Patents Examined by Sara Laghlam
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Patent number: 11982069Abstract: This invention provides a work vehicle in which operating switches are easy to operate even in a situation where the vehicle is shaken.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Nakayama, Tsukasa Ikeuchi, Atsushi Ninomiya, Katsumi Usami, Yusuke Daimon
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Patent number: 11981372Abstract: A vehicle includes a panel that defines an aperture. The vehicle also includes a cover operably coupled to the panel. The cover is operable between a first condition and a second condition. In the first condition, the cover conceals the aperture. In the second condition, access to the aperture is provided. The vehicle further includes an electrical connector coupled to the cover, such that the electrical connector moves with the cover as the cover moves between the first and second conditions. Movement of the cover from the first condition to the second condition reveals the electrical connector.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Keith Daugherty, Christopher John Mazur, William J. Kistler, Christopher Holland, Miguel A. Garrido, Gabriela De Jesus Grajales
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Patent number: 11964595Abstract: A seat tilting system for tilting a seat, in particular a vehicle seat, may have at least a seat support structure to support and mount the seat, a base platform defining a reference plane, and a number of swivel actuators coupling the seat support structure relative to the base platform. At least a first swivel actuator is configured to swivel the seat support structure with respect to the base platform around a first swivel axis. At least a second swivel actuator is configured to swivel the seat support structure with respect to the base platform around a second swivel axis. At least a third swivel actuator is configured to rotate the seat support structure around a third swivel axis perpendicular to the base platform.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Adient US LLCInventors: Kurt A. Seibold, Michael John Kapusky, Eric Bernard Michalak
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Patent number: 11964547Abstract: This disclosure relates to a motor vehicle with an arrangement configured to oppose movement of a vehicle door, and a corresponding method. An example motor vehicle includes a body, a door configured to slide relative to the body between an open position and a closed position, and a bracket connected to the door. The bracket includes a slot. Further, a locking arm is mounted to the body, and, when the door is in the closed position, the locking arm is configured to move such that the locking arm is received in the slot.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Michelle Carolina Herrera Gutierrez, Luis Enrique Castillo Jaime, Antonio Dario Garay Serrano, Alejandro Sánchez Islas, Zhibing Deng
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Patent number: 11958387Abstract: Seating in a passenger compartment of a vehicle comprises a first base in the passenger compartment of the vehicle. First and second apertures are disposed on opposite ends of the first base. A modified first base having third and fourth apertures is located adjacent the first base. A first rod is disposed in the first and third apertures. A second rod is disposed in the second and fourth apertures. A seat module has an end support including a fifth aperture for accepting the first rod. An opening is disposed on the end support for accepting the second rod.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLCInventors: Peter S. Wong, Edward Houlihan, Hector R. Kiely
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Patent number: 11958561Abstract: A straddled vehicle having a body frame including a head pipe, a front cover disposed in front of the head pipe, a duct disposed in front of the head pipe and extending rearward from an opening in the front cover, to thereby form a traveling wind pathway for traveling wind taken in through the opening, and an aero-stabilizing member. The aero-stabilizing member includes a middle portion disposed below a lower distal end of the front cover, directly below the opening in a front view, a lateral portion extending from the middle portion to a more outer side than the opening in a width direction, apart from the front cover with a gap therebetween in an up-and-down direction, and a front edge slanted forward and downward from the middle portion and the lateral portion, the front edge being partially disposed further forward than a lower front end of the duct.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Souichirou Imazeki
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Patent number: 11945341Abstract: A seat connection structure includes a reinforcing member and a rear seat. The reinforcing member reinforces a rear floor panel and left and right rear wheel houses. The rear seat is disposed in front of a vehicle body of the reinforcing member, and is connected to the reinforcing member via left and right fixing members. The left and right fixing members connect the seat back of the rear seat and the reinforcing member, and are connected to face a front surface portion of the reinforcing member formed on a front side of the vehicle body and facing a vehicle width direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka Hayakawa, Daisuke Ohkawa, Shungo Chino, Yushiro Tachibana, Takashi Nitta
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Patent number: 11932312Abstract: An extension for a truck bed may include a main extension flap configured to overlap a top surface of the truck bed and extend rearwardly beyond a rear edge of the truck bed and a lower reinforcing flap configured for arrangement below the truck bed and extending rearwardly and upwardly to support the main extension flap, wherein the main extension flap and the lower reinforcing flap are configured to form a removable sandwich connection on the rear edge of the truck bed.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: One Chul Lee, Timothy James Bromenshenkel
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Patent number: 11932154Abstract: A vehicle includes a cabin interior, a dashboard located in the cabin interior, and a desk supported on the dashboard and movable between a stowed position on the dashboard and a deployed position extending outward from the dashboard, the desk comprising a plurality of interconnected panels having arms configured to engage a track to bend around at least a portion of the dashboard, and wherein the desk operably moves along the track when moved between the stowed position and the deployed position.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Dustin Shedlarski, Micah Jones, Ryan Welch
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Patent number: 11932089Abstract: A vehicle door frame includes an upper frame having a first end face at a longitudinal end, and a lower external face; and a lower member of a plate form bonded to the upper frame. The lower member includes a second end face facing the first end face, a projection projecting from the second end face in a longitudinal direction below the upper frame, and a third end face located at an upper end of the projection, extending in the longitudinal direction, and facing a lower side of the external face of the upper frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Kimura, Takashi Kameyama
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Patent number: 11919398Abstract: A vehicle cockpit module assembly disposed inside a dashboard for a vehicle and including a dashboard connection frame inserted into a bent inner side surface of an upper dashboard and including a structure insertion groove for insertion disposed at one extended side; a rail assembly including a main housing to accommodate a linear power transmitting portion, which includes a pulley and a timing belt and a fixing bracket coupled to one side of the main housing, the fixing bracket inserted into the structure insertion groove of the dashboard connection frame, and including a sliding hole formed to allow horizontal sliding of a monitor; and a connection frame fastened to the linear power transmitting portion, which is disposed inside the main housing, through the sliding hole and fastened to the monitor to allow the monitor to slide in the sliding hole due to the linear power transmitting portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.Inventor: Won Sik Kim
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Patent number: 11912169Abstract: A utility vehicle 100 includes a vehicle body 1, seats 4R having seat bottoms 41 and seat backs 42 attached to the vehicle body 1, and an electric component box 65 having an access opening 67 positioned at the rear of the seat back 42. The seat 4R further has a detacher 43 that detachably attaches the seat back 42 to the vehicle body 1.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Kazuki Ishibashi, Yusuke Nakashima
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Patent number: 11912219Abstract: A vehicle mounted chair assembly includes a grille guard that is mountable to a front end of a vehicle. A back rest is integrated into the grille guard such that the back rest extends upwardly in front of the series of members of the grille guard. A chair is pivotally coupled to the back rest. The chair is positionable in a deployed position having the chair lying on a horizontal plane to have an occupant is seated on the chair. Conversely, the chair is positionable in a stored position having the chair resting against the back rest.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Inventors: Richard Mitchell, Jr., Sarah Ksiouar
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Patent number: 11912366Abstract: A saddle-ride vehicle is a saddle-ride vehicle, in which at least a part of a side surface of an engine is exposed, which includes a windshield located in front of feet of a rider, in which the windshield is located on a the side surface of a crankcase of the engine and is supported only by the crankcase.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shun Niijima, Takazumi Hayashi, Koji Mizuta, Takashi Takizawa, Sakae Endo
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Patent number: 11897400Abstract: A carrier apparatus (mount) for fastening a water-collecting strip to an A-pillar of a motor vehicle includes a fastening wall having a fastening side and a receiving side, wherein at least one catching device is arranged on the fastening side of the fastening wall for connecting with the A-pillar, which catching device extends in an approximately orthogonal direction from the fastening side, and wherein the catching device is formed for insertion and rearward catching in a through-opening of the A-pillar, and a catching element device arranged opposite the receiving side having at least one catching element for releasably fixing a water-collecting strip in a receiving region, wherein the receiving region is formed between the receiving side of the fastening wall and the catching element.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Melanie Sindel, Jan Müller, Albert Sbongk
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Patent number: 11890981Abstract: A vehicle step device includes: a movable step that is provided in a door opening of a vehicle; and a drive controller that drives the movable step so that the movable step operates in deployment and storage directions. The drive controller includes a sidewalk detection unit that detects a sidewalk provided in parallel with a traveling road surface of the vehicle, a separation distance detecting unit that detects a separation distance between a side edge portion of the vehicle in which the movable step is stored and the sidewalk, and a deployment amount setting unit that sets a deployment amount of the movable step extending in a width direction of the traveling road surface from the side edge portion of the vehicle based on the separation distance. The deployment amount setting unit sets a deployment amount of the movable step to be larger as the separation distance increases.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventor: Tomoyuki Kato
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Patent number: 11884241Abstract: A storage bin assembly (1) comprises a storage bin (2) and a retainer (3). The storage bin is retained by the retainer and is movable in relation to the retainer. The storage bin comprises a first guiding pin (5) arranged at, and protruding from a first bin side wall (2a) in a width direction of the storage bin assembly. The retainer comprises a first guiding track (4) arranged in a first retainer side wall (3a). The first guiding pin is slidably arranged in the first guiding track (4). The first guiding pin (5) is arranged to move in the width direction when moving the storage bin between a first position with the first guiding pin located at a first end (4?) of the first guiding track and a second position with the first guiding pin located at a second end (4?) of the first guiding track.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Volvo Truck CorporationInventor: Rajesh Shet
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Patent number: 11884223Abstract: A vehicle includes a body having a first outer periphery in a first plane parallel to a surface on which the vehicle moves in a horizontal direction; a bumper assembly having a second outer periphery in a second plane parallel to the first plane and including portions that extend beyond the first outer periphery; one or more flexible couplings coupling the bumper assembly to the body and allowing for horizontal planar deflection of the bumper assembly relative to the body when the bumper assembly impacts an obstacle; one or more sensors mounted to detect planar deflection of the bumper assembly and being configured to generate signals indicating the bumper assembly has deflected at least a threshold amount; and a drive system configured to propel the vehicle and, in response to the signals indicating the bumper assembly has deflected at least a threshold amount, cause the vehicle to stop moving.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Nathanael Arling Worden, Michael John Hector
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Patent number: 11872872Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to generate a click feeling, and thus improve workability, in attaching a trim strip member to a sealing member, and to increase a retaining force retaining the trim strip member to the sealing member after the attachment, without an increase in the number of components and the number of assembling steps. A trim strip member 40 includes an upper engagement portion 42 and a lower engagement portion 43 at an upper portion and a lower portion of the trim strip member, respectively. A side of a sealing member body 21 facing outside of a passenger compartment includes a portion made of a rigid material that is harder than an elastic material, and is provided with an upper protrusion 25a and a lower protrusion 25b spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction, the upper protrusion 25a and the lower protrusion 25b respectively engaging with the upper engagement portion 42 and the lower engagement portion 43 of the trim strip member 40.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomonori Miyata, Yasuhiro Morihara
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Patent number: 11834101Abstract: A coupling structure of a vehicle body and a chassis frame may include: a vehicle body side sill section provided to the vehicle body of a vehicle; and a side member section provided to a chassis frame coupled to the vehicle body, coupled to the vehicle body side sill section, and having a battery module mounted thereto, wherein the side member section includes a side member body part, and a battery coupling part which is integrally formed with the side member body part, wherein the vehicle body side sill section includes a side sill body part which is seated on the upper surface of the side member body part, and a locking part which is integrally formed with the side sill body part.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun Jin Woo, Hyoun Young Oh