Patents by Inventor Mark C. Kaufman

Mark C. Kaufman 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).

  • Motor vehicle rear structure
    Patent number: 6039351
    Abstract: A rear structure of a motor vehicle increases the packaging flexibility within the body structure area above a differential unit (36) such that a third row seat (110) may readily be incorporated therein. The rear structure includes a floor pan (14) and a pair of spaced apart rear side frame members (22,24) having middle portions (70, 72) with first and second apertures (90,92) therein. The differential unit includes first and second axle members (34,36) which extend through the first and second apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Allen Jones, Mark C. Kaufman, Manfred Carl Rumpel