Patents by Inventor Ross Parpart

Ross Parpart 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).

  • Active grille, scalable design
    Patent number: 10766356
    Abstract: An active grille shutter arrangement having an assembled modular frame with a plurality of primary frame pieces formed by extrusion. Each one of the plurality of primary frame pieces has a first end, a second end and at least one key slot extending between the first end and the second end. Each of the plurality of frame pieces also includes a hollow bore extending through the each one of the plurality of primary frame pieces forming an aperture at the first end and an aperture at the second end. When the modular frame is assembled there is an upper frame portion and lower frame portion, both formed from one of the plurality of primary frame pieces. The arrangement also includes a number of alternate frame and vane pieces that allow several different active grille shapes and configurations to be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Inventors: Braendon Lindberg, Ross Parpart, Jeffrey B. Manhire
  • ACTIVE GRILLE, SCALABLE DESIGN
    Publication number: 20200108711
    Abstract: An active grille shutter arrangement having an assembled modular frame with a plurality of primary frame pieces formed by extrusion. Each one of the plurality of primary frame pieces has a first end, a second end and at least one key slot extending between the first end and the second end. Each of the plurality of frame pieces also includes a hollow bore extending through the each one of the plurality of primary frame pieces forming an aperture at the first end and an aperture at the second end. When the modular frame is assembled there is an upper frame portion and lower frame portion, both formed from one of the plurality of primary frame pieces. The arrangement also includes a number of alternate frame and vane pieces that allow several different active grille shapes and configurations to be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Magna Exteriors Inc.
    Inventors: Braendon Lindberg, Ross Parpart, Jeffrey B. Manhire
  • Active grille, scalable design
    Patent number: 10525819
    Abstract: An active grille shutter arrangement having an assembled modular frame with a plurality of primary frame pieces formed by extrusion. Each one of the plurality of primary frame pieces has a first end, a second end and at least one key slot extending between the first end and the second end. Each of the plurality of frame pieces also includes a hollow bore extending through the each one of the plurality of primary frame pieces forming an aperture at the first end and an aperture at the second end. When the modular frame is assembled there is an upper frame portion and lower frame portion, both formed from one of the plurality of primary frame pieces. The arrangement also includes a number of alternate frame and vane pieces that allow several different active grille shapes and configurations to be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: MAGNA EXTERIORS INC.
    Inventors: Braendon Lindberg, Ross Parpart, Jeffrey B. Manhire
  • ACTIVE GRILLE, SCALABLE DESIGN
    Publication number: 20190184813
    Abstract: An active grille shutter arrangement having an assembled modular frame with a plurality of primary frame pieces formed by extrusion. Each one of the plurality of primary frame pieces has a first end, a second end and at least one key slot extending between the first end and the second end. Each of the plurality of frame pieces also includes a hollow bore extending through the each one of the plurality of primary frame pieces forming an aperture at the first end and an aperture at the second end. When the modular frame is assembled there is an upper frame portion and lower frame portion, both formed from one of the plurality of primary frame pieces. The arrangement also includes a number of alternate frame and vane pieces that allow several different active grille shapes and configurations to be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Magna Exteriors Inc.
    Inventors: Braendon Lindberg, Ross Parpart, Jeffrey B. Manhire