Patents by Inventor Kenneth L. Wood

Kenneth L. Wood 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: 7828356
    Abstract: A cargo bed management system including a storage system composed of a receptacle integrated into a sidewall of a bed of a motor vehicle and a dividing system that divides or extends a bed of the motor vehicle. The dividing system includes a main panel having a length approximately equal to a width of the bed, and a pair of side panels hingedly connected to the main panel so that the side panels may rotate relative to the main panel from a stowed position where the side panels are integral with the main panel to an extended position where the side panels extend outward from the main panel. At least one bumper is affixed to an end of each of the side panels that are hingedly connected to the main panel such that the bumper increases a length of the main panel when said the panels are in the stowed position. The bumpers compress to secure the main panel and the side panels to the bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Wood, Ian N. Dupret, Derek Lane-Waters, Arif Abbasi
  • Publication number: 20090074532
    Abstract: A cargo bed management system including a storage system composed of a receptacle integrated into a sidewall of a bed of a motor vehicle and a dividing system that divides or extends a bed of the motor vehicle. The dividing system includes a main panel having a length approximately equal to a width of the bed, and a pair of side panels hingedly connected to the main panel so that the side panels may rotate relative to the main panel from a stowed position where the side panels are integral with the main panel to an extended position where the side panels extend outward from the main panel. At least one bumper is affixed to an end of each of the side panels that are hingedly connected to the main panel such that the bumper increases a length of the main panel when said the panels are in the stowed position. The bumpers compress to secure the main panel and the side panels to the bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Wood, Ian N. Dupret, Derek Lane-Waters, Arif Abbasi
  • Publication number: 20080217944
    Abstract: A cargo bed management system for dividing or extending a bed of a motor vehicle. The cargo bed management system includes a main panel having a length approximately equal to a width of the bed, and a pair of side panels hingedly connected to the main panel so that the side panels may rotate relative to the main panel from a stowed position where the side panels are directed toward the main panel to an extended position where the side panels extend outward from the main panel. At least one bumper is affixed to an end of each of the side panels that are hingedly connected to the main panel such that the bumper increases a length of the main panel when said the panels are in the stowed position. The bumpers compress to secure the main panel and the side panels to the bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Wood, Liam J. McGuirk, Paul D. Lopez
  • Patent number: 7413231
    Abstract: A cargo bed management system for dividing or extending a bed of a motor vehicle. The cargo bed management system includes a main panel having a length approximately equal to a width of the bed, and a pair of side panels hingedly connected to the main panel so that the side panels may rotate relative to the main panel from a stowed position where the side panels are directed toward the main panel to an extended position where the side panels extend outward from the main panel. At least one bumper is affixed to an end of each of the side panels that are hingedly connected to the main panel such that the bumper increases a length of the main panel when said the panels are in the stowed position. The bumpers compress to secure the main panel and the side panels to the bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Chrysler LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Wood, Liam J. McGuirk, Paul D. Lopez
  • Patent number: 6247468
    Abstract: A collector adapted to be mounted on the rear top edge of the base of a conventional barbecue grill to receive and collect condensed moisture running off the lower rear edge of the grill cover has a sloped bottom wall terminating in an opening through which the fluid drains. A receptacle suspended below the opening on a hanger retains the fluid for subsequent disposal. The hanger is secured to the leg of the grill stand to anchor the collector to the grill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Wood
  • Patent number: 5199354
    Abstract: An improved heat evaporation soil remediation system has feeder bin, rotary dryer and baghouse elements integrated as a single compact unit onto a readily transportable trailer platform. Contaminated soil is fed by means of an auger and slinger belt into an oil burner fired rotary drum for heating by flight induced veiling action and evaporation of volatile contaminants from the soil. Dust-laden exhaust air is cleaned by air expansion and bag filters in a baghouse located over and straddling the dryer. The bags are maintained in position by springs to prevent excessive movement during travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: TPS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Wood
  • Patent number: 4534466
    Abstract: A nestable container is disclosed for use with automatic storage/retrieval systems. The container has a bottom wall and diverging side and end walls. The end walls have recessed areas integrally extending into the interior of the container. Engagement members are located completely within the recessed areas such that they do not protrude beyond a plane defined by the major portion of the end walls. An automatic storage/retrieval system engages the engagement member for the purposes of moving the container. The diverging side and end walls and the inboard engagement members make stacking of containers of the same size and dimensions possible. The side walls have recessed areas spaced from the bottom wall and extending into the interior of the container. The side wall recessed areas define a nesting stop to prevent similar containers from nesting too tight when stacked therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1985
    Assignee: Republic Steel Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Wood
  • Patent number: 4029065
    Abstract: A procedure and apparatus for improving the efficiency of gasoline engines by passing the air-fuel mixture from the vicinity of the nozzles through a heat exchanger, and causing liquid from the cooling system of the engine to flow through the heat exchanger and provide heat therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1977
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Wood