Patents by Inventor Richard E. Powers

Richard E. Powers 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).

  • Publication number: 20210070206
    Abstract: A grommet apparatus for a vehicle having a first floor and a second floor, and including a pin fixedly attached to a vehicle floor, a post attached to the pin; and a volcano grommet removably coupled to the post and including a volcano-grommet base member and a coupling member attached to each other such that the first floor is positioned therebetween. The pin and the post extend at least partially through the volcano-grommet base member and the coupling member, wherein the volcano-grommet base member and the post are equal in length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Richard E. Power, Flor Elena Quiros Perez, Maurice J. Gisler, Jose Pablo Martinez Acevedo, Mark Herrell
  • Patent number: 10864836
    Abstract: A grommet apparatus for a vehicle having a first floor and a second floor, and including a pin, a post, a slot grommet and a snap grommet. The pin is fixedly attached to a vehicle floor. The post is attached to the pin. The slot grommet includes a slot-grommet base member and an attachment member attached to each other such that the first floor is positioned therebetween. The pin and the post extend through the slot-grommet base member and the attachment member. The snap grommet is removably coupled to the post and includes a snap-grommet base member and a connecting member that are attached to each other such that the second floor is positioned therebetween. The pin and the post extend at least partially through the snap-grommet base member and the connecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Richard E Power, Flor Elena Quiros Perez, Maurice J Gisler, Jose Pablo Martinez Acevedo, Mark Herrell
  • Publication number: 20200130552
    Abstract: A grommet apparatus for a vehicle having a first floor and a second floor, and including a pin, a post, a slot grommet and a snap grommet. The pin is fixedly attached to a vehicle floor. The post is attached to the pin. The slot grommet includes a slot-grommet base member and an attachment member attached to each other such that the first floor is positioned therebetween. The pin and the post extend through the slot-grommet base member and the attachment member. The snap grommet is removably coupled to the post and includes a snap-grommet base member and a connecting member that are attached to each other such that the second floor is positioned therebetween. The pin and the post extend at least partially through the snap-grommet base member and the connecting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Richard E. Power, Flor Elena Quiros Perez, Maurice J. Gisler, Jose Pablo Martinez Acevedo, Mark Herrell
  • Publication number: 20190366887
    Abstract: A seat cover assembly, for a stowable vehicle seat having a seat structure extending from a seat bottom to at least a vehicle floor, includes a flexible cover assembly configured to couple to a lateral side of the vehicle seat and, in a concealing position, conceal at least a portion of the seat structure between the seat bottom and the vehicle floor when the seat is in a deployed position. The flexible cover assembly is configured to fold together as the vehicle seat is moved from the deployed position to a stowed position and unfold to the concealing position as the vehicle seat is moved from the stowed position to the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Raghdan Azzou, Thomas E. Drobot, Michael J. Jarvis, Meagan D. Atkinson, Richard E. Power, Tim Brush, Whitney Jones
  • Publication number: 20170113579
    Abstract: A seat cover assembly, for a stowable vehicle seat having a seat structure extending from a seat bottom to at least a vehicle floor, includes a flexible cover assembly configured to couple to a lateral side of the vehicle seat and, in a concealing position, conceal at least a portion of the seat structure between the seat bottom and the vehicle floor when the seat is in a deployed position. The flexible cover assembly is configured to fold together as the vehicle seat is moved from the deployed position to a stowed position and unfold to the concealing position as the vehicle seat is moved from the stowed position to the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Raghdan Azzou, Thomas E. Drobot, Michael J. Jarvis, Meagan D. Atkinson, Richard E. Power, Tim Brush, Whitney Jones
  • Patent number: 9352676
    Abstract: A seat for a vehicle includes a seat base, a seat back, a pair seat anchors extending from lateral sides of the seat back, a pair of upper and lower side covers, and a pair of flexible wrap members. The upper covers and the lower covers are positioned about the lateral sides above and below the anchors, thereby providing an access space above and below each anchor. Each flexible wrap member is non-removably attached at a first end to the seat proximate a rear side of the seat back and is configured to extend around the respective upper and lower side covers from the rear side to a front side of the seat back so as to cover the access space and extend about the respective seat anchor while substantially conforming to an outer perimeter shape of the respective upper and lower side covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Soctt D Wright, Richard E Power
  • Patent number: 5988579
    Abstract: A cupholder assembly is adapted for use in a vehicle for supporting containers. The cupholder assembly includes a housing having a receiving aperture formed therein. A tray is slidably connected within the receiving aperture for sliding movement between storage and use positions. The first and second cupholder arms are pivotally connected to the tray for pivotal movement between fully extended and fully retracted positions. Each cupholder arm includes a side wall for supporting a side of a container. Pivotal movement of each cupholder arm with respect to the tray is sufficiently frictionally inhibited to facilitate infinite adjustment of the cupholder arms between the fully extended and fully retracted positions for supporting containers of various sizes. The frictional inhibition is facilitated by a pinching structure in cooperation with a rubber portion on each cupholder arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Bernard Moner, Jr., Richard E. Power
  • Patent number: 4327858
    Abstract: A non jamming head for power operated fastener driving tools having a driveway extended through a nose with a driving plane offset from a magazine supply of fasteners individually delivered through the driveway by a driver blade, and characterized by a back plate comprised of a pair of parallel side members defining a fastener receiving opening devoid of any obstruction ahead of the fastener, the driver blade and fastener driveway being defined by said side members, a front cover plate and an opposing parallel face at the front of the magazine rail to guide the crown of the fastener and the driver blade, the height of the extended nose from the points of the magazine supply of fasteners to the driving plane of the head not exceeding and less than the length of the individual fasteners driven into work at the said driving plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1982
    Assignee: Power-Line Sales, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard E. Powers