Patents by Inventor Robert J. Stauffer

Robert J. Stauffer 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: 20240094093
    Abstract: A test fixture for a testing a vehicle seat mounting includes a first portion and a second portion separate from the first portion and having a fulcrum supported thereon. An energy absorbing member is attached to the test fixture first portion and extends around a portion of the fulcrum. The energy absorbing member is formed so as to have a first shape when the test fixture first portion and second portion are spaced apart less than a predetermined distance. The test fixture is structured so that movement of the second portion in a direction away from the first portion causes the fulcrum to slide along the energy absorbing member. Sliding of the fulcrum along the energy absorbing member plastically deforms the energy absorbing member into a second shape different from the first shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kyle E. Rosander, Phouvadol P. Khouphongsy, Tejaswi Mule, Robert J. Stauffer, Zachary T. Pawson, Louis J. Brady
  • Patent number: 10252651
    Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seatback, a seatback heater, a child restraint bracket, and a wire harness. The seatback is moveable between a seated position and a folded position. The seatback heater is connected to the seatback. The child restraint bracket includes a pair of isofix anchors. The wire harness includes a first end and an opposite second end. The first end is connected to the child restraint bracket. The second end is connected to the seatback heater. The wire harness accommodates movement of the seatback between the seated position and the folded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Vikas Bhatia, Robert J. Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20190047450
    Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seatback, a seatback heater, a child restraint bracket, and a wire harness. The seatback is moveable between a seated position and a folded position. The seatback heater is connected to the seatback. The child restraint bracket includes a pair of isofix anchors. The wire harness includes a first end and an opposite second end. The first end is connected to the child restraint bracket. The second end is connected to the seatback heater. The wire harness accommodates movement of the seatback between the seated position and the folded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Vikas Bhatia, Robert J. Stauffer
  • Patent number: 6241047
    Abstract: A personnel carrying vehicle comprises a self propelled, steerable body, a telescoping mast attached to and extending upwardly from the body, and a personnel compartment attached to the mast. Two control handles are mounted within the personnel compartment, with one handle including a rocker mechanism mounted therein for pivotal movement within a generally horizontal plane to control steering and the other handle being rotated to controlling traction. Sensors ensure that the operator's hands are on both control handles and both feet are properly positioned on a floor of the operator's compartment before the vehicle can be moved or the platform raised; this ensures a four point stance, providing for operator stability and that the operator's hands and feet are within the operator's compartment anytime the vehicle is being moved or during lifting or lowering operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin A. Gilliland, Bradley A. Burns, Joseph H. Knapschaefer, John F. McClusky, Leif A. Norland, Daniel L. Sherman, David B. Smith, Harold A. Stammen, Robert J. Stauffer, Ronald A. Grisez, William J. Heidemann, Matthew P. Ranly, Thomas W. Linn, Ned E. Dammeyer, Pieter C. Kruithof, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5992572
    Abstract: A personnel carrying vehicle comprising a self propelled, steerable body, a telescoping mast attached to and extending upwardly from said body, and a personnel compartment attached to the mast and provided with a rail member that extends from the mast and around the sides. A pair of gate members, which are pivotally attached to the rail member and to the floor of the compartment, are movable from a closed position to an open position wherein said gate members extend into the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin A. Gilliland, Thomas L. Bidwell, Eugene G. Bruns, Bradley A. Burns, Joseph H. Knapschaefer, John F. McClusky, Lief A. Norland, Daniel L. Sherman, David B. Smith, Harold A. Stammen, Robert J. Stauffer, Donald E. Luebrecht, Ronald A. Grisez, William J. Heidemann
  • Patent number: 4007836
    Abstract: The ability of an open-ended corrugated-paperboard lamp wrapper to withstand compressive forces and retain an inserted frictionally-gripped lamp are both enhanced by orienting the corrugations so that they extend obliquely across the walls of the wrapper at an angle of from about 10.degree. to 35.degree. with respect to the transverse axis of the wrapper. The compressive strength of a single-lamp wrapper fabricated from single-face corrugated paperboard having corrugations offset by 20.degree. is increased by 19% and lamp-retention is increased by 20% compared to a conventional wrapper having corrugations that extend parallel to the transverse axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1977
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Edward J. Getz, Thomas Barbieri, Robert J. Stauffer
  • Patent number: D409349
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Bidwell, Michael P Gallagher, Kevin A. Gilliland, Joseph H Knapschaefer, Donald E Luebrecht, John F McClusky, Leif A Norland, Steven R Pulskamp, Harold A Stammen, Robert J Stauffer, Ronald A Grisez
  • Patent number: D412866
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Bidwell, Michael P. Gallagher, Kevin A. Gilliland, Joseph H. Knapschaefer, Donald E. Luebrecht, John F. McClusky, Leif A. Norland, Steven R. Pulskamp, Harold A. Stammen, Robert J. Stauffer
  • Patent number: D424777
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Bidwell, Michael P Gallagher, Kevin A. Gilliland, Joseph H Knapschaefer, Donald E Luebrecht, John F McClusky, Leif A Norland, Steven R Pulskamp, Harold A Stammen, Robert J Stauffer, Ronald A Grisez