Patents by Inventor Nathan Shaeff

Nathan Shaeff 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).

  • Heated vehicle steering wheel having thermal conduction
    Patent number: 11453430
    Abstract: A vehicle steering wheel is provided that includes a core structure, a heater mat surrounding a portion of the core structure to define a heated portion, a gap in the heater mat defining an unheated portion, a cover wrap surrounding the heater mat and having first and second edges stitched together at a seam, and a thermally conductive polymer thermally coupled to the heater mat and extending across the gap below the first and second edges of the cover wrap for conducting thermal energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Nathan Shaeff
  • HEATED VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL HAVING THERMAL CONDUCTION
    Publication number: 20210146986
    Abstract: A vehicle steering wheel is provided that includes a core structure, a heater mat surrounding a portion of the core structure to define a heated portion, a gap in the heater mat defining an unheated portion, a cover wrap surrounding the heater mat and having first and second edges stitched together at a seam, and a thermally conductive polymer thermally coupled to the heater mat and extending across the gap below the first and second edges of the cover wrap for conducting thermal energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Nathan Shaeff
  • Laterally articulating receiver system
    Patent number: 10821790
    Abstract: A disclosed hitch receiver assembly includes receiver having a worm gear and a slide bushing, a worm shaft engaged to the worm gear for laterally moving the receiver, a slide bar extending through the slide bushing and fixed at each end to a static structure, a hitch received within the receiver and a receiver pin coupling the hitch to the receiver and the static structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Shaeff, David R. Huelke, Joe Buchwitz, James Drozdowski
  • LATERALLY ARTICULATING RECEIVER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190322144
    Abstract: A disclosed hitch receiver assembly includes receiver having a worm gear and a slide bushing, a worm shaft engaged to the worm gear for laterally moving the receiver, a slide bar extending through the slide bushing and fixed at each end to a static structure, a hitch received within the receiver and a receiver pin coupling the hitch to the receiver and the static structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Nathan Shaeff, David R. Huelke, Joe Buchwitz, James Drozdowski