Patents by Inventor Jeffery GILCHRIST

Jeffery GILCHRIST 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).

  • Protective cage assemblies for electrified vehicle battery packs
    Patent number: 10953926
    Abstract: A protective cage assembly includes a frame, a bracket assembly mounted to a first tubular member of the frame, a gusset of the bracket assembly extending between the bracket assembly and a second tubular member of the frame, and a third tubular member of the frame removably received by the bracket assembly. The protective cage assembly may be mounted within a cargo space of an electrified vehicle for both protecting the battery pack and establishing a load bearing floor of the cargo space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Howard Saunders, Wayne Haider, Catherine Bansek, Steven Michael Cyr, Luke Allen Pontz, Sahil Nagpal, Jeffery Gilchrist
  • PROTECTIVE CAGE ASSEMBLIES FOR ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE BATTERY PACKS
    Publication number: 20190276083
    Abstract: A protective cage assembly includes a frame, a bracket assembly mounted to a first tubular member of the frame, a gusset of the bracket assembly extending between the bracket assembly and a second tubular member of the frame, and a third tubular member of the frame removably received by the bracket assembly. The protective cage assembly may be mounted within a cargo space of an electrified vehicle for both protecting the battery pack and establishing a load bearing floor of the cargo space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Howard SAUNDERS, Wayne HAIDER, Catherine BANSEK, Steven Michael CYR, Luke Allen PONTZ, Sahil NAGPAL, Jeffery GILCHRIST