Patents by Inventor Jeff Todd Baxter
Jeff Todd Baxter 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: 10351069Abstract: A grab handle assembly is provided for a motor vehicle. That grab handle assembly includes a grab handle, a reel, a line wound on the reel and an anchor point for the line when the line is extended from the reel.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLCInventors: John Andrew Stakoe, Jed Paul Durkin, Jeff Todd Baxter
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Publication number: 20180009388Abstract: A grab handle assembly is provided for a motor vehicle. That grab handle assembly includes a grab handle, a reel, a line wound on the reel and an anchor point for the line when the line is extended from the reel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2016Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: John Andrew Stakoe, Jed Paul Durkin, Jeff Todd Baxter
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Patent number: 9561755Abstract: A vehicle garment hook assembly for use on a vehicle includes a housing mounted to a trim component on a vehicle, and a garment hook pivotally mounted to the housing and pivotal away from the housing to a use position. The garment hook assembly also includes an access aperture formed in the housing, and a cover movably coupled to the housing to cover the garment hook and access aperture in a closed position and to expose the garment hook and access aperture in an open position.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David R. Huelke, Guillermo Alanis, Jeff Todd Baxter, John Andrew Stakoe, Mike Popovski
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Publication number: 20160114724Abstract: A combined grab handle and light source assembly includes an outer housing having a cavity and an open side. A grab handle and light source subassembly is rotatably mounted within that housing and is displaceable between a first position wherein a grab handle is provided on the open side and a light source assembly is hidden from view within the cavity and in a second position wherein the light source is provided on the open side and the grab handle is hidden from view within the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: David Huelke, Mike Popovski, John Andrew Stakoe, Jeff Todd Baxter
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Patent number: 8960762Abstract: A check assembly for a visor assembly of a vehicle is coupled with a headliner of a vehicle roof near a center portion of the vehicle, away from the vehicle door or windows. A clip on the check assembly is adapted to secure small lightweight items and deter such items from being exposed to weather or wind conditions near vehicle door windows, a vehicle sunroof, or an exposed top. The visor portion may engage a clasp on the check assembly and operate between deployed and non-deployed positions, whereby the clip of the check assembly may be concealed in the non-deployed position. According to one embodiment, the check assembly includes a resilient clip protruding rearward from a body portion thereof over a depressed area on the headliner for holding a lightweight item therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2014Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David Huelke, Phil Joseph Linson, Jim Allen Stec, Justin Lee Healy, Jeff Todd Baxter, John Andrew Stakoe, Alexander V. Deych
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Publication number: 20140332575Abstract: A vehicle garment hook assembly for use on a vehicle includes a housing mounted to a trim component on a vehicle, and a garment hook pivotally mounted to the housing and pivotal away from the housing to a use position. The garment hook assembly also includes an access aperture formed in the housing, and a cover movably coupled to the housing to cover the garment hook and access aperture in a closed position and to expose the garment hook and access aperture in an open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: David R. Huelke, Guillermo Alanis, Jeff Todd Baxter, John Andrew Stakoe, Mike Popovski
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Patent number: 8820597Abstract: A garment hook assembly for use in a vehicle includes a housing, a cover slidingly coupled to the housing and having an aperture therethrough, and a garment hook pivotally mounted to the housing. The housing is mounted to a trim component having a complementary aperture therethrough such that pivoting the garment hook away from the housing exposes a passageway through the cover and trim component apertures for access to an underlying vehicle body structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David R. Huelke, Guillermo Alanis, Jeff Todd Baxter
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Publication number: 20140159416Abstract: A check assembly for a visor assembly of a vehicle is coupled with a headliner of a vehicle roof near a center portion of the vehicle, away from the vehicle door or windows. A clip on the check assembly is adapted to secure small lightweight items and deter such items from being exposed to weather or wind conditions near vehicle door windows, a vehicle sunroof, or an exposed top. The visor portion may engage a clasp on the check assembly and operate between deployed and non-deployed positions, whereby the clip of the check assembly may be concealed in the non-deployed position. According to one embodiment, the check assembly includes a resilient clip protruding rearward from a body portion thereof over a depressed area on the headliner for holding a lightweight item therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2014Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David Huelke, Phil Joseph Linson, Jim Allen Stec, Justin Lee Healy, Jeff Todd Baxter, John Andrew Stakoe, Alexander V. Deych
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Patent number: 8678468Abstract: A check assembly portion of a visor assembly for a vehicle is generally fixedly coupled with the headliner of the vehicle roof near a center portion of the vehicle, away from the vehicle door or windows. Adapting a clip to a check assembly portion of a visor assembly to secure small lightweight items will deter such items from being exposed to weather or wind conditions near a vehicle door, a vehicle sunroof, or an exposed top, which a visor portion of a visor assembly typically becomes closer to such locations. The visor portion may also be operable between a deployed and a non-deployed position, wherein the clip on the check assembly may be concealed in the non-deployed position.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David Huelke, Phil Joseph Linson, James Allen Stec, Justin Lee Healy, John Andrew Stakoe, Alexander V. Deych, Jeff Todd Baxter
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Publication number: 20140034692Abstract: A garment hook assembly for use in a vehicle includes a housing, a cover slidingly coupled to the housing and having an aperture therethrough, and a garment hook pivotally mounted to the housing. The housing is mounted to a trim component having a complementary aperture therethrough such that pivoting the garment hook away from the housing exposes a passageway through the cover and trim component apertures for access to an underlying vehicle body structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: David R. Huelke, Guillermo Alanis, Jeff Todd Baxter
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Publication number: 20140021735Abstract: A check assembly portion of a visor assembly for a vehicle is generally fixedly coupled with the headliner of the vehicle roof near a center portion of the vehicle, away from the vehicle door or windows. Adapting a clip to a check assembly portion of a visor assembly to secure small lightweight items will deter such items from being exposed to weather or wind conditions near a vehicle door, a vehicle sunroof, or an exposed top, which a visor portion of a visor assembly typically becomes closer to such locations. The visor portion may also be operable between a deployed and a non-deployed position, wherein the clip on the check assembly may be concealed in the non-deployed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: David Huelke, Phil Joseph Linson, James Allen Stec, Justin Lee Healy, John Andrew Stakoe, Alexander V. Deych, Jeff Todd Baxter