Patents by Inventor Christopher T. Lepage

Christopher T. Lepage 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: 20210221282
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a body component defining a trunk and a trunk gutter, a weather strip attached is a distal end of the trunk gutter, a trunk lid adapted to be disposed in the trunk gutter when in a closed position, and a tail light assembly affixed to the body component. The tail light assembly includes a housing defining an inner surface of the tail light assembly affixed to the body of the motor vehicle by a fastener, a bracket disposed in the housing, a light source affixed to the bracket, an inner lens overlaying the light source, an opaque lens extension extending from a distal end of the inner lens obscuring the bracket and housing from a view rearward of the motor vehicle, and an outer lens overlaying the inner lens and the opaque lens extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher T. LEPAGE, Nathan M. FISHER, Kevin A. VEVERKA, Edward W. BACH, Edouard S. SANDOZ
  • Patent number: 11046239
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a body component defining a trunk and a trunk gutter, a weather strip attached is a distal end of the trunk gutter, a trunk lid adapted to be disposed in the trunk gutter when in a closed position, and a tail light assembly affixed to the body component. The tail light assembly includes a housing defining an inner surface of the tail light assembly affixed to the body of the motor vehicle by a fastener, a bracket disposed in the housing, a light source affixed to the bracket, an inner lens overlaying the light source, an opaque lens extension extending from a distal end of the inner lens obscuring the bracket and housing from a view rearward of the motor vehicle, and an outer lens overlaying the inner lens and the opaque lens extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher T. Lepage, Nathan M. Fisher, Kevin A. Veverka, Edward W. Bach, Edouard S. Sandoz
  • Patent number: 10400981
    Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle includes a first lighting part arranged on a stationary body part of the vehicle, and a second lighting part arranged on a movable body part of the vehicle. A gap in a vehicle width direction is provided between the first lighting part and the second lighting part. The first lighting part includes a first reflector and the second lighting part includes a second reflector. The first reflector is located forward of the second reflector in a vehicle forward-rearward direction, and the gap is rearward of the first reflector in the vehicle forward-rearward direction. The second reflector is inclined toward one of the first reflector and the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Logan M. Kingen, Christopher T. Lepage, Akira Hongo, Nathan M. Fisher, Aaron M. Eberle, Teerawan Grogan, Robert William Herpy, William Gerret McWhorter, Takuya Matsumaru, Taizo Yokoyama