Patents by Inventor Kathryn Templeton
Kathryn Templeton 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: 9981634Abstract: A support panel adjacent to the windshield opening has an upper surface and a lower surface with a first shaft opening. A wiper drive mechanism is supported to the vehicle body structure and extends along the lower surface of the support panel. The wiper drive mechanism includes a shaft housing and a wiper shaft pivotally supported within the shaft housing. A water diverting panel at least partially covers the wiper drive mechanism and is attached thereto and has a cylindrically shaped portion extending upward therefrom. The cylindrically shaped portion defines a second shaft opening with the shaft housing and wiper shaft extending upward through the second shaft opening and further extending upward through the first shaft opening. A filter member is mounted to the cylindrically shaped portion above the water diverting panel and below the support panel encircling the shaft housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventors: Yasuo Yotsunaga, Kyle Happy, Kathryn Templeton
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Publication number: 20170174184Abstract: A support panel adjacent to the windshield opening has an upper surface and a lower surface with a first shaft opening. A wiper drive mechanism is supported to the vehicle body structure and extends along the lower surface of the support panel. The wiper drive mechanism includes a shaft housing and a wiper shaft pivotally supported within the shaft housing. A water diverting panel at least partially covers the wiper drive mechanism and is attached thereto and has a cylindrically shaped portion extending upward therefrom. The cylindrically shaped portion defines a second shaft opening with the shaft housing and wiper shaft extending upward through the second shaft opening and further extending upward through the first shaft opening. A filter member is mounted to the cylindrically shaped portion above the water diverting panel and below the support panel encircling the shaft housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Yasuo YOTSUNAGA, Kyle HAPPY, Kathryn TEMPLETON
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Patent number: 9150156Abstract: A vehicle mirror assembly includes a vehicle attachment member, a mirror housing, a mirror and a camera. The vehicle attachment member is configured for attachment to a vehicle. The mirror housing is telescopically coupled to the vehicle attachment member between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the vehicle attachment member. The mirror housing defines a camera receiving recess. The mirror is coupled to the mirror housing. The camera is coupled to the vehicle attachment member and disposed in the camera receiving recess of the mirror housing at a fixed position relative to the vehicle attachment member while the mirror housing is moved between the extended position and the retracted position.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2012Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Bowers, Alfredo Dimichele, Kathryn Templeton, Kurt Maxwell
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Patent number: 9057833Abstract: An exterior vehicle mirror assembly includes a base, a mirror housing and a camera housing. The base has a mounting portion configured to attach to an exterior vehicle panel. The mirror housing is coupled to the base and extends from the base. The camera housing is coupled to the base adjacent to the mirror housing and extends from the base such that the mirror housing and the camera housing extend away from the base in respective directions are substantially parallel to one another with the mirror housing in an in-use orientation. A distal end of the camera housing is spaced apart from the mirror housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Bowers, Alfredo Dimichele, Kathryn Templeton, Kurt Maxwell, Takashi Kuwata
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Patent number: 8840173Abstract: A cover member for a wiper drive assembly has a body portion configured to extend across and obscure the wiper drive assembly from a plan view with the body portion defining first and second pivot apertures. First and second grommets are each positioned within a respective one of the first and second pivot apertures and configured to receive and sealingly engage a pivot holder of the wiper drive assembly. A mounting structure is configured to attach the body portion to a structural member of the wiper drive assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2011Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventors: Kathryn Templeton, Marvin Younger, Vinod Desai
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Publication number: 20140092495Abstract: An exterior vehicle mirror assembly includes a base, a mirror housing and a camera housing. The base has a mounting portion configured to attach to an exterior vehicle panel. The mirror housing is coupled to the base and extends from the base. The camera housing is coupled to the base adjacent to the mirror housing and extends from the base such that the mirror housing and the camera housing extend away from the base in respective directions are substantially parallel to one another with the mirror housing in an in-use orientation. A distal end of the camera housing is spaced apart from the mirror housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Kenneth BOWERS, Alfredo DIMICHELE, Kathryn TEMPLETON, Kurt MAXWELL, Takashi KUWATA
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Publication number: 20140063245Abstract: A vehicle mirror assembly includes a vehicle attachment member, a mirror housing, a mirror and a camera. The vehicle attachment member is configured for attachment to a vehicle. The mirror housing is telescopically coupled to the vehicle attachment member between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the vehicle attachment member. The mirror housing defines a camera receiving recess. The mirror is coupled to the mirror housing. The camera is coupled to the vehicle attachment member and disposed in the camera receiving recess of the mirror housing at a fixed position relative to the vehicle attachment member while the mirror housing is moved between the extended position and the retracted position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Kenneth BOWERS, Alfredo DIMICHELE, Kathryn TEMPLETON, Kurt MAXWELL
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Publication number: 20130014339Abstract: Disclosed herein are wiper drive assembly cover members and wiper drive assemblies having wiper drive assembly cover members. One embodiment of a cover member for a wiper drive assembly disclosed herein comprises a body portion configured to extend across and obscure the wiper drive assembly from a plan view with the body portion defining first and second pivot apertures. First and second grommets are each positioned within a respective one of the first and second pivot apertures and configured to receive and sealingly engage a pivot holder of the wiper drive assembly. A mounting structure is configured to attach the body portion to a structural member of the wiper drive assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Kathryn Templeton, Marvin Younger, Vinod Desai