Patents Examined by Kiran B. Patel
  • Cab and work machine
    Patent number: 11001987
    Abstract: A cab is used in a work machine. The cab includes a first pillar, a second pillar disposed to a rear of the first pillar, a beam disposed between the first pillar and the second pillar, and a reinforcing member provided to the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori Yamamitsu, Naozumi Okura, Masamichi Miyazaki, Takashi Tsukamoto
  • Sunshade for a vehicle
    Patent number: 10994592
    Abstract: A sunshade is configured to extend over a portion of an operator area of the vehicle and includes a frame configured to be removably coupled to mounts for side view mirrors of the vehicle and a body coupled to the frame. At least a portion of the body is configured to move between a raised position and a lowered position relative to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Holroyd, Garth H. Bracy, Daniel G. Ritz, Alex M. Baltes
  • Vehicle body structure
    Patent number: 10994682
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a pair of side members (4) extending in a fore and aft direction on either side of a vehicle body, each side member having a hollow structure defining a hollow interior (28), and provided with a vertical outboard wall (27), a bumper beam (3) extending laterally along fore and aft ends of the side members, and curved so as to be convex on a side thereof facing away from the vehicle body, and a pair of extension members (5) each connected to a corresponding end part of the bumper beam and partly received in the hollow interior of the corresponding side member, a pair of cushioning members (72, 91, 101, 111, 123, 131) are each interposed between the corresponding extension member and the vertical outboard wall of the corresponding side member, each cushioning member being deformable in a lateral direction of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Hasegawa, Keiichiro Tsuji, Yusuke Miura, Ryota Yamane
  • Console with grounded trim ring
    Patent number: 10994670
    Abstract: A vehicle console includes a trim ring disposed over a periphery of a housing. The trim ring includes a polymeric material and is electrically conductive and grounded. A proximity switch assembly is retained in the housing. The proximity switch assembly includes a proximity sensor proximate a sensing pad for generating an activation field. The sensing pad is proximate the trim ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Richard Gall, Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati, James J. Surman
  • Vehicle body front structure
    Patent number: 10994784
    Abstract: A vehicle body front structure includes a side frame and a tubular member. The side member extends in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body. The side frame member is configured to have a closed hollow section in a vertical direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction. The tubular member extends in the longitudinal direction within the side frame. The tubular member is configured to have a closed hollow section in the vertical direction. The tubular member is spaced apart from the side frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Watanabe, Keita Ishihara
  • Vehicle assembly and method to reduce buffeting and generate downforce
    Patent number: 10988002
    Abstract: A vehicle flow influencing assembly includes, among other things, a downforce generator that extends laterally outward from an area of a vehicle, and that extends longitudinally from a leading edge portion to a trailing edge portion, the trailing edge portion aligned along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle with a side mirror of the vehicle, the downforce generator configured to influence flow to reduce buffeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Cunningham, Matthew Arthur Titus, Keith Weston
  • Vehicle frame assembly
    Patent number: 10988186
    Abstract: An assembly includes a subframe, a rocker, a battery cage supported by the rocker, and a battery supported by the battery cage. The assembly includes a reinforcement bolted to the rocker and positioned to be along a load path through the subframe resulting from a vehicle frontal impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew B. Makowski, Abdelmonaam Sassi, Thiag Subbian, Jayanth Kumar Basavalingiah, Jamil M. Alwan, Chelliah Madasamy
  • Vehicle back door and vehicle warning method and system
    Patent number: 10981504
    Abstract: A vehicle back door includes a back door main body having a window opening and a back door pane attached to the window opening. The back door main body has a speaker. The speaker is disposed below the back door pane and the angle ?1 formed by a vehicle height direction axis and a central axis of the speaker is set to a value smaller than the inclination angle ?2 of the back door pane with respect to the vehicle height direction axis. The sound emitted by the speaker is reflected by the back door pane and then transmitted to the front part of the vehicle interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuto Fujii, Hirofumi Saka, Naohiro Sera, Kenta Ako
  • Vehicle cabin front portion structure
    Patent number: 10974768
    Abstract: A vehicle cabin front portion structure has a steering column of a vehicle, an instrument panel in which a face blowout port is formed further toward a vehicle transverse direction outer side than the steering column, an air conditioner main body that is provided within the instrument panel, further toward a vehicle transverse direction central side than the steering column, a knee airbag device that is disposed at a vehicle lower side of the steering column, and that inflates and deploys a knee airbag toward a vehicle lower side of the instrument panel, and a face duct that extends from the air conditioner main body to the face blowout port via a route that passes a vehicle rear side of the knee airbag device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoko Tanaka
  • System for reducing aerodynamic drag forces on a trailer
    Patent number: 10974771
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a rear end and a flexible membrane that includes a perimeter. The perimeter is coupled to the rear end, wherein a seal is formed between the perimeter and the rear end. The vehicle also includes a pressurization source coupled to the vehicle, and at least one port defined in and extending through the rear end. The at least one port is enclosed by the perimeter and in fluidic communication with the pressurization source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Inventor: William Leo Gross
  • Vehicular structure
    Patent number: 10974673
    Abstract: A vehicular structure includes: a first member formed in a tubular shape and having protrusions on an outer periphery thereof; and a second member formed in a tubular shape and having a locking wall with a hole in which the first member is inserted. The first member is joined to the second member such that a portion of the first member that is inserted in the hole of the second member is expanded, and the protrusions are in contact with the locking wall of the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Hashimura, Ryohei Yukishige, Yasuhiro Maeda
  • System for reducing aerodynamic drag forces on a tractor-trailer vehicle
    Patent number: 10974772
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a first trailer having a rear end, and a second trailer having a front. The second trailer is coupled to the first trailer. The vehicle also includes at least one flexible membrane that includes a perimeter coupled to the rear end. A seal is formed between the perimeter and the rear end. The vehicle further includes a pressurization source coupled to the vehicle, and at least one port defined in and extending through the rear end. The at least one port is enclosed by the perimeter and in fluidic communication with the pressurization source. In a deployed profile, the at least one flexible membrane extends between the rear end of the first trailer and the front of the second trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Inventor: William Leo Gross
  • Lift assist device for flush floor slide-out room
    Patent number: 10967777
    Abstract: A lift assist device for a slide-out room includes a base and a floor support having a fixed portion, a deflecting portion, and a biasing member disposed between the base and the deflecting portion. When the slide out room is in an extended position, the weight of the room deflects the deflecting portion, thereby compressing the biasing member. As the slide-out room is being retracted from the extended position, the biasing member decompresses, thereby facilitating lifting of the slide-out room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: LIPPERT COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Howie, Patrick Quigley, Jeremiah Bradley, James Clay
  • Side sill structure for vehicle
    Patent number: 10967910
    Abstract: A side sill structure can be used for a vehicle. The side sill structure includes a side sill extending along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and a front connection member connects a front side member located at a front side of the side sill to a front end of the side sill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Sik Kim, Byeong Cheon Lee, Hee Seouk Chung, Deok Hwa Hong
  • Detachable quarter panel bracket
    Patent number: 10967913
    Abstract: An apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a bracket having a first attachment feature configured for attachment to a quarter panel and a second attachment feature configured for attachment to a body inner structure. A BLIS module attaches to the body inner structure without covering the first attachment feature. A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, attaching a quarter panel to a bracket via a first attachment feature, attaching the quarter panel with the bracket to a body inner structure, attaching the bracket to the body inner structure via a second attachment feature, and attaching a BLIS module to the body inner structure without covering the first attachment feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jack Marchlewski, Darrin Neil Wagner, Robert Reiners
  • Tonneau cover system with integral side rail clamp
    Patent number: 10960746
    Abstract: A tonneau cover system for a pickup truck cargo box comprising a tonneau cover sized and shaped for covering the cargo box. A side rail comprises a first clamping surface adapted to engage the first side of the downward flange. A rod has a rod axis and is mounted on the side rail. A clamp body is mounted on the rod and includes a clamp arm having a second clamping surface adapted to engage the second side of the side rail. A cam is included with one of the side rail and the clamp body. A cam follower engages with the cam. The cam follower is included with the other one of the side rail and the clamp body. Movement of the clamp body along the axis of the rod advances the cam follower along the cam to thereby move the first clamping surface toward the downward flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Extang Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome Facchinello, Ryan W. DeLong
  • Pillar reinforcement
    Patent number: 10960934
    Abstract: A structural reinforcement comprising a rigid polymeric structure having a longitudinal axis and including a lower portion and an upper portion each of the lower and upper portions including a top surface and bottom surface, an expandable adhesive material located onto a portion of each of the top and bottom surface of each of the upper and lower portions, wherein the rigid polymeric stricture includes a plurality of ribs and the top edge of one or more of the ribs is co-planar with the expandable adhesive material prior to activation of the expandable adhesive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Zephyros, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey T. Shantz
  • Molded foam, method for manufacturing molded foam, mold and method for manufacturing mold
    Patent number: 10960580
    Abstract: Provided are a molded foam (1) that is lightweight and can be manufactured at low cost, and can reduce abnormal noise due to friction with a vehicle structure effectively and for a long time, and a mold (10) that can mold a molded foam that is beautiful and attractive in appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SEKISUI PLASTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamasa Yamagishi, Takahito Kurosaki
  • Motor vehicle comprising a receiving compartment
    Patent number: 10960823
    Abstract: A motor vehicle having a receiving compartment, which is mounted on a vehicle console, pivotable around a vertical axis, in the area of a side wall of the vehicle console delimiting an occupant footwell of the motor vehicle. It is provided that, with regard to a line of vision, oriented in the vehicle longitudinal direction of a vehicle occupant located on a seat of the motor vehicle assigned to the relevant occupant footwell, the vertical axis is arranged on an end or end section of the receiving compartment situated counter to the aforementioned line of vision, and the receiving compartment is mounted on the vehicle console in such a way, pivotable around the aforementioned vertical axis, and is positioned in the open state in such a way, that the open receiving compartment is oriented obliquely with respect to a displacement direction of the aforementioned seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Steffen Scheit, Dirk Frommholz, Axel Kleine
  • Motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10960743
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a vehicle interior compartment and variable vehicle structures, by way of which the vehicle interior compartment can be modified. In order to improve the comfort in an autonomous driving mode, the vehicle interior compartment is enlarged in an autonomous driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventor: Nils Sauvlet