Patents by Inventor Anthony E. Michon

Anthony E. Michon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Cover assembly for a vehicle bed
    Patent number: 6676189
    Abstract: A cover assembly for a vehicle bed includes track members, support members, a flexible cover, and a reversible motor. The support members are movably arranged on the track members such that (1) movement of a distal one of the support members in the opening or closing direction causes the distal support member to push or pull each of the other support members in a sequential manner in the opening or closing direction. A drive cable is engaged with a gear operatively connected to the motor in intermeshed relation such that (a) rotation of the gear by the motor in a first rotational direction pushes the cable in a distal direction to push the distal support member in the closing direction and (b) rotation of the gear in a second rotation direction pulls the cable in a proximal direction to pull the distal support member in the opening direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Webasto Sunroofs, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Schall, Thomas Murray, Anthony E. Michon, Michael J. McIsaac, Thomas J. Mack, Daniel G. Beohmer
  • Cover assembly for a vehicle bed
    Publication number: 20020113456
    Abstract: A cover assembly for a vehicle bed includes track members, support members, a flexible cover, and a reversible motor. The support members are movably arranged on the track members such that (1) movement of a distal one of the support members in the opening or closing direction causes the distal support member to push or pull each of the other support members in a sequential manner in the opening or closing direction. A drive cable is engaged with a gear operatively connected to the motor in intermeshed relation such that (a) rotation of the gear by the motor in a first rotational direction pushes the cable in a distal direction to push the distal support member in the closing direction and (b) rotation of the gear in a second rotation direction pulls the cable in a proximal direction to pull the distal support member in the opening direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Michael G. Schall, Thomas Murray, Anthony E. Michon, Michael J. McIsaac, Thomas J. Mack, Daniel G. Boehmer