Patents by Inventor Timothy Cowlam

Timothy Cowlam 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).

  • Vehicle assembly
    Patent number: 9598046
    Abstract: A vehicle assembly comprising a vehicle body panel and hinge means connecting the vehicle body panel to a vehicle structure, spacing means arranged with the hinge means for maintaining at least a part of the vehicle body panel in a predetermined spacing from the vehicle structure when the hinge means is in a first position, the spacing means being configured to suffer substantially brittle failure when a predetermined load is applied thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: ASTON MARTIN LAGONDA LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas Leavesley, Timothy Cowlam, Violaine Wigham
  • Vehicle Assembly
    Publication number: 20150336535
    Abstract: A vehicle assembly comprising a vehicle body panel and hinge means connecting the vehicle body panel to a vehicle structure, spacing means arranged with the hinge means for maintaining at least a part of the vehicle body panel in a predetermined spacing from the vehicle structure when the hinge means is in a first position, the spacing means being configured to suffer substantially brittle failure when a predetermined load is applied thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Leavesley, Timothy Cowlam, Violaine Wigham