Patents by Inventor Brian Dexter

Brian Dexter 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).

  • Publication number: 20240042364
    Abstract: An air purifier and rotatable filter assembly for inside air. The air purifier includes a housing. The rotatable filter assembly is disposed in the housing. A filter assembly support is disposed in the housing. The rotatable filter assembly is coupled to the filter assembly support. The filter assembly support supports the rotation of the rotatable filter assembly. The housing includes a filter access panel that is moveable to an access position. The filter access panel in the access position allows a user maintenance access to the rotatable filter assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Derek Smith, Mackenzie Knapp, Brian Dexter
  • Patent number: 10549656
    Abstract: A personal automotive vehicle includes a seat and a moveable door panel in an interior of the passenger cabin, both of which are moveable between a forward and a rearward position. The moveable door panel is configured for movement such that a longitudinal position of the door panel with respect to the seat can be maintained with corresponding seat movement. The moveable door panel can help provide a perception to a seat occupant that they are properly positioned within the passenger cabin, even at an extreme rearward seat position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Fitzpatrick, Brian Dexter
  • Patent number: 10543794
    Abstract: A personal automotive vehicle includes a door with a door panel that partly defines a reconfigurable passenger cabin. The door panel presents an abrasion-resistant portion to the interior of the passenger cabin at an upper section of the door panel below the window. A seat is mounted in the passenger cabin and can be rotated inwardly to increase the available range of movement of the seat occupant. The abrasion-resistant portion of the door panel is located to prevent scuff-related damage to the door panel when the seat occupant crosses his legs. The abrasion-resistant portion of the door panel can be selectively covered and uncovered by a moveable portion of the door panel, which may include an armrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Fitzpatrick, Brian Dexter, Markus Uhlig, Desmond O'Regan, Matthew Benson, Fabrice Aycoberry
  • Publication number: 20180186306
    Abstract: A personal automotive vehicle includes a door with a door panel that partly defines a reconfigurable passenger cabin. The door panel presents an abrasion-resistant portion to the interior of the passenger cabin at an upper section of the door panel below the window. A seat is mounted in the passenger cabin and can be rotated inwardly to increase the available range of movement of the seat occupant. The abrasion-resistant portion of the door panel is located to prevent scuff-related damage to the door panel when the seat occupant crosses his legs. The abrasion-resistant portion of the door panel can be selectively covered and uncovered by a moveable portion of the door panel, which may include an armrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Fitzpatrick, Brian Dexter, Markus Uhlig, Desmond O'Regan, Matthew Benson, Fabrice Aycoberry
  • Publication number: 20180186253
    Abstract: A personal automotive vehicle includes a seat and a moveable door panel in an interior of the passenger cabin, both of which are moveable between a forward and a rearward position. The moveable door panel is configured for movement such that a longitudinal position of the door panel with respect to the seat can be maintained with corresponding seat movement. The moveable door panel can help provide a perception to a seat occupant that they are properly positioned within the passenger cabin, even at an extreme rearward seat position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Fitzpatrick, Brian Dexter
  • Publication number: 20100123332
    Abstract: A door to cockpit/Instrument Panel interface apparatus is provided with a skin layer disposed on and/or in the door and/or cockpit, and operates to create a line-to-line appearance or a seam, without gap, between door and cockpit through compression therebetween. The flexibly resilient skin layer possesses such resilience that when a driver or passenger opens the door, the compressed area of the skin layer disposed on and/or in the door (or the cockpit) springs back to its original configuration and/or shape. The interface apparatus may employ a resilient support along with the skin layer to provide the compressibility. The resilient support may include a foam layer, springs, a recess behind the skin layer, etc. The interface apparatus may reduce the cost(s) and weight/mass load(s) associated with manufacturing door to cockpit interfaces, and the apparatus may provide a unique aesthetic approach and structural freedom to designing a vehicle interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS U.S.A., INC.
    Inventors: James Hotary, Brian Dexter, Dan Vander Sluis
  • Publication number: 20080073813
    Abstract: A panel for use in a vehicle interior is disclosed. The panel includes a unitary integral one-piece flexible member (e.g., coverstock) having a first portion with a first ornamental appearance and a second portion with a second ornamental appearance, and a substrate at least partially molded behind the flexible member. A border between the first portion and the second portion is located in a recess formed when the substrate is molded. A method of forming a panel also is disclosed. The method includes moving a first mold section toward a second mold section so that a projection of the mold pushes a portion of the flexible member at least partially into a recess of the mold, and injecting a polymer resin between the flexible member and the first mold section so that the border is located in the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Nels Smith, Andrew Butz, Brian Dexter
  • Publication number: 20060255611
    Abstract: A load floor system is disclosed for use within a cargo area defined by a plurality of vehicle interior components and reconfigurable between a first storage configuration and a second storage configuration. The load floor system comprises a first load floor, a second load floor separate from the first load floor, and a covering coupled to the first load floor and the second load floor. The cargo area in the first storage configuration includes the first cargo floor and the cargo area in the second storage configuration includes the first cargo floor and the second cargo floor. The first cargo floor is presented without the second cargo floor when the cargo area is in the first storage configuration, and the first cargo floor is presented with the second cargo floor when the cargo area is in the second storage configuration. The covering provides a continuous surface between the first load floor and the second load floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Nels Smith, Rollin Nothwehr, Brian Dexter
  • Patent number: 6368262
    Abstract: A prisoner control harness has a retractor reel with a cord leading to a cuff worn at one of the prisoner's extremities. Engageable ratchet means are provided for limiting the motion of the retractor reel and remote control means under the control of a custodian or guard, are provided for activating the ratchet so that if the custodian needs to disable the prisoner, a signal from the remote control activates the ratchet so that the cord reels in but will not reel out, limiting the prisoner's ability to escape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Inventors: Brian Dexter Willoughby, Carl William Roy, II