Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Gray
Jeffrey Gray 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: 11623690Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a truck including a cargo box coupled to a first rail and a second rail with a first cross member and a second cross member. The first and second rail are coupled to, and extend transverse to, the first and second cross members. A bed floor of the cargo box is physically separated from the rails by the cross members.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Gray, Vincent Anthony Chimento, Stephen William Gallagher, Jamie Joseph March
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Publication number: 20220207871Abstract: The Digital License Tag is an electronic device for providing a digital identity and geospatial telemetry broadcast data for an unmanned vehicle comprising a local memory identity storage, a cellular transmission device, a wireless network transmission device, a Bluetooth transmission device, a global position telemetry device, a light emitting device having a beacon enabling visual recognition of said unmanned vehicle, and a power source enabling a unique digital identity and the acquisition and broadcast of a current position telemetry and identity dataset bread crumb for said unmanned vehicle and a computer software based system having a datastore to verify a unique identity for said electronic device, and programmed to enable a wireless tracking system for unmanned vehicles enabled to receive, store, and transmit a plurality of bread crumb transmissions broadcasted by said electronic device during the operation of said unmanned vehicle. It is block chain capable.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: Global Unmanned Products LLCInventors: Jeffrey Gray Ratcliffe, Solomon Singer, Jay Abramovitz
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Publication number: 20220152781Abstract: Systems and methods for grinding are provided. In one embodiment, systems and methods for grinding are provided having a floating or self-adjusting dust collector or means. This allows the dust collector or guard to adjust its position relative its support member to allow for uninterrupted grinding operations as the grinding element(s) wear away. Biasing and guiding assemblies or means are provided that allow the dust collector/guard to be guided closer to its support structure to compensate for the grinding elements become smaller as they wear away during the grinding operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Diamond Products LimitedInventors: Miroslav Pavlovic, Timothy M. Obrzut, Jeffrey A. Gray
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Publication number: 20220119040Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a truck including a cargo box coupled to a first rail and a second rail with a first cross member and a second cross member. The first and second rail are coupled to, and extend transverse to, the first and second cross members. A bed floor of the cargo box is physically separated from the rails by the cross members.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Gray, Vincent Anthony Chimento, Stephen William Gallagher, Jamie Joseph March
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Patent number: 11292534Abstract: Exemplary vehicle truck bed assemblies may include a unibody construction. A cargo box of an exemplary truck bed assembly may include at least two different floor-to-side wall mating configurations, and each of the at least two different mating configurations is non-visible from within a cargo space established by the cargo box. In addition, each of the at least two different mating configurations may include a fastener, such as a weld, an adhesive, and/or a bolt, for adjoining adjacent mating surfaces of the cargo box floor and side wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Srinath Vijayakumar, Vince Anthony Chimento, Jeffrey Gray, Eric B. Childers, Eric Joseph
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Patent number: 11192587Abstract: A vehicle support structure according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a cross-member of a vehicle support structure. The cross-member extends longitudinally along a cross-member axis. The frame assembly further includes a rail of the vehicle support structure. The rail extends longitudinally along a rail axis that is transverse to the cross-member axis. The rail extends into a pocket of the cross-member such that a portion of the rail is nested within the cross-member.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: William G. Heckman, Vince Anthony Chimento, Jeffrey Gray
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Publication number: 20210370744Abstract: An air venting system includes, among other things. A box of a truck. The box provides a cargo area. The system further includes a cab back panel of the truck. The cab back panel has an exposed section that provides a front wall of the cargo area. The cab back panel has a hidden section outside the cargo area. An air extractor is held within the hidden section of the cab back panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2020Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Jeffrey Gray, Vince Anthony Chimento, Eric R. Yerke, Peter Joyce, Srinath Vijayakumar, Daniel Hewitt, Mukdam Kena
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Publication number: 20210309295Abstract: A vehicle support structure according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a cross-member of a vehicle support structure. The cross-member extends longitudinally along a cross-member axis. The frame assembly further includes a rail of the vehicle support structure. The rail extends longitudinally along a rail axis that is transverse to the cross-member axis. The rail extends into a pocket of the cross-member such that a portion of the rail is nested within the cross-member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2020Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: William G. Heckman, Vince Anthony Chimento, Jeffrey Gray
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Publication number: 20210291913Abstract: This disclosure details exemplary vehicle truck bed assemblies that include a unibody construction. A cargo box of an exemplary truck bed assembly may include at least two different floor-to-side wall mating configurations, and each of the at least two different mating configurations is non-visible from within a cargo space established by the cargo box. In addition, each of the at least two different mating configurations may include a fastener, such as a weld, an adhesive, and/or a bolt, for adjoining adjacent mating surfaces of the cargo box floor and side wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2020Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Srinath VIJAYAKUMAR, Vince Anthony CHIMENTO, Jeffrey GRAY, Eric B. CHILDERS, Eric JOSEPH
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Patent number: 10894502Abstract: This disclosure details tie down systems for securing cargo within vehicle cargo spaces. An exemplary tie down system may include a corner bracket mounted in a corner of the cargo space. The corner bracket may include a plurality of openings for tying down cargo at different heights within the cargo space.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Jack Marchlewski, Vince Anthony Chimento, Robert Reiners, Jeffrey Gray
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Patent number: 10875583Abstract: A pick-up truck bed includes a plurality of plates longer in a longitudinal direction than in a transverse direction that are assembled together along longitudinally extending edges to a laterally adjacent one of the plates. The plates each include a plurality of supporting structures longitudinally extending along a length of the plates that support the plates on transversely extending cross-members. A left-side plate defines a left wheel housing cutout, a longitudinally extending central plate includes first and second complementary interlocking features on opposite longitudinally extending sides, and a longitudinally extending right-side plate defines a right wheel housing cutout. The left-side plate includes a first interlocking feature and the right-side plate includes a second interlocking feature that each receive one of the complementary interlocking features of the central plate.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Dragan B. Stojkovic, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Jack Marchlewski, Jeffrey Gray, Vincent Anthony Chimento
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Patent number: 10870383Abstract: A tailgate tie down system includes a first plate assembly and a second plate assembly. A strap is connected between each of the first plate assembly and the second plate assembly. In an exemplary method, the strap can be routed through at least one accessory tool before securing the first plate assembly and the second plate assembly within tailgate latch openings. Once the plate assemblies are locked within the latch openings, the accessory tool is also locked relative to the tailgate.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Robert Reiners, Jack Marchlewski, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Jeffrey Gray, Dragan B. Stojkovic
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Patent number: 10801237Abstract: A vehicle including a bed, and a tailgate, pivotally attached to the vehicle to close off a rear end of the bed, the tailgate having a front surface and a side with a pull tab recess. A check strap has a forward end attached to the bed and a rearward end; and an extension bracket has an extension plate pivotally connecting at a forward end to the rearward end of the check strap, a rear fastener pivotally securing the extension plate to the side of the tailgate, a pull tab extending through the extension plate and laterally slidable out of the pull tab recess, the extension plate extending essentially parallel to the front surface when the pull tab is received in the pull tab recess.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Joshua R. Hemphill, Jack Marchlewski, Dragan B. Stojkovic, Brian K. Sullivan, Jeffrey Gray, Robert Reiners
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Patent number: 10787131Abstract: A motor vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of this disclosure includes, among other things, a roof structure, a bracket projecting from the roof structure, a roof panel configured to attach to the roof structure such that the bracket is beneath the roof panel, and an accessory configured to attach to the bracket. A method is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Jack Marchlewski, Dragan B. Stojkovic, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Robert Reiners, Jeffrey Gray
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Publication number: 20200269767Abstract: A pickup truck that includes a bed having a side wall with an electric panel; and a lockbox having walls secured to, extending laterally from the side wall and surrounding the electric panel, and a security panel pivotally mounted on the walls to enclose the electric panel within the lockbox. The lockbox may also include a divider pivotally mounted to the walls inboard of the security panel and movable between a closed position extending longitudinally adjacent to the security panel and an open position extending laterally into the bed. A lock may secure the divider to the walls.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2019Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Joshua R. Hemphill, Jack Marchlewski, Dragan B. Stojkovic, Robert Reiners, Jeffrey Gray
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Patent number: 10730447Abstract: A pickup truck that includes a bed having a side wall with an electric panel; and a lockbox having walls secured to, extending laterally from the side wall and surrounding the electric panel, and a security panel pivotally mounted on the walls to enclose the electric panel within the lockbox. The lockbox may also include a divider pivotally mounted to the walls inboard of the security panel and movable between a closed position extending longitudinally adjacent to the security panel and an open position extending laterally into the bed. A lock may secure the divider to the walls.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Joshua R. Hemphill, Jack Marchlewski, Dragan B. Stojkovic, Robert Reiners, Jeffrey Gray
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Publication number: 20200240184Abstract: A vehicle including a bed, and a tailgate, pivotally attached to the vehicle to close off a rear end of the bed, the tailgate having a front surface and a side with a pull tab recess. A check strap has a forward end attached to the bed and a rearward end; and an extension bracket has an extension plate pivotally connecting at a forward end to the rearward end of the check strap, a rear fastener pivotally securing the extension plate to the side of the tailgate, a pull tab extending through the extension plate and laterally slidable out of the pull tab recess, the extension plate extending essentially parallel to the front surface when the pull tab is received in the pull tab recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Joshua R. Hemphill, Jack Marchlewski, Dragan B. Stojkovic, Brian K. Sullivan, Jeffrey Gray, Robert Reiners
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Publication number: 20200148092Abstract: A tailgate tie down system includes a first plate assembly and a second plate assembly. A strap is connected between each of the first plate assembly and the second plate assembly. In an exemplary method, the strap can be routed through at least one accessory tool before securing the first plate assembly and the second plate assembly within tailgate latch openings. Once the plate assemblies are locked within the latch openings, the accessory tool is also locked relative to the tailgate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Robert Reiners, Jack Marchlewski, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Jeffrey Gray, Dragan B. Stojkovic
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Publication number: 20200106035Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic photodetector is provided. The organic photodetector includes a bulk heterojunction layer 3 between a first electrode 2 and a second electrode 4, wherein the bulk heterojunction layer extends beyond an active photodetector area defined by the overlap area of the first and second electrodes. The second electrode may be a discontinuous electrode defining, with the first electrode, a plurality photodetector elements. In formation of the organic photodetector, the bulk heterojunction layer is heated. Upon heating, a non-polymeric component 3?a of the bulk heterojunction outside the active photodetector areas may migrate into an encapsulation layer 5. The heating may improve resolution of the photodetector.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Company LimitedInventors: Jonathan Huggins, Jeffrey Gray
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Patent number: 10589692Abstract: A disclosed accessory mount for a vehicle includes a housing with openings, at least one bearing, a lock cylinder movable within the housing and holding the at least one bearing in a locked position extending through the openings and a released position where the at least one bearing is not held within the openings, and a mount including a groove receiving the at least one bearing in the locked position.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jack Marchlewski, Dragan B. Stojkovic, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Robert Reiners, Jeffrey Gray