Patents by Inventor Stefan HEBERT

Stefan HEBERT 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: 20240359749
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a tailgate configured to enclose a truck bed, a power tailgate system configured to cause the tailgate to move between a closed position and an open position, at least one sensor disposed on the tailgate, a cable stay configured to couple to the tailgate and a body of the vehicle such that the cable stay is extended between the tailgate and the body of the vehicle when the tailgate is in the open position, and a cable stay ramp assembly disposed on the body of the vehicle and configured to guide the cable stay as the tailgate moves from the open position to the closed position. The sensor is configured to detect an object between the tailgate the body of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Technical Center of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Tarakorn Soonthornwinate, Jayaprabhu KA Ramaswamy, James D. Cunningham, Eric Archambeau, Yasuhisa Tsuchida, Stefan Hebert
  • Publication number: 20190389411
    Abstract: A bumper assembly for a vehicle having an upper body portion, a lower body portion, a grill opening delimited by the upper body portion and the lower body portion, a grill assembly positioned between the upper body portion and the lower body portion to face the grill opening, the grill assembly with a plurality of fins, and a link mechanism that articulates the plurality of fins between an open position when the Vehicle is moving below a predetermined speed and in an open position when the Vehicle is moving above the predetermined speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Kohei HODOYA, Stefan HEBERT