Patents by Inventor Mark Sauter

Mark Sauter 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: 10414447
    Abstract: A truck box assembly including a sidewall, a pair of doors, and a support assembly is provided. The sidewall may define an opening to provide clearance for a wheel house. Each of the pair of doors extends from one side of the opening. The support assembly may be mounted to a truck box and support the sidewall as the sidewall moves between retracted and expanded positions. Each of the doors may be moveable between an open position and a closed position filling the opening in the expanded position. The support assembly may include a mount post secured to the truck box at a standard interface plate (SIP) bracket and a horizontal member extending from the mount post and secured to the truck box at a stake pocket hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Erin Elizabeth Sauter, Ria Sinha McClellan, Michael William Danyo, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Mark Sauter
  • Publication number: 20190106161
    Abstract: A truck box assembly including a sidewall, a pair of doors, and a support assembly is provided. The sidewall may define an opening to provide clearance for a wheel house. Each of the pair of doors extends from one side of the opening. The support assembly may be mounted to a truck box and support the sidewall as the sidewall moves between retracted and expanded positions. Each of the doors may be moveable between an open position and a closed position filling the opening in the expanded position. The support assembly may include a mount post secured to the truck box at a standard interface plate (SIP) bracket and a horizontal member extending from the mount post and secured to the truck box at a stake pocket hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Erin Elizabeth Sauter, Ria Sinha McClellan, Michael William Danyo, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Mark Sauter
  • Publication number: 20060166081
    Abstract: A leak resistant battery manifold vent for a battery. The battery manifold vent includes a vent housing having an interior volume, at least two cell vents, and at least one atmospheric vent. The interior volume comprises a labyrinth system, fluid collection chamber, and vent collar. The labyrinth system has at least two fluid passageways coupling the cell vents and the atmospheric vent. The passageways include more than one fluid baffle. A fluid baffle causes a constriction of the fluid passageway extends from only one of a top portion and a bottom portion of the vent housing. The passageway is coupled by a crossover vent providing fluid communication between the two passageways. A fluid collection chamber is fluidly coupled to the passageways. The chamber has at least two orthogonal dimensions which are larger than two corresponding dimensions of the passageway. A vent collar causes a constriction adjacent the cell vent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Mark Sauter, Fred Teshinsky