Patents by Inventor Timothy W. Grogan

Timothy W. Grogan 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: 20160009178
    Abstract: A display system for a vehicle includes a display device, a pivot coupling and an electronically controlled locking arrangement. The display device includes a screen and a housing. The pivot coupling is configured to, in an exemplary implementation, pivotably fix the display device to an instrument panel of the vehicle such that the display device is non-removably spaced apart from the instrument panel and articulatable relative thereto. The electronically controlled locking arrangement is, in an exemplary implementation, associated with the pivot coupling and display device and is configured to i) be selectively activated to lock the pivot coupling to lock a position of the display device relative to the instrument panel, and ii) be selectively deactivated to unlock the pivot coupling to allow for articulation of the display device relative to the instrument panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Klaus Busse, Timothy W. Grogan, Glenn W. Abbott, Cecile M. Giroux, Kenneth E. Zalewski
  • Patent number: 8172325
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of a seat assembly for a motor vehicle a seat back pivots about a hip axis, a seat bottom pivots about a knee axis, and at least one seat bottom leg is pivots about an ankle axis, so that the seat back folds down against the seat bottom and the seat bottom kneels on the floor to at least partially define a seating load floor. According to another embodiment, a seat bottom and a seat back are articulatable in a forward direction to fold the seat bottom and back down toward a floor of the vehicle to at least partially define a seating load floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC
    Inventors: Carl Mather, Timothy W. Grogan
  • Publication number: 20110148163
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of a seat assembly for a motor vehicle a seat back pivots about a hip axis, a seat bottom pivots about a knee axis, and at least one seat bottom leg is pivots about an ankle axis, so that the seat back folds down against the seat bottom and the seat bottom kneels on the floor to at least partially define a seating load floor. According to another embodiment, a seat bottom and a seat back are articulatable in a forward direction to fold the seat bottom and back down toward a floor of the vehicle to at least partially define a seating load floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Carl Mather, Timothy W. Grogan
  • Patent number: 7891737
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of a seat assembly for a motor vehicle a seat back pivots about a hip axis, a seat bottom pivots about a knee axis, and at least one seat bottom leg is pivots about an ankle axis, so that the seat back folds down against the seat bottom and the seat bottom kneels on the floor to at least partially define a seating load floor. According to another embodiment, a seat bottom and a seat back are articulatable in a forward direction to fold the seat bottom and back down toward a floor of the vehicle to at least partially define a seating load floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC
    Inventors: Carl Mather, Timothy W. Grogan
  • Publication number: 20080224524
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of a seat assembly for a motor vehicle a seat back pivots about a hip axis, a seat bottom pivots about a knee axis, and at least one seat bottom leg is pivots about an ankle axis, so that the seat back folds down against the seat bottom and the seat bottom kneels on the floor to at least partially define a seating load floor. According to another embodiment; a seat bottom and a seat back are articulatable in a forward direction to fold the seat bottom and back down toward a floor of the vehicle to at least partially define a seating load floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Carl Mather, Timothy W. Grogan