Patents by Inventor Peter Joseph Bejin
Peter Joseph Bejin 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: 11332003Abstract: This disclosure relates to a fuel or charging port door assembly of a motor vehicle. In particular, this disclosure relates to a fuel or charging port door assembly configured to permit a door to open when an override force is applied using an assist tool, for example. An example vehicle includes a door configured to move relative to a body of the vehicle between open and closed positions. The door is a fuel door or a charging port door. The vehicle also includes a lock assembly including a base and a tip. The base is configured to hold the tip during normal operating conditions, and the base and tip are configured to separate upon application of an override force to the door.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David Brian Glickman, Scott Shaw, Aaron Halonen, Peter Joseph Bejin, Darshan Arun Nayak
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Patent number: 11267419Abstract: A vehicle grille assembly is disclosed that is passively illuminated by accent lighting sources provided in a corresponding headlamp assembly. A primary light guide in communication with a light source and a secondary light guide is disposed within the vehicle grill. The secondary light guide receives light from the primary light guide to illuminate a portion of the vehicle grille.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Peter Joseph Bejin
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Publication number: 20210268980Abstract: A vehicle grille assembly is disclosed that is passively illuminated by accent lighting sources provided in a corresponding headlamp assembly. A primary light guide in communication with a light source and a secondary light guide is disposed within the vehicle grill. The secondary light guide receives light from the primary light guide to illuminate a portion of the vehicle grille.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Peter Joseph Bejin
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Patent number: 11034317Abstract: A vehicle grille assembly is disclosed that is passively illuminated by accent lighting sources provided in a corresponding headlamp assembly. A primary light guide in communication with a light source and a secondary light guide is disposed within the vehicle grill. The secondary light guide receives light from the primary light guide to illuminate a portion of the vehicle grille.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Peter Joseph Bejin
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Publication number: 20200346541Abstract: This disclosure relates to a fuel or charging port door assembly of a motor vehicle. In particular, this disclosure relates to a fuel or charging port door assembly configured to permit a door to open when an override force is applied using an assist tool, for example. An example vehicle includes a door configured to move relative to a body of the vehicle between open and closed positions. The door is a fuel door or a charging port door. The vehicle also includes a lock assembly including a base and a tip. The base is configured to hold the tip during normal operating conditions, and the base and tip are configured to separate upon application of an override force to the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2019Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: David Brian Glickman, Scott Shaw, Aaron Halonen, Peter Joseph Bejin, Darshan Arun Nayak
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Publication number: 20200189503Abstract: A vehicle grille assembly is disclosed that is passively illuminated by accent lighting sources provided in a corresponding headlamp assembly. A primary light guide in communication with a light source and a secondary light guide is disposed within the vehicle grill. The secondary light guide receives light from the primary light guide to illuminate a portion of the vehicle grille.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Peter Joseph Bejin
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Patent number: 10005404Abstract: A cup holder assembly includes a door configured for translation between an open and a closed configuration, at least one receiver sidewall, and at least one first cup holder surface provided by a bottom surface of the door and configured to upwardly extend at least a portion of the receiver sidewall when the door is disposed in an open configuration. A retention system for a container is provided, including at least one container biasing member and at least one container supporting member. The container biasing member may be door-mounted or receiver sidewall-mounted.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLCInventors: Adriana Lupsan, Murali Guntur, Peter Joseph Bejin, Jean Waters Taylor, David Steven Chronicle
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Publication number: 20180029537Abstract: A cup holder assembly includes a door configured for translation between an open and a closed configuration, at least one receiver sidewall, and at least one first cup holder surface provided by a bottom surface of the door and configured to upwardly extend at least a portion of the receiver sidewall when the door is disposed in an open configuration. A retention system for a container is provided, including at least one container biasing member and at least one container supporting member. The container biasing member may be door-mounted or receiver sidewall-mounted.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2016Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Adriana Lupsan, Murali Guntur, Peter Joseph Bejin, Jean Waters Taylor, David Steven Chronicle
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Publication number: 20170174124Abstract: A vehicle is provided that includes a panel. The panel includes a substrate defining a first surface and a second surface disposed on opposite sides thereof, a phosphorescent structure positioned on the first surface of the substrate, and a photoluminescent structure positioned on the second surface of the substrate. A light-producing assembly is positioned to illuminate the second surface of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, James J. Surman, Cornel Lewis Gardner, Peter Joseph Bejin
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Patent number: 9538874Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, an illuminated cupholder assembly is disclosed. The assembly comprises an upper portion comprising a lower mating portion forming a first diameter and a base portion comprising an upper mating portion forming a second diameter. A light ring is disposed substantially between the lower mating portion and the upper mating portion in an assembled configuration. The cupholder assembly comprises a photoluminescent portion configured to convert a first wavelength to a second wavelength to illuminate at least a portion of the cupholder assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, James Hadley Muiter, Peter Joseph Bejin
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Patent number: 9539942Abstract: A method of controlling an ambient light feature of a cup holder assembly having one or more cup holders includes providing a light source having a light output of varying luminous intensity, sensing an amount of light reflected from an object received in one of the cup holders using a light sensor, and controlling the luminous intensity of the light output based on the amount of light reflected and the distance between the object and a sidewall of the cup holder assembly. In this method, a change in the amount of light reflected from an object received in one of the cup holders correlates to a change in the luminous intensity provided by the light source, and a change in the distance between the object received the cup holder and the sidewall of the cup holders correlates to a change in the luminous intensity provided by the light source.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, James Hadley Muiter, Peter Joseph Bejin
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Publication number: 20160023585Abstract: A method of controlling the temperature of a cup holder in a vehicle interior includes the steps of receiving a beverage container in the cup holder detecting its presence and allowing the beverage container to stabilize. The method further includes the steps of measuring the temperature of the beverage container and the ambient temperature of the vehicle. It is then determined if the beverage container should be heated or cooled. A thermal sequence is then initiated to heat or cool the beverage container, and an ambient lighting feature is provided as a function of the thermal sequence initiated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2014Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, James Hadley Muiter, Peter Joseph Bejin
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Publication number: 20160023594Abstract: A method of controlling an ambient light feature of a cup holder assembly having one or more cup holders includes providing a light source having a light output of varying luminous intensity, sensing an amount of light reflected from an object received in one of the cup holders using a light sensor, and controlling the luminous intensity of the light output based on the amount of light reflected and the distance between the object and a sidewall of the cup holder assembly. In this method, a change in the amount of light reflected from an object received in one of the cup holders correlates to a change in the luminous intensity provided by the light source, and a change in the distance between the object received the cup holder and the sidewall of the cup holders correlates to a change in the luminous intensity provided by the light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2014Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, James Hadley Muiter, Peter Joseph Bejin
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Publication number: 20150136932Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, an illuminated cupholder assembly is disclosed. The assembly comprises an upper portion comprising a lower mating portion forming a first diameter and a base portion comprising an upper mating portion forming a second diameter. A light ring is disposed substantially between the lower mating portion and the upper mating portion in an assembled configuration. The cupholder assembly comprises a photoluminescent portion configured to convert a first wavelength to a second wavelength to illuminate at least a portion of the cupholder assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, James Hadley Muiter, Peter Joseph Bejin
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Patent number: 7735905Abstract: An instrument panel system includes box sections that increase the stiffness, rigidity, and natural frequency of the instrument panel system. A two-piece instrument panel system provides a two-tone appearance with differing die draws and grains.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2007Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Gary D. Mullen, Michael Alan Samluk, Michael Williams, Brian Charles Slane, Kalyanaraman Bharathan, Andrew James Harley, James Daniel Grace, Peter Joseph Bejin
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Publication number: 20090033126Abstract: An instrument panel system includes box sections that increase the stiffness, rigidity, and natural frequency of the instrument panel system. A two-piece instrument panel system provides a two-tone appearance with differing die draws and grains.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2007Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicants: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Gary D. Mullen, Michael Alan Samluk, Michael Williams, Brian Charles Slane, Kalyanaraman Bharathan, Andrew James Harley, James Daniel Grace, Peter Joseph Bejin