Patents by Inventor Stuart Wuerthele

Stuart Wuerthele 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: 20250115122
    Abstract: Systems and methods related to intoxication detection of one or more vehicle occupants are provided. A system includes a plurality of sensor assemblies disposed at different locations within a vehicle. The system further includes a controller configured to determine which occupant among a plurality of occupants in the vehicle is intoxicated based on an analysis of sensor signals received from the plurality of sensor assemblies. The controller is further configured to output an alert based on determining that a driver of the vehicle is intoxicated. Associated vehicles, controllers, and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Brian A. Mulrooney, Daniel James Walter, Gustavo Muller Nunes, Joshua D. Yaksich, Stuart Wuerthele, William Fanelli, Naohiro Matsumura, Sergei Gage, Pujitha Gunaratne, Jennifer Cohen Lerman, Mike Kushnerik, Schuyler St. Lawrence, Swathi Manoravi, Aarthi Ranganathan, Dharm Sidhu
  • Patent number: 10967822
    Abstract: A vehicle that includes a rear bumper having a license plate well recessed into the rear bumper and a combined lighting assembly disposed at the rear bumper. The combined lighting assembly includes a lighting body having an outward facing portion coupled to a sideward facing portion by a turned portion. The sideward facing portion extends into the license plate well. The combined lighting assembly also includes a rearward facing light having a rearward illumination region directed in the vehicle rearward direction from the outward facing portion and a license plate light having a sideward illumination region directed into the license plate well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank A Ramos, II, Chung Lee, Alexander Paradis, Stuart Wuerthele