Patents by Inventor Samantha Schoell

Samantha Schoell 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 wet dry barrier support structures and techniques
    Patent number: 11584441
    Abstract: A wet dry barrier support system for a vehicle includes a support structure portion with mounting locations for mounting suspension components of a vehicle, mounting locations for coupling to a body of the vehicle, and a barrier portion to provide an environmental barrier to separate a first area of the vehicle from a second area of a vehicle. The support structure portion may provide a stiff mounting interface between the body and the suspension components by transferring loads therebetween and may define a through-cavity configured to pass a vehicle component through the through-cavity. The barrier portion may plastically deform upon receiving an energetic input from an impact of the vehicle and may prevent the wet dry barrier support system from entering a passenger compartment during the impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramanjaneya Reddy Butukuri, Markus Jost, Nirmal Muralidharan, Andrew Frank Raczkowski, Paolo Ruscitti, Samantha Schoell, Thomas Andrew Stoddart, Ashley Williams