Land vehicles: bodies and tops inventions 12/07

20070296235 - Pedestrian protection: A road vehicle 10A with a bonnet or engine compartment 14A and engine 32A is provided with pedestrian protection structure 42. This is formed by first assessing the structure of the vehicle 10A to determine the ability of the structure to provide at least partial absorption of a pre-defined impact... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070296236 - Manually lockable module box for motor vehicles: A motor vehicle having a module box that is securable against theft. For this purpose, a manually actuatable lock is provided. The lock can be contained either in the module box or in the motor vehicle. Elements in the module box or the mounting arrangement that ensure that the opening... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070296237 - Quick-release system for removable windshields: A system and method is provided for a quickly-detachable and replaceable windshield for a recreational vehicle such as a motorcycle. The system may include a fairing that is configured to include a windshield mounting receptacle and rapid attachment hardware that does not require the use of any tools to actuate... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20070296238 - Front structure of vehicle: A front pillar (17) is provided between a side portion of a windshield glass (13) and a front portion of a side door (14), and a molding (27) is fitted into an outer periphery portion of the windshield glass (13). Also, the inner surface of the side portion of the... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070296239 - Device for concealing vehicle identification numbers: A device for concealing the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) plate/label. The label is typically disposed on the dashboard of the automobile, especially in a narrow space between the dashboard and the windshield of the automobile such that the label can be seen from the outside of the automobile through the... Agent: Edwin Tarver

20070296234 - Console assembly for a vehicle: A console assembly for use in a passenger seating area of a vehicle includes a base securable to a floor of the passenger seating area and a support structure mounted to the vehicle floor cooperating with the base. One or more storage modules are disposed adjacent to the base and... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. Intl. Automotive Components Group

20070296240 - Collapsible vehicle shelter: A shelter attachment for a pickup truck includes a lid that is rotatably attached to one side of the pickup truck bed. As the lid is rotated in an opened direction, two wire ropes pull a shelter mast in an upward direction so that the mast is in its fully... Agent: Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens & Mcivor, LLP

20070296241 - Soft top for a motor vehicle: Disclosed is a soft top for a motor vehicle, comprising longitudinal struts that span a roof opening and a flexible roof skin which spans the width of the vehicle and is fastened to a windshield frame in the front and a bow spanning the width of the vehicle in the... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070296243 - Adjusting system of a motor vehicle for the adjustment of a closing part for the closure of an opening of a motor vehicle body: The system also includes an electromotor and a transmission connected with either or both of the spindle and second casing. In addition, at least one spring is arranged within either or both of the first and second casings and operates length-wise, such that one of the casings is attached on... Agent: Jacob Eisenberg

20070296242 - System and method for controlling speed of a closure member: A closure system for controlling speed of a closure member, where the closure system includes a controller for transitioning speed of a closure member being operated in response to an obstacle being sensed in the path of the closure member. In one embodiment, a linear speed control algorithm determines the... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20070296244 - Adjusting system of a motor vehicle for the adjustment of a closing piece for the closing of an opening of a motor vehicle body: An adjusting system of a motor vehicle for the adjustment of a closing part is disclosed. The closing part may be a rear flap, a trunk deck, a sliding or swinging door. The closing part may be adjustable between an opened position and a closed position along a setting range.... Agent: Jacob Eisenberg

20070296245 - Sliding door for a motor vehicle: A sliding door for a motor vehicle which may be moved along a direction of displacement for opening and closing a door opening in the motor vehicle body is provided. The sliding door comprising a sliding door drive for producing a drive torque, a force transmitting mechanism and at least... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070296246 - Combination folding utility / tent trailer: A tent is disclosed for use in connection with a utility trailer having a flat rectangular platform. The tent comprises a frame and a covering for the frame. The frame comprises frame members adapted for detachable connection to the platform.... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070296248 - Deck assembly for transporter vehicle: A deck assembly for use with a transporter vehicle is provided. The deck assembly comprises a deck portion formed of a first material and a sub-structure formed of a second material. The deck assembly further comprises an interface plate formed disposed between the deck portion and sub-structure to facilitate coupling... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070296247 - Deck cross-member and method of manufacturing a deck cross-member: A deck cross-member comprising a first pipe, a joint member, and a second pipe. The first pipe is configured to support a steering unit. The first pipe has a cross section that is uniform along the axial direction as viewed in a plane perpendicular to the axial direction. The joint... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070296249 - Panel fastening method and panel member for automobile: A panel member 10 for an automobile includes a hem portion 18 roll-fastened in a state of overlapping an outer panel 14 and an inner panel 16. At the hem portion 18 of the panel member 10, the outer panel 14 and the inner panel 16 are roll-fastened in a... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070296250 - Glass run: An automobile door has a glass run corresponding to a glass door. The glass run includes a body portion, which has a bottom wall portion, and a vehicle interior side wall portion and a vehicle exterior side wall portion respectively extending from opposite ends of the bottom wall portion, and... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070290518 - System for attaching an article holding assembly to a mounting member in a vehicle: As aspect of the invention provides an article holding assembly that is attachable to a mounting member. An aspect of the invention provides a console assembly that is attachable to a mounting member in a vehicle.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. Intl. Automotive Components Group

20070290519 - Vehicle cockpit with head-up display: A vehicle cockpit includes a head-up display, a transverse beam, and an end wall for separating the cockpit from the engine compartment. To fit the head-up display in a relatively easy manner, attachment means are provided for pre-fitting or pre-installing the head-up display on the transverse beam and for a... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070290520 - Windscreen wiper system: The invention relates to a windshield wiper device, in particular for a motor vehicle, with a molded tube (10) that is connected to the bodywork (13) and/or a mounting plate that is connected to the bodywork (13), which is particularly a mounting plate for a wiper motor. The windshield wiper... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070290521 - Convertible cargo bed: A convertible cargo bed assembly for a utility vehicle is provided. The assembly includes a single piece molded main body having a pair of integrally formed hip restraints that each include a passenger hand hold integrally formed within the respective hip restraint. The assembly additionally includes a molded pivoting panel... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070290522 - Thin section sidewall assemblies for vans and trailers: Several embodiments of sidewall assemblies having side posts and plastic liners affixed to an outer side sheet of a van or trailer. The liners have edges extending in contacting relationship with the edge portions of the side posts in connected relationship. Protuberances and foam material extend between the plastic liners... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070290523 - Shock absorbing structure for vehicle: There is provided a shock absorbing structure for a vehicle that exhibits more stable shock absorbing performance regardless of the shape of an installation space. The shock absorbing structure comprises: a plurality of shock absorbing members for absorbing an externally applied shock by being deformed by the application of the... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070290524 - Vehicle cockpit with self supporting submodules: A vehicle cockpit of modular construction includes at least one crossmember extending over the width of the cockpit and at least two submodules, each of which accommodates preassembled components. The submodules can each be fastened to the crossmember. The submodules are self-supporting so that they are able to be freely... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070290525 - Body reinforcement device for a vehicle: A body reinforcement device comprises a rigid reinforcement member that connects two vehicle body portions to be reinforced. The body reinforcement device also comprises a damping force member that spans the space between the two vehicle body portions. The rigid reinforcement member and the damping force member preferably extend generally... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070290526 - Crawler frame mounting structure for construction machinery: A mounting structure for a center frame and crawler frames of a base carrier of a construction machine, which can increase durability without complicating the structure is provided. A crawler frame mounting structure for a construction machine includes a center frame configured to rotatably support an upper rotating body, fastening... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070284900 - Foldable wagon: The invention relates to a foldable wagon having a base and side panels around the base to define an open top enclosure. The side panels being a left side panel, a right side panel, a front panel, and a back panel all placed on the base and all are approximately... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070284901 - Tall extrusion fastening assembly: According to the present disclosure, a raised projection or extrusion on a component of a small utility vehicle can be used to secure other components of the vehicle together. The extrusion can receive a fastener therein to hold the components together. The extrusion can be relatively rigid and engage directly... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070284902 - A pocketed panel assembly: A pocketed panel assembly for a vehicle door is disclosed herein. The pocketed panel assembly includes a trim panel, a partial pocket structure, and a living hinge. The trim panel has a pivotal edge, and the partial pocket structure also has a pivotal edge. The living hinge integrally joins the... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070284904 - Transformable tail gate for truck bed: A system for facilitating loading and placement of materials onto a truck bed is disclosed. The system includes a hollow planar element disposed on a truck bed. The system further includes a hollow tail gate element having a first end and a second end, wherein the hollow tail gate element... Agent: Mark Terry

20070284905 - Vehicle seat with swing-out lower seat portion: A vehicle seat is provided with a swing-out lower seat portion that allows ease of entering and exiting a vehicle. The lower seat portion pivots laterally independently of the seat back portion. The pivot axis is inside of the outer perimeter of the lower seat portion, preferably toward the outboard... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070284903 - Lift gate latch transfer mechanism: A latch transfer mechanism is provided, including a tailgate having a first handle and a second handle, a lifter connected to a housing, a striker for selectively receiving a cable transfer pin, with the cable transfer pin operably associated with the lifter, and a connector connected to the cable transfer... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20070284906 - Instrument panel support: An instrument panel support assembly can be removably attached to a small utility vehicle frame. The instrument panel support assembly can include multiple attachment features that enable a front suspension system to be coupled to the frame in different orientations. The frame can include alignment features that facilitate the alignment... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070284907 - Reinforced tonneau cover: A tonneau cover for use on a vehicle bed can have a multilayer construction. The multilayer tonneau cover can include an upper layer and a reinforcing layer. The tonneau cover can also have a lower layer. The reinforcing layer can include a reinforcing beam to reduce the potential for cracking... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070284908 - Golf car seat back and sweater basket support tubes: A vehicle is provided including a vehicle structure, a seat back, and a support member. The support member can include a piece of metal tubing. The piece of metal tubing can have a plurality of engagement portions. A first engagement portion can be coupled to the vehicle structure. A second... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070284909 - Convertible roof: A convertible roof for an automotive vehicle is provided. In another aspect of the present invention, an in-folding convertible roof is employed. A further aspect of the present invention includes at least a partially self-covering convertible roof system which includes at least one side rail that moves in a generally... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070284910 - Movable vehicle roof assembly: A vehicle includes a roof having roof parts, a roof kinematic system, and a transmission kinematic system. The roof parts are movable between a closed position covering the vehicle interior and a stored position exposing the vehicle interior. The roof kinematics system has a guide rod pivotably supported about a... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070284911 - Soft top vehicle roof having convertible top cover with window pane: A soft top roof for a vehicle includes a top cover with a window pane. A fastening section borders at least part of the window pane. A clamping part clamps the top cover to the fastening section in order to connect the top cover and the window pane. The clamping... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070284912 - Trailer assembly: A trailer body for use with a commercial motor vehicle is provided, including a top wall, a floor, and a pair of side walls cooperating to define a cargo space, and a plurality of supports each extending substantially across the trailer body between the side walls. The top wall includes... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070284913 - Wall construction for a trailer: A sidewall of a trailer is provided. The sidewall includes at least one inner skin and at least one outer skin which are spaced apart by posts. A bottom rail has a portion which extends between the inner and outer skins. A top rail has a portion which extends between... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070284914 - Transverse structural member for a seat area of a vehicle: A transverse structural member for a seat area of a vehicle has a seat transverse center member that has side attaching sections. Two seat transverse side members are each connected to an associated side attaching section of the seat transverse center member and each extends in a transverse direction of... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070284915 - Pedestrian protection apparatus for vehicle: A pedestrian protection apparatus for a vehicle, includes a plate member which is disposed at a lower part of a front of the vehicle so as to extend in a frontward and backward direction of the vehicle, which includes a front portion and a rear portion; and a plurality of... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070284916 - Acoustic damping section which is disposed between a window panel and the body of a vehicle: A sealing strip configured to be combined between a vehicle bodywork and glazing, and including an acoustic damping mechanism when subjected to action of a vibrational field. The sealing strip works in shear combined with local movements of the glazing in its plane, while the body-work deforms in the direction... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070284917 - Sliding mechanism with spring positioning: A sliding mechanism includes two members, one of which is slidable with respect to the other along an axis. One of the members slides back and forth with respect to the other between a first position and a second position. A leaf spring is used as a positioning element to... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070278809 - Living hinge belt line vacuum form edge wrap: A method of forming a trim panel is provided comprising molding an interior panel substrate including a main body portion, a lock portion molded as a portion of the interior panel substrate and having a locking element, a first living hinge positioned between the lock portion and the main body... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070278810 - Cargo support for truck: A cargo support apparatus for a truck bed includes a forward support assembly capable of being at least partially stowed within the front wall of the truck bed and a rear support assembly capable of being at least partially stowed within the tailgate. The forward and rear support assemblies include... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070278811 - System for operably coupling a vehicle cab to a vehicle: A system is disclosed for operably coupling a vehicle cab to a vehicle. The system includes a damping mount configured to at least partially inhibit transmission of shocks and vibrations from the vehicle to the vehicle cab. The system further includes a mounting stud configured to operably couple the damping... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070278812 - Upper glove box latch housing knee impact protector: A glove box is provided comprising an instrument panel substrate and a door panel rotatably mounted thereto. A push button assembly includes a latch element movable between a door panel engagement position and a door panel release position. The assembly farther includes a push button element including a button activation... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070278813 - Truck rear box extension and ramp: There is provided an apparatus which extends a rear box on a truck. A pair of opposing supplemental sidewalls perpendicularly extend from opposing lateral side edges on the truck tailgate. Thus, when the tailgate is opened, the interior surface of the tailgate becomes a planar extension of the truck bed,... Agent: David Giglio, Esq.

20070278815 - Photochromatic effect for polycarbonate glazing applications: A window assembly having photochromatic properties is described. The window assembly includes a substrate being adjacent to a coating. A photochromatic film is located between the substrate and the coating, whereby the photochromatic film darkens when the window assembly is exposed to ultraviolet light.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070278814 - Walk-in-device: A walk-in device for a vehicle seat in which the vehicle seat provided with a lifting mechanism is moved forward in conjunction with the forward folding of a seatback. The walk-in device for a vehicle seat comprises a lifting mechanism 3 for adjusting the height of a surface of a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070278816 - Canopy system for a utility vehicle: A retractable canopy system for a light-weight utility vehicle is provided. The system comprises a mounting frame that includes a pair of legs. An upper portion of each leg can be frictionally retained between a pair of corresponding vehicle roof support side struts. Distal ends of each mounting frame leg... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070278817 - Clear plastic convering to protect cars: A shield that comes in a web and which is easily cut and customized to the desired shape and size to protect any particular part of the vehicle. The shield can be multilayered to protect the finish of the vehicle from nicks as well as from UV rays.... Agent: Sung I. Oh, Professional Law Corporation

20070278818 - Operator's control device for a shade arrangement: This arrangement relates to an operating and control means for a shade arrangement, especially for a vehicle roof with a transparent roof surface, the shade arrangement comprising at least one shade with a shade roller and a shade fabric which can be unrolled therefrom by means of an electric actuator... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070278819 - Light weight modular hinged door: The present invention in one embodiment provides a door structure that includes a door shell having an exterior panel and an interior panel; an anti-intrusion beam positioned between the interior panel and the exterior panel of the door shell; a hinge end casting positioned at a first end of the... Agent: Intellectual Property

20070278820 - Sliding door system: A sliding door system for a vehicle with a vehicle body having a door opening and a sliding door (3), comprises a guide rail (1) which can be mounted at or in the vehicle body in the proximity of the door opening, a guide element (2) which is displaceable along... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070278821 - Wind deflector and screened ventilation system with cigarette egress passageway: A wind deflector and screened ventilation system with cigarette egress passageway is designed to releasably attach to a vehicle door. The device includes a deflector, screen, and cigarette egress passageway. The deflector has a deflector attachment portion and a wind deflection portion. The wind deflection portion includes a wind deflection... Agent: Gallagher & Dawsey Co., L.p.a.

20070278822 - Exterior sliding door for a vehicle: An exterior vehicle door is guided in a sliding manner in guide rails. At least one guide rail is provided which is mounted fixedly on the vehicle body and which includes a first section extending diagonally to the door plane and a second section extending approximately parallel to the door... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070278823 - Apparatus for opening and closing a wing door of a truck or the like: A wing door opening/closing apparatus including a link mechanism and a spring for swinging up a wing door 1. This wing door opening/closing apparatus is made up by plural wing door opening/closing devices A and B. The disparity of the moments generated by one wing door opening/closing device A in... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20070278824 - Motor vehicle chassis for a motor vehicle: A motor vehicle chassis for a motor vehicle with a longitudinal support beam and with a crashbox introduced into the longitudinal supporting beam, in that state when it is separated from the longitudinal supporting beam, is narrower than two opposing walls of the longitudinal supporting beam. By virtue of this... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070278825 - Motor vehicle chassis for a motor vehicle: A motor vehicle chassis for a motor vehicle has an adapter element to join an aluminum crashbox to a longitudinal supporting beam. To accommodate one end of the crashbox the adapter element has a pot-shaped design and introduced into the longitudinal supporting beam. Due to this the motor vehicle chassis... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070278826 - Interior member for cab of work vehicle and method for forming same, as well as wall member: An object is to enhance the sound absorbing functions of an interior member, and furthermore, to increase ease of assemblv of the interior member, and the interior member for the cab is integrally formed so as to have a laminated structure where a sound absorbing material is contained between an... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070278827 - Belt molding: A belt molding includes an elongated molding body mounted along a clearance portion between a frame member and a panel member of a vehicle, a first acting portion provided at the molding body and configured to push the frame member, and a second acting portion provided at the molding body... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070278828 - Pillar for a motor vehicle: An A-pillar for a motor vehicle running from a vehicle roof in the direction of a vehicle floor and having a curved profile over at least one longitudinal section, has an essentially solid circumferential surface and is of essentially hollow configuration in an inner region. The A-pillar in its curved... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070278829 - Electronics splash shield: A protection system for at least one electrical component of a light-weight utility vehicle is provided. The system comprises a hood having a top panel and a side panel. The top panel can be connected to an interior side of at least one wall of a vehicle body structure. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070278830 - Mould end cap: A mould end cap comprises a cap end portion engaged with an end of a mould body for a vehicle frame, a mould insert portion extending from the cap end portion and inserted in the mould body, and a hook portion provided at the mould insert portion and engaged with... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070278831 - Wind deflector: A wind deflector for a motor vehicle roof which is movable between a rest position and an operating position, the bearing means containing a spring arrangement which pretensions the wind deflector into the raised operating position. The spring arrangement has a first range of motion of low spring force and... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes