Patents by Inventor Mark Joseph Courtright
Mark Joseph Courtright 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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Publication number: 20240132159Abstract: A vehicle closure module overtravel accommodating system includes a closure module of a vehicle. The closure module is pivotably coupled to a vehicle frame and is configured to pivot relative to the vehicle frame back-and-forth between a closed position and an open position. The system further includes a breakaway mount of the vehicle, and a bumper assembly having a head disposed on a base. The bumper assembly engages the breakaway mount to secure the bumper assembly within the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Michael J. Gardynik, David Brian Glickman, Mark Joseph Courtright
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Patent number: 11421462Abstract: This disclosure relates to a bump stop assembly for a motor vehicle. An example assembly includes a head configured to contact a hood of the motor vehicle when the hood is closed, a shaft, and a base configured to fit in an opening in a panel of the motor vehicle. The shaft supports the head relative to the base. Further, the base includes a notch configured to provide a fracture location of the base.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Michael J. Gardynik, Mark Joseph Courtright
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Publication number: 20220127892Abstract: This disclosure relates to a bump stop assembly for a motor vehicle. An example assembly includes a head configured to contact a hood of the motor vehicle when the hood is closed, a shaft, and a base configured to fit in an opening in a panel of the motor vehicle. The shaft supports the head relative to the base. Further, the base includes a notch configured to provide a fracture location of the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Michael J. Gardynik, Mark Joseph Courtright
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Patent number: 10226799Abstract: A method of manufacturing a reinforcement assembly for a truck bed is provided. The method includes roll-forming an aluminum sheet to form a cross-member having a base, a pair of opposing sidewalls extending from the base, and a pair of flanges each extending from one of the sidewalls and substantially parallel with the base. The method includes extruding an aluminum reinforcement member, and attaching the reinforcement member to the cross-member to space the cross-member from a frame rail of the truck.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mark Joseph Courtright, Vince Chimento, Joshua Hemphill, Jack Marchlewski, Jeffrey Allen Firzlaff, Lawrence J. Dupuis
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Patent number: 10150516Abstract: A reinforcement panel for the floor of a pick-up truck bed. The reinforcement panel is assembled between the floor of the pick-up truck and a fifth wheel cross member. The reinforcement panel includes transversely extending reinforcing or stiffening ribs. The stiffening ribs resist deflection in the area of the gooseneck ball receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Mark Joseph Courtright, Joshua Hemphill, James Adam Drozdowski, John Comiez, Vincent Chimento
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Patent number: 10137952Abstract: A vehicle includes a pair of longitudinal frame rails and a bed above the frame rails. A plurality of roll-formed aluminum cross-members contact the bed and are disposed between the bed and the frame rails for additional support of the bed. Extruded aluminum spacers are disposed between and in contact with the one of the cross members and one of the frame rails. A crush tube is spin-welded to the spacer and contacts the underside of the bed for additional support to inhibit downward relative movement of the bed. The crush tube is formed with a longitudinal hole extending therethough to receive a fastener that extends from above the truck bed, through the crush tube hole, through the cross-member and spacer, and into the frame rail.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mark Joseph Courtright, Dragan B. Stojkovic, Vincent Chimento, Philip Van Wyk, Lawrence J. Dupuis
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Patent number: 9889890Abstract: A vehicle includes a hood that is rotatably secured to a vehicle body. The hood has an upper panel, a lower panel, and a reinforcement member disposed therebetween. The reinforcement member has a baseplate and a tab. The baseplate is secured to an internal surface of the lower panel. The tab has a proximal end that is secured to the baseplate and a distal end that extends away from the baseplate and is secured to an internal surface of the upper panel.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Danny P. Manginen, Mark Joseph Courtright, Michael J. Gardynik, Matthew Brooke
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Patent number: 9840289Abstract: A crush-tube assembly for securing a truck bed to a frame of a vehicle. The crush-tube assembly includes a first hole defined by the truck bed, a crush-tube defining an inner diameter, a cross-member defining a second hole, and a frame defining a third hole. A bolt extends through the first hole, the crush-tube, the second hole, and third hole. The inner diameter is smaller than the second hole and maintains pressure around a periphery of the second hole. The pressure applied by the bolt around the hole in the cross-member prevents abrasion of the e-coat previously applied to the cross-member and thereby reduces the potential for corrosion of the cross-member.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mark Joseph Courtright, Vincent Anthony Chimento, Dragan B. Stojkovic, Jack Marchlewski
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Patent number: 9757825Abstract: An aluminum pickup bed is assembled from a stamped headboard, a stamped floorpan, and a roll formed front sill. The headboard, a floorpan flange extending downwardly from the floorpan, and a front wall of the front sill form a three piece sandwich structure. Flow drilled screws are installed into the sandwich structure from the headboard side. The front sill includes a closed front flange and an open rear flange, each of which is welded to the floorpan.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mark Joseph Courtright, Vince Chimento, Jack Marchlewski, John Comiez, Jeffrey Alan Firzlaff
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Publication number: 20170233016Abstract: A crush-tube assembly for securing a truck bed to a frame of a vehicle. The crush-tube assembly includes a first hole defined by the truck bed, a crush-tube defining an inner diameter, a cross-member defining a second hole, and a frame defining a third hole. A bolt extends through the first hole, the crush-tube, the second hole, and third hole. The inner diameter is smaller than the second hole and maintains pressure around a periphery of the second hole. The pressure applied by the bolt around the hole in the cross-member prevents abrasion of the e-coat previously applied to the cross-member and thereby reduces the potential for corrosion of the cross-member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2016Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Mark Joseph Courtright, Vincent Anthony Chimento, Dragan B. Stojkovic, Jack Marchlewski
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Patent number: 9707905Abstract: A reinforcement assembly is provided for a pickup truck bed. The reinforcement is assembled to a cross member that supports the pickup truck bed. The reinforcement includes a bridge spanning a channel defined by the cross member. The reinforcement assembly is suspended on tabs that are received in recesses defined by a front weld flange and a rear weld flange. A urethane isolator is utilized to secure the cross member to a frame component.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Mark Joseph Courtright, John Comiez, Vincent Anthony Chimento
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Publication number: 20170088188Abstract: A reinforcement panel for the floor of a pick-up truck bed. The reinforcement panel is assembled between the floor of the pick-up truck and a fifth wheel cross member. The reinforcement panel includes transversely extending reinforcing or stiffening ribs. The stiffening ribs resist deflection in the area of the gooseneck ball receptacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Mark Joseph COURTRIGHT, Joshua HEMPHILL, James Adam DROZDOWSKI, John COMIEZ, Vincent CHIMENTO
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Publication number: 20170043816Abstract: A sill reinforcement assembly is provided for a sill area of a pick-up truck bed that is supported on and connected to a pair of frame rails. A unitary one-piece aluminum reinforcement is secured to the frame rails below the pick-up truck bed by a frame bolt fastener. The unitary reinforcement includes a continuous tubular receptacle for the frame bolt. One or more transverse walls of the reinforcement are connected by one or more bridging walls to the tubular receptacle. The transverse walls are connected by one-sided fasteners to a laterally extending wall of transverse beams. The frame bolt extends through the truck bed floor, the tubular receptacle, the transverse beam and is secured to the frame rails below the pick-up truck bed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Mark Joseph COURTRIGHT, Joshua HEMPHILL, Vincent CHIMENTO
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Publication number: 20170043729Abstract: A reinforcement assembly is provided for a pickup truck bed. The reinforcement is assembled to a cross member that supports the pickup truck bed. The reinforcement includes a bridge spanning a channel defined by the cross member. The reinforcement assembly is suspended on tabs that are received in recesses defined by a front weld flange and a rear weld flange. A urethane isolator is utilized to secure the cross member to a frame component.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Mark Joseph Courtright, John Comiez, Vincent Anthony Chimento
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Publication number: 20170014879Abstract: A method of manufacturing a reinforcement assembly for a truck bed is provided. The method includes roll-forming an aluminum sheet to form a cross-member having a base, a pair of opposing sidewalls extending from the base, and a pair of flanges each extending from one of the sidewalls and substantially parallel with the base. The method includes extruding an aluminum reinforcement member, and attaching the reinforcement member to the cross-member to space the cross-member from a frame rail of the truck.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Mark Joseph COURTRIGHT, Vince CHIMENTO, Joshua HEMPHILL, Jack MARCHLEWSKI, Jeffrey Allen FIRZLAFF, Lawrence J. DUPUIS
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Patent number: 9545873Abstract: A reinforcement panel for the floor of a pick-up truck bed. The reinforcement panel is assembled between the floor of the pick-up truck and a fifth wheel cross member. The reinforcement panel includes transversely extending reinforcing or stiffening ribs. The stiffening ribs resist deflection in the area of the gooseneck ball receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2014Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Mark Joseph Courtright, Joshua Hemphill, James Adam Drozdowski, John Comiez, Vincent Chimento
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Patent number: 9505448Abstract: A sill reinforcement assembly is provided for a sill area of a pick-up truck bed that is supported on and connected to a pair of frame rails. A unitary one-piece aluminum reinforcement is secured to the frame rails below the pick-up truck bed by a frame bolt fastener. The unitary reinforcement includes a continuous tubular receptacle for the frame bolt. One or more transverse walls of the reinforcement are connected by one or more bridging walls to the tubular receptacle. The transverse walls are connected by one-sided fasteners to a laterally extending wall of transverse beams. The frame bolt extends through the truck bed floor, the tubular receptacle, the transverse beam and is secured to the frame rails below the pick-up truck bed.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2015Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mark Joseph Courtright, Joshua Hemphill, Vincent Chimento
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Patent number: 9487246Abstract: A cargo bed assembly for a pickup truck includes an aluminum truck bed above a pair of frame rails. A plurality of roll-formed 6000-series aluminum cross-members extend along a width of the truck bed and contact the underside of the truck bed. The cross-members include longitudinal channels. Each cross-member contacts a pair of extruded 6000-series aluminum spacers underneath the cross-member at spaced locations to align with the frame rails. The spacers contact the frame rails and at least partially surround a portion of the outer surface of the cross-members to separate the cross-members from the frame rails.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mark Joseph Courtright, Vince Chimento, Joshua Hemphill, Jack Marchlewski, Jeffrey Alan Firzlaff, Lawrence J. Dupuis
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Publication number: 20160090136Abstract: A vehicle includes a pair of longitudinal frame rails and a bed above the frame rails. A plurality of roll-formed aluminum cross-members contact the bed and are disposed between the bed and the frame rails for additional support of the bed. Extruded aluminum spacers are disposed between and in contact with the one of the cross members and one of the frame rails. A crush tube is spin-welded to the spacer and contacts the underside of the bed for additional support to inhibit downward relative movement of the bed. The crush tube is formed with a longitudinal hole extending therethough to receive a fastener that extends from above the truck bed, through the crush tube hole, through the cross-member and spacer, and into the frame rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Mark Joseph Courtright, Dragan B. Stojkovic, Vincent Chimento, Philip Van Wyk, Lawrence J. Dupuis
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Patent number: 9278717Abstract: One of more cross members of a pickup bed structure include a hole in a flange in a location that is advantageous for installation of aftermarket accessories. The hole does not extend through the floorpan itself. When customers install aftermarket accessories that require holes through the floorpan, the customers are encouraged to align the new holes with the holes in the cross members. Consequently, loads applied by the aftermarket accessories are efficiently transferred to the frame rails.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Bruno M. Barthelemy, Mark Joseph Courtright, Vincent Chimento, Mark Keller