Patents by Inventor Robert E. Kosior

Robert E. Kosior 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).

  • Bumper assembly with extension panel
    Patent number: 5688006
    Abstract: A rear bumper assembly for an automotive vehicle is provided, which includes a bumper bar, an energy absorbing mechanism, a bumper cover overlying the energy absorbing mechanism of the bumper bar, and a rigid extension panel secured to the vehicle body and positioned to present an abutting surface to a stop surface formed on the bumper cover at a position intermediate of a vertically extending part of the vehicle body and essentially coplanar with it to prevent contact between the bumper cover and the vertically extending portion of the vehicle body during impact-induced compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Bladow, Robert E. Kosior, Piyush P. Parikh