Patents Examined by Wenwei Zhuo
  • Patent number: 12194961
    Abstract: Provided is a console for a vehicle capable of providing a large storage space and various types of usability in, for example, a high-performance vehicle and reducing costs while securing rigidity of the console and improving an aesthetic effect. The console for a vehicle includes a frame installed on a floor of the vehicle, and a console body mounted on the frame and having at least one article receiving part, wherein the frame is at least partially exposed externally of the console body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Min Han Kim
  • Patent number: 12179564
    Abstract: A sealing member has a seal body configured to be inserted into a groove of a cover member. The seal body has, in a vehicle-exterior-side end portion, a first sealing lip portion formed in such a manner as to protrude toward a door hole. The first sealing lip portion is configured to be brought into press-contact with a peripheral portion of the groove of the cover member on a side nearer to the door hole. The sealing member includes an edge seal portion provided in the vehicle-exterior-side end portion of the seal body. The edge seal portion is configured to press the first sealing lip portion against the cover member while being brought into press-contact with a peripheral portion of the door hole of a door inner panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumito Okino, Keisuke Hamamoto
  • Patent number: 12179707
    Abstract: A vehicle storage system includes a base that is configured to be disposed on seating assemblies within a rear seating space. A first partition is coupled to the base, and the first partition extends along a first edge of the base. A second partition is spaced from the first partition. The second partition is coupled to the base and extends along a second opposing edge of the base. A cross member is coupled to a top edge of each of the first partition and the second partition. The cross member extends adjacent to a headliner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Robert Westfall, John Granger Opfer, Adam C. Carlson, Matthew Williams, Samuel Martin Hoff
  • Patent number: 12162335
    Abstract: A liftgate (28) formed with a thermoplastic which is overmolded around preselected reinforcements at stress points, such as a corner area, which includes a pair of separate reinforcement plates (14,18) and wherein a 3-dimensional reinforcement plate (12) is connected between the pair of separate reinforcements (14,18). Preferably the 3-dimensional reinforcement plate is connected to three reinforcements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Magna Exteriors Inc.
    Inventors: Stanislav Tichy, Riad Chaaya, Mark P. Birka, Christopher J. Kuntze, Heiner Salzmann
  • Patent number: 12157435
    Abstract: A storage tunnel assembly for the bed of a pickup truck or other vehicle. The storage tunnel assembly generally includes a deployable vertical wall separated from a bulkhead of the bed and disposed across a width of the bed and a deployable cover separated from a floor of the bed between the vertical wall and the bulkhead and disposed across the width of the bed. The vertical wall, the cover, the bulkhead, and the floor define a storage space within a space defined by the bed. The vertical wall and the cover may be fixed components, separate components, and/or hinged components in various assemblies. One or both side walls of the bed define a storage tunnel access opening coincident with the storage space defined by the vertical wall, the cover, the bulkhead, and the floor and may include a door adapted to selectively open and close the associated storage tunnel access opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: James Dowle, Barry Lett, Nick Malachowski, Mark Taylor, Philipp Wolf
  • Patent number: 12151742
    Abstract: Provide is a vehicle equipped with a battery pack. In the vehicle equipped with a battery pack, right and left second floor cross members support a rear portion of a front seat, and right and left third floor cross members support a front portion of a rear seat. First to fourth floor longitudinal frames extend in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body between the right and left second floor cross members and the right and left third floor cross members, and are raised upward from a floor panel. The battery pack is arranged below the floor panel and is fixed to the first to fourth floor longitudinal frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Ken Yasui, Satoru Kawabe
  • Patent number: 12151630
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus to be applied to a vehicle includes an airbag, a collision determiner, an airbag deployment controller, and a pulling device. The airbag is configured to be deployed forward of a vehicle body front of the vehicle. The collision determiner is configured to establish a pre-crash determination in a case where a collision probability is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold. The airbag deployment controller is configured to give to an inflator a command to supply deployment gas to the airbag and deploy the airbag, in response to the pre-crash determination. The pulling device is configured to pull, rearward of the vehicle, a collision portion with which a collision object is to collide or vicinity of the collision portion on a front surface of the airbag so as to form a recessed portion configured to restrain the collision object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Isamu Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 12151596
    Abstract: A long rail assembly for use in an automotive vehicle has a long rail, a power rail drive assembly, and a latch assembly. The latch assembly removably couples the vehicle seat to the power rail drive assembly. When the latch assembly is latched, the seat is capable of power sliding adjustment and can be moved along a channel axis to a desired position within the interior of the vehicle. When the latch assembly is unlatched, the entire seat can be removed from the vehicle to provide for added space and variability in the vehicle interior configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Magna Seating Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Zhao, Michael D Nacy, Detjon Marini, Louis Vetere, II, Cheikh Dioum
  • Patent number: 12145506
    Abstract: A door mirror structure comprises a door-mirror body portion, a mirror base having a tip-end portion fixed to the door-mirror body portion and a base-end portion provided away from the tip-end portion, a rotational support axis connected to the base-end portion and rotatably supporting the door-mirror body portion and the mirror base between a mirror-use position and a mirror-storage position, and an electromotive rotational unit provided to rotate the door-mirror body portion and the mirror base between the mirror-use position and the mirror-storage position around an axis line of the rotational support axis. The electromotive rotational unit is provided at a side door. The rotational support axis is provided to be inclined such that an upper side thereof is located on a vehicle forward side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukihiro Moriyama, Atsushi Yakushinji
  • Patent number: 12145428
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (12) for ventilating the interior of a motor vehicle, preferably a rooflight device, for a motor vehicle. The device (12) has a frame (16) with a ventilation opening (44), a first rotating element (28) for rolling up and rolling down a first roller blind (30), and a second rotating element (32) for rolling up and rolling down a second roller blind (34). The first rotating element (28) and the second rotating element (32) lie at least partially overlappingly on the same side in relation to the ventilation opening (44) and in relation to a vertical axis. The device (12) can thus preferably be designed with a particularly shallow depth in order not to restrict the headroom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: MAN Truck & Bus SE
    Inventor: Andreas Schmitz
  • Patent number: 12138998
    Abstract: A tailgate includes a tailgate main body including a resin inner panel and a resin outer panel forming an inner space between itself and the inner panel; a pair of reinforcement members disposed in the inner space to extend in an up-down direction along both side portions of the tailgate main body, and attached to the inner panel; a functional component disposed in a vehicle widthwise intermediate position in the inner space and attached to the inner panel; and a tether having both ends fixed to the pair of reinforcement members. The functional component has an engagement part that defines an insertion hole for the tether, and the engagement part is formed with a notch that extends from an inner peripheral edge of the insertion hole to hold the tether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sho Notoya, Hajime Katayama
  • Patent number: 12122282
    Abstract: A recreational vehicle is disclosed comprising wheels adapted to roll along a ground surface, a chassis supported on the wheels, and a table assembly supported by the chassis and having a supporting surface adapted to support an object. The table assembly includes a stowed position in which the supporting surface defines a first plane and an extended position in which the supporting surface defines a second plane generally parallel to the first plane. The extended position is rotationally displaced from the stowed position. A center of gravity of the table member may be spaced from the wall by a first horizontal distance when in the stowed position and may be spaced from the wall by a second horizontal distance greater than the first horizontal distance when in the extended position. If desired, an upper stay member can be positioned above the table member to limit upward movement of the table member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: REV Recreation Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kasey Lee Adams, Mark Anthony Perez
  • Patent number: 12116813
    Abstract: A combination door guide and protector can be used to safely and easily attach or remove vehicle doors. A set of two guides can be used for each door. Each guide can include a forward curved portion and a second curved portion that extend outwardly away from a body and form a groove. Each guide also includes a crenellated void. A body can connect the two guides and can extend away from each side of the curved portions to provide protection to the vehicle frame and body. The crenellated voids can be placed on top of weldments of hinge pin receivers located on the vehicle body frame. Hinge pin housings on the vehicle door can be slid within the groove until hinge pins on the door engage with the hinge pin receivers. The combination device makes it easier to align the hinge pins with hinge pin receivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Inventors: Michael McEwen, Tyler McEwen
  • Patent number: 12115855
    Abstract: An instrument panel includes a lower panel located in front of a front seat, a side panel facing a front door, and a switch. The lower panel includes a lower panel side overlapping the side panel on a back side of the side panel. The switch is fixed to the lower panel side, and an operating part of the switch is exposed through a hole provided in the side panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Yokoi, Masayuki Tado, Shotaro Inoue
  • Patent number: 12103439
    Abstract: A multipurpose vehicle includes a vehicle body, an accommodating section (5) provided for the vehicle body and including a seat (20) in which an occupant is able to sit, and a changing mechanism (23) configured to change the horizontal orientation of the seat (20), wherein the changing mechanism (23) is configured to change the horizontal orientation of the seat so that the seat faces at least a predetermined first direction d1 or a predetermined second direction d2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kyouhei Hamamura, Takahiro Miyasaka, Tatsuya Yano
  • Patent number: 12103443
    Abstract: A rear row occupant support for a vehicle includes a seat bottom arranged to overlie a floor of the vehicle, a seat back coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to extend upwardly away from the floor, and a seat mode-change system that allows the rear occupant support to adjust its position to provide a storage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffery T. Bonk, Robert C. Fitzpatrick
  • Patent number: 12090894
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis. a body coupled to the chassis, and a seating unit. The body includes a partition and a floor. The partition separates an interior of the body into a cab area and a cargo area. The floor defines a first interface within the cab area and a second interface within the cargo area. The first interface and the second interface are discrete and not connected. The seating unit includes a frame assembly having a pair of legs that engage with the first interface and the second interface such that the seating unit is selectively repositionable between (a) a first position forward of the partition and within the cab area and (b) a second position rearward of the partition and within the cargo area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventor: Nick Winter
  • Patent number: 12083873
    Abstract: A vehicle hatch with a clamping system and a lid assembly. The clamping system contains a trim ring and a frame assembly, with the frame assembly having a frame with an inner frame wall. The frame and the trim ring are held together by one or more screws inserted through the trim ring and into the frame for clamping the vehicle hatch to a vehicle roof. The lid assembly has an outer lid and an inner lid. The lid assembly is attached to the frame on the inner frame wall by a link and plunger assembly connected to the frame, and the vehicle hatch has a closed position and a vented position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Specialty Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Walker Coriell Clark
  • Patent number: 12065024
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body including a truck bed at least partially defining a cargo area, a vehicle interior with passenger seating, and a multi-component hard top assembly configured to selectively and removably couple to the vehicle body to provide an enclosed configuration at least partially enclosing the vehicle interior. The multi-component hard top assembly includes a rear window assembly configured to selectively and removably couple to the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Michael S Boyle, Joshua Hall, Robert Rizzo, Cole T Schaenzer, Christopher J Allen, Jimmy L Suder, Jeffery E Long, Robert H Perkins, Mikil L Sockow, David C Fischer
  • Patent number: 12065068
    Abstract: A vehicle console includes a housing having at least one cupholder, a deployable shelf located proximate to the housing and movable between a recessed position in thermal communication with the at least cupholder and an extended position extending outward from the housing. The deployable shelf has a thermally conductive surface, and a heater operatively coupled to the thermally conductive surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Dustin Shedlarski, Micah Jones, Hussein H. Berry