Patents by Inventor Megan May Lovejoy
Megan May Lovejoy 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: 10759339Abstract: A light system for a vehicle is provided herein. The light system includes a trim member defining an aperture. A light guide is disposed within the aperture. The light guide has a proximal portion operably coupled with a light source. A lens is integrally formed with the light guide and is disposed at a distal portion of the light guide. A deformable attachment mechanism is integrally formed on the light guide between the proximal and the distal portions of the light guide. The light guide is compressively retained within the aperture by a forward portion of the attachment mechanism and a rearward portion of the lens.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ali Ammar, Jason Robert Emrich, Fayez Alamat, Steven J. Antilla, Megan May Lovejoy
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Patent number: 10166935Abstract: In a dimmable trim component for a vehicle interior, a trim article includes a reflective member having a photoreactive or an electro-optic coating disposed over the reflective member. The reflective member is configured to reflect ambient light. The coating is a bistable coating and is operable between a first light transmissive state and a second light transmissive state. When in the first light transmissive state, ambient light is transmitted to the reflective member for reflection by the reflective member through the coating. When in the second light transmissive state, a portion of the ambient light is absorbed by the coating and therefore, not reflected by the reflective member, such that the coating provides a dimming effect to the trim article in high ambient conditions.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Donald Paul Bilger, Megan May Lovejoy, Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake
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Publication number: 20180056891Abstract: In a dimmable trim component for a vehicle interior, a trim article includes a reflective member having a photoreactive or an electro-optic coating disposed over the reflective member. The reflective member is configured to reflect ambient light. The coating is a bistable coating and is operable between a first light transmissive state and a second light transmissive state. When in the first light transmissive state, ambient light is transmitted to the reflective member for reflection by the reflective member through the coating. When in the second light transmissive state, a portion of the ambient light is absorbed by the coating and therefore, not reflected by the reflective member, such that the coating provides a dimming effect to the trim article in high ambient conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Donald Paul Bilger, Megan May Lovejoy, Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake
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Publication number: 20180043822Abstract: A light system for a vehicle is provided herein. The light system includes a trim member defining an aperture. A light guide is disposed within the aperture. The light guide has a proximal portion operably coupled with a light source. A lens is integrally formed with the light guide and is disposed at a distal portion of the light guide. A deformable attachment mechanism is integrally formed on the light guide between the proximal and the distal portions of the light guide. The light guide is compressively retained within the aperture by a forward portion of the attachment mechanism and a rearward portion of the lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Ali Ammar, Jason Robert Emrich, Fayez Alamat, Steven J. Antilla, Megan May Lovejoy
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Patent number: 9834157Abstract: In a dimmable trim component for a vehicle interior, a trim article includes a reflective member having a photoreactive or an electro-optic coating disposed over the reflective member. The reflective member is configured to reflect ambient light. The coating is a bistable coating and is operable between a first light transmissive state and a second light transmissive state. When in the first light transmissive state, ambient light is transmitted to the reflective member for reflection by the reflective member through the coating. When in the second light transmissive state, a portion of the ambient light is absorbed by the coating and therefore, not reflected by the reflective member, such that the coating provides a dimming effect to the trim article in high ambient conditions.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2014Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Donald Paul Bilger, Megan May Lovejoy, Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake
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Patent number: 9643350Abstract: A light guide system includes a light guide and a carrier substrate having a barrier layer disposed therebetween. The barrier layer is introduced during a dual injection process to provide a permeable barrier between a first resin, used to form the light guide, and a second resin used to form the carrier substrate. The barrier layer allows for the first and second resins to bond, while acting as a wet-out inhibitor between the resins. The molded dual injection light guide system of the present invention provides for a unitary light guide and carrier substrate that has been molded with a barrier layer such that wetting out of a surface of the light guide is prevented along with the deleterious effects wetted out surfaces have on light transmission.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2013Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jason Robert Emrich, Inshirah Hillawi, Megan May Lovejoy, Steven J. Antilla
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Publication number: 20150298622Abstract: In a dimmable trim component for a vehicle interior, a trim article includes a reflective member having a photoreactive or an electro-optic coating disposed over the reflective member. The reflective member is configured to reflect ambient light. The coating is a bistable coating and is operable between a first light transmissive state and a second light transmissive state. When in the first light transmissive state, ambient light is transmitted to the reflective member for reflection by the reflective member through the coating. When in the second light transmissive state, a portion of the ambient light is absorbed by the coating and therefore, not reflected by the reflective member, such that the coating provides a dimming effect to the trim article in high ambient conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Donald Paul Bilger, Megan May Lovejoy, Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake
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Patent number: 9068708Abstract: An illuminable beverage holder assembly is provided and includes at least one side wall coupled an illuminable base member to form a receptacle for receiving a beverage container. The illuminable base member includes a distal engagement member with an optical surface. A light source is operably coupled to the engagement member and configured to emit light through the optical surface to illuminate the illuminable portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Steven J. Antilla, Inshirah Hillawi, Megan May Lovejoy
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Publication number: 20150069644Abstract: A light guide system includes a light guide and a carrier substrate having a barrier layer disposed therebetween. The barrier layer is introduced during a dual injection process to provide a permeable barrier between a first resin, used to form the light guide, and a second resin used to form the carrier substrate. The barrier layer allows for the first and second resins to bond, while acting as a wet-out inhibitor between the resins. The molded dual injection light guide system of the present invention provides for a unitary light guide and carrier substrate that has been molded with a barrier layer such that wetting out of a surface of the light guide is prevented along with the deleterious effects wetted out surfaces have on light transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jason Robert Emrich, Inshirah Hillawi, Megan May Lovejoy, Steven J. Antilla
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Publication number: 20140355287Abstract: An ambient vehicle lighting unit is provided and includes a carrier defining an interior volume and having an illuminable portion. A light emitter is disposed in the interior volume and configured to illuminate the illuminable portion and a protective member is disposed on a surface of the carrier and configured to absorb electrostatic discharge when an electrically charged object contacts the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Behzad Sohizad, Megan May Lovejoy, Donald Paul Bilger, Steven J. Antilla, Chad A. Widrick
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Publication number: 20140355252Abstract: An illuminable beverage holder assembly is provided and includes at least one side wall coupled an illuminable base member to form a receptacle for receiving a beverage container. The illuminable base member includes a distal engagement member with an optical surface. A light source is operably coupled to the engagement member and configured to emit light through the optical surface to illuminate the illuminable portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Steven J. Antilla, Inshirah Hillawi, Megan May Lovejoy