Patents by Inventor Jeffrey T. Baxter

Jeffrey T. 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).

  • Patent number: 10988003
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a support structure. A headliner is disposed proximate the support structure and includes a substrate and a cover stock disposed over the substrate. The substrate defines an elongated recess. A visor assembly includes a visor coupled to the headliner via a shaft on a first side of the visor. The visor includes a coupling member on a second opposing side of the visor. The check assembly is coupled to the headliner within the elongated recess and selectively engages the coupling member of the visor. The check assembly includes an upper check member and a lower check member configured to at least partially separate from the upper check member and translate along the elongated recess in response to a predetermined force acting on the lower check member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey T. Baxter
  • Publication number: 20210086593
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a support structure. A headliner is disposed proximate the support structure and includes a substrate and a cover stock disposed over the substrate. The substrate defines an elongated recess. A visor assembly includes a visor coupled to the headliner via a shaft on a first side of the visor. The visor includes a coupling member on a second opposing side of the visor. The check assembly is coupled to the headliner within the elongated recess and selectively engages the coupling member of the visor. The check assembly includes an upper check member and a lower check member configured to at least partially separate from the upper check member and translate along the elongated recess in response to a predetermined force acting on the lower check member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey T. Baxter
  • Patent number: 8251440
    Abstract: The multi-segmented headliner for a vehicle includes an elongated intermediate segment, an elongated first side segment, and an elongated second side segment. In one configuration the segments are separate and form the complete headliner on assembly inside the roof of the vehicle. In another configuration the segments are joined together in a single piece, with the side segments being movable relative to the intermediate segment. Both configurations permit the replacement of the headliner of a van or sport utility by moving the headliner either in separate segments, or folded if a single piece, through the opening defined by the rear door or liftgate of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lara Daniv Zarewych, Jeffrey T. Baxter
  • Publication number: 20080272622
    Abstract: The multi-segmented headliner for a vehicle includes an elongated intermediate segment, an elongated first side segment, and an elongated second side segment. In one configuration the segments are separate and form the complete headliner on assembly inside the roof of the vehicle. In another configuration the segments are joined together in a single piece, with the side segments being movable relative to the intermediate segment. Both configurations permit the replacement of the headliner of a van or sport utility by moving the headliner either in separate segments, or folded if a single piece, through the opening defined by the rear door or liftgate of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Lara Daniv Zarewych, Jeffrey T. Baxter