Patents by Inventor Vanessa Antar

Vanessa Antar 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).

  • Vehicles including front grille assemblies with air flow director fins
    Patent number: 10005413
    Abstract: A front grille assembly for a vehicle includes a grille deflector that allows air to flow therethrough into an engine compartment of the vehicle. A grille frame supports the grille deflector at a front of the vehicle. An air flow director fin is located on the grille frame and rearward of the grille deflector. The air flow director fin modifies a flow direction of air entering the engine compartment from an unmodified flow direction without the air flow director fin to a modified flow direction toward a region of a transmission cooler of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott L. Frederick, Paxton S. Williams, Vanessa Antar, Daniel B. Gidcumb
  • VEHICLES INCLUDING FRONT GRILLE ASSEMBLIES WITH AIR FLOW DIRECTOR FINS
    Publication number: 20180093628
    Abstract: A front grille assembly for a vehicle includes a grille deflector that allows air to flow therethrough into an engine compartment of the vehicle. A grille frame supports the grille deflector at a front of the vehicle. An air flow director fin is located on the grille frame and rearward of the grille deflector. The air flow director fin modifies a flow direction of air entering the engine compartment from an unmodified flow direction without the air flow director fin to a modified flow direction toward a region of a transmission cooler of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott L. Frederick, Paxton S. Williams, Vanessa Antar, Daniel B. Gidcumb