Patents Examined by Melissa Ann Bonifazi
  • Patent number: 11794677
    Abstract: A bumper arrangement for a motor vehicle, having a crossmember which is able to be coupled to a motor vehicle by means of crash boxes. The crossmember is designed as a hollow profile which is open on one side. An opening of the hollow profile faces forwards. The crossmember is designed in its end portions to run with an orientation obliquely downwards with respect to the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Umesh Kalekar, Elmar Mollemeier, Mirko Paare, Martin Schroeter
  • Patent number: 11794822
    Abstract: A utility vehicle is described having front and rear passenger area, and an HVAC system provides treated air to both front and rear areas. The front area includes a tunnel extending longitudinally rearwardly, and a low profile duct extends within the tunnel to communicate treated air to the rear passenger area. The frame has been modified to mount a drive shaft carrier bearing to maximize the arear under the tunnel for hose routing. The frame has been modified to maximize the ingress area for the foot of the rear passenger. The frame has been modified to better seal the vehicle when doors are utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle J. Schounard, Shawn D. Peterson
  • Patent number: 11794669
    Abstract: A fastening structure for a vehicle includes an upper trim of which an outer clip inserted into a panel is formed thereon, and a lower trim of which an inner clip inserted into the outer clip is formed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, A-SUNG PLATECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han Shin, Janghyun Cho, Kyusung Park, Giung Park
  • Patent number: 11794660
    Abstract: A collapsible trunk for use with a vehicle having a wheel well. The trunk comprises a base wall and a side wall pivotally connected thereto. The side wall extends from the base wall and terminates at an upper edge. The side wall and base wall collectively define a storage cavity. The base wall and the side wall each have an expandable portion conformable to the wheel well in response to placement of the base wall and the side wall over the wheel well. The trunk is selectively transitional between a collapsed configuration and a deployed configuration. In the collapsed configuration, the base panels overlap each other, and in the deployed configuration, the plurality of base panels are co-planar to each other. The upper edge of the side wall moves away from the base wall as the trunk transitions from the collapsed configuration toward the deployed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventor: Nicholas J. Singer
  • Patent number: 11794558
    Abstract: A mobile accommodation, particularly a recreational accommodation such as a boat, camper or caravan, comprises a room enclosed by walls (10), wherein at least one of the walls comprises an opening (15) in which an optionally transparent window is arranged. Arranged on a first side all around the opening (15) is a casing frame (30) in which the window is mounted. A border device (20) is provided all around the opening on an opposite side. The casing frame (30) and the border device (20) are connected to each other for axial adjustment transversely of the wall (10) while enclosing a wall part of the wall. The border device (20) comprises a relatively stiff frame body (21) which carries on a side facing toward the wall a flexible skirt (25) and lies sealingly against the wall therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: POLYPLASTIC GROUP B.V.
    Inventors: Kenzie Van Der Klooster, Pieter Sietze Krijgsman, Bianca Catharina Van Bemmel-Welle
  • Patent number: 11780392
    Abstract: A bumper arrangement for a motor vehicle has a crossmember which can be coupled to the motor vehicle via crash boxes and is produced as a press-formed component of the same material and in one piece therewith, with a top-hat-shaped cross section. The crossmember is designed in a respective end region to run with an orientation obliquely downwards with respect to the vertical direction of the motor vehicle, and the end region is of ring-shaped design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Mirko Paare, Elmar Mollemeier
  • Patent number: 11780390
    Abstract: A bumper for vehicle may include an injection-molded bumper cover; and a reinforcing structure provided in a linear shape with fiber reinforced composite material and coupled by direct fitting onto a rear surface of the bumper cover to reinforce a rear side of the bumper cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Seoyon E-Hwa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-han Shin, Sung-noh Lee, Dong Eun Cha, Ki Hong Lee, Dae Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11780525
    Abstract: A saddle ride type vehicle including a movable windscreen structure capable of improving operability at low cost. A shaft is supported by a fixing member so as to be vertically movable, the shaft passes through a lower upright portion of a screen attachment member provided on the outer side in the vehicle width direction of the fixing member, and an operation unit is slidably provided at the end portion of the shaft. The operation unit includes a grip portion gripped when being slid and a flange portion disposed inside in the vehicle width direction of the grip portion, the grip portion includes an outer grip portion disposed outside in the vehicle width direction and an inner grip portion disposed inside in the vehicle width direction of the outer grip portion, and the flange portion is formed to have a larger diameter than the inner grip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Puntawee Poonsawat, Pongsanat Yingyongdamronggun, Shinichiro Ishida
  • Patent number: 11772710
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented herein for providing a reinforcement structure to reduce a Head Impact Criteria value associated with an object impacting a hood assembly that comprises the reinforcement structure. The reinforcement structure is arranged between an outer hood structure and an inner hood structure. The reinforcements structure comprises a main reinforcement and a reinforcement extension configured to extend laterally away from the main reinforcement. The reinforcement extension comprises a rib structure configured to accommodate an upper profile of a rigid front fascia feature and a rear flange configured to extend rearward over the rigid front fascia feature. The reinforcement extension is structured to be stiff enough to deform in a manner that reduces the amount of time an impacting structure reaches a peak acceleration value while also reducing the achievable peak acceleration value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Alfonso Marquez Lopez, Jerry Faber, Vamsi Charan Pulugurtha
  • Patent number: 11772588
    Abstract: A front panel part is part of a motor vehicle. The front panel part has a basic body; and a holder configured to hold an external temperature sensor. The holder is formed integrally on the basic body and is pivotable in relation to the basic body via a film hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Sebastian Harter
  • Patent number: 11760287
    Abstract: An energy absorption component for a motor vehicle includes an energy absorption element that has a longitudinal element with first and second support regions that support the longitudinal element on a bumper crossmember of the motor vehicle and on a shell construction element of the motor vehicle, respectively. A strengthening element is disposed on an outside of the longitudinal element and has first and second support regions that support the strengthening element on the bumper crossmember and on the shell construction element, respectively. An end of the first support region of the strengthening element is disposed apart from an end of the first support region of the longitudinal element by a first distance and an end of the second support region of the strengthening element is disposed apart from an end of the second support region of the longitudinal element by a second distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Volker Rudlof, Michael Carl
  • Patent number: 11760289
    Abstract: A rear module for a vehicle includes a crossmember that extends along a transverse direction and is connected to the vehicle body and a bumper connected to the crossmember. The bumper includes an aperture. The rear module further includes a reversing camera that protrudes through the bumper, and a first impact element and a second impact element arranged on the bumper to a respective first side and a respective second side of the reversing camera and at a lateral spacing, in the transverse direction, from the reversing camera. The first impact element and the second impact element protrude, in the longitudinal direction, beyond the reversing camera and/or the bumper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Sven Wallrabe, James Horn, Daniel Rosenauer
  • Patent number: 11745682
    Abstract: A vehicle bumper is provided integrally to include metal beam-extension portions on both right-and-left end sides of a metal bumper-beam portion. In this vehicle bumper, the bumper-beam portion and the beam-extension portion include a vertical wall portion, an upper wall portion and a lower wall portion, and a resin reinforcing rib is joined to inner surfaces of a void formed of each of the wall portions. In addition, in this vehicle bumper, an extension dimension of the upper wall portion and the lower wall portion of the beam-extension portion is larger than an extension dimension of the upper wall portion and the lower wall portion in the bumper-beam portion, the resin reinforcing rib in the beam-extension portion is joined to the vertical wall portion, the upper wall portion, and the lower wall portion of the beam-extension portion; and the stiffness of the bumper-beam portion is higher than the stiffness of the beam-extension portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichirou Takemoto, Shinya Mihara, Masaki Koyama
  • Patent number: 11718251
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a Vehicle front structure as defined above is provided, in which the front structure comprises: a side member for supporting a vehicle bumper beam, the side member extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end for connecting to the vehicle bumper beam and a second end for connecting to a bulkhead, and a lateral extension member extending substantially perpendicular with respect to the longitudinal axis of the side member and outward with respect to the vehicle front structure, the lateral extension member is connected to the side member such that the lateral extension member can exert a bending moment to the side member, and a bending strength of the lateral extension member in backward direction towards the side member is higher compared to a bending strength in the forward direction away from the side member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Babak Nejabat, Weijia Wu, Asmer Ibrovic, Ejder Eken, Frida Madsen, Martin Swahn
  • Patent number: 11718252
    Abstract: A bumper arrangement includes a cross member and two deformation elements for arrangement between end regions of the cross member and longitudinal members of a motor vehicle. The cross member is hollow with a front and rear walls and upper and lower walls. The front wall has a depression extending in longitudinal direction of the cross member. The depression has a deepest region extending at a distance from the rear wall. The upper and lower walls of the cross member each have in the end regions a further depression which extends in longitudinal direction of the cross member, so that the upper wall and the lower wall are more corrugated in the end regions than in a central region of the cross member, so that the distance between the front wall and the rear wall in the end regions is smaller than in a central region of the cross member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Johannes Aalberg
  • Patent number: 11718165
    Abstract: A JeepĀ® cargo enclosure device is comprised of two [left/right] side-arm panels which allow for mounting of the two-part enclosure panels from the rear and toward the front seats of the vehicle, a single rear sliding cargo panel to enclose the space behind the back seat to the tailgate of the vehicle, a four-section hinged top cover panel to enclose the space in front of the rear sliding cargo panel and up to the front seats of the vehicle, and a single additional forward enclosure panel to discourage access from the front of the vehicle when its doors have been removed. All components of this cargo enclosure device work in accord with and without impediment to all ordinary functions of the JeepĀ® vehicle while installed, including the operation of the soft-top, the use of the vehicle's back seat, and the ability to carry taller cargo items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventor: Isaac Ramaswamy
  • Patent number: 11713011
    Abstract: A vehicle bumper assembly includes a bumper beam and a crush can attached to an end portion of the bumper beam. An impact dispersion plate is attached to a front face of the bumper beam at the end portion of the bumper beam. A front surface of the impact dispersion plate extends downward from the front face of the bumper beam. A lower reinforcement member attached to a rear surface of the impact dispersion plate and extends along a lower section of the impact dispersion plate. An upright reinforcement member has an upper portion attached to the bumper beam and a lower portion attached to the lower reinforcement member. The upright and lower reinforcement members are configured, upon impact with a barrier, to disperse deformation of the barrier over the impact dispersion plate below the bumper beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Shape Corp.
    Inventors: Andreas Krasel, Stephane Anquetil, Jan {hacek over (S)}pergl, Pritish Avachat
  • Patent number: 11702143
    Abstract: A hood for closing a compartment of a vehicle includes an outer panel forming a vehicle body outer side portion of the hood. The hood further includes a cooling channel structure arranged at an inner side portion of the outer panel, wherein the cooling channel structure is adapted for transferring a cooling fluid from a vehicle component and back to the vehicle component such that heat is exchanged via the outer panel with the vehicle surroundings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: NINGBO GEELY AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CO.
    Inventor: Robert Nagy
  • Patent number: 11691686
    Abstract: Windscreen with adjustable height for a motorcycle, for associating with a front part of the motorcycle vehicle, including a support portion secured on this front part, a transparent portion movable relative to the support portion, and movement apparatus allowing varying height of this transparent portion relative to the support portion. The movement apparatus includes a body guidably movable inside a seat of the support portion and integral with the transparent portion. The movable body including lateral movable coupling elements for cooperating with consecutive and adjacent seats present at different heights on sides of the support portion seat. The coupling elements controlled by a release unit and subjected to thrust action of resilient elements which can thrust these coupling elements inside the seats of the elements in the support portion, to lock the transparent portion at different heights relative to the support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: DUCATI MOTOR HOLDING S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luca Iacenda
  • Patent number: 11691678
    Abstract: A sealing system for a vehicle is configured to separate a vehicle cabin between a dry area and a wet area and to channel a spilled fluid or waste material inside the wet area to a collection area for cleaning. The sealing system may include one or more sealing members that can be extrusion molded to fill one or more gaps between two or more vehicle components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Goutham Shanmuga Sundaram, Mikael Jarsaeter, Maria Fernanda Villanueva Ochoa