Patents by Inventor Robert Ralph Armitage

Robert Ralph Armitage 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).

  • Energy absorber between vehicle roof and headliner
    Patent number: 11760418
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes a vehicle roof and a headliner supported by the vehicle roof. The assembly includes an energy absorber between the headliner and the vehicle roof. The energy absorber includes a wall extending transversely to the headliner and the vehicle roof. The wall includes a lattice structure including a repeating pattern of strips and open cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Siddharthan Selvasekar, Otis Allen, Andres Almeida Senatore, Hector Hernandez, Christopher Robert Tilli, Michael Steven Medoro, Robert Ralph Armitage, Michael M. Azzouz
  • ENERGY ABSORBER BETWEEN VEHICLE ROOF AND HEADLINER
    Publication number: 20230009520
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes a vehicle roof and a headliner supported by the vehicle roof. The assembly includes an energy absorber between the headliner and the vehicle roof. The energy absorber includes a wall extending transversely to the headliner and the vehicle roof. The wall includes a lattice structure including a repeating pattern of strips and open cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Siddharthan Selvasekar, Otis Allen, Andres Almeida Senatore, Hector Hernandez, Christopher Robert Tilli, Michael Steven Medoro, Robert Ralph Armitage, Michael M. Azzouz
  • Headliner system and method
    Patent number: 11220226
    Abstract: A headliner system includes a plurality of segments connected together and outlining a central opening and a central section received in the central opening. The central section is selected from a group of central sections consisting of a multisection panel incorporating an overhead airbag grid system, a panel incorporating a fold down display panel and a panel incorporating a pull down divider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Alan Forgette, Amy M. Boardman, John Andrew Stakoe, Anna Miller Hill, Robert Ralph Armitage, Jr.
  • HEADLINER SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20200361401
    Abstract: A headliner system includes a plurality of segments connected together and outlining a central opening and a central section received in the central opening. The central section is selected from a group of central sections consisting of a multisection panel incorporating an overhead airbag grid system, a panel incorporating a fold down display panel and a panel incorporating a pull down divider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Alan Forgette, Amy M. Boardman, John Andrew Stakoe, Anna Miller Hill, Robert Ralph Armitage, JR.
  • Vehicle airbag
    Patent number: 10807556
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a roof. The vehicle includes a first row and a second row of airbags supported by the roof and elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis. The vehicle includes a third row and a fourth row of airbags supported by the roof, elongated along a vehicle-lateral axis, and intersecting the first row and the second row of airbags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Anna Miller Hill, Brian Robert Spahn, Paul Alan Forgette, Jeffrey Charles Paddock, Benjamin Yilma, Robert Ralph Armitage
  • Side pillar air curtain guide with air curtain insert having a plurality of ribs
    Patent number: 10717404
    Abstract: A side pillar air curtain guide includes a main body having a ramp receiver and an air curtain ramp insert connected to the main body. The air curtain ramp receiver insert includes a plurality of ribs projecting from the main body at an acute included angle with the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Diego Fabricio Villacres Mesias, Alfredo Cuevas Vega, Hector Hernandez Hernandez, Robert Ralph Armitage, Jr., Amy Marie Boardman
  • Vehicle airbag
    Patent number: 10703324
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a floor and a seat supported by the floor. The vehicle includes a roof. The vehicle includes a base supported by the roof and movable relative to the roof. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Anna Miller Hill, Paul Alan Forgette, Jeffrey Charles Paddock, Benjamin Yilma, Robert Ralph Armitage, Brian Robert Spahn
  • VEHICLE AIRBAG
    Publication number: 20200070763
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a floor and a seat supported by the floor. The vehicle includes a roof. The vehicle includes a base supported by the roof and movable relative to the roof. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Anna Miller Hill, Paul Alan Forgette, Jeffrey Charles Paddock, Benjamin Yilma, Robert Ralph Armitage, Brian Robert Spahn
  • SEGMENTED HEADLINER
    Publication number: 20200062196
    Abstract: A segmented headliner includes a plurality of segments connected together and outlining a central opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Alan Forgette, Amy M. Boardman, John Andrew Stakoe, Anna Miller Hill, Robert Ralph Armitage, JR.
  • HEADLINER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME
    Publication number: 20200061886
    Abstract: A headliner includes a unitary body having a substrate with an A-surface and a B-surface, a secondary component carried on the B-surface and a laminated surface covering on the A-surface. That method of producing that headliner with a unitary body is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Alan Forgette, Amy M. Boardman, John Andrew Stakoe, Anna Miller Hill, Robert Ralph Armitage, JR.
  • HEADLINER SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20200062195
    Abstract: A headliner system includes a plurality of segments connected together and outlining a central opening and a central section received in the central opening. The central section is selected from a group of different panels incorporating different functional features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Alan Forgette, Amy M. Boardman, John Andrew Stakoe, Anna Miller Hill, Robert Ralph Armitage, JR.
  • THERMOFORMING COMPRESSION-BACK INJECTION MOLDING HEADLINERS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20200061894
    Abstract: A method of producing a headliner with a unitary body includes the steps of thermoforming a blank into a headliner substrate, simultaneously injection molding a secondary component onto the headliner substrate and laminating a surface covering to the headliner substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Alan Forgette, Amy M. Boardman, John Andrew Stakoe, Anna Miller Hill, Robert Ralph Armitage, JR.
  • Strengthening structure of a vehicle
    Patent number: 10562478
    Abstract: A strengthening structure of a vehicle is provided herein and includes a base having cutouts. Relief members are disposed across the base and each include a cross section having twelve or fourteen corners, a distal end, and an open proximal end in communication with a corresponding cutout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Tau Tyan, Robert Ralph Armitage, Nial James Wykes, Raj Jayachandran, Wan-San Chiu
  • Vehicle multi-function accessory rail systems
    Patent number: 10562460
    Abstract: This disclosure details accessory rail systems for securing various accessory devices to vehicles that are equipped with either standard roofs or roofs with one or more roof openings. An exemplary accessory rail system includes an accessory rail that is configured to simultaneously mount one or more interior accessories and/or one or more exterior accessories relative to the vehicle. A trim piece may be secured to the accessory rail, and an airbag curtain may be secured to either the accessory rail, the trim piece, or a roof frame rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Alan Forgette, Jeffrey Charles Paddock, Robert Ralph Armitage, Anna Miller Hill, Michael Timothy Feiten
  • Side pillar air curtain guide with air curtain insert of honeycomb construction
    Patent number: 10486636
    Abstract: A side pillar air curtain guide includes a main body having a ramp receiver and an air curtain ramp insert connected to the main body. The air curtain ramp insert is of honeycomb construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Diego Fabricio Villacres Mesias, Alfredo Cuevas Vega, Hector Hernandez Hernandez, Robert Ralph Armitage, Jr., Amy Marie Boardman
  • VEHICLE AIRBAG
    Publication number: 20190337479
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a roof. The vehicle includes a first row and a second row of airbags supported by the roof and elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis. The vehicle includes a third row and a fourth row of airbags supported by the roof, elongated along a vehicle-lateral axis, and intersecting the first row and the second row of airbags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: ANNA MILLER HILL, BRIAN ROBERT SPAHN, PAUL ALAN FORGETTE, JEFFREY CHARLES PADDOCK, BENJAMIN YILMA, ROBERT RALPH ARMITAGE
  • VEHICLE MULTI-FUNCTION ACCESSORY RAIL SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20190283681
    Abstract: This disclosure details accessory rail systems for securing various accessory devices to vehicles that are equipped with either standard roofs or roofs with one or more roof openings. An exemplary accessory rail system includes an accessory rail that is configured to simultaneously mount one or more interior accessories and/or one or more exterior accessories relative to the vehicle. A trim piece may be secured to the accessory rail, and an airbag curtain may be secured to either the accessory rail, the trim piece, or a roof frame rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Paul Alan FORGETTE, Jeffrey Charles PADDOCK, Robert Ralph ARMITAGE, Anna Miller HILL, Michael Timothy FEITEN
  • STRENGTHENING STRUCTURE OF A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190263345
    Abstract: A strengthening structure of a vehicle is provided herein and includes a base having cutouts. Relief members are disposed across the base and each include a cross section having twelve or fourteen corners, a distal end, and an open proximal end in communication with a corresponding cutout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Tau Tyan, Robert Ralph Armitage, Nial James Wykes, Raj Jayachandran, Wan-San Chiu
  • Multifunction portable utility light
    Patent number: 10240728
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a motor vehicle component having a receiver and a portable utility light that is releasably held in that receiver. The portable utility light includes a housing having a lens and an external reflector and a light source held in the housing. A method of providing a motor vehicle with a multi function light source is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Wei Xu, Yun Shin Lee, Daniel Howard Weckstein, Robert Ralph Armitage, Jr., Todd Jared Konet
  • SIDE PILLAR AIR CURTAIN GUIDE WITH AIR CURTAIN INSERT HAVING A PLURALITY OF RIBS
    Publication number: 20180345897
    Abstract: A side pillar air curtain guide includes a main body having a ramp receiver and an air curtain ramp insert connected to the main body. The air curtain ramp receiver insert includes a plurality of ribs projecting from the main body at an acute included angle with the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Diego Fabricio Villacres Mesias, Alfredo Cuevas Vega, Hector Hernandez Hernandez, Robert Ralph Armitage, JR., Amy Marie Boardman