Windshield Or Rear Window Patents (Class 454/130)
  • Patent number: 8721407
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an air intake that facilitates air transfer from an ambient environment outside the vehicle to a vehicle space. The air intake inhibits liquid transfer from the ambient environment to the vehicle space. The air intake includes an inlet for receiving air from the ambient environment, and an outlet in communication with the inlet. The outlet is disposed in an upper portion of the housing. A blocking member is disposed within the housing adjacent the inlet for preventing upward fluid flow from the inlet directly to the outlet. The air intake receives ambient air through an aperture in a window in the vehicle, thereby reducing the size of the air intake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mike Mandernach, Ranganathan Madhavan, Rachid El Aile, Maria Heirtzler, Arthur Henke, Lim Wijaya
  • Patent number: 8512109
    Abstract: The effect of a windshield for a saddle-type vehicle such as a low-slung type of motorcycle or three-wheeled vehicle is enhanced, and pressure is sufficiently adjusted in an open space at the back of the windshield using an inventive windshield system. The vehicle includes a leg shield in front of legs of a rider, and a step space rearward of the leg shield. The windshield system includes a windshield which is provided with an air outlet that opens upward. An air inlet provided at the front of the vehicle communicates with the air outlet other through a duct, and the air outlet opens to the upper center of the windshield. Pressure adjusting outlets, for adjusting pressure in a space around the rider by blowing air toward the step space, are provided separately from the air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukiya Ueda, Haruomi Sugita, Yukinori Kurakawa, Hiroyuki Ozawa, Takefumi Okubo
  • Patent number: 7555807
    Abstract: This is a windshield-blowing device, which can retract through an existing device placed on the hood of the vehicle. It will direct air from an air supply towards a series of tubes, which telescope, and eventually through a series of holes in a manifold that can pivot or swivel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Inventor: Christopher Mastandrea
  • Publication number: 20070259615
    Abstract: Disclosed are a connecting apparatus, an electronic apparatus and a control method thereof, the connecting apparatus, including: at least one connecting unit connectable to an outside device; a wireless-communicating unit which transmits or receives a wireless signal to or from an electronic apparatus; and a controller which receives information related to the outside device if the outside device is connected to the connecting unit, and which controls the wireless-communicating unit which outputs the information related to the outside device to the electronic apparatus through the wireless-communicating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae-il Joo
  • Patent number: 6991531
    Abstract: An air intake for a vehicle that facilitates air transfer from an ambient environment outside the vehicle to a vehicle space is provided. The air intake inhibits liquid transfer from the ambient environment to the vehicle space. The air intake includes a housing having an inlet for receiving air from the ambient environment, and an outlet in communication with the inlet. The outlet is disposed in an upper portion of the housing. A blocking member is disposed within the housing adjacent the inlet for preventing upward fluid flow from the inlet directly to the outlet, thereby inhibiting liquid flow through the outlet and into the vehicle space. A portion of the air intake housing is configured for attachment to a vehicle window, and the inlet is configured to be disposed along one edge of the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lim Wijaya, Maria Heirtzler, Ranganatha Madhavan, Arthur Henke, Rachid El Aile, Michael Mandernach, Carolyn Tatge, Douglas Zhu
  • Patent number: 6899376
    Abstract: A motor vehicle provides redirection of the slipstream to keep side windows of the vehicle clear of grime thrown into the path of the vehicle as spray or carried by precipitation. Redirection of the slipstream is provided by a turbulence or eddy generating protrusions extending into the slipstream from the vehicle's A-pillars. The protrusions or contours may be formed integrally with the encapsulation molding attached around the circumference of the vehicle's windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew M. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 5525401
    Abstract: A vehicle window comprising a relatively thin sheet of clear plastic material having opposed surfaces, an electrically operable defrosting grid adhered to one surface of the relatively thin sheet, and a relatively thick substrate layer of clear plastic material having opposed surfaces curved into a vehicle window configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: Decoma International Inc.
    Inventor: Gerhard Hirmer