Patents by Inventor Benoit HERBIN

Benoit HERBIN 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).

  • Dashboard unit and cover-panel
    Patent number: 11097615
    Abstract: A dashboard component assembly for a vehicle, including: a cover-panel; a main body and an auxiliary body, the auxiliary body being retained on the main body so as to be movable in at least one dimension relative to the main body prior to installation of the cover-panel, the cover-panel is configured to cover at least a portion of each of the main body and the auxiliary body; a primary datum included by one of the cover-panel or the main body; a primary datum retainer included by the other of the cover-panel or the main body, the primary datum is configured to engage at least one primary datum retainer to cause a predetermined alignment of the cover-panel with regard to the main body; a secondary datum included by one of the cover-panel or the auxiliary body; a secondary datum receiver comprised by the other of the cover-panel or the auxiliary body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE
    Inventors: Ozgur Tastekin, Benoit Herbin, Wim Smets, Daniel Jones
  • A DASHBOARD UNIT AND COVER-PANEL
    Publication number: 20190299785
    Abstract: A dashboard component assembly for a vehicle, including: a cover-panel; a main body and an auxiliary body, the auxiliary body being retained on the main body so as to be movable in at least one dimension relative to the main body prior to installation of the cover-panel, the cover-panel is configured to cover at least a portion of each of the main body and the auxiliary body; a primary datum included by one of the cover-panel or the main body; a primary datum retainer included by the other of the cover-panel or the main body, the primary datum is configured to engage at least one primary datum retainer to cause a predetermined alignment of the cover-panel with regard to the main body; a secondary datum included by one of the cover-panel or the auxiliary body; a secondary datum receiver comprised by the other of the cover-panel or the auxiliary body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE
    Inventors: Ozgur TASTEKIN, Benoit HERBIN, Wim SMETS, Daniel JONES