Patents by Inventor Michael Kobylinski

Michael Kobylinski 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).

  • AUTOMOTIVE TRIM PIECE WITH INTUITIVE SMART SWITCHES LOCATED UNDER THE AUTOMOTIVE SOFT TRIM SKIN
    Publication number: 20220118831
    Abstract: A vehicle door trim interior, including: an armrest; a surface depression located in the armrest, wherein the surface depression is covered with a skin; at least one actuation switch located below the skin and in the surface depression; and a position control switch associated with least one actuation switch, the position control switch only becoming active upon actuation of the at least one actuation switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Brian H. Staser, Tyler R. Bame, Aidano Nascimento, Michael Kobylinski, David Whitehead
  • Deployable side shark fin with integrated side view camera and sensing device
    Patent number: 11057568
    Abstract: A multi-view imaging system for a vehicle includes a housing fixedly secured external to the vehicle and an extendable camera configured to image a side and/or rear from the vehicle and to extend from and retract into the housing. The multi-view imaging system further includes an actuator configured to urge the extendable camera out of and into the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Kobylinski, Aidano Nascimento, Brian Staser, Michael Maddelein, Francois Breynaert, Luc Benechet
  • AUTOMOTIVE TRIM PIECE WITH INTUITIVE SMART SWITCHES LOCATED UNDER THE AUTOMOTIVE SOFT TRIM SKIN
    Publication number: 20210129770
    Abstract: A vehicle door trim interior is disclosed herein. The vehicle door trim interior has an armrest; a surface depression located in the armrest, wherein the surface depression is covered with a skin; and at least one touch sensor operably coupled to an actuator of a component of the vehicle door trim interior, wherein the at least one touch sensor is located below the skin covering the surface depression and wherein the at least one touch sensor is not visually perceivable through the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Tyler R. Bame, Aidano Nascimento, JR., Michael Kobylinski, David Whitehead
  • DEPLOYABLE SIDE SHARK FIN WITH INTEGRATED SIDE VIEW CAMERA AND SENSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200099865
    Abstract: A multi-view imaging system for a vehicle includes a housing fixedly secured external to the vehicle and an extendable camera configured to image a side and/or rear from the vehicle and to extend from and retract into the housing. The multi-view imaging system further includes an actuator configured to urge the extendable camera out of and into the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Kobylinski, Aidano Nascimento, Brian Staser, Michael Maddelein, Francois Breynaert, Luc Benechet