Land vehicles: bodies and tops inventions 02/07

20070040402 - Mobile workstation: The present invention is a mobile workstation that is attached to a vehicle such as a pickup truck or SUV. The mobile workstation includes a hinged cover that closes over an inner containment area that is rotatably attached to extruded metal attachment members that can be attached to the vehicle... Agent: Patwrite LLC

20070040401 - Remote locking assembly: A remote locking assembly suitable for use with toolboxes mounted within a cargo area of a vehicle. The remote locking assembly of the present invention includes an electronically controlled actuator, a locking member, a latching member, a support bracket, and a handle.... Agent: Gardner Groff Santos & Greenwald, P.C.

20070040403 - Roof-attached display device for vehicles: A roof-attached display device for vehicles aiming to increase the elevation of a display panel includes at least a chassis, an axle mechanism, a display panel and an anchor mechanism. The upper edge of a screen on the display panel is at an elevation higher than the axle of the... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell Suite 1404

20070040404 - Vehicle trim locating and attachment system: A vehicle trim component locating and attachment system is provided for connecting a trim component to a vehicle base panel having an aperture. The system includes a locator projection integrally formed on the component and including first and second ends. The first end is configured to project through the panel... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070040405 - Powered ramp door lift: The powered ramp door lift is used in cargo trailers and other ramp door applications and includes a powered winch assembly, a pair of wire cables or nylon straps connecting the winch assembly to the ramp door, and a “pusher” mechanism. The winch assembly mounted to the trailer header winds... Agent: R. Tracy Crump

20070040406 - Vehicle rear seating arrangement: A vehicle rear seating arrangement is described that includes a vehicle passenger compartment structure and a seat assembly. The seat assembly includes a seat attachment part, a seat bottom portion with an upper seating surface and a seat extension portion with an extension seating surface. The seat attachment part is... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070040407 - Modular and detachable fairing for a motocycle: A method and apparatus for providing a modular fairing configured to attach to a front portion of a motorcycle. The modular fairing 110, 300 includes a fairing frame member 120, 301, multiple coupling portions and at least one flexible fairing cover portion 150, 304. The fairing frame member may include... Agent: Vaughn W North Thorpe North & Western

20070040408 - Windshield fastening device: A windshield system according to particular embodiments of the invention comprises: (1) a first windshield portion defining a windshield fastener receiving opening; (2) a second windshield portion connected to rotate between: (A) a closed position, in which the second windshield portion is substantially coplanar with the first windshield portion, and... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070040409 - Automotive fuel door assembly: A construction for a fuel door assembly in which one or more different spring members may be coupled to the same assembly to provide for different operational characteristics. A novel construction for a fuel door assembly in which a spring member is provided and incorporated as part of the assembly... Agent: Riches, Mckenzie & Herbert, LLP

20070040410 - Retractable roof device and vehicle fitted with said device: A retractable roof device for a vehicle, comprising a roof panel which can be displaced by guiding means (16), moving from a closed position in the passenger area of the vehicle to a retracted position in a rear area of said vehicle. The device also comprises a rear cover structure... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070040411 - Door panel with temporary supports for logistic of a trim door module of an automobile: A temporary fixing unit for two components. The temporary fixing unit includes at least two openings present in one of said components and at least two corresponding male parts of the other of said components. The male parts being designed to be elastically engaged openings and to be withdrawn therefrom... Agent: Visteon

20070040412 - Protective wind shield apparatus: The present invention relates to a shield for retractable devices that are part of or attached to vehicles, such as school buses, to protect the retractable device from damage or destruction from air movement. While such retractable devices are bolted or otherwise securely fastened to the vehicle, the retractable devices... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070040413 - Wind stop device: In order, in the case of a wind stop device for motor vehicles, in particular, convertible vehicles, comprising a cover for a section of a passenger compartment opening of a vehicle body, this cover being arranged at the level of a belt line of the vehicle body, and a wind... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20070040414 - Automotive vehicle front architecture with a partially rotatable structural link: An automotive vehicle front structure includes upper and lower siderails and a structural link extending from the upper and lower siderails, with the structural link having a pivotable connection to the upper siderail and a rigid connection to the lower siderail, such that energy absorption provided by the structure may... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070040415 - Method and a device for removing vehicle windows: A method for the non-destructive removal of fixed window elements (1) from vehicles uses a cutting wire (15) that is threaded through the adhesive bonding a window element to a vehicle and that is placed in a loop around the perimeter of the window element. A first end (15A) of... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070040416 - Glazing comprising a reinforcement element: The present invention relates to a glazing unit comprising a glazed element (10) provided with a peripheral frame or with peripheral elements made of plastic overmolded onto said glazed element (10), said peripheral frame or said peripheral elements incorporating at least one element (13′, 14′, 15, 16, 17, 18′, 19′,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070040417 - Motor vehicle roof with a roof opening and a wind deflector: Motor vehicle roof with a roof opening, a movable closing element to selectively close or at least partially clear the roof opening, a wind deflector in a front edge area of the roof opening and which is movable between lowered and filly raised positions, and a positioning device for setting... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070035145 - Protective device for a luggage area of a motor vehicle: A protective device for a motor vehicle luggage area has a flexible flat article, which is movably mounted between a compact, deposited protection position and at least one extracted protection position. There are at least two parallel, spaced functional shafts to which the flat article is connected. The position of... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070035146 - Retractable roof and vehicle fitted with said device: A retractable roof for a vehicle, including a roof panel configured to be displaced by a guide from a closed position in the passenger area of the vehicle to a retracted position in a rear area of the vehicle. The roof also includes a rear cover structure including a rear... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070035147 - Interconnectable profiled elements, in particular for panel-type structural components of motor vehicles: r

20070035148 - Motor vehicle comprising a passenger cell in the form of a separate unit: The invention relates to a motor vehicle (1), the passenger cell (2) of which is integrated into the rest of the vehicle as a separate unit. The motor vehicle (1) has a device, by means of which, in the event of a crash, the passenger cell (2) can be moved... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070035149 - Hinge device with a piston/cylinder unit: A hinge device for a flap of a motor vehicle includes a piston/cylinder unit arranged between a fixed structural part and a first flap which is pivotable about an axis of rotation. A second flap is likewise pivotable about the axis of rotation and can be connected releasably to the... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070035150 - Seating position indicator: The present invention relates to an arrangement (10) for assisting a passenger (22) to obtain a correct seating position in a seat (21) of a vehicle. The vehicle comprising at least said seat (21) and an area (20) which may be seen by said passenger (22) when seated in said... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

20070035151 - Hard tonneau cover: A hard tonneau cover having one or more sections is constructed of a framework of extruded rails with one or more section panels held by molded plastic trim strips installed on perimeter rails included in the framework. The cover is mounted above the cargo box of a pick-up truck by... Agent: John R. Benefiel

20070035152 - Covering system for a truck: An apparatus for opening and closing a cover of a truck is disclosed. The apparatus includes a rotatable shaft that can be connected to multiple support anchors in order to provide a torsion force to each of the supports to pivotably rotate the supports and the cover between an opened... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070035153 - Locking mechanisms for a retractable tarpaulin system: Locking systems are provided for a retractable cover system mounted on the bed of a flat bed trailer or similar structure. The cover system includes a bow arrangement for supporting a flexible cover or tarpaulin with a front and a rear bow structure. A front locking mechanism includes a plurality... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20070035154 - Top for a convertible vehicle: The invention relates to a system for sensing an object in the pivoting range of a top for a convertible vehicle, the system comprising an electrode for sensing field properties of a field which is assigned to the top, and an evaluation unit for evaluating the sensed field properties. The... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070035155 - Opening and closing device in a work machine: An opening and closing device for opening and closing a bonnet provided in the rear part of the machine body is arranged in such a manner as to ensure as large an opening portion to be formed when the bonnet is opened as possible. The opening and closing devices 18... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070035156 - Combined pinch/temperature sensor for a power liftgate: A combination pinch/temperature sensor for a closure member of a motor vehicle includes a first and second pinch sensing element coupled thereto. The first pinch sensing element is coupled to one of the left side and right side of the closure member for sensing a pinch condition on the corresponding... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070035157 - Method of bonding and sealing automotive structural component joints: A structural bonding and sealing system for motor vehicle structural joints may include a first structural joint member including a first bonding and sealing surface, and a second structural joint member including a second bonding and sealing surface. The system further includes the first bonding and sealing surface disposed generally... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070035158 - Deformable fixing element, in particular for a safety net for the cargo space of a motor vehicle: A fixing element for connecting a first component to a second component, in particular for fixing a safety net in the cargo space of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The fixing element is deformable to absorb energy in the case of an excess load. The fixing element is provided with... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070035159 - Automobile assembly: A method for making an automobile assembly having a moulded plastics structural member and a reinforcing member in which a polymerizable adhesive is employed to bond the two members together and an automobile assembly having a bonded structural member and a reinforcing member. The assembly is suitably used as a... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20070035160 - Construction machine: With this construction machine, a lateral load applied to a right rear pillar of a cabin in construction machine rollover or the like is transmitted to a left rear pillar via a load-transmitting beam which is inclined downwardly to the right, and is received by a vertical rib of a... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070035161 - Overhead system for a vehicle: An overhead system for a vehicle includes a substantially transparent panel covering a portion of a roof area of the vehicle, and a pair of elongated members coupled to the transparent panel or the structural portion of the vehicle, where the elongated members are configured to receive a carriage that... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070029829 - Vehicle component and method for making a vehicle component: A method for forming a component (210) for a vehicle includes providing a substrate (230) that includes a relatively rigid material and providing a skin (222) adjacent at least a portion of the substrate such that a cavity is formed between the substrate and the skin. The method also includes... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070029830 - Cab roof of vehicle: The invention provides a cab roof of a vehicle with a movable panel. The cab is provided with a front windscreen, a rear deck or rear walls, and door frames at both sides. The door frames are connected with the front windscreen at the front side, with the rear decks... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070029831 - Storage unit for a motor vehicle: A storage unit installed in a compartment of a motor vehicle such as the bed of a pickup truck and a method of distributing such devices. Embodiments include a cover, a support structure, and a drawer and may have the same horizontal dimensions as the compartment or bed but sit... Agent: Allan W. Watts Bryan Cave LLP

20070029832 - Seat for a rear row of seats in a vehicle: Seat for a rear row of seats in a vehicle, which seat can be collapsed into a recess positioned in the cargo area behind the row of seats for the purpose of expanding cargo space, so that the back side of the backrest, which is folded forward onto the seat... Agent: Shlesinger, Arkwright & Garvey LLP

20070029833 - Device for selectively moving a tailgate of a vehicle from a closed position into a receiving position and a loading position: A device for selectively moving a rear trunk lid 30 of a vehicle from a closed position into a forwardly-inclined intake position and into a rearwardly-inclined loading position comprises at least one support lever on one vehicle side, which support lever is pivotable about an axis stationary relative to the... Agent: Mark A Ussel Michael Best & Friedrich

20070029834 - System for readily customizing and interchanging vehicle body parts: The present invention is a system for customizing and accessorizing a vehicle to enhance the appearance of most any domestic or foreign car, truck or sports utility vehicle, including a lowered ground effect. The component parts are durable enough to provide limited protection for the vehicle from the elements, washable,... Agent: Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee

20070029835 - Door latch system for automotive vehicle: A door latch system for an automotive vehicle includes a latch having a housing mounted to a door inner panel and a release lever operated by a release rod connected to a handle. An impact-responsive release lever immobilizer mounted within the door is responsive to deformation of the door in... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070029836 - Bend flaps for trim panel mounted watershields: A vehicle moisture barrier comprises a formed barrier film and one or more bend flaps. The bend flaps may be bent along a bend axis formed by a deformation created at a junction line between the bend flap and the barrier film. The distal or free end of the bend... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070029837 - Vehicle drag reduction apparatus: A vehicle air drag reduction system is provided for mounting on the rearward facing surface of a vehicle, and in particular a truck trailer, that provides improved efficiency. The system comprises a flexible panel that will assume a cone-shape at the rearward end of the trailer, and which is held... Agent: Gowan Intellectual Property

20070029838 - Produce trailer cage: A trailer and trailer cage for produce in which the front, rear and sides of the cage are flexibly connected to one another. The invention also relates to a mechanism for tensioning a side gate of the cage.... Agent: David N. Fronek, Esq. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070029839 - Trailer having reduced weight wall construction: A trailer wall construction having reduced weight. A trailer wall construction includes a spherical shaped corner at a juncture of three walls. Each of the walls includes at least one panel having spaced apart inner and outer shells. Another trailer wall construction includes a generally vertically extending front or side... Agent: SmithIPServices, P.C.

20070029840 - Energy absorbing vehicle fender: A fender (2) for absorbing forces generated from an impact includes a depending attachment flange (4,5) which comprises a vertically aligned section (4) depending from an exterior portion of the fender (2) and a horizontally aligned section (5) depending from the vertically aligned section (4) adapted for mounting to a... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20070029841 - Vehicle rear body structure of automotive vehicle: In a vehicle rear body structure of an automotive vehicle, there are provided the reinforcing members that are provided at the lower face of the floor panel at portions outside the spare tire pan and form with the floor panel the closed cross sections that extend longitudinally in parallel to... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070029842 - Jack bracket and method for the production thereof: The invention relates to a jack bracket (12) for a motor vehicle, which is fixed to a sill of the motor vehicle with flanges and an opening (16) for a receiving element in which the jack is placed. The invention also relates to a method for the production of said... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070029843 - Roof bow: A roof bow for a vehicle, comprising a vertical face, a curved top flange extending in a first direction, and a straight bottom flange extending in the first direction. Preferably, the roof bow is monolithic with a plurality of apertures in the vertical face that provide clearance for ductwork, wiring,... Agent: W. Edward Crooks Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

20070024073 - Mirror mounting with integral rain gutter: A mirror assembly (30) has a housing (32) that houses a mirrored reflecting surface (40) for enabling a person in a driver's compartment of a vehicle cab (10) to look through a side door window opening (20) and see a field of view toward the rear of the vehicle. The... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20070024074 - Holding rack for mounting on truck tailgates: A holding rack for mounting on truck tailgates is disclosed. The inventive holding rack is used with a truck bed to securely haul loads with a truck. The holding rack broadly includes a rack body for receiving the load, a hold-down mechanism that attaches to the rack body to engage... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070024075 - Automotive storage apparatus: The present invention provides an automotive storage apparatus which can store various types of articles so as to improve the convenience for use. An automotive storage apparatus has a storage apparatus main body in which an opening which opens upward can be covered and uncovered by a slidable lid unit... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070024077 - Locking hinge for a door structure: A locking hinge (10) includes a first hinge panel (12a) and a second hinge panel (12b) pivotably connected by a pivot pin (14) about a pivoting axis (P). A locking rod (16) is slidably received by one of the first or second hinge panels (12a, 12b) along a sliding axis... Agent: Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

20070024076 - Multi-functional cargo bed assembly: A multi-functional cargo area assembly for a cargo bed of a vehicle includes a first and a second sidewall disposed in a transversely spaced relationship, and an integrally formed guide track in the first and second sidewalls. The cargo area assembly also includes extendible sidewall portions. The cargo area assembly... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070024078 - Bulk material cargo container liner with internal restraint system for preventing the outward bulging of the liner: A bulk container liner assembly for use in conjunction with a bulk material cargo container comprises structure incorporated therein such that restraint forces are impressed upon or transmitted to the back or rear wall member of the bulk material cargo container liner, along linearly seamed loci, so as to effectively... Agent: Steven W Weinrieb Schwartz & Weinrieb

20070024079 - Covering structure having automatic coupling system: A tonneau system for a cargo box of a vehicle having a support frame connectable to the cargo box. A cover spans the support frame and is positionable between a tensioned position and an untensioned position. A pivot block is mounted to the support frame, while the cover is coupled... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070024080 - Assembly comprised of a vehicle folding top and a roller blind: An assembly includes a vehicle folding top that can cover or expose a roof opening, and a roller blind that is arranged beneath the folding top when in a closed condition. The roller blind can fully or partly cover the roof opening exposed by the folding top.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070024081 - Vehicle comprising a vertically folding sun roof: Disclosed is a vehicle with a removable top, comprising a stowable rigid roof that is provided with a forward roof element (15) and a rear roof element (17), a stowing space for the roof, which is located between the seats and the rear hood of the vehicle, first displacement means... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070024082 - Trim panel including integrally formed members: A trim panel (10) includes at least one integrally-formed first member (12) and at least one integrally-formed second member (14) extend from an outboard surface (16) of the trim panel (10). The at least one integrally-formed first member (12) engages an inboard surface (42) of a barrier (36) to push... Agent: Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

20070024083 - Vehicle drop door: A vehicle door generally includes a drop door capable of covering an opening in a vehicle body and a drop door formed to include an access doorway having an access door. The vehicle may be self-propelled or towed, as in the case of a trailer. The drop door can move... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070024084 - Weather strip: A weather strip has a mounting base portion which is mounted on a flange and a seal portion which is integrally provided on the mounting base portion, so as to seal a gap between a vehicle body opening open/close member and a vehicle body opening peripheral part. The mounting base... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070024085 - Mechanism for securing a grab handle to an armrest: An armrest assembly secured to a substrate comprising an armrest having a cavity and at least one tee lock, a grab handle having a least one side wing, and wherein the grab handle is secured to the cavity of the armrest by operatively engaging the at least tee lock with... Agent: Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

20070024086 - Side-under spoiler: A side-under spoiler insuring an excellent workability at the time of attaching a side-under spoiler to a lower side of a vehicle body via a bracket. A side-under spoiler 1 is supported by a vehicle body 2 via a bracket 3 provided at a lower side of the vehicle body... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070024087 - Apparatus for reducing drag on unpowered vehicles: The present invention relates to an apparatus with flexible attachments for reducing drag on a vehicle having a generally planar rear surface. The use of flexible vane attachments allows the rear doors of the trailer to fully open and close effortlessly. The apparatus includes a pair of vanes, each vane... Agent: Kramer & Amado, P.C.

20070024088 - Cab for construction machinery: A cab for a construction machine is provided which is cost effective, good in strength as a cab, usable in narrow sites where an obstacle exists, and good in front visibility and design. The cab for a construction machine has left front, left rear, right front and right rear pillars... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070024089 - System for discharging exhaust air from a radiator in a straddle type vehicle: A system for discharging exhaust air from a radiator in a straddle type vehicle (e.g., a motorcycle) is provided that can discharge heated air from the radiator to the outside of the vehicle in an efficient manner. The system comprises a radiator that can be positioned farther forward than an... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070024090 - Vehicle cockpit attachment structure with integrated plastic composite functional molded features: A cockpit assembly generally includes a cast alloy backbone, an intermediate plastic support member, and an instrument panel. The cast alloy backbone extends laterally and defines attachment features. The intermediate support member provides structural support to the various devices of the cockpit assembly, and is connected to the backbone through... Agent: Visteon

20070024091 - Rear support for a vehicle, a rear module, and a method of securing such a module: The present invention relates to a rear support (12) for a vehicle (24) that is to be fitted to the rear end of the body (22) of the vehicle (24) in the vicinity of a door (14) movable to pivot about an axis that is substantially horizontal, pivoting being enabled... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070024093 - Carriage system of a shiftable sunshade in a motor vehicle: A carriage system of a sunshade in a motor vehicle includes a carriage having a guiding piece and a connecting piece. The guiding piece is coupled to the connecting piece such that the connecting piece may be released in a nondestructive manner.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070024092 - Method for mounting a roof module on the bodywork of a vehicle: The method is used for mounting a roof module (10) on a roof frame structure (12), having a roof opening (20), of a vehicle body (14), wherein the roof module (10), which contains a roof module panel (16) and a roof liner (18), is brought from outside into a defined... Agent: Stephan A. Pendorf, P.A.

20070024094 - Insulated vent cap: An insulated vent cap includes a cover member having a circumferential rim extending around corresponding circumferential edges of both a substantially rigid cover sheet and a substantially rigid base sheet, wherein the base sheet is spaced apart from, and below, the cover sheet, to thereby define a sealed, air-tight insulating... Agent: Antony C. Edwards