Patents Examined by Sara Laghlam
  • Patent number: 11772565
    Abstract: A removable and portable storage tote for an under seat storage system that comprises a front side constructed of a pliable material, a back side constructed of the pliable material, a left side constructed of the pliable material, a right side constructed of the pliable material, a bottom connected to the front side, the back side, the left side and the right side, and a top side constructed of a pliable material, that is hingedly connected to the back side and selectively connectable to the left side, right side and front. The storage tote additionally comprises a plurality of tether mechanisms attached to at least one of the front side, back side, left side and right side that are structured and operable to removably retain the tote within a cavity beneath a seat of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC
    Inventors: Matthew J. Zaremba, Richard K Harris, Stephen E Tyrer
  • Patent number: 11760269
    Abstract: A trunk structure for a vehicle is provided which can house both a spare tire and a tonneau cover below a floor board in a trunk, and has high operability in housing, removing, and replacing the spare tire and the tonneau cover. A trunk of a vehicle has a spare tire housing and a tonneau cover housing below a floor board. A tonneau cover has a tube portion, a sheet portion, and an extension plate portion. The tonneau cover housing has a portion located between the spare tire and a rear end of the trunk, in which the tube portion of the tonneau cover is stored in a rolled state. The housing also has a portion above a part of the spare tire where the extension plate portion, extending outward from the tube portion when the sheet portion is rolled in the tube portion, is horizontally disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keishi Nishimura, Akira Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11760285
    Abstract: A crash box system is provided. The crash box system includes V shaped leaf springs located between a front plate and a rear plate, wherein straight leaf springs have been placed vertically to the front plate and rear plate at wing winged corners. The crash box system further includes a cylindrical inner tube having a bevelled or outer tapered end surface being placed inside an outer tube having a rectangular cross-sectional structure with radiused outer corners and a reduced cross-sectional middle section. The V shaped leaf springs, the outer tube further having re-entrant hexagonal bottom imperfections and re-entrant hexagonal top imperfections, and the cylindrical inner tube having the bevelled or outer tapered end surface to provide the crash box system with energy absorption capabilities such that peak forces are kept low at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: ISTANBUL TEKNIK UNIVERSITESI
    Inventors: Kadir Gunaydin, Halit Suleyman Turkmen
  • Patent number: 11745808
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a transmission case including an injection port to allow injection of transmission oil, a floor mat above the transmission case and near a driver's seat, the floor mat including an opening/closing portion to be opened in an open state in which the injection port is exposed and to be closed in a closed state in which the injection port is covered, and a fixing portion to fix the opening/closing portion in the closed state, in which the opening/closing portion includes a protrusion protruding in a predetermined direction, and the fixing portion includes a hole configured to fix the opening/closing portion when the protrusion is inserted into the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeo Shoen, Maho Yamanaka, Yukari Fujii
  • Patent number: 11738626
    Abstract: A vehicular door device includes a door-side engagement portion including a guide groove that includes a pair of side wall portions facing each other in a vehicle width direction and extends in an opening-closing operation direction of the door, a vehicle body-side engagement portion including a shaft-shaped engagement portion extending in an up-down direction of a vehicle, and an expansion mechanism provided in a second link arm. In an opening-closing operation position near a full closed position of the door where the door-side engagement portion and the vehicle body-side engagement portion engage with each other, the shaft-shaped engagement portion is disposed in the guide groove. The shaft-shaped engagement portion is relatively displaced along an extending direction of the guide groove while a change in length of the second link arm, based on an operation of the expansion mechanism, is accompanied, and thus the door can perform an opening-closing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seiichi Sumiya
  • Patent number: 11701955
    Abstract: A glass run includes a trim strip 40 attached to a side of an upper glass run 24 facing outside of the passenger compartment. A trim strip holding member 50 having a front engagement portion 52 that engages with the trim strip 40 is fixed at a front side of the upper glass run 24. The trim strip holding member 50 is made of a rigid material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kojima, Yasuhiro Morihara
  • Patent number: 11691554
    Abstract: An entrance handrail includes: a base portion rotatably provided with an up-down direction as an axial direction; a rail portion extending from a lower portion of the base portion and holding a slide member to be slidable, the slide member being attached to a sliding door; a first handrail body extending from an upper portion of the base portion, disposed on a vehicle cabin side when the sliding door closes the entrance, and projecting outward of the vehicle such that a passenger can hold the first handrail body when the sliding door opens the entrance; and second handrail body disposed on the vehicle cabin side with respect of the rail portion when the sliding door closes the entrance and disposed inward of the rail portion in a width direction of the entrance such that the passenger can hold the second handrail body when the sliding door opens the entrance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideyuki Sakurai, Yuto Ota
  • Patent number: 11691547
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a cabin interior, a floor, and a deployable seat assembly. The deployable seat assembly includes a pair of deployable seat support assemblies, each having first and second pivot bars pivotally supported on the floor, a first rail coupled to the first and second pivot bars, wherein the first rail is raised and lowered as the first and second pivot bars rotate between first and second bar positions, and a second rail slidingly extendable from the first rail. The seat assembly has a seat supported by the second rail, wherein the seat faces rearward and extends rearward on the second rail as the second rail slides away from the first rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Sean Bayle West, Johnathan Andrew Line, Peter Phung, Kevin Wayne Preuss