Patents Examined by Wenwei Zhuo
  • Patent number: 11850987
    Abstract: The chassis assembly (3) includes a vehicle chassis (4) extending along a longitudinal direction (D1); a first supporting part (6) configured to support a first load unit (7.1) on a first longitudinal side (4.1) of the vehicle chassis (4); a second supporting part (8) configured to support a second load unit (7.2) on a second longitudinal side (4.2) of the vehicle chassis (4) opposite to the first longitudinal side (4.1); and a lifting device (5) secured to the vehicle chassis (4) and configured to lift up and down the first and second supporting parts (6, 8) with respect to the vehicle chassis (4) so as to vertically displace each of first and second load units (7.1, 7.2) supported by the first and second supporting parts (6, 8) between a loading/unloading position and a driving position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Denis Caux, Jean-Roch Barbier, Thierry Gronsfeld, Carole Fatet
  • Patent number: 11840162
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a slide comprising a fixed profile and a movable profile mounted on the fixed profile so as to slide in a longitudinal direction, the slide comprising a longitudinal adjustment screw, the fixed profile presenting a bottom having an outer face opposite the adjustment screw, the adjustment screw having one end integral with a support which comprises two longitudinal side walls able to receive the end. The bottom comprises two longitudinal parallel slots, and the bottom and the support each have a hole which are in line with one another and are able to receive an attachment part for attaching the fixed profile to the floor of a vehicle when the side walls are engaged in the slots with the rest of the support facing the outer face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Pierre-François Beauquet, Guillaume Gabillard, Christian Couasnon
  • Patent number: 11827283
    Abstract: A tailgate stop apparatus. The apparatus includes a base member configured to be fixed with respect to a primary gate assembly of a multiple-gate tailgate. The apparatus includes a stop member coupled to the base member, wherein the stop member is movable between a tailgate-engaged position configured to inhibit an inner gate panel of an inner gate assembly of the multiple-gate tailgate from being moved to a closed position, and a tailgate-disengaged position configured to allow the inner gate panel to be moved to the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Banks Morrison Innovations LLC
    Inventors: James E. Banks, Jr., Michael A. Morrison
  • Patent number: 11827121
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for attaching a seat assembly in a vehicle, wherein the device comprises a carriage and a floor rail, wherein the carriage can be fixed on the floor rail, wherein the floor rail has a longitudinal slot with a support section limiting the longitudinal slot, wherein a locking assembly having a locking element adjustably accommodated on the carriage is provided for fixing the carriage attached to the floor rail. According to the invention, the locking assembly comprises multiple recesses in at least one rail longitudinal wall of the floor rail, wherein the locking element has a latch section and a contact section in such a way that, with the fixing of the carriage, the latch section engages into a recess in the rail longitudinal wall and the contact section comes into contact with the inner side of the support section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Aguti Produktentwicklung & Design GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Grieger
  • Patent number: 11820435
    Abstract: A mounting structure of a vehicle sensor includes: an exterior member provided at a front side of a vehicle body; a frame member configured to support the exterior member or a drive source for driving a vehicle; and a road surface condition detector configured to detect a road surface condition at a front side of the vehicle. The road surface condition detector is fixed to a frame member located frontward of a front wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Yamazaki, Takashi Yanagi, Kazuya Konada
  • Patent number: 11814106
    Abstract: A golf car canopy extension panel that is connectable to a canopy main panel, wherein the extension panel comprises a first extension longitudinal water channel that is fluidly connectable to a first main longitudinal water channel main panel, and a second extension longitudinal water channel that is fluidly connectable to a second main longitudinal water channel of the main panel, wherein the first and second extension longitudinal water channels each comprise a termination end structured and operable to direct water to exit the respective extension longitudinal water channel at an end of a sidewall of the respective extension longitudinal water channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TEXTRON INC
    Inventors: Matthew James Zaremba, Jacob Rutledge Kuglar, Stephen Christopher Campbell
  • Patent number: 11807086
    Abstract: A back door attached to a rear of a vehicle body includes an inner panel, an outer panel facing the inner panel, a first reinforcing member laid on an outer side of the vehicle body and fixed to the inner panel together with a hinge, and a second reinforcing member including a porous portion and arranged to fill a first space between the first reinforcing member and the outer panel on an outer side in a width direction of the vehicle body from a hinge support that supports the hinge to overlap at least a part of a glass upper edge of a back window glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masami Uehata, Hirofumi Sakaue
  • Patent number: 11807079
    Abstract: A window treatment adjustment assembly is provided that includes a slider having a base movable along a portion of the frame. A handle extends from the base. A pocket is formed in the screen and includes: a pocket frame attached to the screen to form an opening through the screen; a shroud member attached to at least a portion of the pocket frame. The handle of the slider extends through the opening of the pocket and past the shroud member. The base of the slider is in communication with a mechanism that moves the window treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: STATE WIDE ALUMINUM, INC.
    Inventors: Georges Aboukhaled, Jason Barhydt, Jack Shanholt, II
  • Patent number: 11794560
    Abstract: An injection molded composite component includes a groove extending from a first surface of the composite component and a tubing material placed within the groove and formed integrally with the composite component such that the tubing material forms an integrated conduit on the first surface of the composite component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Erik B. Golm, Venkateshwar R. Aitharaju, Xiaosong Huang
  • Patent number: 11787316
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicular seat apparatus capable of increasing a baggage-loading space in the indoor space of a vehicle and of preventing the load of baggage from being applied to the seat. The vehicular seat apparatus includes a seat configured to enable a seat back thereof to be folded, a partition wall coupled to the vehicle floor behind the seat via a moving unit so as to be moved anteroposteriorly and to partition the indoor space in the vehicle into a front passenger space and a rear baggage-loading space, a hinge bracket configured to hingedly couple a seat cushion of the seat to the vehicle floor, a caster mounted to the seat so as to enable the seat to be rolled along the vehicle floor and the partition wall, and a holding unit configured to selectively hold the seat cushion of the seat to the vehicle floor or the partition wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventor: Sang Woo Park
  • Patent number: 11787274
    Abstract: A top compartment lid assembly of a convertible vehicle includes a lid element, a linkage assembly configured to displace the lid element between an open position and a closed position and comprising a lid link assembly on either side of a vertical longitudinal center plane of the lid, each lid link assembly being mounted in a pivoting manner on a main bearing attached to a vehicle body, and a locking assembly on either side of the longitudinal center plane of the lid, each locking assembly being configured to be moved between a locked position and an unlocked position by a locking link assembly. An electric motor is mounted on each of the bilaterally disposed main bearings, each electric motor driving both the respective lid link assembly and the respective locking link assembly via a drive pinion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventor: Franz Haberl
  • Patent number: 11780508
    Abstract: A trailer includes a main body that has a front bulkhead, an opposing rear bulkhead, an exterior wall operably engaged with the front and rear bulkheads, and at least one interior chamber defined collectively by the front bulkhead, the rear bulkhead, and the exterior wall. The at least one interior chamber is adapted to carry a load. The trailer also includes a removable false bulkhead operably engaged with the main body, the false bulkhead is located a distance away from one of the front bulkhead and the rear bulkhead. The main body of the trailer is formed of a first material, and the first false bulkhead of the trailer is made a second different material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: MAC LTT, INC.
    Inventor: James A. Maiorana
  • Patent number: 11760288
    Abstract: A bumper cap retention assembly includes an end cap that is insertable into an open end of a bumper on a recreational vehicle. A frame is provided that has a width and a length sufficient for extending around the bumper of the recreational vehicle. The frame has a plurality of lobes each extending outwardly from the frame. A bracket is provided which is positionable between respective ones of the lobes on the frame and the bracket is oriented to extend between respective members of the frame. The bracket extends across the end cap when the end cap is inserted into the open end of the bumper and the frame is positioned around the bumper. In this way the bracket inhibits the end cap from falling out of the open end of the bumper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventor: Leon Brueger
  • Patent number: 11760230
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis, a cargo body coupled to the chassis and positioned rearward of the cab, a seating unit, and a mail tray. The cab includes a first floor portion defining a first interface at a first position within the cab. The cargo body includes a second floor portion defining a second interface at a second position within the cargo body. The seating unit includes a frame assembly that engages with the first interface and the second interface such that the seating unit is selectively repositionable between the first position and the second position. The mail tray is selectively positionable in the first position when the seating unit is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventor: Nick Winter
  • Patent number: 11752961
    Abstract: A trailer has a rear floor assembly having a threshold plate and at least a pair of supports extending downwardly from the threshold plate, a rear lower cross member secured to the rear floor assembly, and a rear impact guard assembly having at least a pair of supports and a horizontal member secured to lower ends of the supports, upper ends of respective ones of the supports of the guard assembly secured to lower ends of respective ones of the supports of the rear floor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: R.C. Tway Company, LLC
    Inventors: George W. Gauntt, Tyler Payne, Derek King
  • Patent number: 11738691
    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: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Robert Westfall, John Granger Opfer, Adam C. Carlson, Matthew Williams, Samuel Martin Hoff
  • Patent number: 11731537
    Abstract: A vehicle passenger seat assembly includes a passenger seat and a rail system. The passenger seat includes a seat base and a seat back connected to the seat base. The passenger seat is movable between a seated condition for accommodating a seated passenger and non-seated condition where the passenger seat is tilted forward in a front-rear direction of the vehicle about a forward end portion of the seat base. The rail system is mounted to the seat base and configured to have mounted thereto a child car seat. The rail system is configured to move the child car seat along a lateral direction of the passenger seat between at least two seating locations defined by the passenger seat. The rail system is movable independent of the passenger seat to a forward tilted position to allow for movement of the passenger seat between the seated condition and the non-seated condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yousuf S. Riad, Kelly Michael Whalen, Michael J. Wilms, Mark David Bartlett, Wesley L. McClellan, Paul D. Nguyen, Susan L. Mostofizadeh, Anas Kachlan, Shane E. Platt, Gabriel J. Smith
  • Patent number: 11724575
    Abstract: Described is a self-propelled operating machine (1) comprising a control cabin (2) for housing an operator and a unit (3) for moving a load. The control cabin (2) comprises a supporting frame (4) and a transparent wall (7) applied to the supporting frame (4) and partly delimiting the cabin (2). The transparent wall (7) can be made opaque in a controlled manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MANITOU ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventor: Marco Iotti
  • Patent number: 11718246
    Abstract: A noise shielding structure is provided that is highly versatile with no limitation to vehicle models and bumper designs, and effectively reduces road noise in the rear compartment. The noise shielding structure includes: an outer panel at a rear vehicle body; a rear bumper provided so as to cover the outer panel; and a noise shield arranged between the outer panel and the rear bumper, wherein the noise shield includes a fixed portion to be fixed to the outer panel and a flap portion to contact the rear bumper when the rear bumper is attached to the rear vehicle body, and the flap portion is deformable on a hinge of the noise shield provided between the fixed portion and the flap portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 11712989
    Abstract: A console table assembly for a vehicle includes a base movably coupled to a floor of the vehicle, a pivot arm having a first end pivotably coupled to the base and a second end that is distal from the first end, a table pivotably coupled to the pivot arm at the second end and having a top side and an underside opposite the top side, a panel coupled to the table and operable to move relative to the table from a first panel position to second panel position, and a foot rest coupled to the base and operable to move relative to the base from a retracted position to a deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Rene Diephuis, Michael John Harmon, Andrew Brand, Ryan Wayne Warner, Andrew Smith