Patents by Inventor Ian Patterson
Ian Patterson 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: 10703286Abstract: A vehicle body structure having a cargo structure, a retractable step and a handle assembly. The cargo structure has a floor, a first side wall and a tailgate. The retractable step is installed to the cargo structure beneath the floor and the first side wall and adjacent to the tailgate. The handle assembly has a base and a grip handle extending from the base. The base is attached to an upright surface of the first side wall. The base is shaped and contoured such that the grip handle is positioned adjacent to and spaced apart from an upper surface of the first side wall within the cargo area above the floor and above the step. An individual using the step to enter the cargo area grabs the grip handle for assistance in stepping up into the cargo area.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventors: Ian Patterson, Martin Petersen
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Publication number: 20200189437Abstract: A cargo area structure has a retractable step installed to the cargo area structure beneath a floor and a first side wall thereof. A handle assembly has a base and a grip handle supported to the base. The base is attached to an upright surface of the first side wall. The base also has a position locking mechanism configured such that in response to manual operation of the position locking mechanism, the grip handle is movable from a stowed orientation and an in-use orientation such that in the in-use orientation the grip handle is positioned such that an individual using the step to enter the cargo area grabs the grip handle for assistance in stepping up into the cargo area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Ian PATTERSON, Martin Petersen
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Patent number: 10632928Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a vehicle cargo structure and a handle assembly. The vehicle cargo structure has a floor and a first side wall at least partially defining a cargo area at a rearward end of a vehicle. The handle assembly has a base and a grip handle. The base is attached to the first side wall above the floor within the cargo area. The grip handle is movable relative to the base between a stowed orientation in which the grip handle is at a location lower than an upper surface of the first side wall and a gripping orientation in which at least a portion of the grip handle extends higher than the upper surface of the first side wall. With the grip handle in the gripping orientation an individual entering the cargo area grabs the grip handle for assistance in stepping up into the cargo area.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventors: Ian Patterson, Martin Petersen
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Publication number: 20200115938Abstract: This disclosure relates to a motor vehicle having a door check mechanism. An example motor vehicle a pivotable door, a door check mechanism including a bar, wherein the door check mechanism is configured to hold the door open in a fully open check position, and a retarder assembly configured to oppose opening of the door beyond the fully open check position by applying a force generated by a non-linear surface of the bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Brian Westgarth, Jack Whitehurst, Rob Swann, Ian Patterson
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Publication number: 20200080353Abstract: This disclosure relates to a motor vehicle having a door check mechanism. An example motor vehicle includes a door pivotable between fully open and fully closed positions, and a door check mechanism including a bar having a helical groove and at least one check hold recess along the helical groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Brian Westgarth, Ian Patterson, Rob Swann, Jack Whitehurst
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Patent number: 10519701Abstract: A vehicle door check mechanism includes a bellows to act as a pneumatic retarder to prevent a high load from being transferred from the door check mechanism to a structural part of a door of the motor vehicle if that door is opened to a fully open position at high speed.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ian Patterson, Brian Westgarth, Rob Swann, Jack Whitehurst, John Strudwick
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Patent number: 10406983Abstract: A vehicle body structure has a cargo area structure, a retractable step and a handle assembly. The cargo area structure has a floor, a first side wall and a tailgate at least partially defining a cargo area. The retractable step is installed to the cargo area structure beneath the floor and the first side wall and adjacent to the tailgate. The handle assembly has a base and a grip handle fixedly attached to the base. The base is attached to the first side wall with a portion of the base overlaying a corresponding portion of the upper surface of the first side wall and with an attachment assembly extending through the at least one opening in upper surface of the first side wall with a first portion of the grip handle extending inboard over the floor of the cargo area.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventors: Ian Patterson, Martin Petersen
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Patent number: 10391954Abstract: A vehicle trim portion connection bracket is provided. The bracket includes a first flange having a connecting portion configured to be coupled to a trim portion and a second flange configured to be coupled to a support member of the vehicle. The support member is configured to be coupled to a body of the vehicle. A relief slot is provided in the first flange and configured to reduce a load required to deform the connecting portion relative to a remaining portion of the first flange, such that the connecting portion may be deformed without disrupting the coupling between the bracket and the support member.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Brian Westgarth, Ian Patterson, Jack Whitehurst, Rob Swann
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Publication number: 20190256003Abstract: A vehicle body structure with a cargo area structure, a retractable step and a handle assembly. The cargo area structure has a floor, a first side wall and a tailgate at least partially defining a cargo area. The handle assembly has a base and a grip handle. The base is attached to an upright surface of the first side wall. The grip handle is movable relative to the base between a stowed orientation in which the grip handle is at a location lower than an upper surface of the first side wall and a gripping orientation in which at least a portion of the grip handle extends higher that the upper surface of the first side wall. With the grip handle in the gripping orientation an individual using the step to enter the cargo area grabs the grip handle for assistance in stepping up into the cargo area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Ian PATTERSON, Martin PETERSEN
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Publication number: 20190256006Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a vehicle cargo structure and a handle assembly. The vehicle cargo structure has a floor and a first side wall at least partially defining a cargo area at a rearward end of a vehicle, The handle assembly has a base and a grip handle. The base is attached to the first side wall above the floor within the cargo area. The grip handle is movable relative to the base between a stowed orientation in which the grip handle is at a location lower than an upper surface of the first side wall and a gripping orientation in which at least a portion of the grip handle extends higher that the upper surface of the first side wall. With the grip handle in the gripping orientation an individual entering the cargo area grabs the grip handle for assistance in stepping up into the cargo area.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Ian PATTERSON, Martin PETERSEN
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Publication number: 20190256002Abstract: A vehicle body structure having a cargo structure, a retractable step and a handle assembly. The cargo structure has a floor, a first side wall and a tailgate. The retractable step is installed to the cargo structure beneath the floor and the first side wall and adjacent to the tailgate. The handle assembly has a base and a grip handle extending from the base. The base is attached to an upright surface of the first side wall. The base is shaped and contoured such that the grip handle is positioned adjacent to and spaced apart from an upper surface of the first side wall within the cargo area above the floor and above the step. An individual using the step to enter the cargo area grabs the grip handle for assistance in stepping up into the cargo area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Ian PATTERSON, Martin PETERSEN
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Publication number: 20190256004Abstract: A vehicle body structure has a cargo area structure, a retractable step and a handle assembly. The cargo area structure has a floor, a first side wall and a tailgate at least partially defining a cargo area. The retractable step is installed to the cargo area structure beneath the floor and the first side wall and adjacent to the tailgate. The handle assembly has a base and a grip handle fixedly attached to the base. The base is attached to the first side wall with a portion of the base overlaying a corresponding portion of the upper surface of the first side wall and with an attachment assembly extending through the at least one opening in upper surface of the first side wall with a first portion of the grip handle extending inboard over the floor of the cargo area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Ian PATTERSON, Martin PETERSEN
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Publication number: 20190218820Abstract: A motor vehicle door anti-rattle mechanism includes male and female parts. The male part is fastened to a door of a motor vehicle and the female part is fastened to a door pillar of the motor vehicle. The male part includes an expandable member that is selectively engageable with a recess in the female part in order to inhibit relative movement between the male and female parts and, hence, rattling of the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Brian Westgarth, Ian Patterson, Jack Whitehurst, Rob Swann
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Publication number: 20190210461Abstract: In an aspect, a self-balancing two-wheeled vehicle is provided, having a body, and first and second wheels rotatably coupled to the body. The second wheel has at least one lateral roller rotatable about an axis that is one of oblique and orthogonal to a rotation axis of the second wheel. At least one motor is coupled to the second wheel to control rotation of the second wheel and the at least one lateral roller. At least one sensor is coupled to the body to generate orientation data therefor. A control module is coupled to the at least one motor to control operation thereof at least partially based on the orientation data generated by the at least one sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Ian Patterson, Robert M. O'Brien, Daryl R. Tearne
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Publication number: 20190106917Abstract: A vehicle door check mechanism includes a bellows to act as a pneumatic retarder to prevent a high load from being transferred from the door check mechanism to a structural part of a door of the motor vehicle if that door is opened to a fully open position at high speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Ian Patterson, Brian Westgarth, Rob Swann, Jack Whitehurst, John Strudwick
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Patent number: 10245952Abstract: In an aspect, a self-balancing two-wheeled vehicle is provided, having a body, and first and second wheels rotatably coupled to the body. The second wheel has at least one lateral roller rotatable about an axis that is one of oblique and orthogonal to a rotation axis of the second wheel. At least one motor is coupled to the second wheel to control rotation of the second wheel and the at least one lateral roller. At least one sensor is coupled to the body to generate orientation data therefor. A control module is coupled to the at least one motor to control operation thereof at least partially based on the orientation data generated by the at least one sensor.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: SPIN MASTER LTD.Inventors: Ian Patterson, Robert M. O'Brien, Daryl R. Tearne
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Patent number: 10161174Abstract: A vehicle has a sliding door fitted with a rotatable brake member to apply a braking force to the sliding door when the vehicle is on a slope. The brake member is automatically rotated about a pivot axis X-X by a moveable member forming part of an actuator when the vehicle is resting on a slope into a position in which a braking force is applied to the sliding door by the interaction of the brake member with an elongate track in the form of a sliding door support track.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jack Whitehurst, Brian Westgarth, Rob Swann, Ian Patterson
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Patent number: 10105613Abstract: A toy set having one or more figurines is provided. A first figurine has a motor coupled to a flywheel and a drive shaft to rotate the flywheel and the drive shaft. The drive shaft engages a support surface causing translation of the first figurine on the support surface when the drive shaft is rotated. The flywheel holds the first figurine generally upright on the support surface via gyroscopic force when the flywheel is rotated. The first figurine has a body representing a torso and at least one arm extending from the body, wherein the body and the at least one arm do not rotate with the flywheel. A second figurine is connectable to the first figurine to form a self-balancing assembly at least when the drive shaft engages the support surface and the flywheel is rotated by the motor. Rotation of the drive shaft causes translation of the self-balancing assembly on the support surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: SPIN MASTER LTD.Inventors: Ian Patterson, Charles Sink, Anne Pitrone
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Patent number: 9996953Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for providing a three-dimensional (ā3Dā) annotation facing tool. In accordance with some concepts and technologies disclosed herein, the 3D annotation facing tool provides a way for a user to control the orientation of annotations associated with productivity data in a 3D environment. The 3D annotation facing tool can provide a user with the ability to lock the orientation of the annotation along one or more directional axes. The 3D annotation facing tool can also provide a user with the ability to maintain an orientation of the annotation in a camera facing view.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2013Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Eric W. Patterson, Alexandre da Veiga, Ian Patterson Wood
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Publication number: 20180105121Abstract: A vehicle trim portion connection bracket is provided. The bracket includes a first flange having a connecting portion configured to be coupled to a trim portion and a second flange configured to be coupled to a support member of the vehicle. The support member is configured to be coupled to a body of the vehicle. A relief slot is provided in the first flange and configured to reduce a load required to deform the connecting portion relative to a remaining portion of the first flange, such that the connecting portion may be deformed without disrupting the coupling between the bracket and the support member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Brian Westgarth, Ian Patterson, Jack Whitehurst, Rob Swann