Patents by Inventor Thomas Jonathan Domlovil

Thomas Jonathan Domlovil 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).

  • Slide rail force distribution member
    Patent number: 8303028
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of vehicles and vehicle body assemblies incorporating slide rail reinforcements. One embodiment of a vehicle body assembly comprises an inner body panel and an outer body panel spaced a distance from the inner body panel in an outboard direction of a vehicle. The outer body panel has an outer surface and an opposing inner surface. An elongated slide track is mounted on the outer surface of the outer body panel. A force distribution member has a support surface fixed to the inner surface of the outer body panel directly opposite a portion of the elongated slide track and first and second distribution legs extending from the support surface and fixed to the inner body panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jonathan Domlovil, Naga Ananthachandra Narayana
  • SLIDE RAIL FORCE DISTRIBUTION MEMBER
    Publication number: 20120187716
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of vehicles and vehicle body assemblies incorporating slide rail reinforcements. One embodiment of a vehicle body assembly comprises an inner body panel and an outer body panel spaced a distance from the inner body panel in an outboard direction of a vehicle. The outer body panel has an outer surface and an opposing inner surface. An elongated slide track is mounted on the outer surface of the outer body panel. A force distribution member has a support surface fixed to the inner surface of the outer body panel directly opposite a portion of the elongated slide track and first and second distribution legs extending from the support surface and fixed to the inner body panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Jonathan Domlovil, Naga Ananthachandra Narayana