Patents by Inventor Kevin Berington Johnson
Kevin Berington Johnson 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: 11292334Abstract: This disclosure relates to a stacked reinforcement assembly for a grille of a motor vehicle. An example vehicle includes a fascia, an active grille shutter assembly including a housing, and a reinforcement assembly connected to the fascia and the housing. The reinforcement assembly includes a first bar at least partially nested within a second bar. An assembly and method are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Adam Michael Polito, Vince S. Carnes, Kevin Berington Johnson, Matthew Smith, Mohammed Shenaq
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Patent number: 11214313Abstract: Vehicle assemblies may include a plurality of loose layered build components. One or more of the loose layered build components may include locating features for locating and supporting the component relative to other components of the assembly while still permitting movement of the component or one of the other components in at least one direction during the assembly process.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: David Brian Glickman, Steve Michael Lakatos, Kevin Berington Johnson, Adam Michael Polito, Vince S. Carnes
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Publication number: 20210276412Abstract: This disclosure relates to a stacked reinforcement assembly for a grille of a motor vehicle. An example vehicle includes a fascia, an active grille shutter assembly including a housing, and a reinforcement assembly connected to the fascia and the housing. The reinforcement assembly includes a first bar at least partially nested within a second bar. An assembly and method are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Adam Michael Polito, Vince S. Carnes, Kevin Berington Johnson, Matthew Smith, Mohammed Shenaq
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Publication number: 20210171118Abstract: This disclosure details vehicle assemblies that are made up of a plurality of loose layered build components. One or more of the loose layered build components may include locating features for locating and supporting the component relative to other components of the assembly while still permitting movement of the component or one of the other components in at least one direction during the assembly process.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: David Brian GLICKMAN, Steve Michael LAKATOS, Kevin Berington JOHNSON, Adam Michael POLITO, Vince S. CARNES
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Patent number: 10994662Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes, among other things, a tie-down bracket including a latch pivotably coupled to a body. A method includes, among other things, securing a tie-down line to a tie-down bracket of a vehicle. The method further includes monitoring a load applied to the tie-down bracket.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Kevin Berington Johnson
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Patent number: 10981449Abstract: A disclosed tie-down handle assembly for a vehicle includes a mount portion attachable to a vehicle structure and an electric outlet for coupling to an electric system of the vehicle. A disclosed method of operating a vehicle electric interface system includes, identifying an electrical parameter from an external electrical conduit coupled to an electric outlet within a tie-down handle assembly attached to a vehicle structure, selecting an output from a vehicle electric system in response to the measured electric parameter at the electric outlet and operating the vehicle electric system to either generate a power output to the electric outlet or direct power input into the electric outlet to a vehicle electric system in response to the selected output.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David Brian Glickman, Stuart Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Kevin Berington Johnson
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Patent number: 10875461Abstract: This disclosure relates to a tie-down bracket for a motor vehicle. The tie-down bracket includes a base portion and a removable portion configured to selectively attach to and detach from the base portion. The removable portion is operable as a flashlight when detached from the base portion. A method is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Kevin Berington Johnson
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Publication number: 20200384863Abstract: A disclosed tie-down handle assembly for a vehicle includes a mount portion attachable to a vehicle structure and an electric outlet for coupling to an electric system of the vehicle. A disclosed method of operating a vehicle electric interface system includes, identifying an electrical parameter from an external electrical conduit coupled to an electric outlet within a tie-down handle assembly attached to a vehicle structure, selecting an output from a vehicle electric system in response to the measured electric parameter at the electric outlet and operating the vehicle electric system to either generate a power output to the electric outlet or direct power input into the electric outlet to a vehicle electric system in response to the selected output.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2019Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: David Brian Glickman, Stuart Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Kevin Berington Johnson
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Publication number: 20200377028Abstract: This disclosure relates to a tie-down bracket for a motor vehicle. The tie-down bracket includes a base portion and a removable portion configured to selectively attach to and detach from the base portion. The removable portion is operable as a flashlight when detached from the base portion. A method is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2019Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Kevin Berington Johnson
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Publication number: 20200377025Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes, among other things, a tie-down bracket including a latch pivotably coupled to a body. A method includes, among other things, securing a tie-down line to a tie-down bracket of a vehicle. The method further includes monitoring a load applied to the tie-down bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2019Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Kevin Berington Johnson
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Patent number: 10759330Abstract: This disclosure relates to a tie-down bracket for a motor vehicle. The tie-down bracket includes at least one light. In this way, the tie-down bracket may function as one or more of a signature light, turn signal, cornering light, etc. A method is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Kevin Berington Johnson, Paul Kenneth Dellock
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Patent number: 10227056Abstract: A test apparatus includes a linear-motion generator, an airbag, a plate, an anthropomorphic test device, a crushable member, and a guide bar. The linear-motion generator is deployable in a deployment direction. The airbag is spaced from the linear-motion generator and inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The plate and the anthropomorphic test device are movable together by the linear-motion generator. The crushable member is fixed relative to the airbag in the uninflated position and disposed in the deployment direction from the plate. The guide bar has an end fixed relative to the airbag in the uninflated position and is positioned to intersect the airbag in the inflated position. The test apparatus has a beltline bar that is elongated along an axis transverse to the deployment direction, adjacent the airbag in the uninflated position, and spaced farther from the linear-motion generator than the airbag in the inflated position.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2016Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: William Moore Sherwood, Nitesh Chandrakant Jadhav, Harikrishna Devaraj, Jeffrey Berliner, Tyler Glenn, Kevin Berington Johnson
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Publication number: 20180072260Abstract: A test apparatus includes a linear-motion generator, an airbag, a plate, an anthropomorphic test device, a crushable member, and a guide bar. The linear-motion generator is deployable in a deployment direction. The airbag is spaced from the linear-motion generator and inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The plate and the anthropomorphic test device are movable together by the linear-motion generator. The crushable member is fixed relative to the airbag in the uninflated position and disposed in the deployment direction from the plate. The guide bar has an end fixed relative to the airbag in the uninflated position and is positioned to intersect the airbag in the inflated position. The test apparatus has a beltline bar that is elongated along an axis transverse to the deployment direction, adjacent the airbag in the uninflated position, and spaced farther from the linear-motion generator than the airbag in the inflated position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: William Moore Sherwood, Nitesh Chandrakant Jadhav, Harikrishna Devaraj, Jeffrey Berliner, Tyler Glenn, Kevin Berington Johnson