Patents by Inventor Mark Maher

Mark Maher 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: 9555839
    Abstract: An extruded aluminum section insert, for use as a vehicle jacking point, comprises an inside wall spaced apart from an outside wall and adapted to abut internal side walls of a vehicle sill box structure. It has a floor wall and a ceiling wall, each spanning the gap between the side walls and connecting thereto. One or more reinforcing fillet walls interconnect either the floor and ceiling walls, between the inside and outside walls, or vice versa. A depending flange from the floor wall, on the underneath, opposite side thereof from the inside and outside walls and ceiling wall, provides the jacking point. The depending flange is adapted to be engaged by a jack and transmit vehicle weight loads through the floor wall, into the inside, outside and ceiling walls and to the side walls of the sill when connected thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventors: Alex Lakic, Mark Maher
  • Publication number: 20150246693
    Abstract: An extruded aluminium section insert, for use as a vehicle jacking point, comprises an inside wall spaced apart from an outside wall and adapted to abut internal side walls of a vehicle sill box structure. It has a floor wall and a ceiling wall each spanning the gap between the side walls and connecting thereto. One or more reinforcing fillet walls interconnect either the floor and ceiling walls, between the inside and outside walls, or vice versa. A depending flange from the floor wall, on the underneath, opposite side thereof from the inside and outside walls and ceiling wall, provides the jacking point. The depending flange is adapted to be engaged by a jack and transmit vehicle weight loads through the floor wall, into the inside, outside and ceiling walls and to the side walls of the sill when connected thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventors: Alex Lakic, Mark Maher