Patents by Inventor Terry L. Gasparovic

Terry L. Gasparovic 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).

  • RIDE ON TOY VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230158415
    Abstract: A ride on vehicle for a child that includes a vehicle body supported on a plurality of wheels, and electric motor powered by a battery and operatively coupled to at least one drive wheel of the plurality of wheels to propel the vehicle. The vehicle also includes a rod structure arranged at a rear of the vehicle and coupled to the vehicle body, and a lever adapted to be displaced between a first position and a second position to selectively enable or disable a propelling of the vehicle through the electric motor. In the first position of the lever, the vehicle is configured to be propelled by operating the electric motor. In the second position of the lever, the propelling of the vehicle through the electric motor is disabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Randall Smock, Andrew Malcolm Foster, Rudolph Carruolo, Brian P. Furutani, Jackie P. Porchay, Robert F. Curiel, Terry L. Gasparovic, Robert Antonio Rangel, Matthew R. Cardon
  • Net structures, vehicles including net structures, and methods
    Patent number: 8123279
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a roll cage and a net structure. The roll cage at least partially defines a protected area and additionally at least partially defines an access opening configured to facilitate passage of an operator through the access opening and into the protected area. A net structure is attached to the roll cage and is configured to selectively block at least a portion of the access opening. Net structures and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Bill E. Orr, Kaita Kihoko, Takahashi Kosaku, Inoue Masahiro, Kevin L. Aschenbach, Takashi Mishima, Terry L. Gasparovic, Hendrik J. Zwart, Jeffrey K. Kuida
  • NET STRUCTURES, VEHICLES INCLUDING NET STRUCTURES, AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20090243339
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a roll cage and a net structure. The roll cage at least partially defines a protected area and additionally at least partially defines an access opening configured to facilitate passage of an operator through the access opening and into the protected area. A net structure is attached to the roll cage and is configured to selectively block at least a portion of the access opening. Net structures and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Bill E. Orr, Kihoko Kaita, Kosaku Takahashi, Masahiro Inoue, Kevin L. Aschenbach, Takashi Mishima, Terry L. Gasparovic, Hendrik J. Zwart, Jeffrey K. Kuida