Land vehicles: bodies and tops inventions 04/08

20080093873 - Console-sliding structure: A sliding structure slidably supports a wheel by a groove of a rail. The wheel is rotatably supported to a movable console through a supporting shaft. The sliding structure includes an elastic deforming portion which is elastically deformed when an overload is vertically applied to the movable console and is... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080093874 - Rear seat cushion underside storage flap: A storage area defined by a folded-forward rear seat cushion, an upright rear seatback, the floor tunnel, and an article retaining flap which is stowed when not in use. The storage flap may be folded away for storage under the rear seat cushion when not in use.... Agent: Thomas Moga Butzel Long

20080093875 - Retractable vehicle seat of laterally folding type: A retractable seat of laterally folding type wherein a seat portion thereof is caused by a motor to displace in a direction laterally of a vehicle. The seat portion is pivotally connected, via connecting arm and support elements, with a support base element provided in the vehicle body. The motor... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080093876 - Visor for a vehicle: A visor for a vehicle includes a core portion configured to interface with a pivot rod to allow the visor to be moved between a storage position and a use position. A single core portion includes structure configured to receive a slideable spring assembly for mounting the visor core to... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080093877 - Vehicle trunk lid: A vehicle trunk lid is provided with a lid which can cover on the vehicle trunk. Hinges are provided below the trunk lid for connecting to the side boards of the trunk, while respective hydraulic bars are provided below the two sides of the trunk, including side bars and several... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080093878 - Tarpaulin for variable sized loads: A tarpaulin for a quick and safe covering of a load on a truck or trailer bed is provided having a post positioned at each corner of the bed including a pulley mounted on top of each post at the front of the bed. A pair of cables are each... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20080093879 - Hard top: A hard top for a convertible has at least two roof parts displaceable between a closed position and a put-away position. The roof parts, in the put-away position, are put away in a trunk of the convertible and can be brought into a loading position raised in relation to the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080093880 - Convertible vehicle with a roof comprising several roof sections: A convertible vehicle with at least two successive roof sections that are separated on their exterior surface at a groove when the roof is closed, with a rear roof section being displaceable rearwards and downwards for the opening of the roof and a roof section arranged in front of it... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20080093881 - Convertible vehicle: The invention relates to a cabriolet vehicle comprising a roof that can be stored underneath a cover part in the open position, at least two displaceable engagement organs and an associated drive being provided to secure the closed cover part. The drive interacts with the engagement organs to transmit the... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080093884 - Flush mounted plastic window: A plastic window for use in a motor vehicle includes a plastic panel having portions defining an edge about a perimeter of the panel and a window flange integral to the plastic panel. The window flange is positioned adjacent to the edge and extends at least partially there along. The... Agent: Exatec C/o Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080093885 - Plastic window assembly for motor vehicles: A plastic window assembly for use in a motor vehicle has a plastic panel and a motor. The motor is coupled to a gear and is operable to drive the gear to move the plastic panel in a first panel direction and in a second panel direction. In one variation,... Agent: Exatec C/o Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080093882 - Cab door structure: A door structure for a cab includes a door frame defining an entrance to the cab, a door for opening and closing the entrance, a hinge disposed between the door and the door frame and having an axis, the door being configured to be allowed to swing about the axis... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080093883 - Cabin door device: A cabin door device having a cabin frame, comprises: a door mounted to a side part of the cabin frame so as to be moveable between a fully closed position and a fully open position; and a main striker supported by the cabin frame, wherein the door has a lock... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080093886 - Retractable air deflection apparatus for reduction of vehicular air drag: An air deflection apparatus for reduction of vehicular air drag comprises at least one air deflection element coupled to a rear portion of the vehicle but not to the rear-facing surface of the vehicle or, in other embodiments, at least one air deflection element coupled to a rear portion of... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20080093887 - Mini skirt aerodynamic fairing device for reducing the aerodynamic drag of ground vehicles: A device for the reduction of aerodynamic drag and for improved performance and stability of ground vehicles by reducing the mass and velocity of the flow passing under a vehicle is described. The device is particularly suited for a tractor-trailer truck system that includes a motorized lead vehicle pulling one... Agent: Williams Mullen

20080093888 - Energy absorbing device: An energy absorbing device for the interior of a motor vehicle of the specification is described. The device includes two elements which are arranged movably relative to one another, having at least one actuator which is arranged between these elements and at least one receiving apparatus on the elements for... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080093889 - Vehicle body side structure: A vehicle body side structure is provided in which a load transmission member has a lateral inboard portion and a load-receiving member has a lateral outward portion facing the lateral inboard portion of the load transmission member. The lateral inboard portion and the lateral outward portion are configured to transmit... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080093890 - Component having a hard foam body and an electric and/or electronic functional element: The present invention relates to a component (07, 25, 33), particularly for a vehicle (01), the component (07, 25, 33) being produced from a foamed polymer with formation of a hard foam body (11, 26, 36, 45, 52, 60, 66), and at least one electric and/or electronic functional element (10,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080093891 - Motor vehicle component and method: Disclosed is a unitary cowl top ventilation component for a motor vehicle. The component includes structural and elastomeric portions molded into a single unitary body. Also disclosed are methods for malting the component.... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080093892 - Tubular b-pillar to stamped rocker joint and method of assembling the same: A pillar to rocker joint assembly comprising a tubular pillar having a pinched flange near a lower end of the pillar is joined to a rocker assembly including a side sill and rocker reinforcement. A method of making a pillar to rocker joint assembly that comprises a vehicle structural support... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080093893 - Crash support in the tunnel region of a motor vehicle: A crash support assembly is provided in the tunnel region of a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle has at least one exhaust tract guided through a tunnel of the vehicle and seat cross members are disposed to the side of the tunnel. A crash support is held on the exhaust... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080093894 - Side sill trim part and method of molding same: Improved side sill or rocker panel trim part and methods of molding same are provided. In the methods, a substantially “C” like cross-sectional shaped mold cavity is provided having a pair of terminal cavity portions therein. A living hinge-forming cavity space is provided between a midpoint of the cavity and... Agent: Wegman, Hessler & Vanderburg

20080088146 - Mobile tent trailer: A mobile tent trailer includes a frame and wheels to allow the trailer to be pulled along a road surface. The frame can have a first floor surface. Side walls can be coupled to the frame and can be moved between a stored position facilitating movement of the trailer along... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080088147 - Luggage floor box of a vehicle: The present invention relates to a luggage floor box. A luggage floor box of a vehicle including: a receiving part which is formed by being downwardly indented at a rear side of a floor panel so as to provide a receiving space; and at least one partition disposed within the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080088148 - Universal instrument mount: A bracket enables mounting of non-standard sized or shaped instruments in openings of a standard pillar mount or similar instrument mounting arrangement. The bracket includes a first extension that fits in a standard opening and a second extension that mounts the instrument at a position offset from the standard opening.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080088150 - Visor assembly for a vehicle: A visor assembly for a vehicle includes a visor, a beam, an arm, and a carrier. The beam defines a first path. The arm has a first end and a second end spaced from the first end. The arm moveably supports the visor with the visor moveable between the first... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20080088145 - Automatically opening cargo compartment cover: A cargo compartment cover is provided that includes guide rail arrangements on either side of the cover sheet in order to bring the cover sheet into a intermediate position starting from the closed position. To transfer the cover sheet between these two positions, two separate gear motors are provided which... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080088149 - Windshield attachment: A window assembly cooperating with a window frame on a golf car includes a first window pane selectively coupled to the window frame. A second window pane is selectively coupled to the window frame and offset from the first window pane. A first pair of retaining members are arranged on... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080088151 - Automatic truck bed cover assembly: A truck bed cover assembly installed over a truck bed comprising a plurality of rigid inverted U-shaped covers, a plurality of tracks located one below the other on sidewalls of the truck bed, two motors and two threaded shafts connected to the motors. The covers include a projecting member extending... Agent: Edwin Tarver

20080088152 - Motor vehicle door with split side window: The invention relates to a motor vehicle door with a side window, wherein a window winder being associated with the side window, by means of which the side window is able to be lowered in the door body. The side window is of split configuration, wherein a separate window winder... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080088153 - Windbreak device: In order to improve a windbreak device for motor vehicles, in particular cabriolet vehicles, comprising a windbreak base which is disposed level with a beltline of a vehicle body, and a wind deflector which is connected to the windbreak base in an articulated manner and can be pivoted from an... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20080088154 - Motor vehicle hood provided with hollow bodies: The invention relates to a motor vehicle hood comprising a visible outside skin and a lining, in which the lining is shaped in such a manner that: the hood has reinforcements comprising a plurality of hollow bodies defined by the skin and by the lining; and that the hood includes... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080088155 - Grille overslam bumper integrated with secondary release handle: A vehicle hood closure control and release system including a hood release mounted to a vehicle frame. The hood release may include a pivotally mounted hood release handle pivotable for unlatching a vehicle hood having a grille mounted thereon. A bumper may be integrally mounted to the hood release for... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080088156 - Vehicle body structure: Disclosed is a vehicle body structure in which a front pillar, whose cross-section in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction is a closed cross-section, is disposed at each of both vehicle transverse direction end portions of a vehicle cabin front portion such that a longitudinal direction of the front... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080088157 - Roof rail with integrally formed pinched flanges: A support rail for a vehicle is disclosed that has an A-pillar portion and a roof rail portion. The roof rail and A-pillar are formed with a tubular body portion and longitudinally extending support flanges. The support flanges are formed by pinching the blank during the hydroforming process to provide... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080084082 - Operator's station structure for work vehicle: An operator's station structure for a work vehicle having a motor section, comprising: a seat that is disposed on the operator's station for a work vehicle and has a moveable seat part; and a removable storage box that is disposed below the seat, that has an upwardly opening shape, and... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20080084083 - Hybrid truck bed liner: An apparatus to protect a wear surface of a vehicle, the apparatus having a resilient layer and a fabric layer bonded to the resilient layer, wherein the fabric layer is configured to be bonded to the wear surface of the vehicle. Other embodiments include an apparatus to protect a vehicle... Agent: Osha Liang L.l.p.

20080084084 - Supporting strut for a wheelchair: A supporting strut for a wheelchair has a longitudinal shaft and a cross-shaft. The cross-shaft extends perpendicularly from the longitudinal shaft and has a mounting bracket, two proximal brackets, two distal brackets, a medial pivot hole and a brace pivot hole. The mounting bracket is U-shaped, is formed on and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080084085 - Seat position adjusting apparatus for vehicle: A seat position adjusting apparatus for a vehicle includes a lower rail, an upper rail moved relatively with the lower rail, a locking mechanism restricting relative movement between the lower rail and the upper rail and releasing restriction on the relative movement, an operating member releasing restriction of the locking... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080084086 - Passenger's weight measurement device for vehicle seat: The passenger's weight measurement device 1 comprises a pair of left and right fixed lower rails 3 fixed on the floor of a vehicle, a pair of movable upper rails 4 disposed to be movable in a front-and-rear direction on each of the fixed lower rails 3, load sensors 50... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080084087 - Modular deck lid hinge with coil springs: A vehicle body decklid hinge includes at least one hinge set carried by a bracket that retains a pivot pin and a retainer bar in a cantilevered manner. The pivot pin supports a lever, such as a gooseneck strap, that will be coupled to the hood, while the bracket includes... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20080084081 - Tractor: An object is to provide an assist grip for an operator to easily ride on/off an operation section. An assist grip for supporting a weight of an operator riding on/off an operation section is disposed in front of a steering wheel so as to overlap steering wheel when viewed in... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080084088 - Glass run: A glass run includes a main body portion and a pair of seal lips. Further, the glass run is constituted by a vehicle exterior side molded member and a vehicle interior side molded member divided at a bottom portion of the main body portion. Further, the vehicle exterior side molded... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080084089 - Telescoping recreational vehicle lift system: There is a telescoping camper that has a lower camper portion and an upper camper portion that slides around and over the lower camper portion in a telescoping fashion. Primary jacks are attached to each corner of the upper camper portion. There is a lift mechanism attached to the upper... Agent: Teri G. Andrews Attorney At Law

20080084090 - Construction machine: A highest footboard of steps serving as an up and down passage provided on the laterally opposite side to a cabin in an upper rotating body is located at a higher position than a highest footboard of steps of standard specifications. In a space which is height difference between the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080084091 - Sealing structure for cabin: A cab includes a cab frame forming the cab, an outer roof configured to cover said cab frame from above and to be fastened to the cab frame from above, a seal mount protruding downwardly from an edge of the outer roof, and a seal material including a body portion... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20080084092 - Vehicle front structure: A front side member has: a front frame portion disposed such that a longitudinal direction of the front frame portion runs along a vehicle longitudinal direction; a rear frame portion which is offset toward a vehicle bottom side with respect to the front frame portion at a vehicle rear side... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080084093 - Body support structure of a vehicle: A pair of left and right rockers are arranged along a vehicle longitudinal direction at lower portions of two vehicle lateral direction ends of a body. A floor cross-member is provided at each of two vehicle lateral direction end portions of a cross member, which is arranged along the vehicle... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080079278 - Dual sliding center console: A storage console assembly for a motor vehicle having a floor comprising a bracket removably coupled to the floor, a lower rail attached to the bracket and a main body slidably engaged with the lower rail. An upper rail attached to a top portion of the main body. An upper... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20080079280 - Vehicle-body supporting apparatus and vehicle-body supporting system: A vehicle-body supporting apparatus is provided between a vehicle body of a vehicle and a wheel to support the vehicle body. The vehicle-body supporting apparatus includes an air chamber that is filled with a gaseous matter, a vibration input unit that inputs at least one of vibration from the vehicle... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080079281 - Sound insulation structure for tractor: A tractor includes a plurality of wheels; a vehicle body frame supported by the wheels; an engine supported by the vehicle body frame; an engine hood for covering the engine; a cabin disposed rearwardly of the engine hood; an engine hood support frame for supporting the engine hood; wherein a... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080079283 - Structure of auxiliary tail gate of vehicle: A structure of an auxiliary tail gate, to open and close a main cargo area when it is impossible to provide enough space to move a main tail gate because another vehicle or obstacle is parked or placed near, and to store small cargo separately from the main cargo area.... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080079277 - Ladder rack assembly: A rack assembly for at least partially supporting a ladder in the bed box of a truck is disclosed herein. The rack assembly includes a telescopically erectable and collapsible stanchion assembly, at least one bracket assembly for mounting the bottom of the stanchion assembly to the truck's bed box, and... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080079279 - Console storage enclosure: This disclosed console is for mounting within a vehicle. The console includes a base configured to be coupled to the vehicle and a storage enclosure coupled to the base. The storage enclosure is movable between a first position and a second position relative to the base such that a first... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080079282 - System for counterbalancing a tailgate: A counterbalancing system is provided that can be easily installed to an exterior of a tailgate and provides a mechanism for arresting the tailgate in an open position. The system includes a stop assembly coupled to the vehicle and a counterbalance assembly adapted to be coupled in a pretensioned position... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080079284 - Door mechanism: A door mechanism configured to open or close a door of a vehicle, the door mechanism comprising a cylindrical body attached to the door and a chamber attached to the vehicle, the chamber configured to hold the cylindrical body, the cylindrical body being configured to rotate and slide within the... Agent: Rolando J. Tong

20080079285 - Windshield device: A windshield device for obtaining a favorable screen effect with respect to an air flow from the sides of a screen while suppressing large-sizing of the screen in the vehicle width direction. In a front cowling which includes a screen unit which is mounted on a front portion of a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080079286 - Systems and methods for remotely configuring a remote interface to an imaging device: In accordance with an embodiment, a remote process may generate a script that includes instructions for performing at least one operation on a local client. The remote process may be running on a remote device that is separate from the local client. The remote process may send the script as... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080079287 - Structure of an assist handle mounting bracket for absorbing impact of vehicles: The present invention relates to a structure of an assist handle mounting bracket for absorbing the impact of a vehicle which is provided between a head lining and a roof side rail panel and to which an assist handle is coupled by a fixing member. A structure of an assist... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080079288 - Front end module with integral upper frame/crush rail: The present invention relates to a front end module for absorbing crash energy including a body and a reinforcement member. The body has at least one connector. The reinforcement member is connected to the front end module, and has at least one extension. The at least one extension is connected... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, .p.c

20080079289 - Combination harness protector and carpet: A floor covering product, process, and product by process provides protection for an electrical wiring harness of a motor vehicle routed through a passenger compartment on top of an interior surface of a contoured floor pan area with an adjacent kick plate body area portion extending generally upwardly along at... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20080079290 - Lightweight integral corrosion-resistant front-end structure for a vehicle: A lightweight integral corrosion-resistant front-end structure (“front-end structure”) includes a one-piece composite structure, a metal insert, and a series of washers. The one-piece composite structure is formed from a polymer-composite with a washer fluid reservoir, a tray, and/or a wheel housing. The metal insert is coated with the one-piece composite... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC