Land vehicles: bodies and tops inventions 06/07

20070145759 - Mobile device for handling material: A boom member (96) is pivotable relative to a platform (58) in a boom plane located intermediate the block ends of an engine (E) also mounted on the platform (58). The platform (58) with a cab (C) is rotatable by a turntable (46) 360° within the extent of a frame... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070145760 - Vehicle door container holder: The present invention relates to a vehicle door container holder. In at least one embodiment of the present invention, a vehicle door is disclosed which includes a door panel having a first wall and a second wall spaced from the first wall. The first and second walls help to form... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20070145761 - Vehicle tailgate lift assist support structure: A vehicle tailgate lift assist support structure is disclosed that includes a vehicle rear end structure, a vehicle tailgate and a lift assist device. The vehicle rear end structure includes first and second walls that extend generally perpendicular to one another. A hinge reinforcement bracket has first and second reinforcing... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070145762 - Seat sliding device for vehicle: A seat sliding device for a vehicle for unlocking or retaining an unlocked state of a movable rail that supports a seat relative to a fixed rail by interlocking with a turning of a seat back in a forward direction or an operation of an operation handle, includes a link... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070145763 - Vehicle gel coated panel: A vehicle panel having a gel covering is shown and described. The gel is a translucent and is disposed on a support member that is attached to the frame of the instrument panel. The support member defines a pattern such as a mesh pattern that is visible through the gel.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070145764 - Sunshade device for vehicle: A sunshade device for a vehicle includes: a plurality of sunshade panels mounted in an inner opening of a vehicular roof along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and arranged in line in a closed state of the sunshade panels; a pair of front and rear sliders each provided at... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070145765 - Load-controlled actuating arrangement: A load-controlled actuating arrangement utilizes a control loop that includes at least one position measuring system, a control unit and at least one measuring system of an electric motor or at least one pressure sensor of a pressure circuit. The signals of the measuring system of the electric motor or... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070145766 - Polymeric roof rail: A convertible roof system uses composite roof rail(s). The composite roof rail can have portions that are made of differing materials. The composite roof rail can use universal connecting pieces for the ends of the roof rail. Adjacent composite roof rails can be formed about a connector that couples the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070145774 - Automotive door hinge: A vehicle door and hinging is described that allow for the door of a vehicle to be translated forward and rotated upward upon being opened in order to improve occupant ingress and egress. In addition, the doors and hinges of embodiments of the present invention allow for the door to... Agent: Andrew R. Basile, Jr Young, Basile, Hanlon,

20070145775 - Safety screen for vehicle: A safety screen for a vehicle is formed of a frame and a rigid mesh. The screen can be installed on the vehicle in various manners. The screen allows ventilation and visibility while providing security for occupants and from intruders.... Agent: Law Office Of Brett N. Dorny

20070145769 - Resin panel and automobile door: A plate body includes: an inner bulge protruded on one side of the panel body and recessed on the other side and has a periphery spaced from attachment parts; connector bulges having a certain width protruded on the one side of the plate body and recessed on the other side... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070145768 - Door construction for vehicle: This door construction for a vehicle has a door main body which includes: an inner panel on a cabin interior side; an outer panel on a cabin exterior side; and an interior decoration cover disposed on the cabin interior side of the inner panel. The interior decoration cover is joined... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070145767 - Door construction for vehicle, and manufacturing method for vehicular door: The present invention is a door construction for a vehicle provided with a door main body including an inner panel on a cabin interior side and an outer panel on a cabin exterior side. The inner panel and the outer panel are formed in a concaved-shape when viewed from the... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070145771 - Door for vehicle: A vehicular door includes an inner panel provided on an inner surface-side of an outer panel; a side impact beam provided between the outer panel and the inner panel; and a support member which is provided between the inner panel and the side impact beam, and which is connected to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070145772 - Motor vehicle door with a lateral impact protection device: A motor vehicle door has a lateral impact protection device with a lateral impact beam and a fastening device to connect the lateral impact beam to a door part. The fastening device has a fastening bracket being a cast part and is connected to the door part. The fastening bracket... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070145770 - Press-molded door beam of vehicle, having longitudinal groove part protruding from beam end: A structure of a door beam arranged inside a main body of a door in a vehicle. The door beam is press-molded, a recessed groove part is formed in the door beam along its extending direction, and an end of the groove part protrudes outward from an end of the... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070145773 - Vehicle rear door and method of assembling same: A rear door that is provided in an openable and closable manner at a vehicle body rear portion, the rear door having: a frame portion that forms along an external edge of the rear door, a door windshield panel that is provided in the frame portion, and a lateral beam... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070145776 - Motor vehicle with at least one aerodynamic spoiler: The invention relates to a motor vehicle (1) comprising at least one aerodynamic spoiler (3) that can be extended by means of a drive, said spoiler having an air deflector surface (4), which can be supported by a displaceable raising mechanism (9) comprising several pivoting struts (16; 17; 21) that... Agent: Howrey LLP

20070145777 - Support structure for a cargo deck of a transport vehicle: A support structure for a cargo deck of a transport vehicle including a rigid support frame with a suspension supported by the support frame. The deck is positioned on the suspension, such that the deck floats vertically relative to the support frame on the suspension. A guide assembly is provides... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070145778 - Clip in structural load transfer member: A structural load transfer member for a vehicle including a housing having a first open end, a second open end, and a central bore. A first end member having an inner side is attached to the housing and an outer side of the first end member is attached to a... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070145779 - Rotatable cab with toe guard: A machine cab includes a cab frame, a floor portion, a seat portion disposed proximate the floor portion, a rear portion disposed proximate the seat portion, side panels connected to the frame, a roof portion, and a toe guard connected to the floor portion and extending forward of the cab... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070145780 - Rotatable cab with multi-piece deck: A machine cab includes a cab frame, side panels connected to the frame, a roof portion connected to the side panels, and a floor portion connected to the side panels. The floor portion includes a multi-piece floor.... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070145781 - Rotatable cab with floor-mounted heating, ventilation and air conditioning: A work machine includes a machine cab and a machine work body. The work body includes an HVAC unit mounted below a floor of the machine cab. The machine cab includes an HVAC duct system configured to move with the machine cab and seal with the HVAC unit of the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070145782 - Front portion structure for vehicle: A bent front wall 2a of a roof panel 2 is not bent at least inwardly of a press-worked direction of the roof panel 2, so that a front end of the roof panel 2 is free from undercut formation. This eliminates the necessity to further machine the front wall... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070145783 - Vehicle door sill: The disclosure relates to vehicles and door sills for vehicles. In one aspect, the disclosure relates to door sills having an interior channel configured to receive a retractable panel installed within a vehicle door. In another aspect, the disclosure relates to impact-absorbing door sills for motor vehicles, for example, an... Agent: Andrew R. Basile, Jr. Young Basile Hanion Macfarfane & Helmholdt, P.C.

20070145784 - Water management system for vehicle convertible top: A water management system for convertible tops for motor vehicles is provided. The system attaches to a rear edge of the folding top, generally below the rear window and collects water which runs or sheets rearwardly off the surface of the top to direct the water to drainage tubes and... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070145785 - Multi-panel sunshade device: In a multi-panel sunshade device for a vehicle comprising a drive panel and a plurality of follower panels slidably supported between the right and left guide rails to selectively open and close the roof opening, the right and left guide rails each comprises an upper guide rail and a lower... Agent: Lumen Intellectual Property Services, Inc.

20070145786 - Multi-panel sunroof system: A multi-panel sunroof employs at least three movable sunroof panels. In another aspect of the present invention, three sunroof panels are stacked upon each other in one or two different operating positions. A further aspect of the present invention provides for rearward opening movement of a front sunroof panel and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070145787 - Sunroof device: A sunroof device includes a roof panel having a first opening portion, a ceiling member having a second opening portion so as to face the first opening portion, a movable panel moved between a full-closed position and an open position, the movable panel passing through a half-closed position, a motor... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070138821 - Seat fixing device: A seat fixing device for fixing a seat to a floor includes a device body. At least one vertical fixing means extends from the device body, and at least one horizontal fixing means is slidable along the device body and includes at least one actuating unit. The actuating unit includes... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070138818 - Inflatable cushion structure: An inflatable cushion structure comprises a cushion body that is provided with an air passage for air to inflate or deflate said cushion body. The improvement characterized in that indents are provided inwardly two lateral sides of said cushion body, while a plurality of holes for binding by ropes are... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite1404

20070138820 - Universal bag well: A golf bag well arrangement on a golf car includes a receiving area defined on the golf car and adapted to accept at least one golf bag in a secure position. A first support surface is arranged on the receiving area and provides vertical support to the golf bag in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070138819 - Automotive console assembly with tubular frame: An automobile may include a vehicle frame, a body supported on the vehicle frame and defining a passenger compartment and a console assembly positioned within the passenger compartment. The console assembly may include: (A) a console frame having at least a first tubular portion and a plurality of legs where... Agent: Brouse Mcdowell Lpa

20070138822 - Hidden console display: A display assembly is adapted to be received by a vehicle console and includes a chassis, a display member, a hood, and a mechanical positioning mechanism. The mechanical positioning mechanism can be easily activated to adjust the display member between a hidden or closed position and a visible or open... Agent: Timothy D. Bennett Brouse Mcdowell, Lpa

20070138823 - Boot cover hinge: A trunk lid hinge in accordance with embodiments of the present invention provide the ability to operate a trunk of an automobile in a conventional manner as well as in an unconventional manner about two pivot axes. The trunk lid hinge comprises a hinge mount, a hinge bracket, and a... Agent: Paul J. Fordenbacher Silicon Forest Patent Group

20070138824 - Bent glass sheet shaping method and bent glass sheet: A bent glass sheet shaping method which is capable of reducing occurrence of visibility distortions and a bent glass sheet with reduced visibility distortions. A glass sheet is heated to a shapeable temperature, a cover material is mounted onto a press die such that a direction of waves in the... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070138825 - Motor vehicle having a microphone: The invention relates to a motor vehicle, in which at least one microphone (8) is mounted in the headlining 94) of a passenger cell of the vehicle. The microphone is mounted in a location, which is concealed by a sun visor (6) that is pivotally mounted on the headlining (4)... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070138826 - Folding top for a vehicle: A folding top assembly includes roof and transmission systems. The roof system includes a main link for rotatably coupling a roof to a vehicle. The main link includes a first end for coupling to the roof and a second end for rotatably coupling to the vehicle such that the main... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070138827 - Convertible vehicle: The invention relates to a convertible vehicle (1) having a movable roof (2), which has a flexible cover (4) at least in its back area (6), said cover being held in a tensioning bracket (8) in the back area thereof, which can be displaced upwards from a tensioned position forming... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070138828 - Convertible top system with two rigid roof parts arranged in tandem in their closed position: A convertible top system includes at least two rigid top parts with a rear top part being supported at a vehicle body in such a manner that it can swivel and being pivoted with a front top part. A drive unit is provided for each top part for a coordinated... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070138829 - Auto armour: A device for providing protection for an exterior surface of a motorized vehicle. The device comprises a cover for draping over such motorized vehicle and a plurality of inflatable air chambers which are disposed intermediate such cover and such motorized vehicle for providing a cushion for any moving debris. There... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070138830 - Method and system for controlling pressure in a vehicle: A method and system for controlling pressure in a vehicle (100) is disclosed. The method includes operating at least one of one or more secondary windows and one or more air vents in the vehicle (100) while a primary window (202) is being operated. The system includes a controller (206)... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070138831 - Combination draping canine fabric article and seat cover for use with a vehicle: A convertible and drapable fabric article for use in a vehicle. The fabric includes a first fabric half and a second fabric half separated by an intermediate section exhibiting a plurality of parallel spaced fold lines. The intermediate section supports the fabric article upon a ledge associated with a door... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070138832 - Motor vehicle with an extrinsic force-actuated sliding door and closing state monitoring of a window module: The possibility of extrinsic force-actuated opening and closing sliding doors and windows of a motor vehicle, in particular by electric motors, is of known art. Also systems are applied that interrupt or reverse the closing movement of a sliding door or a window if too great a resistance opposes the... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070138833 - Energy absorption device: An energy absorption device for use in a vehicle interior includes a first body having a protrusion defining an axially extending outer serrated surface, and a second body having a cavity defining an axially extending inner serrated surface. The protrusion is at least partially inserted into the cavity to at... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070138834 - Modular day/sleeper cab and interface therefor: Method and arrangement for providing a modular tractor assembly including a driver compartment having a rearward connecting edge configured to slidably receive a complementary forward connecting edge of one of a day compartment module, a sleeper compartment module, or an inter-modular fairing connector assembly. A portion of the rearward connecting... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP

20070138835 - Locator assembly: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a locating pin and a retention clip. The locating pin and the retention clip allow alignment of the front end module with the body structure and the retention clip secures the two assemblies in place which allows alignment of fastener holes.... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, .p.c

20070138837 - Vehicle body structure: Disclosed is a vehicle body structure, which comprises a body sidewall which forms a side portion of a vehicle body, a wheel house formed on a lower side of the body sidewall and provided with a mounting portion on which a rear suspension system mounts, a side pillar reinforcing member... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070138836 - Vehicular rear cargo module: A rear frame assembly is provided for use in an automotive vehicle extending between upright side walls to define a trunk opening. The rear frame assembly includes a cross car beam extending laterally between the side walls of the vehicle. A sail panel is fixedly secured to the cross car... Agent: Robin W Asher Clark Hill

20070138838 - Dual tube lower frame midrail structure: A lower frame midrail structure for an automotive vehicle is formed from a pair of tubular members manufactured through a hydroforming process. The two tubular members are welded together in a longitudinally extending portion to provide support for the mounting structure of a bumper assembly. The joinder of the two... Agent: Miller Law Group, PLLC And Ford Global Technologies, Inc.

20070138839 - Support beam for vehicle: A support beam for a vehicle of the present invention includes a first supporting member, a second supporting member, and a mounting member. One end portion of the first supporting member is arched like a bow, and one end portion of the second supporting member is arched like a bow.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070138840 - Rear subframe attachment mount for hydroformed frame: An attachment mount apparatus connects a subframe component to the lower frame midrail structure for an automotive vehicle that is formed from a pair of tubular members manufactured through a hydroforming process. The two tubular members are formed with a pair of opposing semi-cylindrical depressions to receive a cylindrical mounting... Agent: Miller Law Group, PLLC And Ford Global Technologies, Inc.

20070138841 - Sliding roof system for a motor vehicle: A sliding roof system for a motor vehicle includes a guide rail, a cover support, a cover attached to the cover support, a front bearing block articulated to the cover support, and a carriage that is movably received in the guide rail and engages the cover support. The cover support... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070132261 - Collapsible grab handle: A collapsible grip handle for mounting on a truck or trailer has a steel rod mounted between two brackets formed of spring steel. The brackets have an attachment section for fastening to a surface, a spring section which buckles under compressive load, and an attachment section to hold the rod.... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070132262 - Mobile containerized autopsy facility: A mobile containerized autopsy facility for use in distant contamination zones, comprising at least one enclosure which includes at least one seamless and sealable compartment, which compartment meets biohazard safety level 3 and 4 requirements. The facility consists of enclosures that are most commonly a conversion of at least one... Agent: Albert Wai-kit Chan Law Offices Of Albert Wai-kit Chan

20070132263 - Vehicle bed storage rack and bed divider: A vehicle bed storage device may include a rotatable beam. The beam is comprised of a pair of aligned tubular members. The beam is rotatable between a first position in which the storage device defines a vehicle bed divider and a second position in which the storage device defines an... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070132264 - Rotating cable tailgate actuator: A power actuator for moving automotive closure panels between opened and closed positions. The actuator is particularly adapted for actuating the rear tailgate of a pickup truck type vehicle and includes an electric drive motor, a flexible cable assembly, and a strut assembly coupled to the hinge of the tailgate.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070132265 - Connector connecting structure for detachable seat: A connector connecting structure for a detachable seat is provided which includes a floor-side hook provided rotatably on a floor, an arm coupled and fixed to the floor-side hook, and a floor-side connector provided on the arm, wherein a seat-side hook causes the floor-side hook in a collapsed state to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070132266 - Vehicle stadium/slide seat system: A system and method to configure the back seats of a passenger vehicle to provide easy vehicle ingress and egress and to configure the back seats for a flat or near flat load (cargo) floor.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070132267 - Apparatus for arranging cables in a vehicle: A guide device-for a component of a motor vehicle, such as a sun visor, is used to move at least one cable to a connector in the visor. The guide device includes a cable guide having a ramp for displacing the, cable toward the connector.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070132268 - Electric tarping system: An electric tarping system for covering open transport containers comprising a tarp, an electric lift with moveable framework, and an electric motor. The electric lift raises or lowers to provide the tarp with the necessary height needed to adequately cover the open transport container. Once the height is reached, the... Agent: Andreou & Casson, Ltd.

20070132269 - Apparatus and method for positioning a tarpaulin: A system for positioning a tarpaulin on a flatbed is provided. According to one embodiment, the system comprises a lifting device and a tarpaulin positioning apparatus structured to be attached to the lifting device. The lifting device is structured to lift at least a portion of the tarpaulin positioning apparatus... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070132270 - Component of an adjusting mechanism for a convertible motor vehicle roof: A component of an adjustment mechanism for a vehicle roof of a convertible, designed to be adjustable between a first position and a second position, which is exposed to alternating loads as a function of its position and is topologically and/or topographically adjusted to the loads acting on component for... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20070132271 - Convertible vehicle and hinge device: In a convertible vehicle having a folding convertible top (16), whose rear side is affixed to a tensioning bow (20) laterally supported relative to the vehicle, and a rear trunk lid (14) laterally supported relative to the vehicle, wherein its front side is arranged in the vicinity of the tensioning... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich

20070132272 - Method of making an integrated door inner panel and an article made thereby: A method of making an integrated inner trim panel for a vehicle door and an inner trim panel made thereby are disclosed. The method includes sequentially spraying a skin layer, a padding layer, and applying a structural layer in an open mold that defines the facing surface of the inner... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070132273 - Vehicle door control method and system therefor: A door control system and method for a vehicle door includes a power assist mechanism. The system starts a power assistance for opening of the vehicle door from a fully closed position when the vehicle door is moved by an operation of a door handle under a condition that a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070132276 - Flexible cross flow vortex trap device for reducing the aerodynamic drag of ground vehicles: An improved device for the reduction of aerodynamic drag and for improved performance of multiple component vehicles by reducing the pressure on the front face of the trailing vehicle or vehicle component by controlling the flow in the gap between the leading vehicle component and the trailing vehicle component. An... Agent: Williams Mullen

20070132275 - Self-contained adjustable air foil and method: An auxiliary air foil device for mounting on a vehicle is disclosed. The air foil device includes an enclosure comprising a base plate, a plurality of side walls, and an air foil panel. The air foil panel is pivotable between an open position and a closed position. In the closed... Agent: Quickpatents, Inc.

20070132274 - Titanium-containing lubricating oil composition: A lubricating oil composition comprising a) an oil of lubricating viscosity having a viscosity index of at least about 95; b) at least one calcium detergent; c) at least one oil soluble titanium compound; d) at least one friction modifier; and e) at least one metal dihydrocarbyldithiophosphate compound. The composition... Agent: New Market Services Corporation (formerly Ethyl Corporation)

20070132277 - Construction machine: A folding type door is fitted in a cab box. Two door panels and are disposed substantially in the same vertical plane as a left side cover of an upper revolving structure when said door in a closed position. Catches and are provided in a left rear side section of... Agent: Mattingly Stanger & Malur

20070132278 - Vehicle panels and their method of construction: A molded composite panel for a vehicle and a method of constructing a panel assembly. The individual panels have laminated layers of abutting dissimilar materials including a core of material and outer layers of fibrous material molded on opposite sides of the core. The outer layers are molded at least... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070132279 - Hood structure with crush initiators: A vehicle hood for achieving generally predetermined deformation in an event of a front impact. The hood may include an outer panel including at least one raised section along rear and side edges of the hood for thereby defining a reverse power dome. An inner panel may be attached to... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070132280 - Structural element, particularly a hybrid structural element for a cross member of a vehicle and use of a structural element: The invention relates to a structural element (1), particularly a hybrid structural element, for a cross member of a vehicle, in which a base body (2) is provided, which is at least partially lined with plastic (4) and which is provided with at least one flow tap (8a to 8e).... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070132281 - Roof structure for a trailer: A roof structure for a trailer includes a roof sheet attached to top rails of the trailer, and a plurality of spaced apart roof bows attached to the roof sheet. The roof bows provide structural support to the roof structure and are mounted on the exterior of the trailer, such... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070126252 - Interior space expansion system: An interior space expansion system for use with a structure needing collapsible and/or expandable space, including: a base structure having an aperture therethrough; a movable structure disposed within a central region of the base structure when in a sunken position and substantially exterior the base structure when in an elevated... Agent: Advantia Law Group

20070126253 - vehicle including a retractable sliding seat: A vehicle is disclosed comprising a floor; a seat presenting an in-use position and a storage position; a runner extending along a sliding direction, the runner being mounted to turn on the floor about an axis of rotation extending transversely to the sliding direction; and a translation-locking device having an... Agent: Miller, Matthias & Hull

20070126254 - Aerodynamic articulated motorcycle fairing: A motorcycle fairing comprised of plastic or composite material fabricated and assembled to compose a frame mounted fairing yoke together with upper and lower fork assembly mounted frontal sections, all having proximate parallel with one another, but perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the front fork assembly, which together... Agent: Charles D. Bugni

20070126255 - Antidazzle apparatus for movable bodies: An antidazzle apparatus for movable bodies is capable of not hiding something a user wants to see while dimming sunlight. A transmissive display is disposed above ahead of a driver, and two dimmer portions are formed in the transmissive display. The dimmer portions are positioned on straight lines linking the... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070126256 - Automobile sun visor and attachment for use with an automobile sun visor: Disclosed is an attachment for use with an automobile sun visor of the type including a visor body mounted in a vehicle interior and adapted to be positioned by a driver in at least a shielding position whereat it blocks the sun disc from the driver's view when the sun... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070126257 - Method of manufacturing composite vehicle panels: A method of fabricating composite vehicle panels includes the steps of forming a first, upper panel having a depending peripheral lip, forming a second, lower panel of laid up woven mat or strips of a fibrous material such as fiberglass or carbon fibers and a plastic resin to form a... Agent: Flaster/greenberg P.C. 8 Penn Center

20070126258 - Cabriolet vehicle: This invention relates to a cabriolet vehicle with a roof with a flexible cover in at least parts of its area, including a front roof area which can be stored in the same orientation as in the closed state in a body recess, which is bounded on the rear by... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20070126259 - Unit carrier comprising an integrated lock fixing system for a motor vehicle door: The invention relates to a unit carrier (1) for a motor vehicle door, with at least one fixing section for a door lock (3) and fixing points for securing the unit carrier to a motor vehicle door, wherein the door lock can be connected by a lock holding angle (4)... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070126260 - Vehicle door opening system: A wheeled automotive vehicle is disclosed including a vehicle body structure, including a driver compartment and including an opening into the compartment, and a central body cooperatively dimensioned and configured to close the opening, the opening being formed by portions of the body structure. The central body includes a side... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070126261 - Aerodynamic drag reducing apparatus: An aerodynamic drag reducing apparatus for use with vehicles having downstream surfaces that are not streamlined. The apparatus consists of folding panels that extend rearward for use in a drag reducing configuration and collapse for use in a space saving configuration.... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070126262 - Floor seal connection for a trailer: A trailer having an interior section and an exterior; a base rail separating the interior section from the exterior, the base rail having a flange extending into the interior section; a cross-member attached to the base rail; and a floor seal attached to the cross-member and extending into the interior... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070126263 - Frame for heavy-duty vehicles: A frame for a heavy-duty vehicle includes a pail of spaced-apart, parallel, elongated, and longitudinally-extending main members. At least a pair of transverse cross members extend between and are attached to the main members, and each one of at least a pair of hangers is attached to and depends from... Agent: David P Dureska Buckingham Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP

20070126264 - Lower vehicle body structure of vehicle: There is provided a lower vehicle body structure, in which a floor panel is provided between a pair of side sills extending longitudinally, a tunnel portion extending longitudinally is provided at a central portion of the floor panel, and a seat is provided between the side sill and tunnel portion,... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070126265 - Sunshade panel apparatus: A sunshade panel apparatus includes a first sunshade panel, a second sunshade panel and a third sunshade panel a first connecting mechanism connecting the second sunshade panel and the third sunshade panel so that the second sunshade panel and the third sunshade panel are moved integrally or relatively; a guide... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070126266 - Self-configurable telephony architecture: Techniques are disclosed for automating the process of configuring a telephone system. More specifically, the techniques disclosed herein enable a telephone system to monitor the behavior of users of that system and to configure the users' preferences based on their observed behavior. For example, the system may observe that a... Agent: Robert Plotkin, PC