Patents by Inventor Leslie Hinds
Leslie Hinds 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: 11396220Abstract: A visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor comprises a pivot rod and a carrier arranged over the pivot rod. The visor also comprises a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body and a vanity arranged therein. The visor also comprises a light base secured to the second shell and a circuit board engaging the light base. The visor also comprises a light emitting diode secured to a surface of the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, LLCInventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, Leslie Hinds, Martin Rathsburg, Jr., Robert J. Mayne, Jr.
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Patent number: 11077789Abstract: A visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor comprises a pivot rod and a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body. The visor also comprises a vanity and a mirror having at least one clear portion arranged at or near an end thereof. The visor also comprises a circuit board secured to the first shell and a light emitting diode secured to a surface of the circuit board. The visor also comprises a ramp arranged in a back surface of the mirror wherein the ramp is aligned with at least one clear portion of the mirror. The visor mirror having a ramp arranged therein may allow for light to be redirected towards the user of the mirror from the LED.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: IRVIN AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, Andrew Joseph Wieczorek, Martin J. Rathsburg, Jr., Leslie Hinds, John Gerald Nowakowski, Mark Anthony Schuetz
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Publication number: 20200353799Abstract: A visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor comprises a pivot rod and a carrier arranged over the pivot rod. The visor also comprises a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body and a vanity arranged therein. The visor also comprises a light base secured to the second shell and a circuit board engaging the light base. The visor also comprises a light emitting diode secured to a surface of the circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, LLCInventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, Leslie Hinds, Martin Rathsburg, JR., Robert J. Mayne, JR.
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Patent number: 10737559Abstract: A visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor comprises a pivot rod and a carrier arranged over the pivot rod. The visor also comprises a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body and a vanity arranged therein. The visor also comprises a light base secured to the second shell and a circuit board engaging the light base. The visor also comprises a light emitting diode secured to a surface of the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, LLCInventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, Leslie Hinds, Martin Rathsburg, Jr., Robert J. Mayne, Jr.
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Publication number: 20190389371Abstract: A visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor comprises a pivot rod and a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body. The visor also comprises a vanity and a mirror having at least one clear portion arranged at or near an end thereof. The visor also comprises a circuit board secured to the first shell and a light emitting diode secured to a surface of the circuit board. The visor also comprises a ramp arranged in a back surface of the mirror wherein the ramp is aligned with at least one clear portion of the mirror. The visor mirror having a ramp arranged therein may allow for light to be redirected towards the user of the mirror from the LED.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, LLCInventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, Andrew Joseph Wieczorek, Martin J. Rathsburg, JR., Leslie Hinds, John Gerald Nowakowski, Mark Anthony Schuetz
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Patent number: 10406973Abstract: A visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor comprises a pivot rod and a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body. The visor also comprises a vanity and a mirror having at least one clear portion arranged at or near an end thereof. The visor also comprises a circuit board secured to the first shell and a light emitting diode secured to a surface of the circuit board. The visor also comprises a ramp arranged in a back surface of the mirror wherein the ramp is aligned with at least one clear portion of the mirror. The visor mirror having a ramp arranged therein may allow for light to be redirected towards the user of the mirror from the LED.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: IRVIN AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, Andrew Joseph Wieczorek, Martin J. Rathsburg, Jr., Leslie Hinds, John Gerald Nowakowski, Mark Anthony Schuetz
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Patent number: 10300769Abstract: A visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor comprises a pivot rod and a carrier arranged over the pivot rod. The visor also comprises a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body and a vanity arranged therein. The visor also comprises a light base secured to the second shell and a circuit board engaging the light base. The visor also comprises a light emitting diode secured to a surface of the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, LLCInventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, Leslie Hinds, Martin Rathsburg, Jr., Robert J. Mayne, Jr.
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Publication number: 20170217365Abstract: A visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor comprises a pivot rod and a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body. The visor also comprises a vanity and a mirror having at least one clear portion arranged at or near an end thereof. The visor also comprises a circuit board secured to the first shell and a light emitting diode secured to a surface of the circuit board. The visor also comprises a ramp arranged in a back surface of the mirror wherein the ramp is aligned with at least one clear portion of the mirror. The visor mirror having a ramp arranged therein may allow for light to be redirected towards the user of the mirror from the LED.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, LLCInventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, Andrew Joseph Wieczorek, Martin J. Rathsburg, JR., Leslie Hinds, John Gerald Nowakowski, Mark Anthony Schuetz
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Publication number: 20160167490Abstract: A visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor comprises a pivot rod and a carrier arranged over the pivot rod. The visor also comprises a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body and a vanity arranged therein. The visor also comprises a light base secured to the second shell and a circuit board engaging the light base. The visor also comprises a light emitting diode secured to a surface of the circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2016Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, Leslie Hinds, Martin Rathsburg, JR., Robert J. Mayne, JR.
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Publication number: 20160167573Abstract: A visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor comprises a pivot rod and a carrier arranged over the pivot rod. The visor also comprises a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body and a vanity arranged therein. The visor also comprises a light base secured to the second shell and a circuit board engaging the light base. The visor also comprises a light emitting diode secured to a surface of the circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Anthony R. Janowiak, Leslie Hinds, Martin Rathsburg, JR., Robert J. Mayne, JR.
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Patent number: 7543880Abstract: A D-ring for use with a visor in a vehicle is disclosed. The D-ring includes a body and a pin arranged between two surfaces of the body. The D-ring also includes a leg extending from the body and an arm extending from a side of the body wherein that arm is generally parallel to the leg. The D-ring also includes a locking ridge extending from an inside surface of the arm and a flange extending from the body substantially parallel to and in spaced relationship to the arm for receiving and holding a planar object between the flange and the arm.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2007Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Joseph P. Wieczorek, Leslie Hinds
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Publication number: 20090079223Abstract: A D-ring for use with a visor in a vehicle is disclosed. The D-ring includes a body and a pin arranged between two surfaces of the body. The D-ring also includes a leg extending from the body and an arm extending from a side of the body wherein that arm is generally parallel to the leg. The D-ring also includes a locking ridge extending from an inside surface of the arm and a flange extending from the body substantially parallel to and in spaced relationship to the arm for receiving and holding a planar object between the flange and the arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2007Publication date: March 26, 2009Applicant: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.Inventors: Joseph P. Wieczorek, Leslie Hinds
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Publication number: 20070051478Abstract: A security shade for use in an automotive vehicle. The security shade includes a cassette having a roll tube arranged therein. The roll tube has a shade panel fixed to the roll tube at one end thereof. The security shade also includes a bearing arranged in an end of the roll tube and a spring housing arranged in an end of the cassette. A motor spring is arranged within the spring housing and is axially fixed with relation to the roll tube and the cassette. The security shade also includes an end cap arranged over an end of a cassette. The security shade has the compressible end cap over each end of the roll tube and cassette.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2006Publication date: March 8, 2007Inventors: Joseph Wieczorek, Bryan Busha, Leslie Hinds, Gary Clark
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Publication number: 20050082868Abstract: A sun visor for a motor vehicle is provided, and includes first and second visor body shells. The shells define a retaining channel for a slider on a visor pivot rod, and may be engaged and closed about the slider, capturing the pivot rod and slider in a single assembly step. In another aspect, a sun visor is provided having a combination slider and detent slidably supported in channels molded into first and second visor shells. A support arm is provided and is laterally offset from the combination slider and detent and is slidably relative thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2003Publication date: April 21, 2005Inventors: Joseph Wieczorek, Leslie Hinds, Richard Bogdanski