Patents Examined by Wenwei Zhuo
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Patent number: 11584319Abstract: A vehicle bumper for a vehicle includes a bumper frame adapted for installing into one of a front end and a rear end of a vehicle to absorb impact in case of collision, and a function unit provided at the bumper frame. The function unit is incorporated with the bumper frame to form at least one of a flip type storage container, a drawer storage container and a detachable storage container for providing an additional storage to the vehicle, wherein the flip type storage container, the drawer storage container and the detachable storage container are located at different locations of the bumper frame, such that the flip type storage container, the drawer storage container and the detachable storage container are individually operated.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Inventor: Xing Wen Luo
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Patent number: 11577676Abstract: A bumper assembly for a material handling vehicle is provided. The material handling vehicle includes a vehicle frame. The bumper assembly includes a first bumper coupled to a first side of the vehicle frame and having a first slot extending along a portion of the first bumper and a first protruding portion. The first protruding portion extends outwardly at an angle past a plane defined by the first side of the vehicle frame. The bumper assembly further includes a second bumper coupled to a second side of the vehicle frame opposite to the first side and having a second slot extending along a portion of the second bumper and a second protruding portion. The second protruding portion extends outwardly at an angle past a plane defined by the second side of the vehicle frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: The Raymond CorporationInventors: Erik C. Tracy, Kevin T. Bordwell
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Patent number: 11565613Abstract: A removable vehicle seat convertible from a seat configuration into a ladder or a ramp configuration and methods of converting the same. The seat may include a seat cushion having a back surface and a back end removably engaged with a floor of an interior of the vehicle in the seat configuration. The back surface may face and be positioned on a ground surface in the ladder or ramp configurations. The seat may include a seat back having a bottom end pivotally attached to the seat cushion. The bottom end may be oriented towards the back end. The seat back may be lockable in place relative to the seat cushion at an angle equal to or less than ninety degrees with at least one locking member. The seat may include a ladder or a ramp attached to the seat back usable to access or load the vehicle once converted.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Hamshivraj Singh Dhamrat, Lindsay A. Babian
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Patent number: 11565645Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes, among other things, a cab back panel assembly pivotably coupled to a cab of a vehicle, and a sill assembly that includes a portion of a securing system. The sill assembly is pivotably coupled to the vehicle. The sill assembly is pivotable back and forth between a latching position where the cab back panel assembly can engage the portion of the sill assembly and a stowed position.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Martin Delonis, Michael Harmon
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Patent number: 11554649Abstract: The apparatus cooperates with a vehicle having a chassis, and engine compartment and a passenger compartment and a framework extending above the passenger compartment and a windshield assembly which is disposed in front of the passenger compartment which includes a single flexible sheet material formed into a generally rectangular top section. The top section has first and second opposed edges as well as the front edge and a back edge. The front edge includes a lip dimensioned and configured for engagement with a header bar that is part of the sport utility vehicle and disposed proximate to the top of the windshield assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Inventor: Adam L Trujillo
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Patent number: 11554709Abstract: An aspect includes a transportable fold-out at least partial enclosure including: a center stationary section; a pair of primary platform assemblies, each primary platform including a first panel pivotally joined on opposite sides of the center stationary section and a second panel pivotally joined to the first panel on a side opposite the first panel; and at least one wall assembly pivotally joined to center stationary section and one of the primary platforms.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: AWOL OUTDOORS, INC.Inventors: Shawn McGregor, Cedar Vandergon, Kevin Fleischhacker, Steven M. Koehler
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Patent number: 11541812Abstract: A retention assembly for a windshield bracket includes a fastening feature that includes a shaft defining a plurality of radial fins along a length of the shaft. A cover portion is operably coupled to the shaft of the fastening feature and includes an attachment feature. A coupling member includes a first clip that is operably coupled to the attachment feature of the cover portion and a second clip that is configured to receive a wire of said windshield bracket.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Fabrizio Dublan Sanchez, Layla Kimberly Martinez Rivero, Ligia Olivares Espinosa, Mauro Rodriguez Rodriguez, Diego Sebastián García Hernández
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Patent number: 11541782Abstract: A cockpit module for a vehicle is introduced, which includes a dashboard provided in front or in the rear of an internal space of the vehicle; a control panel provided in an upper portion of the dashboard and configured of facilitating an occupant to operate the control panel by being accommodated in the dashboard when moving backward thereof and by being deployed toward the occupant when moving forward thereof; and a seat being accommodated in a lower portion of the dashboard in a folded state, and being disposed in the front facing the dashboard when being deployed to be provided to the occupant.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Dong Eun Cha, Jin Ho Hwang, Sang Heon Lee
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Patent number: 11535091Abstract: A vehicle includes a body that defines an aperture. A closure panel is coupled to the body and is movable between an open position and a closed position. The closure panel covers the aperture when the closure panel is in the closed position. A support member has a first end and a second end. The first end is coupled to the body. The second end is coupled to the closure panel. The support member is operable between a compressed position and an extended position. The extended position of the support member corresponds with the open position of the closure panel. A collapsible member is coupled to the body and the support member. The collapsible member is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The collapsible member includes a first section and a second section. The collapsible member also includes a fluid drainage system.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Peter Phung, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Pietro Buttolo, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
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Patent number: 11535146Abstract: A bunk bed apparatus is provided, having at least upper and lower bunks, and which encloses a storage area under the lower bunk when the lower bunk is usable for sleeping, and encloses a larger storage area under the upper bunk when only the upper bunk is usable for sleeping, the lower bunk being moved to form an enclosing wall of the larger storage area. The apparatus can be disposed within a vehicle, such as an RV, adjacent a closable opening to the exterior of the vehicle, which gives full access to both sizes of the storage area. The apparatus can be formed with a slideable end wall which contains a pocket for receiving and storing an access ladder for the upper bunk, and that end wall can form a closable opening for the storage area.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Inventor: Vincent J. Cline
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Patent number: 11535182Abstract: A vehicle includes a pair of frame rails and a bumper assembly. The bumper assembly includes a bumper beam supported by the frame rails and an airbag. The airbag includes a first airbag chamber supported by the bumper beam and inflatable to an inflated position, and a second airbag chamber supported by the bumper and inflatable to an inflated position. The first airbag chamber is disposed in a cross-vehicle direction relative to the second airbag chamber. The first airbag chamber has a first volume in the inflated position. The second airbag chamber has a second volume in the inflated position. The first volume is different than the second volume.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Rahul Arora, Jamel E. Belwafa, Saeed David Barbat
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Patent number: 11524555Abstract: An automated vehicle sunscreen comprises a deployable sunscreen secured within the headliner region of an automobile vehicle's interior. The sunscreen may be deployed mechanically by means of a motor in communication with the automobile vehicle's power source. Controls for the sunscreen may be disposed upon the dashboard of the automobile vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Inventor: Sally Luker
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Patent number: 11518286Abstract: A mobile table assembly of a vehicle includes: a guide rail disposed in a roof of a vehicle; a supporting bar having an upper end coupled to the guide rail and movable along the guide rail, and a lower end extending in a direction away from the roof and positioned in an interior of the vehicle; a rail actuator configured to move the upper end of the supporting bar on the guide rail; and a table coupled to the lower end of the supporting bar.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Lee
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Patent number: 11518222Abstract: A vehicle flap, such as a tailgate, has an inner shell, such as an inner metal sheet, an outer shell, such as an outer metal sheet, connected to the inner shell, and at least one reinforcement tube. The reinforcement tube is arranged between the inner shell and outer shell and is connected to the inner shell and/or outer shell.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Holger Anhalt, Simon Randler
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Patent number: 11505039Abstract: A division bar that divides a front or rear windshield into an upper windshield and a lower windshield is provided, and the upper windshield is more fragile than the lower windshield.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaki Shitara, Ryo Hattori
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Patent number: 11505103Abstract: A privacy screen for a vehicle that can provide for an enhanced passenger experience. The privacy screen includes a blocking body configured to at least partially shroud a shielded seat of the vehicle. The blocking body has an inner seat facing surface, an outer shielding surface, and a concave contour that is configured to extend at least partially around the shielded seat. The privacy screen further includes a passenger enhancement feature that is configured to be controllable via input from a passenger of the vehicle that is remote from a driver of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Davide Di Censo, Cedric Ketels, Thomas Dessapt, Robert Fitzpatrick
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Patent number: 11498488Abstract: A partition assembly for a vehicle can include a partition member, a platform member, and a drawer. The partition member can extend along a first axis, have a first side surface and a second side surface, and define a storage area and a prisoner area. The platform member can be coupled to the first side surface of the partition member and can extend from the partition member along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The drawer can be coupled to the platform member and can be slidable between an open position and a closed position along the second axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: J.R. Setina Manufacturing Co.Inventors: Terry L. Setina, Adam Sampson
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Patent number: 11498399Abstract: The present invention relates to a roller blind system for a vehicle roof, comprising two roller blind assemblies, wherein he roller blind web of the first roller blind assembly is designed to be longer in the extension direction than the roller blind web of the second roller blind assembly. At least one compression-resistant drive cable is provided, a first section of which is firmly attached to a pulling hoop of the first roller blind assembly and a second section of which can be detachably engaged with a pulling hoop of the second roller blind assembly. According to the invention, a locking mechanism is provided, which has an elastically deformable clip-on connection, by means of which the second section of the drive cable can be detachably engaged with the pulling hoop of the second roller blind assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: WEBASTO SEInventors: Vasile-Marius Alban, Werner Winkler, Constantin Ardelean, Andrei Popovici, Josef Haas
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Patent number: 11485253Abstract: A seating system for a vehicle having a seat and a vehicle body includes a latch system having a seat portion configured for attachment to the seat and selectively engageable to and disengageable from the vehicle body. The seat portion may include a deformable portion configured to deform when the seat portion is engaged with the vehicle body and the seat is subjected to a force directed in a forward direction relative to the seat. The seat portion may also include a detachable portion having a plurality of elements configured such that at least one of the elements separates from at least one other of the elements when the seat portion is engaged with the vehicle body and the seat is subjected to the force.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: LEAR CORPORATIONInventors: Philipp Gastl, Eckhard Nock, Johannes Barzen
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Patent number: 11472319Abstract: A load floor arrangement for a motor vehicle is provided. The arrangement has a rear load floor element which, in a floor position, forms a floor portion of a load space. The load floor arrangement has a front load floor element which is connected to a backrest of a vehicle seat so as to be pivotable about a floor element pivot axis extending in the vehicle transverse direction, whereby it is adjustable between a contact position and at least one pivoted position in which its inclination relative to the horizontal is reduced compared to the contact position, when the backrest is inclined forwards in an inclined position about a backrest pivot axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Sascha Kaatz, Tobias Lotz