Patents by Inventor Sara E. Veyo

Sara E. Veyo 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).

  • Drain plug mass damper
    Patent number: 10385941
    Abstract: A truck bed of a vehicle includes a sheet metal panel defining a drain opening, a mass damper plug disposed within the opening and including a mass casting having a predefined mass configured to tune a frequency of a sound wave of the panel and plug into a predefined range, and defining bolt threads, and a bolt engaged with the bolt threads and configured to secure the plug with the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Malone, Robert Reiners, Sara E. Veyo, Hariharan Ganesan
  • Truck tailgate system
    Patent number: 10300777
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a truck bed, tailgate, and cover. The tailgate is rotatably secured to the bed. The tailgate has internal and external panels secured to each other via a sidewall extending therebetween. The external panel defines an outer periphery. The sidewall and internal panel collectively form a first radius extending adjacent and internal to a corner of the periphery. The cover is secured to the tailgate and over the first radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jack Marchlewski, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Jeffrey Gray, Robert Reiners, Jeffrey Alan Firzlaff, Casey Ray Tanner, Sara E. Veyo
  • DRAIN PLUG MASS DAMPER
    Publication number: 20180355948
    Abstract: A truck bed of a vehicle includes a sheet metal panel defining a drain opening, a mass damper plug disposed within the opening and including a mass casting having a predefined mass configured to tune a frequency of a sound wave of the panel and plug into a predefined range, and defining bolt threads, and a bolt engaged with the bolt threads and configured to secure the plug with the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Kenneth MALONE, Robert REINERS, Sara E. VEYO, Hariharan GANESAN
  • TRUCK TAILGATE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180290527
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a truck bed, tailgate, and cover. The tailgate is rotatably secured to the bed. The tailgate has internal and external panels secured to each other via a sidewall extending therebetween. The external panel defines an outer periphery. The sidewall and internal panel collectively form a first radius extending adjacent and internal to a corner of the periphery. The cover is secured to the tailgate and over the first radius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Jack MARCHLEWSKI, Joshua Robert HEMPHILL, Jeffrey GRAY, Robert REINERS, Jeffrey Alan FIRZLAFF, Casey Ray TANNER, Sara E. VEYO
  • Headlamp retaining bracket assembly
    Patent number: 9550447
    Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes a front end module, an upper panel, and a fender covering the upper panel. The vehicle assembly also includes a housing, mounted to the front end module, having a first contour, and a bracket, having a second contour complementary with the first contour, attached with the housing. The bracket generally maintains a position of the headlamp assembly relative to the upper panel during a RCAR Low Speed Structural Crash Test Protocol (Issue 2.2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mustafa Ahmed, Ian Dupret, Thejaswi Prabhakar, William Moore Sherwood, Sara E. Veyo, Ray Hari Manala Rethinam
  • HEADLAMP RETAINING BRACKET ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20150353002
    Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes a front end module, an upper panel, and a fender covering the upper panel. The vehicle assembly also includes a housing, mounted to the front end module, having a first contour, and a bracket, having a second contour complementary with the first contour, attached with the housing. The bracket generally maintains a position of the headlamp assembly relative to the upper panel during a RCAR Low Speed Structural Crash Test Protocol (Issue 2.2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Mustafa AHMED, Ian DUPRET, Thejaswi PRABHAKAR, William Moore SHERWOOD, Sara E. VEYO, Ray Hari Manala RETHINAM
  • Vehicle microphone assembly in trim panel
    Patent number: 8477980
    Abstract: A vehicle trim and microphone assembly includes a headliner having a substrate, a foam layer, and a surface cover covering the substrate and foam layer. The substrate has a hole that is covered by the surface cover. A bracket is secured to the substrate and a microphone installed in the bracket so that acoustic sound waves pass through the surface cover within the hole to be detected by the microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chi Li, Sara E. Veyo, Justin Lee Healy, Adam W. Hellar
  • VEHICLE MICROPHONE ASSEMBLY IN TRIM PANEL
    Publication number: 20120213399
    Abstract: A vehicle trim and microphone assembly includes a headliner having a substrate, a foam layer, and a surface cover covering the substrate and foam layer. The substrate has a hole that is covered by the surface cover. A bracket is secured to the substrate and a microphone installed in the bracket so that acoustic sound waves pass through the surface cover within the hole to be detected by the microphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Chi Li, Sara E. Veyo, Justin Lee Healy, Adam W. Hellar