Patents by Inventor Rick H. Wykoff, II

Rick H. Wykoff, II 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).

  • Vehicle window tinting
    Patent number: 11878575
    Abstract: A computing device in a vehicle can determine an occupant type, location and orientation and determine intensity and direction of sunlight. The computing device can tint one or more portions of vehicle windows based on the occupant type, location and orientation and the strength and direction of sunlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Cynthia Mowery Flanigan, Victoria Leigh Schein, Clay Wesley Maranville, Rick H. Wykoff, II, Kenneth Edward Nietering, John Michael Galan Ferrer
  • VEHICLE WINDOW TINTING
    Publication number: 20200108700
    Abstract: A computing device in a vehicle can determine an occupant type, location and orientation and determine intensity and direction of sunlight. The computing device can tint one or more portions of vehicle windows based on the occupant type, location and orientation and the strength and direction of sunlight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Cynthia Mowery FLANIGAN, Victoria Leigh SCHEIN, Clay Wesley MARANVILLE, Rick H. WYKOFF, II, Kenneth Edward NIETERING, John Michael Galan FERRER
  • Vehicle window assembly with polarized windowpanes and method of operating same
    Patent number: 10343500
    Abstract: A window assembly includes a first polarizing windowpane, and a second polarizing windowpane. The first and second polarizing windowpanes are each independently moveable between a first position that blocks an opening to an interior of a vehicle, and a second position that does not block the opening. A window operating method includes moving first and second polarizing windowpanes of a window assembly from respective first positions that block an opening to an interior of a vehicle to respective second positions that do not block the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bala Chander, Rick H. Wykoff, II, Kenneth Edward Nietering
  • VEHICLE WINDOW ASSEMBLY WITH POLARIZED WINDOWPANES AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME
    Publication number: 20180272843
    Abstract: A window assembly includes a first polarizing windowpane, and a second polarizing windowpane. The first and second polarizing windowpanes are each independently moveable between a first position that blocks an opening to an interior of a vehicle, and a second position that does not block the opening. A window operating method includes moving first and second polarizing windowpanes of a window assembly from respective first positions that block an opening to an interior of a vehicle to respective second positions that do not block the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Bala Chander, Rick H. Wykoff, II, Kenneth Edward Nietering