Patents by Inventor Ian Dupret

Ian Dupret 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).

  • Headlamp retaining bracket assembly
    Patent number: 9550447
    Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes a front end module, an upper panel, and a fender covering the upper panel. The vehicle assembly also includes a housing, mounted to the front end module, having a first contour, and a bracket, having a second contour complementary with the first contour, attached with the housing. The bracket generally maintains a position of the headlamp assembly relative to the upper panel during a RCAR Low Speed Structural Crash Test Protocol (Issue 2.2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mustafa Ahmed, Ian Dupret, Thejaswi Prabhakar, William Moore Sherwood, Sara E. Veyo, Ray Hari Manala Rethinam
  • HEADLAMP RETAINING BRACKET ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20150353002
    Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes a front end module, an upper panel, and a fender covering the upper panel. The vehicle assembly also includes a housing, mounted to the front end module, having a first contour, and a bracket, having a second contour complementary with the first contour, attached with the housing. The bracket generally maintains a position of the headlamp assembly relative to the upper panel during a RCAR Low Speed Structural Crash Test Protocol (Issue 2.2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Mustafa AHMED, Ian DUPRET, Thejaswi PRABHAKAR, William Moore SHERWOOD, Sara E. VEYO, Ray Hari Manala RETHINAM
  • Vehicle jack and tool bag installation
    Publication number: 20070176452
    Abstract: An installation is provided in a cargo area of a vehicle for the stowage of a vehicle jack and tools useful in the changing of a wheel of the vehicle. The installation includes a receptacle in a recess in a deck of the cargo area. The receptacle includes an open top container having space to accommodate the jack and the tools. A cover plate across the top of the container covers a portion of the top only, leaving an access opening through which the jack and the tools may be inserted into and removed from the space in the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Carl Schultz, Ian Dupret, Henry Ziaja, Randolph Smith
  • Front end for a vehicle and method for making same
    Publication number: 20070057534
    Abstract: A vehicle end portion includes a right-hand closure assembly, a left-hand closure assembly, an end module, and at least one locating component positioned to locate the end module relative the left-hand closure assembly and the right-hand closure assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Henry Ziaja, Ian Dupret, Randy Wall, Robert Cukr, Dennis Wilgus, John Showalter