Patents by Inventor Corinne D. Uskali
Corinne D. Uskali 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: 9969435Abstract: A vehicle includes a side member that extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction. A rocker support extends in the vehicle longitudinal direction and is spaced outboard of the side member in the vehicle lateral direction. A C-pillar assembly is coupled to and extends upward from the rocker support. A floor cross member extends in a vehicle lateral direction that is connected to the side member. A pillar assembly to floor cross member reinforcement gusset links the C-pillar assembly and the floor cross member.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Noell G. Johnson, Corinne D. Uskali, Jaspreet Singh, Manikandan Babymony, Jonathan R. Young
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Publication number: 20180065679Abstract: A vehicle includes a side member that extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction. A rocker support extends in the vehicle longitudinal direction and is spaced outboard of the side member in the vehicle lateral direction. A C-pillar assembly is coupled to and extends upward from the rocker support. A floor cross member extends in a vehicle lateral direction that is connected to the side member. A pillar assembly to floor cross member reinforcement gusset links the C-pillar assembly and the floor cross member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2016Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Noell G. Johnson, Corinne D. Uskali, Jaspreet Singh, Manikandan Babymony, Jonathan R. Young
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Patent number: 9701182Abstract: A vehicle includes a rocker support that extends in the vehicle longitudinal direction. A C-pillar assembly is coupled to and extends upward from the rocker support. A vehicle door includes a door reinforcement beam having a rear portion located adjacent the C-pillar assembly. A door reinforcement beam catch projection extends through at least part of the C-pillar assembly and terminates at a location above the rear portion of the door reinforcement beam in the vehicle vertical direction to engage the rear portion of the door reinforcement beam only after movement of the door reinforcement beam into the C-pillar assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Jason J. Hallman, Corinne D. Uskali
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Patent number: 9637077Abstract: A vehicle includes a bumper beam and a bumper fascia that covers the bumper beam. An energy absorption member includes a first laterally positioned leg including a mounting flange connected to the bumper beam and a second laterally positioned leg including a mounting flange connected to the bumper beam. The first and second laterally positioned legs are located at opposite sides of a forward facing surface and are spaced-apart from each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2016Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Matthew W. Schnabelrauch, Shunsukei Kanagai, Naipaul D. Ramoutar, Sagar Kulkarni, Corinne D. Uskali
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Patent number: 9593517Abstract: Vehicles incorporating load-transferring hood hinge members are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vehicle includes an A-pillar portion, an upper side member coupled to the A-pillar portion and extending forward from the A-pillar portion in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and a dash panel coupled to the A-pillar portion and extending in a vehicle lateral direction that is transverse to the vehicle longitudinal direction. The vehicle also includes a hood hinge member that is coupled to the upper side member and positioned forward of the A-pillar portion. The hood hinge member includes an attachment portion that is coupled to the upper side member, a flange member that extends upward from the attachment portion, a hood attachment opening passing through the flange member, and a rearward-projecting protrusion having a distal surface that is positioned transverse to the flange member.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan R. Young, Corinne D. Uskali, Colin M. Ravenscroft
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Patent number: 9527463Abstract: A bumper beam assembly includes a bumper reinforcement beam that connects to right and left side members of a vehicle at a rear face of the bumper reinforcement beam at a respective bumper beam connecting location and that extend rearward therefrom in a vehicle longitudinal direction. A spacer member is connected to the rear face outboard of the bumper beam connecting location. The spacer member includes a front wall, a rear wall, an inboard wall and an outboard wall, the inboard and outboard walls extend between the front wall and rear wall in the vehicle longitudinal direction. The front wall is connected to the rear face of the bumper reinforcement beam at a connecting portion. The front wall includes a chamfer wall portion outboard of the connecting portion that is separated from the rear face of the bumper reinforcement beam providing a space between the chamfer wall portion and the rear face of the bumper reinforcement beam.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Naipaul Ramoutar, William F. Graves, Corinne D. Uskali, Mark D. Clauser
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Patent number: 9487239Abstract: Vehicle structures and methods of assembling the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a unibody structure of a vehicle includes an inboard A-pillar member, an outboard A-pillar member positioned outboard of the inboard A-pillar member and coupled to the inboard A-pillar member, and a reinforcement member positioned between the inboard A-pillar member and the outboard A-pillar member. The reinforcement member is coupled to the outboard A-pillar member and has a plurality of reduced thickness regions that are positioned in a vehicle vertical direction along the reinforcement member.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2015Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Tyler E. Schnug, Kuo Sun, Yizhou Fan, Mark D. Clauser, Corinne D. Uskali, Kevin J. O'Beirne, Donald E. Maynard
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Publication number: 20160186472Abstract: Vehicles incorporating load-transferring hood hinge members are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vehicle includes an A-pillar portion, an upper side member coupled to the A-pillar portion and extending forward from the A-pillar portion in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and a dash panel coupled to the A-pillar portion and extending in a vehicle lateral direction that is transverse to the vehicle longitudinal direction. The vehicle also includes a hood hinge member that is coupled to the upper side member and positioned forward of the A-pillar portion. The hood hinge member includes an attachment portion that is coupled to the upper side member, a flange member that extends upward from the attachment portion, a hood attachment opening passing through the flange member, and a rearward-projecting protrusion having a distal surface that is positioned transverse to the flange member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan R. Young, Corinne D. Uskali, Colin M. Ravenscroft
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Publication number: 20160152201Abstract: A bumper beam assembly includes a bumper reinforcement beam that connects to right and left side members of a vehicle at a rear face of the bumper reinforcement beam at a respective bumper beam connecting location and that extend rearward therefrom in a vehicle longitudinal direction. A spacer member is connected to the rear face outboard of the bumper beam connecting location. The spacer member includes a front wall, a rear wall, an inboard wall and an outboard wall, the inboard and outboard walls extend between the front wall and rear wall in the vehicle longitudinal direction. The front wall is connected to the rear face of the bumper reinforcement beam at a connecting portion. The front wall includes a chamfer wall portion outboard of the connecting portion that is separated from the rear face of the bumper reinforcement beam providing a space between the chamfer wall portion and the rear face of the bumper reinforcement beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2015Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Naipaul Ramoutar, William F. Graves, Corinne D. Uskali, Mark D. Clauser
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Publication number: 20160121831Abstract: A vehicle includes a bumper beam and a bumper fascia that covers the bumper beam. An energy absorption member includes a first laterally positioned leg including a mounting flange connected to the bumper beam and a second laterally positioned leg including a mounting flange connected to the bumper beam. The first and second laterally positioned legs are located at opposite sides of a forward facing surface and are spaced-apart from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2016Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Matthew W. Schnabelrauch, Shunsukei Kanagai, Naipaul D. Ramoutar, Sagar Kulkarni, Corinne D. Uskali
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Publication number: 20160101814Abstract: Vehicle structures and methods of assembling the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a unibody structure of a vehicle includes an inboard A-pillar member, an outboard A-pillar member positioned outboard of the inboard A-pillar member and coupled to the inboard A-pillar member, and a reinforcement member positioned between the inboard A-pillar member and the outboard A-pillar member. The reinforcement member is coupled to the outboard A-pillar member and has a plurality of reduced thickness regions that are positioned in a vehicle vertical direction along the reinforcement member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Tyler E. Schnug, Kuo Sun, Yizhou Fan, Mark D. Clauser, Corinne D. Uskali, Kevin J. O'Beirne, Donald E. Maynard
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Patent number: 9248795Abstract: A vehicle includes a bumper beam and a bumper fascia that covers the bumper beam. An energy absorption member includes a first laterally positioned leg including a mounting flange connected to the bumper beam and a second laterally positioned leg including a mounting flange connected to the bumper beam. The first and second laterally positioned legs are located at opposite sides of a forward facing surface and are spaced-apart from each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2014Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Matthew W. Schnabelrauch, Shunsukei Kanagai, Naipaul D. Ramoutar, Sagar Kulkarni, Corinne D. Uskali