Patents by Inventor Jesse Dwayne RYDELL

Jesse Dwayne RYDELL 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: 11091212
    Abstract: A vehicular aerodynamic device includes a towing detection unit configured to detect whether a towed vehicle is being towed by a vehicle; a flow adjusting device including a flow adjusting member and being configured such that the flow adjusting member is moved between a retracted position and a deployed position; and a flow adjusting device control unit configured to i) determine whether the towing detection unit detects that the towed vehicle is being towed, ii) determine a kind of the towed vehicle, and iii) control operation of the flow adjusting device in accordance with the determined kind of the towed vehicle or a traveling mode selected through operation performed by an occupant in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya Toki, Takahiro Kitamura, Jesse Dwayne Rydell
  • Publication number: 20190344837
    Abstract: A vehicular aerodynamic device includes a towing detection unit configured to detect whether a towed vehicle is being towed by a vehicle; a flow adjusting device including a flow adjusting member and being configured such that the flow adjusting member is moved between a retracted position and a deployed position; and a flow adjusting device control unit configured to i) determine whether the towing detection unit detects that the towed vehicle is being towed, ii) determine a kind of the towed vehicle, and iii) control operation of the flow adjusting device in accordance with the determined kind of the towed vehicle or a traveling mode selected through operation performed by an occupant in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuya TOKI, Takahiro KITAMURA, Jesse Dwayne RYDELL