Patents by Inventor Brian C. Belcher
Brian C. Belcher 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).
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Patent number: 10946824Abstract: A side underride system configured to be coupled to a trailer is provided. The side underride system includes a support system, including a brace system and a cable, configured to be positioned below the trailer to provide side underride protection. The brace system includes a plurality of cross-braces that each extend across a width of the trailer and are spaced apart at intervals along a length of the trailer. The cable is configured to extend across the intervals between the cross-braces.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Wabash National, L.P.Inventors: David P. Kunkel, Brian C. Belcher, Andrzej Wylezinski, Mark Ehrlich
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Patent number: 10836335Abstract: A rear impact guard configured to be coupled to a rear end of a vehicle comprises a bumper support member, a support base, and a horizontal bumper. The bumper support member is configured to be coupled to the rear end of the vehicle. The support base is configured to be coupled to the rear end of the vehicle, configured to be positioned adjacent to a sidewall of the vehicle and below a floor assembly of the vehicle, and is in contact with the bumper support member and extends further forward toward a front of the vehicle than the bumper support member. The horizontal bumper is mounted at a lower end of the bumper support member.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Wabash National, L.P.Inventors: Andrzej Wylezinski, Brian C. Belcher, David P. Kunkel
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Patent number: 10737646Abstract: A rear impact guard includes first and second bumper support members that are identical to one another and configured to be coupled to a rear end of the vehicle along first and second sides of a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, respectively. The rear impact guard also includes third and fourth bumper support members configured to be coupled to the rear end of the vehicle and coupled to a floor assembly of the vehicle. The third and fourth bumper support members are identical and different from the first and second bumper support members. The third bumper support member is spaced outwardly from the first bumper support member, and the fourth bumper support member is spaced outwardly from the second bumper support member. The rear impact guard further includes a horizontal bumper mounted at a lower end of each of the first, second, third, and fourth bumper support members.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Wabash National, L.P.Inventors: Andrzej Wylezinski, Brian C. Belcher
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Publication number: 20190077470Abstract: A side underride system configured to be coupled to a trailer is provided. The side underride system includes a support system, including a brace system and a cable, configured to be positioned below the trailer to provide side underride protection. The brace system includes a plurality of cross-braces that each extend across a width of the trailer and are spaced apart at intervals along a length of the trailer. The cable is configured to extend across the intervals between the cross-braces.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: David P. Kunkel, Brian C. Belcher, Andrzej Wylezinski, Mark Ehrlich
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Publication number: 20180354439Abstract: A rear impact guard includes first and second bumper support members that are identical to one another and configured to be coupled to a rear end of the vehicle along first and second sides of a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, respectively. The rear impact guard also includes third and fourth bumper support members configured to be coupled to the rear end of the vehicle and coupled to a floor assembly of the vehicle. The third and fourth bumper support members are identical and different from the first and second bumper support members. The third bumper support member is spaced outwardly from the first bumper support member, and the fourth bumper support member is spaced outwardly from the second bumper support member. The rear impact guard further includes a horizontal bumper mounted at a lower end of each of the first, second, third, and fourth bumper support members.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Andrzej Wylezinski, Brian C. Belcher
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Publication number: 20180334122Abstract: A rear impact guard configured to be coupled to a rear end of a vehicle comprises a bumper support member, a support base, and a horizontal bumper. The bumper support member is configured to be coupled to the rear end of the vehicle. The support base is configured to be coupled to the rear end of the vehicle, configured to be positioned adjacent to a sidewall of the vehicle and below a floor assembly of the vehicle, and is in contact with the bumper support member and extends further forward toward a front of the vehicle than the bumper support member. The horizontal bumper is mounted at a lower end of the bumper support member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Andrzej Wylezinski, Brian C. Belcher, David P. Kunkel
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Patent number: 10053037Abstract: A rear impact guard includes a bumper support member configured to be coupled to a rear end of a vehicle and a horizontal bumper mounted at a lower end of the bumper support member. The bumper support member includes a generally triangular prism member having a generally triangular-shaped face, a vertical member, a horizontal member, and an angled member, and wherein the vertical, horizontal, and angled members are coupled to outer edges of the triangular-shaped face.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Wabash National, L.P.Inventors: Andrzej Wylezinski, Brian C. Belcher
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Patent number: 10035483Abstract: A rear impact guard configured to be coupled to a rear end of a trailer includes first, second, third, and fourth support bases coupled to a the rear end of the trailer, first, second, third, and fourth bumper support members associated with the first, second, third, and fourth support bases, respectively, and a bumper mounted to lower ends of the first, second, third, and fourth bumper support members.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Wabash National, L.P.Inventors: Andrzej Wylezinski, Brian C. Belcher, David P. Kunkel
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Publication number: 20170101070Abstract: A rear impact guard includes a bumper support member configured to be coupled to a rear end of a vehicle and a horizontal bumper mounted at a lower end of the bumper support member. The bumper support member includes a generally triangular prism member having a generally triangular-shaped face, a vertical member, a horizontal member, and an angled member, and wherein the vertical, horizontal, and angled members are coupled to outer edges of the triangular-shaped face.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2016Publication date: April 13, 2017Inventors: Andrzej Wylezinski, Brian C. Belcher
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Publication number: 20170072886Abstract: A rear impact guard configured to be coupled to a rear end of a trailer includes first, second, third, and fourth support bases coupled to a the rear end of the trailer, first, second, third, and fourth bumper support members associated with the first, second, third, and fourth support bases, respectively, and a bumper mounted to lower ends of the first, second, third, and fourth bumper support members.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Andrzej Wylezinski, Brian C. Belcher, David P. Kunkel
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Patent number: 9566923Abstract: A rear impact guard configured to be coupled to a rear end of a trailer includes (i) a bumper support member having an upper end configured to be coupled to the rear end of the trailer, and (ii) a horizontal bumper mounted at a lower end of the bumper support member. The bumper support member includes a hollow, generally triangular prism member.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Wabash National, L.P.Inventors: Andrzej Wylezinski, Brian C. Belcher
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Publication number: 20150258951Abstract: A rear impact guard configured to be coupled to a rear end of a trailer includes (i) a bumper support member having an upper end configured to be coupled to the rear end of the trailer, and (ii) a horizontal bumper mounted at a lower end of the bumper support member. The bumper support member includes a hollow, generally triangular prism member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Andrzej Wylezinski, Brian C. Belcher