Patents by Inventor Rachel E. Canepa
Rachel E. Canepa 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: 11608008Abstract: An illuminated speaker panel assembly with an integrated audio seal is described. In one embodiment, an illuminated speaker panel assembly for a vehicle includes a speaker configured to mount to a door body of a vehicle and a base panel component configured to attach to the door body over the speaker. The base panel component includes a speaker frame aligned with an outer periphery of the speaker. The speaker frame includes an outer sealing wall, an inner retention wall, and a channel disposed between the outer sealing wall and the inner retention wall. A lighting member is disposed within the channel of the speaker frame such that the lighting member is configured to extend substantially along the outer periphery of the speaker.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Andrew E. Barrow, Eric Ma, Jason R. Dilley, Sarah Jennifer Huth, Rachel E. Canepa, Ryan W. Van Voorhis, John Michael Schermerhorn
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Patent number: 11427054Abstract: A sunshade assembly for a vehicle door includes a housing including a storage portion configured to support a retractor for a sunshade, and a guide portion configured to guide the sunshade into and out of the storage portion. The guide portion includes a first wall and a second wall extended from the storage portion. The first wall and the second wall together define an elongated first opening for extension of the sunshade from the retractor. A sunshade garnish includes a base wall having an elongated second opening aligned with the first opening. A mounting flange depending from the base wall flanks the first wall and is directly connected to an outer surface of the storage portion. A weather-strip support covered by the sunshade garnish includes a mounting tab flanking the second wall and directly connected to the outer surface of the storage portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Rachel E. Canepa, Andrew E. Barrow, Sarah Jennifer Huth, Ryan W. Van Voorhis
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Patent number: 11305705Abstract: This disclosure provides a door lining upper base and a method of manufacturing the door lining upper base through injection molding of several sub-components. The door lining upper base is manufactured by separately injection molding a base substrate that forms the structural shape of the door lining upper base including aesthetic curvature, and first and second support structures that include attachment mechanism for connecting the door lining upper base to other aspects of the motor vehicle. In this way, each sub-component may be injection molded in a cost effective manner using a two-piece mold without the need for complex multi-part molds including side-sliders or lifters. The resulting door lining upper base therefore includes an aesthetic curvature, while still being manufactured in an efficient and cost effective manner.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Andrew E. Barrow, Jason R. Dilley, Sarah J. Huth, Rachel E. Canepa, Ryan W. Van Voorhis
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Publication number: 20210221201Abstract: A sunshade assembly for a vehicle door includes a housing including a storage portion configured to support a retractor for a sunshade, and a guide portion configured to guide the sunshade into and out of the storage portion. The guide portion includes a first wall and a second wall extended from the storage portion. The first wall and the second wall together define an elongated first opening for extension of the sunshade from the retractor. A sunshade garnish includes a base wall having an elongated second opening aligned with the first opening. A mounting flange depending from the base wall flanks the first wall and is directly connected to an outer surface of the storage portion. A weather-strip support covered by the sunshade garnish includes a mounting tab flanking the second wall and directly connected to the outer surface of the storage portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2020Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Rachel E. Canepa, Andrew E. Barrow, Sarah Jennifer Huth, Ryan W. Van Voorhis
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Publication number: 20210094483Abstract: This disclosure provides a door lining upper base and a method of manufacturing the door lining upper base through injection molding of several sub-components. The door lining upper base is manufactured by separately injection molding a base substrate that forms the structural shape of the door lining upper base including aesthetic curvature, and first and second support structures that include attachment mechanism for connecting the door lining upper base to other aspects of the motor vehicle. In this way, each sub-component may be injection molded in a cost effective manner using a two-piece mold without the need for complex multi-part molds including side-sliders or lifters. The resulting door lining upper base therefore includes an aesthetic curvature, while still being manufactured in an efficient and cost effective manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Andrew E. Barrow, Jason R. Dilley, Sarah J. Huth, Rachel E. Canepa, Ryan W. Van Voorhis
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Publication number: 20210094479Abstract: An illuminated speaker panel assembly with an integrated audio seal is described. In one embodiment, an illuminated speaker panel assembly for a vehicle includes a speaker configured to mount to a door body of a vehicle and a base panel component configured to attach to the door body over the speaker. The base panel component includes a speaker frame aligned with an outer periphery of the speaker. The speaker frame includes an outer sealing wall, an inner retention wall, and a channel disposed between the outer sealing wall and the inner retention wall. A lighting member is disposed within the channel of the speaker frame such that the lighting member is configured to extend substantially along the outer periphery of the speaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Andrew E. Barrow, Eric Ma, Jason R. Dilley, Sarah Jennifer Huth, Rachel E. Canepa, Ryan W. Van Voorhis, John Michael Schermerhorn
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Patent number: 8663535Abstract: A trim panel for a door of a vehicle that wherein both sunshade and non-sunshade versions of the trim panel are manufactured on the same equipment, thus eliminating the need to prepare separate molds for each trim panel. Both the sunshade and non-sunshade versions of the trim panel share essentially the same components and dimension except that the sunshade trim panel has an upper surface that terminates prior to a corresponding surface of the non-sunshade trim panel. This feature allows both trim panels to be made on the same equipment and then installed as needed depending on whether a given door will include a sunshade assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryan V. Larcom, Brian D. Large, Rachel E. Canepa, Shinichi Yamase
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Publication number: 20120319427Abstract: A trim panel for a door of a vehicle that wherein both sunshade and non-sunshade versions of the trim panel are manufactured on the same equipment, thus eliminating the need to prepare separate molds for each trim panel. Both the sunshade and non-sunshade versions of the trim panel share essentially the same components and dimension except that the sunshade trim panel has an upper surface that terminates prior to a corresponding surface of the non-sunshade trim panel. This feature allows both trim panels to be made on the same equipment and then installed as needed depending on whether a given door will include a sunshade assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventors: Ryan V. Larcom, Brian D. Large, Rachel E. Canepa, Shinichi Yamase