Patents Examined by Kevin P. Weldon
  • Patent number: 11267518
    Abstract: A vehicle side section structure includes a pair of front pillars that are respectively provided at both vehicle width direction sides of a vehicle front section so as to extend along a vehicle vertical direction, and a reinforcing member formed of wood and is provided inside a cross-section of at least one of the pair of front pillars, an axial center direction of tree rings of the reinforcing member being oriented in a direction running along a length direction of the at least one front pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi Takayanagi, Toshihisa Miura
  • Patent number: 11267412
    Abstract: An insert type expandable garnish is provided and includes a body part that is inserted into a mounting part of a groove shape formed on the surface of a vehicle. A tension structure part is disposed on the body part to press the body part from the inner bottom surface of the mounting part toward the outside of the vehicle, when the body part is pressed toward the mounting part and inserted into the mounting part. An expandable bracket part protrudes from the body part and is adhered with the mounting part, when the tension structure part presses the body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Eun-Soo Park, Geun-Hyung Nam, Seung-Mok Lee, Yong-Won Jeong
  • Patent number: 11267405
    Abstract: Cargo systems for use in a vehicle cargo compartment that provide a range of selectable cargo carrying configurations. A cargo shelf system includes a first support wall, a second support wall, at least one set of removable shelves supported between one of the support walls and an interior side panel of the vehicle, and a set of retractable shelves supported between the first and second support walls. A cargo divider system includes a tray bin attached to a frame structure of the vehicle, a load floor supported upon the tray bin, a flip-wall divider supported upon the tray bin, and a plurality of laterally displaceable divider walls. Another cargo divider system includes a storage bin, an independently moveable seat-side load floor, and an independently moveable gate-side load floor, the seat-side load floor and the gate-side load floor collectively covering the storage bin to form a generally planar continuous load floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: ABC TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Harman Gill, Avinash Jayakumar, Usman Dulatov
  • Patent number: 11260730
    Abstract: A cab for a power machine having a side window and a rear window each hingedly connected to the same one of a right rear cab frame post and a left rear cab frame post such that when the side window and rear window are both opened by latches to rotate outward relative to the same rear post an airflow path is created diagonally across the operator between a front corner of the cab and an opposite rear corner of the cab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY
    Inventor: Mark W. Binstock
  • Patent number: 11254193
    Abstract: A slider window assembly for a vehicle includes at least one fixed window panel and a movable window panel that is movable along an upper rail and a lower rail at the at least one fixed window panel between an opened position and a closed position. The lower rail includes a U-shaped channel and an attaching structure for attaching the lower rail at the at least one fixed window panel. The lower rail includes a plurality of water drainage channels established at the attaching structure and having an inlet at a wall of the U-shaped channel. A plurality of water diverters are established at the U-shaped channel and are configured to divert water flowing along the U-shaped channel toward the side of the channel along which respective inlets for respective water drainage channels are disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Troy F. Tooker, Kyle S. Bowman
  • Patent number: 11247731
    Abstract: A diverter for directing water runoff along a roof includes: a first arm having an upright portion and a base portion, the upright portion is substantially perpendicular to the base portion; a second arm having an upright portion and a base portion, the upright portion being substantially perpendicular to the base portion. The first arm is joined to the second arm at a middle of the diverter such that an angle between the first arm and the second arm is from about 90 degrees to about 160 degrees. The diverter is mountable on the roof such that distal ends of the first arm and the second arm are proximate to side edges of the roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Inventor: Michael D. Rodgers
  • Patent number: 11247544
    Abstract: A folding top for a convertible vehicle, is provided having a top linkage and a top cover which may have a first fabric cut and a second fabric cut connected to the first fabric cut. The two fabric cuts may be connected via a stretchable portion which is made of an elastically stretchable fabric whose stretchability is greater than that of the two fabric cuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Franz Haberl, Magnus Sviberg
  • Patent number: 11242094
    Abstract: A one-way plug includes a housing including a plate, an upper stopper having an overlap part extending downward from a side of the plate, and a lower body having a sealing surface part formed to extend in a cylindrical shape with a hollow downward from the plate, and a valve body provided in the hollow of the lower body and configured to cover the hollow, and having a wing part elastically deformed and configured to open the hollow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Won-Jung Song, Jai-Hak Kim
  • Patent number: 11230218
    Abstract: A slide out kitchen for a vehicle is provided. The slide out kitchen includes an elongate cabinet adapted for moveable, mounting between a closed configuration and an extended configuration. At least one cooktop and an accessory engagement structure to secure kitchen accessories to the cabinet, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Dometic Sweden AB
    Inventors: Nicolas Christophe Gilles Chevalier, Samuele Meda, Joakim Ahlström, Jason Svarc, Jean Paul Louis Ramirez
  • Patent number: 11214133
    Abstract: A vehicle soft-top security device to deter theft and damage. The device includes multiple rigid sections coupled to a vehicle interior to the soft-top. The panels are attached via factory features of the vehicle and can be a full time retrofit or assembled and disassembled when needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: ONE-T, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Mathews
  • Patent number: 11207953
    Abstract: An interior structure includes a pillar garnish, a channel member, and a screen member. The pillar garnish is integral with a center pillar, and is formed with an opening facing a vehicle cabin and formed with a hollow housing section on the opposite side to the vehicle cabin. The channel member is provided so as to be capable of being housed in the housing section and capable of moving toward the vehicle cabin through the opening. The screen member is provided at the channel member so as to be housed in the housing section when in a non-deployed state and so as to be deployed in the vehicle cabin in a state in which the channel member has been moved into the vehicle cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideyuki Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11203253
    Abstract: In a work vehicle, a windshield provided at a front portion of a vehicle body includes an upper shield disposed upwardly of a hood and a lower shield that can be disposed at a position closing a gap formed between a lower end of the upper shield and an upper face of the hood. There is provided a support unit configured to support the lower shield vertically movably to be capable of selectively disposing the lower shield at the closing position for closing the gap and an opening position for opening the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventor: Masaru Nakaji
  • Patent number: 11192432
    Abstract: A hinge system for a vehicle hardtop having a system with hinges (1) that allow a user to open and close a set of removable rigid rooftop panels (5, 6) for a Jeep or other sport utility vehicle without being required to fully remove and store the rigid roof panels. The hinges may be capable of supporting a partially opened position to prevent the panels from falling and slamming shut while opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventor: Richard A Brown
  • Patent number: 11180007
    Abstract: A tailgate guide bumper is to be installed between a tailgate that opens to a rear of a vehicle and a vehicle body of the vehicle to support the tailgate in a widthwise direction of the vehicle. The tailgate guide bumper includes a guide bumper member fastened to one side of the tailgate and a guide bumper supporting part configured to be in contact with the guide bumper member when the tailgate is closed to support load applied in a widthwise direction of the tailgate. The guide bumper member and the guide bumper supporting part are installed to be adjacent to a lamp installed at the rear of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ki-Hyun Cho
  • Patent number: 11167695
    Abstract: A luggage box apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The luggage box apparatus includes a main box received in a main box receiving space provided at a luggage side trim. The main box is withdrawable from the main box receiving space toward a luggage compartment, for use thereof. The main box is installed to perform linear sliding movement in a withdrawal direction and rotation with respect to the luggage side trim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Daejoo Precision Industrial
    Inventors: Dae Min Lee, Min Ho Cho, Seung Soo Ryu, Kwang Ok Jeon, Sung Hoon Choo, Sang Bok Lee, Ho Duck Lee
  • Patent number: 11167159
    Abstract: A cabin module has the form of a self-supporting structural body of multiple walls which delimit a cabin area. The walls are made of a continuous blank, wherein in the edge regions of walls directly following one another, the outer layer is in each case designed to be continuous and deformed, and the inner layer is interrupted by a separating section. At least one first lateral wall, a base wall, a second lateral wall, and a roof wall are provided. End sections of the blank are connected to one another when the walls are erected. A motor vehicle is equipped with such a cabin module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Rosenbauer International AG
    Inventor: Kmetec Danilo
  • Patent number: 11161443
    Abstract: A grab handle assembly for a vehicle includes first and second anchoring features coupled to a vehicle surface. A rail extends between the first and second anchoring features in a spaced relationship with the vehicle surface. A slot is defined by the rail and configured to receive a key feature for attachment of the key feature to the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mario Alejandro Adams-Campos, Eric Bryan Arellano Aguilar, Jay P. Miles, Paul Alan Forgette, Ramon Bakerjian
  • Patent number: 11130433
    Abstract: Provided is a floor structure of a vehicle having a pedal device to be pressed down by a driver seated in a driver seat of the vehicle. The floor structure is arranged relative to the pedal device and includes: a heel stopper part located substantially below the pedal device; and a pedal stopper part located on a vehicle-forward side of the heel stopper part and serving to prevent the pedal device from being excessively pressed down by the driver. The heel stopper part and the pedal stopper part are formed integrally with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Iwasaki, Yoshiaki Okutomi
  • Patent number: 11130527
    Abstract: A vehicle body includes a plurality of lateral units and a cross unit having a plurality of cross members for connecting the lateral units, where neighboring cross members form a closed structure together with members of the lateral units disposed at opposite sides. The vehicle body entirely surrounds the closed structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Ho Yeon Kim
  • Patent number: 11124237
    Abstract: A front structure of a vehicle body is provided. The front structure includes shock-absorber housings disposed between the front side of a dash panel and the lower end of a front windshield glass, shock-absorber mounts coupled to the upper sides of the shock-absorber housings, and a cross member that extends in the lateral direction of the vehicle while being spaced apart from the dash panel in the forward direction. The cross member has a rear surface portion, and each of the opposite ends of the rear surface portion is coupled to the front end portion of a respective one of the shock-absorber housings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Chul Hee Heo