Patents by Inventor Joseph Beier
Joseph Beier 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: 8528957Abstract: A vehicle is provided with a seat oriented in a passenger compartment forward of a storage compartment. The seat has a seat back that is pivotally connected to a body of the vehicle. The seat back is pivotable between a seating position and a storage position. A battery is disposed within the storage compartment. A tray is removably connected to the vehicle body in either one of a first and a second position. The tray is elevated from the battery within the storage compartment in the first position. The tray is connected to the vehicle body such that it is contiguous with and forward of the battery in the second position. A flat load floor is formed by the top surface of a housing of the battery together with the tray.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Gian Carlo Morlet Ugalde, Babak Shahmehri, Kathleen Pecoraro, David A. Wilson, Marc Jonathon Lucas, Robert Joseph Beier, Timothy DeBastos
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Publication number: 20130001972Abstract: A vehicle is provided with a seat oriented in a passenger compartment forward of a storage compartment. The seat has a seat back that is pivotally connected to a body of the vehicle. The seat back is pivotable between a seating position and a storage position. A battery is disposed within the storage compartment. A tray is removably connected to the vehicle body in either one of a first and a second position. The tray is elevated from the battery within the storage compartment in the first position. The tray is connected to the vehicle body such that it is contiguous with and forward of the battery in the second position. A flat load floor is formed by the top surface of a housing of the battery together with the tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Gian Carlo Morlet Ugalde, Babak Shahmehri, Kathleen Pecoraro, David A. Wilson, Marc Jonathon Lucas, Robert Joseph Beier, Timothy DeBastos
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Patent number: 8151837Abstract: A fuel filler closure device for an automotive vehicle includes a valve body adapted for mounting to a fuel filler pipe and having a filler passage. An access door mounted within the valve body has an open position allowing placement of a fuel nozzle within the filler passage and a closed position for blocking insertion of a filler nozzle. The locking mechanism selectively permits the access door to move from the closed position to the open position. The locking mechanism may include either a manual locking device, or an electronic or other type of remote lock which will be responsive to a vehicle condition.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2007Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Ford Global TechnologiesInventors: Robert Joseph Beier, Brian Thomas Aitken
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Patent number: 7926522Abstract: A capless fuel filler device includes an anti-contamination seal mounted upon an external portion of a fuel filler passage extending through the device. An anti-contamination plug may selectively be inserted into the combination passage so as to sealingly engage the anti-contamination seal. A contaminant drain leading from the valve body's fuel and nozzle passage serves to not only remove liquid contaminants from the fuel and nozzle passage, but also to mitigate any incidental buildup of vacuum within the fuel tank.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2007Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Ford Global TechnologiesInventors: Brian Thomas Aitken, Robert Joseph Beier
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Publication number: 20110079322Abstract: A capless fuel filler system has lower and upper sealing doors. The upper sealing door prevents water, water vapor, dust, etc. from entering into the space between the lower and upper doors. In prior systems with one sealing door a drain is provided to remove water (either directly entering or condensed water vapor), dust, or excess fuel drips from fueling just upstream of the lower door. By providing two sealing doors, water and dust cannot access the lower door. Although some fuel may puddle upstream of the lower door after a fueling event, the fuel is trapped, with no drain to the exterior, between lower and upper doors. If such fuel evaporates, it causes the lower door to open and vents the fuel vapors to the fuel tank, a desirable disposition for the vapors. The two sealing doors are contained in separate components to facilitate interchangeability and serviceability.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2009Publication date: April 7, 2011Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Robert Joseph Beier, Brian Thomas Aitken, Michael Peter Ginster, John Ranger, Michael Wohlfahrter, Rakesh Sandhu
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Publication number: 20100044326Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying and selling products from different product segments within a planogram for products of only one product segment. A product display interrupter is provided in a product display of products from a single product segment to interrupt the display to draw the consumer's attention to another product not of that product segment. The product display interrupter may be in the form of a stand-alone display structure. Preferably, the products to be displayed are framed by and within the product display interrupter. Indicia, such as information on how the products are to be used in conjunction with one another, may be provided on the product display interrupter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: MCNEIL-PPC INC.Inventors: Charles Meyer-Hanover, Steven J. Hecht, Joseph Beier, Alison Chaltas, Mary Ingram
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Publication number: 20090056829Abstract: A capless fuel filler device includes an anti-contamination seal mounted upon an external portion of a fuel filler passage extending through the device. An anti-contamination plug may selectively be inserted into the combination passage so as to sealingly engage the anti-contamination seal. A contaminant drain leading from the valve body's fuel and nozzle passage serves to not only remove liquid contaminants from the fuel and nozzle passage, but also to mitigate any incidental buildup of vacuum within the fuel tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2007Publication date: March 5, 2009Inventors: Brian Thomas Aitken, Robert Joseph Beier
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Publication number: 20090056830Abstract: A fuel filler closure device for an automotive vehicle includes a valve body adapted for mounting to a fuel filler pipe and having a filler passage. An access door mounted within the valve body has an open position allowing placement of a fuel nozzle within the filler passage and a closed position for blocking insertion of a filler nozzle. The locking mechanism selectively permits the access door to move from the closed position to the open position. The locking mechanism may include either a manual locking device, or an electronic or other type of remote lock which will be responsive to a vehicle condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2007Publication date: March 5, 2009Inventors: Robert Joseph Beier, Brian Thomas Aitken