Patents by Inventor Mozaffar Roshanfar

Mozaffar Roshanfar 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).

  • Exhaust finisher retention operation
    Patent number: 8550122
    Abstract: An exhaust system for a vehicle features a pipe finisher including an inner sleeve. The inner sleeve has a reduced diameter portion spaced upstream from a downstream end of the inner sleeve. An exhaust pipe disposed in the inner sleeve, the exhaust pipe including a radially outward extending projection downstream of the reduced diameter portion of the inner sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Derry, Mozaffar Roshanfar
  • Trim panel attachment assembly with anti-rotation flange
    Patent number: 8011709
    Abstract: An attachment assembly for connecting an interior trim panel to a structural pillar of a vehicle includes a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion. The first connecting portion is connectable to the second connecting portion such that a first engagement structure of the first engagement portion is in engagement with a second engagement structure of the second engagement portion to secure the first connecting portion with respect to the second connecting portion. When the first and second connecting portions are connected, a base surface of the first connecting portion is in engagement with a shoulder of the second connecting portion, and a flange of the first connecting portion is in engagement with an upstanding wall of the second connecting portion to restrain movement of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald C. Senakiewich, II, Mozaffar Roshanfar
  • Trim Panel Attachment Assembly With Anti-Rotation Flange
    Publication number: 20110067206
    Abstract: An attachment assembly for connecting an interior trim panel to a structural pillar of a vehicle includes a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion. The first connecting portion is connectable to the second connecting portion such that a first engagement structure of the first engagement portion is in engagement with a second engagement structure of the second engagement portion to secure the first connecting portion with respect to the second connecting portion. When the first and second connecting portions are connected, a base surface of the first connecting portion is in engagement with a shoulder of the second connecting portion, and a flange of the first connecting portion is in engagement with an upstanding wall of the second connecting portion to restrain movement of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion with respect to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: NISSAN TECHNICAL CENTER NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald C. Senakiewich, II, Mozaffar Roshanfar
  • Exhaust Finisher Retention Operation
    Publication number: 20100212767
    Abstract: An exhaust system for a vehicle features a pipe finisher including an inner sleeve. The inner sleeve has a reduced diameter portion spaced upstream from a downstream end of the inner sleeve. An exhaust pipe disposed in the inner sleeve, the exhaust pipe including a radially outward extending projection downstream of the reduced diameter portion of the inner sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: NISSAN TECHNICAL CENTER NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Derry, Mozaffar Roshanfar