Patents by Inventor Jonathan B. Barnes

Jonathan B. Barnes 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).

  • Active vehicle pillar arrangement for selective wind noise, wind throb, snow buildup and moisture control
    Patent number: 10597088
    Abstract: An apparatus is for use with a pillar adjacent to a vehicle window, such as a windshield. The apparatus includes a molding for positioning adjacent to the pillar, the molding forming a channel in a deployed condition for receiving moisture from the vehicle windshield, or for reducing the effects of wind throb when a single vehicle window is open. An actuator may be associated with the molding for activating a non-deployed condition of the molding for reducing the effects of wind noise. The molding may include a passage for receiving an airflow and transmitting it to an outlet for directing fluid away from the molding, the pillar and adjacent side window. In the deployed condition, the molding may project from a surface of the pillar and in the non-deployed condition may be substantially flush with the surface of the pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William S Gulker, Jonathan B Barnes, Travis S Garland, Mark George Vojtisek, Jamal Kanso, Douglas Richard Olson
  • ACTIVE VEHICLE PILLAR ARRANGEMENT FOR SELECTIVE WIND NOISE, WIND THROB, SNOW BUILDUP AND MOISTURE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20190193791
    Abstract: An apparatus is for use with a pillar adjacent to a vehicle window, such as a windshield. The apparatus includes a molding for positioning adjacent to the pillar, the molding forming a channel in a deployed condition for receiving moisture from the vehicle windshield, or for reducing the effects of wind throb when a single vehicle window is open. An actuator may be associated with the molding for activating a non-deployed condition of the molding for reducing the effects of wind noise. The molding may include a passage for receiving an airflow and transmitting it to an outlet for directing fluid away from the molding, the pillar and adjacent side window. In the deployed condition, the molding may project from a surface of the pillar and in the non-deployed condition may be substantially flush with the surface of the pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: William S. Gulker, Jonathan B. Barnes, Travis S. Garland, Mark George Vojtisek, Jamal Kanso, Douglas Richard Olson
  • Active vehicle pillar arrangement for selective wind noise, wind throb, snow buildup and moisture control
    Patent number: 10259505
    Abstract: An apparatus is for use with a pillar adjacent to a vehicle window, such as a windshield. The apparatus includes a molding for positioning adjacent to the pillar, the molding forming a channel in a deployed condition for receiving moisture from the vehicle windshield, or for reducing the effects of wind throb when a single vehicle window is open. An actuator may be associated with the molding for activating a non-deployed condition of the molding for reducing the effects of wind noise. The molding may include a passage for receiving an airflow and transmitting it to an outlet for directing fluid away from the molding, the pillar and adjacent side window. In the deployed condition, the molding may project from a surface of the pillar and in the non-deployed condition may be substantially flush with the surface of the pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William S Gulker, Jonathan B Barnes, Travis S Garland, Mark George Vojtisek, Jamal Kanso, Douglas Richard Olson
  • Active vehicle pillar arrangement for selective wind noise, wind throb, snow buildup and moisture control
    Patent number: 10173510
    Abstract: An apparatus is for use with a pillar adjacent to a vehicle window, such as a windshield. The apparatus includes a molding for positioning adjacent to the pillar, the molding forming a channel in a deployed condition for receiving moisture from the vehicle windshield, or for reducing the effects of wind throb when a single vehicle window is open. An actuator may be associated with the molding for activating a non-deployed condition of the molding for reducing the effects of wind noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark George Vojtisek, Douglas Richard Olson, Jamal Kanso, William S Gulker, Jonathan B Barnes, Travis S Garland
  • ACTIVE VEHICLE PILLAR ARRANGEMENT FOR SELECTIVE WIND NOISE, WIND THROB, SNOW BUILDUP AND MOISTURE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20180056766
    Abstract: An apparatus is for use with a pillar adjacent to a vehicle window, such as a windshield. The apparatus includes a molding for positioning adjacent to the pillar, the molding forming a channel in a deployed condition for receiving moisture from the vehicle windshield, or for reducing the effects of wind throb when a single vehicle window is open. An actuator may be associated with the molding for activating a non-deployed condition of the molding for reducing the effects of wind noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Mark George Vojtisek, Douglas Richard Olson, Jamal Kanso, William S. Gulker, Jonathan B. Barnes, Travis S. Garland
  • ACTIVE VEHICLE PILLAR ARRANGEMENT FOR SELECTIVE WIND NOISE, WIND THROB, SNOW BUILDUP AND MOISTURE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20180057065
    Abstract: An apparatus is for use with a pillar adjacent to a vehicle window, such as a windshield. The apparatus includes a molding for positioning adjacent to the pillar, the molding forming a channel in a deployed condition for receiving moisture from the vehicle windshield, or for reducing the effects of wind throb when a single vehicle window is open. An actuator may be associated with the molding for activating a non-deployed condition of the molding for reducing the effects of wind noise. The molding may include a passage for receiving an airflow and transmitting it to an outlet for directing fluid away from the molding, the pillar and adjacent side window. In the deployed condition, the molding may project from a surface of the pillar and in the non-deployed condition may be substantially flush with the surface of the pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: William S. Gulker, Jonathan B. Barnes, Travis S. Garland, Mark George Vojtisek, Jamal Kanso, Douglas Richard Olson