis, the concave portion increasing an inertia moment of the strut member to sustain a force applied by air routing on the aerodynamic skirt.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Inventors: Mathieu Boivin, Walid Deir, George Bassily, Swaroop Mulenahalli Kantharaju, Elizabeth Tome, Sylvain Daoust, Ali Fellah Jahromi
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Patent number: 11780302Abstract: A sun visor assembly for a vehicle that includes a mount configured to be connected to the vehicle. A guide rod having a first portion that includes a head and a second portion with a terminal end is operably coupled to the mount via the head. An impact point is at the terminal end of the second portion. The guide rod and the impact point are configured for use as a window breaker tool in a disassembled position. A visor is operably coupled to the guide rod in an assembled position and is rotatable about the guide rod from a first position to a second position. The visor includes a channel defined within the visor that is configured to receive the guide rod.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Adam Weyrauch, Rohit Telukunta, Steven Frank, Michael J. Gardynik
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Patent number: 11780304Abstract: An embodiment provides a truck cover system that includes a side rail, a cover, and a latching mechanism. The latching mechanisms include a housing attached to the cover, a latch extending through a first end of the housing and configured to engage with a bottom portion of the side rail, a cap attached to a second end of the housing, a plunger attached to the latch and having a first plunger end partially extending through an opening of the cap, an anchor element attached to the first plunger end preventing the first plunger end from entering the housing, and a spring wrapped around the plunger. When the spring is compressed, the latch may disengage with the side rail, and, when the spring is uncompressed, the latch may engage with the side rail.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Cixi City Liyuan Auto Parts Co., LtdInventor: Enli Xu
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Patent number: 11780373Abstract: Various vehicle systems are proposed for accessing and utilizing vehicle cargo spaces on vehicles equipped with a tailgate assembly. The vehicle systems may include deployable and/or rotatable stairgate systems, deployable step systems, etc. designed for the accessing the vehicle cargo spaces. The proposed systems may include various deployment mechanisms that enable the stairgate/step systems to slide, pivot, rotate, swing, and/or otherwise adjust for providing ease of access and increased flexibility when stepping up to access the vehicle cargo space.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Dawn Piechocki, Dennis Yee, Darshan Arun Nayak
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Patent number: 11780391Abstract: An under-protector fastening structure includes a bumper assembly coupled to a chassis frame, wherein the bumper assembly includes a bumper inner member and a bumper cover coupled to an outer side of the bumper inner member, and an under-protector coupled to the bumper inner member of the bumper assembly in a direction vertical to a length direction of a vehicle body, wherein the under-protector includes an under-protector mounting assembly coupled to the bumper inner member and an under-protector panel coupled to the under-protector mounting assembly, and wherein the under-protector mounting assembly includes a pipe member extending in the direction vertical to the length direction of the vehicle body, a mounting bracket coupled to the pipe member and the bumper inner member, and an under-protector fixing bracket having a first side coupled to the mounting bracket and a second side coupled to the under-protector panel.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Dong Ku Seon