Patents by Inventor Ted E. PETERSON

Ted E. PETERSON 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).

  • Patent number: 12716473
    Abstract: An injection molded slide actuator assembly which has a frame, a slide carrier and a slide track member. The injection molded slide actuator has an X, Y, and Z axis with the slide track member having at least one track slot extending along the y and the Z direction and said slide carrier having at least one cooperating outwardly extending side members for engaging the at least one track slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: Magna Exteriors Inc.
    Inventors: Ted E. Peterson, Yao Wang, Martin R. Matthews
  • Publication number: 20260184159
    Abstract: A modular active grille shutter system that includes a frame connected to an automobile at a location forward of an engine or energy source such as a battery pack. The frame is formed from assembling several different sized components to create a cooling aperture. The modular active grille shutter system also includes an actuator pocket in the frame, the actuator pocket has an aperture and a surface that forms side walls of a pocket and the surface also includes a vane connection side. There is a plurality of alternate actuator output axes located within the actuator pocket, which depending on the actuator design they represent different possible locations for alignment of the actuator with the three vanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2026
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Inventors: Braendon R. Lindberg, Ted E. Peterson, Sohan Shintre
  • Patent number: 12570139
    Abstract: A modular active grille shutter system that includes a frame connected to an automobile at a location forward of an engine or energy source such as a battery pack. The frame is formed from assembling several different sized components to create a cooling aperture. The modular active grille shutter system also includes an actuator pocket in the frame, the actuator pocket has an aperture and a surface that forms side walls of a pocket and the surface also includes a vane connection side. There is a plurality of alternate actuator output axes located within the actuator pocket, which depending on the actuator design they represent different possible locations for alignment of the actuator with the three vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Magna Exteriors Inc.
    Inventors: Braendon R. Lindberg, Ted E. Peterson, Sohan Shintre
  • Publication number: 20250075776
    Abstract: An injection molded slide actuator assembly which has a frame, a slide carrier and a slide track member. The injection molded slide actuator has an X, Y, and Z axis with the slide track member having at least one track slot extending along the y and the Z direction and said slide carrier having at least one cooperating outwardly extending side members for engaging the at least one track slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Magna Exteriors Inc.
    Inventors: Ted E. Peterson, Yao Wang, Martin R. Matthews
  • Patent number: 12173776
    Abstract: An injection molded slide actuator assembly which has a frame, a slide carrier and a slide track member. The injection molded slide actuator has an X, Y, and Z axis with the slide track member having at least one track slot extending along they and the Z direction and said slide carrier having at least one cooperating outwardly extending side members for engaging the at least one track slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Magna Exteriors Inc.
    Inventors: Ted E. Peterson, Yao Wang, Martin R. Matthews
  • Patent number: 11904955
    Abstract: An active aerodynamic assembly that includes a lift gate having a cavity formed between two panels. An aperture of formed on the outer panel providing access to the cavity. A frame connected to the lift gate within the cavity. A spoiler slidably connected to the frame and moveable along the deployment axis between a stowed position and a deployed position. At least one coupler link connected between the spoiler and the frame that is driven by the actuator along one of the plurality of tracks on the frame. There is also a moveable D pillar contained with the cavity that moves between a stowed position within the cavity and an extended position such that a winglet of the moveable D pillar extends outside of the cavity past the outside surface of the lift gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MAGNA EXTERIORS, INC.
    Inventors: Braendon R. Lindberg, Michael Cowan, Ted E. Peterson
  • Publication number: 20230010412
    Abstract: A modular active grille shutter system that includes a frame connected to an automobile at a location forward of an engine or energy source such as a battery pack. The frame is formed from assembling several different sized components to create a cooling aperture. The modular active grille shutter system also includes an actuator pocket in the frame, the actuator pocket has an aperture and a surface that forms side walls of a pocket and the surface also includes a vane connection side. There is a plurality of alternate actuator output axes located within the actuator pocket, which depending on the actuator design they represent different possible locations for alignment of the actuator with the three vanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: Magna Exteriors Inc.
    Inventors: Braendon R. LINDBERG, Ted E. PETERSON, Sohan SHINTRE
  • Publication number: 20220412440
    Abstract: An injection molded slide actuator assembly which has a frame, a slide carrier and a slide track member. The injection molded slide actuator has an X, Y, and Z axis with the slide track member having at least one track slot extending along they and the Z direction and said slide carrier having at least one cooperating outwardly extending side members for engaging the at least one track slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Magna Exteriors Inc.
    Inventors: Ted E. Peterson, Yao Wang, Martin R. Matthews
  • Publication number: 20220135150
    Abstract: An active aerodynamic assembly that includes a lift gate having a cavity formed between two panels. An aperture of formed on the outer panel providing access to the cavity. A frame connected to the lift gate within the cavity. A spoiler slidably connected to the frame and moveable along the deployment axis between a stowed position and a deployed position. At least one coupler link connected between the spoiler and the frame that is driven by the actuator along one of the plurality of tracks on the frame. There is also a moveable D pillar contained with the cavity that moves between a stowed position within the cavity and an extended position such that a winglet of the moveable D pillar extends outside of the cavity past the outside surface of the lift gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Magna Exteriors Inc.
    Inventors: Braendon R. LINDBERG, Michael COWAN, Ted E. PETERSON