Patents Examined by K. B. Patel
  • Patent number: 7086682
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention concerns an obturating device for a vehicle, comprising two panels superposed and united to one another, defining an at least partially closed internal space, and movable occulting means which may extend in the said closed space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Wagon SAS
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Neaux
  • Patent number: 6428076
    Abstract: A remote control type vehicular trunk is provided which includes a plurality of trunks each having a lid whereby the lids are locked and unlocked by a remote controller. The trunks have a pop-up device, which opens at least one of the lids in response to a predetermined remote control. The controller includes a first actuator for locking or unlocking each of the lids, and a second actuator for unlocking the at least one of the trunks provided with the pop-up device and actuating the pop-up device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Sumada, Yoshifumi Mochizuki, Koji Kano, Koichi Nozoe, Tsuguhito Ichiriki
  • Patent number: 6419289
    Abstract: A vehicle bumper system is shown to include a vehicle bumper component, a main electrical connector integrated with the vehicle bumper component, a second electrical connector integrated with the vehicle bumper component, and an electrical communication path integrated with the vehicle bumper component. The electrical communication path extends between the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector. The vehicle bumper component is designed to permit mounting of an electrically controlled device at a mounting area. The second electrical connector is at or in close proximity to the mounting area to permit the electrically controlled device to electrically couple therewith when it is mounted at the mounting area of said vehicle bumper component. Another electrical communication path electrically couples the second electrical connector with bumper mounting holes used to permit mounting of the bumper component with a vehicle chassis/frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignees: The Boler Company, Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Laverne Jay Batten, Jeff R. Zawacki, Ray W. Atchinson