Land vehicles: bodies and tops inventions 04/09

20090108607 - Active material enabled self-actuated devices: A self-actuating device includes a member in physical communication with a vehicle surface and an active material. The member is configured to have at least a first form and a second form, wherein one of the first form and the second form is configured to stow the member and the... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090108608 - Coin bin: Disclosed is a housing with a coin holder for use in a motor vehicle, the housing having a coin holder with a generally vertically aligned coin slot. The coin slot has an arcuate back wall that adjoins a generally planar first side wall to an oppositely disposed and spaced apart... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20090108609 - Rear console box: A rear console box in accordance with the present invention is for a vehicle. The vehicle includes a floor, seat rows on the floor, and an aisle between the seat rows. The rear console box is disposed in the aisle. The rear console box includes a console box body, a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090108610 - Dump bed door seal: A seal for a dump bed door provides a resiliently deformable elongate sealing member having a planar portion and a resiliently deformable cylindrically enlarged bulbous portion defining a medial channel at one elongate edge. An anchoring strap communicating with the planar portion and fasteners extending through spacedly arrayed holes defined... Agent: Bergman & Jeckle P.l.l.c.

20090108611 - Tailgate for vehicle: A tailgate for a vehicle includes an upper panel having a shape such that it acts as a spoiler, and a lower panel attached to the upper panel. The lower panel may define a windshield mounting hole. The lower panel may include two side pillars and an upper crossing member,... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090108612 - Vehicle tailgate enclosure with enhanced adjustment: A vehicle tailgate enclosure can be adapted for rapid assembly and adjustable width. The enclosure includes two side sections and a center section. The center section is formed as an assembly of two portions. The side sections can each comprise beams which are advanced into recesses of the center section... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090108613 - Vehicle endgate counterbalance: A vehicle having an endgate counter balance for use with an endgate of the vehicle, and a method of operating, is disclosed. The endgate counterbalance may include a hinge arm extending from the hinge, an energy storage device and a crank mechanism connected between the hinge arm and the energy... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090108614 - Ramp assembly for a vehicle tailgate: A compact ramp and tailgate system for a vehicle tailgate includes a tailgate having an interior hollow cavity for collapsible storage therein of a pair of ramps that are also telescopically extendable therefrom for loading and unloading heavy equipment into and off the bed of the vehicle such as a... Agent: The Inventors Network, Inc.

20090108615 - Movement device for vehicle seat: Provided is a movement device for a vehicle seat. Lower rails extending in a forward or rearward direction of a vehicle are arranged in a vehicle width direction on a vehicle floor. An upper rail provided at a lower part of a seat slidably movably engages with the lower rails.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090108616 - Automotive vehicle seat system and method of folding and tumbling same: An automotive vehicle seat includes a seat back and a seat bottom. The seat back and seat bottom are carried by bracketry. The seat back is foldable relative to the seat bottom. As the seat back folds toward the seat bottom, the seat bottom moves away from a rear of... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20090108617 - Vehicle information/control system: An instrument panel, for use with a vehicle including a body, wheels, a driver seat, and an engine, is configured to be disposed at least partially in front of the seat and includes a steering wheel disposed in front of the seat, a display configured to provide information to a... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20090108618 - Instrument panel assembly of a light-weight utility vehicle: A multi-component instrument panel assembly for a light-weight utility vehicle is provided. The multi-component instrument panel assembly includes an instrument panel component including a first storage unit and a second storage unit. A first insert component is adapted to interconnect with a first side of the instrument panel component. A... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090108619 - Supporting device: A supporting device supports a cockpit, in particular a control panel, on a central tunnel of a motor vehicle. The supporting device has an X-shaped configuration with two arms which carry the cockpit and two legs which are supported on the central tunnel. The tendency of the cockpit to vibrate... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090108620 - Windshield unit for saddle-ride type vehicle: To make it difficult for the left and right lateral walls of a portion rising in front of an occupant to come into sight through a windshield in a windshield unit for a saddle-ride type vehicle provided at the front center of a vehicle body with an air duct for... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090108621 - Windshield unit for saddle-ride type vehicle: A pressure difference rearward of a windshield is efficiently corrected in a windshield unit for a saddle-ride type vehicle provided with two types of air ducts for directing the air flow from the front of the vehicle to the upside of the vehicle and to the rear of the windshield.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090108622 - Tarpaulin locking and tensioning mechanism: The invention comprises a tensioning assembly for a tarpaulin, comprising: a) a track for mounting a bow for supporting the tarpaulin, the track enabling longitudinal movement of the bow along the track; b) a universal support coupled to bow and operative to support a rod, the rod being oriented substantially... Agent: Lang Michener

20090108623 - Top for a convertible: The invention relates to a top for a convertible, comprising a front bow, a first surface bow, a second surface bow, and a main link mechanism being adapted to displace the front bow, the first surface bow and the second surface bow with respect to a body-mounted main bearing unit... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090108624 - Automobile hail auto, pick-up, suv, and rv cover to help prevent damage vehicles during hail storms: The protective cover for vehicles against hail or other foreign objects is an inflatable device that can be placed over an entire vehicle to prevent any damage to the exterior of the vehicle. The cover can be folded and stored in the trunk of the vehicle and can be easily... Agent: Glen Ralph Hunt

20090108625 - Glass run: An automobile door is provided with a glass run that seals a peripheral part of a door glass which moves up and down. A garnish is mounted along a door frame on a vehicle-interior side thereof. The glass run includes an extension wall portion formed to extend from an end... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090108626 - Reinforcement structure and method employing bulkheads: A structural reinforcement device for insertion into a cavity of a structure and method for making the same including a first reinforcement section that has at least one projection of a first expandable polymeric material secured to it; and a separate second reinforcement section mated with the first reinforcement section,... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20090108627 - Front body for a motor vehicle: A front body for a motor vehicle includes, but is not limited to a bumper carrier and a hood lock carrier that are solidly connected to one another. An energy absorber structure that is supported on the bumper carrier on one side and on the whole block carrier on the... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090108628 - Vehicle cab floor protection system: The present disclosure is directed to a protection system for a vehicle cab. The protection system includes a first structure and a second structure. The first structure is disposed between a floor of the vehicle cab and a vehicle tire. The second structure of the protection system is disposed between... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090108630 - Vehicle cowl for deflecting road debris: A vehicle cowl may comprise a receiving portion formed as a local depression, and one or more openings formed on sides of the receiving portion. The vehicle cowl may be configured to be disposed rearward of a front wheel of a vehicle, the one or more openings to face rearward... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090108629 - Vehicle side cowl with heat exhaust duct: A vehicle cowl may be arranged on a side portion of a vehicle, and include a duct that extends in a vehicle width direction. The duct may have an inside opening and an outside opening. The inside opening may face inward, toward the vehicle body, and the outside opening may... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090108631 - Front structure of a vehicle body: A structure of a vehicle body includes an upper radiator support disposed in an upper front area of an engine compartment, and an upper member supported by the upper radiator support, the upper member disposed between the upper radiator support and a front portion of a hood covering the upper... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090108632 - Rear body panel for a golf car: A rear body panel for a golf car includes a seat support portion and a bag well portion disposed rearward from the seat support portion. The rear body panel also includes a pair of wheel wells disposed on opposite sides of the bag well portion. The seat support portion includes... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090108633 - Vehicle body structure: A vehicle body structure in which the rigidity of a flat floor panel is increased by increasing the rigidity of intersecting portions between a cross member and floor frames. A plurality of floor frames extending in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle body are aligned in straight rows in the... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090108634 - Clam shell bracket connecting automotive structural members: A structural joint configuration is used in an automotive body structure in which a transverse roof cross member has a convoluted formed shape that must be connected to the longitudinally extending tubular roof side rail. A two-piece clam shell bracket forms the joint apparatus. A lower piece formed in a... Agent: Miller Law Group, PLLC And Ford Global Technologies, Inc.

20090108635 - Roller blind arrangement with an improved guiding system: The invention relates to a roller blind arrangement, especially for motor vehicles, for covering a roof opening (2), said arrangement comprising a roller blind strip (5) which can be wound up and down by means of a winding shaft (4). At least one deviating means (10) is used for influencing... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090108636 - Utility vehicle canopy: A utility vehicle canopy including a pair of lateral rain channels formed along a forward portion and an aft portion of a top side of the canopy. The canopy additionally includes a pair of longitudinal rain channels formed along a driver side portion and a passenger side portion of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090108637 - Retractable glass roof and liftgate open air vehicle system: A vehicle with a sliding glass roof system capable of operating in multiple modes, such as a rear liftgate, a sunroof, a retractable roof, and a convertible, is provided. The vehicle includes a retractable glass roof, lift glass, and carrier assembly in a single system. In an exemplary embodiment, the... Agent: Ralph E Smith Chrysler LLC

20090108638 - Drive unit of a movable vehicle component: The invention relates to a drive unit (15) of a movable vehicle component (1,3), particularly a soft top compartment cover of a convertible, which is connected to a locking device (21) and a bearing mechanism (6) of the movable component (3). In order to improve the moving process, the drive... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090102216 - Multi-functional vehicle tailgate: A deployable multi-functional tailgate apparatus forms a ramp platform and bulkhead piece, and is stowable against and deployable from an inner surface of a dual-action tailgate door which is usable as a swinging or a drop-style tailgate door. A damping mechanism controls the rate of descent of the platform. The... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090102217 - Clip tower for energy absorption: A vehicle body panel having an integrated mounting device for mounting the body panel to a vehicle substrate is provided. The integrated mounting device includes a tower portion with a U-shaped base and an extended portion, and a U-shaped spring clip. The base has an open front and back and... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090102218 - Body mount assembly with hydraulic damping capability: A body mount assembly for reducing vibration between a vehicle body and a frame. The body mount includes a hydraulic radial bushing including an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve coaxial with the inner sleeve and having a hydraulic damping system disposed between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve.... Agent: Freudenberg-nok General Partnership Legal Department

20090102219 - Integrated bed separator and trunk lid: A vehicle body for a vehicle having a load-carrying bed includes a bed floor, a trunk, a trunk lid, and a bed divider. The bed floor defines a load bearing surface of the load-carrying bed. The trunk is found below the bed floor. The trunk lid connects to the bed... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090102220 - Undercover for vehicle and mounting structure thereof: An undercover for a vehicle, which covers a silencer which is disposed on a lower surface of a body of the vehicle for discharging reacted gas of a fuel-cell mounted in the vehicle, wherein an opening is formed so as to correspond in position to an open portion which is... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090102221 - Motor vehicle door: The rear unit comprises first and second doors for a motor vehicle. The first and second doors respectively comprise first and second tailgates, the second door carrying the first tailgate. The first rear door has hinge means for hinging the first tailgate relative to the body of the motor vehicle,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090102222 - Vehicle seat device: Disclosed is a vehicle seat device operating as follows. A retracting instruction is given by a seat switch to start operation of a seat back actuator. Lock of the seat back and a seat cushion is released to rotate the seat back to the position where it is overlapped with... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090102223 - Leg covering structure for folding seat: A folding seat 1 is provided with a leg 4, the leg having a movable hinge portion 42a at the lower end thereof, the movable hinge portion is pivotally connected to a fixed hinge portion 61 on a vehicle body floor 5 so that the leg can tilt down forward... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090102224 - System comprising a motor vehicle seat runner and body destined to be fixed thereto, and method for making same: The invention concerns a rail comprising a fixed profiled section and a mobile profiled section sliding relative to the fixed profiled section. The body has a linking portion wherein the body is shaped like a plate having first and second opposite lateral surfaces, and an edge linking said first and... Agent: Miller, Matthias & Hull

20090102225 - Power hinge mechanism using a push-pull cable: A powered deck lid assembly that includes a deck lid connected to a hinge mechanism for pivotal movement between open and closed positions relative to a trunk opening. A cable is associated with the deck lid and is lineally actuable pivotally moving the deck lid between the open and closed... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090102226 - Two piece removable end cap: A support assembly for use on a shade in a vehicle is disclosed. The support assembly includes a base end cap and a nose insulator secured to an end of the base end cap. The support assembly also includes a removable extension arranged over the nose insulator and a portion... Agent: Raggio & Dinnin, P.C.

20090102227 - Aerodynamic transformable truck cap assembly: A transformable, aerodynamic cover assembly for pickup trucks which is user switchable between a closed aerodynamic configuration and a fully deployed truck cap configuration. The aerodynamic configuration reduces vehicle wind resistance and drag, thus increasing fuel efficiency. The cover assembly, constructed of rigid materials, comprises a fiberglass shell mounted within... Agent: Stephen D. Carver

20090102228 - Retractable roof system for a vehicle: A retractable roof system for a vehicle is provided with a roof locking apparatus (70) provided in a vehicle body and retaining a retractable roof in a storage space (7) which is different from a trunk space, and a link mechanism (10) provided in the vehicle body and capable of... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20090102229 - Retractable hardtop with two-piece rear section and removable front roof panels: A top for a vehicle that has a stationary support disposed between removable panels forward of the support and a multiple section retractable hardtop rearward of the support. The detachable roof panels are provided in front of the stationary support and extend across the vehicle laterally and to the windshield... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090102230 - Magic car cover: The Magic Car Cover is a utility cover designed to protect the interior of a motor vehicle from harmful infrared solar radiation during hot days. Secondly, it is designed to provide window isolation from ice and snow during winter use. The design is specified to cover only the top-half of... Agent: N. Bruce Pehrson

20090102231 - Recreational vehicle with expandable living area: A recreational vehicle comprising a driver's compartment (101) containing forward-facing seats (110, 111), a main coach section (102) connected to the rear end of driver's compartment (101), a retractable rearward-facing couch (151) extending from the front end of main coach section (102) into the space above forward-facing seats (110, 111),... Agent: Itty Atcravi

20090102232 - Hardwood truck flooring with wood preservatives: A hardwood floor used for making trailers in the transportation industry is treated, at least for a portion thereof, with a water-based wood preservative. The preservative is preferably a borate-based preservative. When the floor is provided with a steel plate at a rear thereof, the wood preservative located in the... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090102233 - Vehicle body frame structure: A vehicle body frame structure having two closed cross sections is disclosed. Each of the closed cross sections is isolated in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body frame by barriers and structural foam fillers. The barriers are spot welded to the front and back of a reinforcement panel of... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090102234 - Tapered crushable polygonal structure: An energy management structure includes an elongated polygonal tube with at least four walls, the tube having a larger first end and a smaller second end, at least two of the walls including a longitudinally-extending channel-shaped tapered rib starting at the smaller second end and extending toward the larger first... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20090102235 - Vehicle body structure: A vehicle front portion structure 10 includes: a pair of side frames 12, each extending in the vehicle front-rear direction and arranged parallel to each other at positions in the vehicle width direction; a dash panel 20, disposed at a position that is separated toward the rear in the vehicle... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090102236 - Front-end vehicle structure for a commercial vehicle: A front-end vehicle structure for a commercial vehicle has a forward crash zone and a rear crash zone relative to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The forward crash zone and the rear crash zone are interconnected via an intermediate structure which is mounted therebetween and extends substantially perpendicular to... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090102237 - Vehicle body for a motor vehicle: A vehicle body for a commercial, vehicle includes a driver's cab mounted at least indirectly on a vehicle frame. The driver's cab is movable by a frontal impact force acting on the driver's cab in the vehicle longitudinal direction from an initial position to a deflected position, and the center... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090102238 - Vehicle body structure: A vehicle body structure in which a panel is reinforced by a pair of reinforcing members, and a connecting member is included. The pair of reinforcing members intersects with each other and the reinforcing members are provided along one surface of the panel. The connecting member is connected to both... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090102239 - Vehicle body front part structure: To provide a vehicle body front part structure in which a hood including a hood outer panel and a hood inner panel arranged at a distance from the hood outer panel is provided on an upper portion of a vehicle body constituent member such that the hood can open and... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090102240 - Detachable-body vehicle frame: Described herein is a frame for a motor vehicle having a first body and a second body, which are rigidly connected to one another in such a way that they can be taken apart; the first body has a first connection bar set in a transverse direction, and the second... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20090102241 - Vehicle accessory attachment clip: A ditch cover assembly, an accessory attachment clip, and an interchangeable roof accessory system for a vehicle are disclosed. An accessory attachment clip may generally include an elongated body having a first end, a second end, and a mid-portion disposed between the first and second ends, at least one securement... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090102242 - Utility vehicle with hinged cover element: The invention relates to a utility vehicle (1) with a hinged cover element (12) which covers a fuel tank (15) and at least part (24) of an ascent region when the cover element is in a covering position. The cover element (12) can be pivoted from the covering position to... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20090102243 - Sliding roof structure and vehicle having the same: A sliding roof structure of a vehicle includes rails 5a, 5b installed on the right and left roof side portions of the vehicle and a cover member 2 that can be slid and folded along the rails 5a, 5b, wherein the cover member 2 is comprised of a detachable inner... Agent: Masao Yoshimura, Chen Yoshimura LLP

20090102244 - Storage structure for a cover member of a sliding roof type vehicle and a vehicle provided with the same: In a cover member storage structure that allows a user to manually move a folded cover member from a roof into a box in the vehicle interior, the cover member storage structure includes: a tray (30) on which a folded cover member (12) is placed; and a guide means (40)... Agent: Masao Yoshimura, Chen Yoshimura LLP

20090102245 - Slatted roof for a motor vehicle: A slatted roof for a motor vehicle comprises a plurality of slats connected to one another in a material-bonded manner. The slats are guided laterally in guide rails by pegs and are moveable between a closed position, in which the slats block an opening in the roof, and an open... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20090102247 - Slatted roof for a motor vehicle: A vehicle roof having a folding arrangement and a device for receiving the folding arrangement. The folding arrangement has a plurality of slats which are arranged parallel to one another, wherein adjacent slats are coupled along respective longitudinal sides by an elastomer. The folding arrangement is moveable between a closed... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20090102246 - Vehicle roof having high inherent stiffness: A vehicle roof having an opening, a folding arrangement, and a device for receiving the folding arrangement. The folding arrangement has at least two slats made of plastic which are arranged parallel to one another, and the folding arrangement can be retracted, while being folded, into the device in order... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20090096234 - Molded assembly having a reduced tendency to squeak and a method of manufacturing the assembly: The invention relates to a molded assembly having reduced squeaking and rattling. The molded assembly includes a first component of a vehicle that has a first surface. The assembly also includes a second component of a vehicle having a second surface. The second component is assembled to the first component.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090096235 - Inner mirror attachment structure: To improve a force by which a base holds an inner mirror, a base 4 keeping a base inner 6 for holding an inner mirror 2 is constituted by a first base 30 bonded to a front window 3 and a second base 40 clasped by the base inner 6;... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090096236 - Truck bed rack: The present invention comprises various embodiments of a rack that is adapted for the bed of a pickup truck for securing ramps, ladders and the like. The rack comprises two spaced apart vertical support members. Each vertical support member comprises two spaced apart U-support assemblies. Each of the resulting four... Agent: Altera Law Group, LLC

20090096237 - Flatbed extender system for a vehicle: An extender bed system having channel affixed to the flatbed of the vehicle and a cradle slidingly received within the channel. An extendable bed is slidingly received within the cradle and a plurality of bearings affixed to the cradle permit sliding movement of the cradle in the channel and sliding... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20090096238 - Storage apparatus for removable roof panels: A removable roof panel storage apparatus for Jeep vehicles wherein the removable roof sections are stored within a semi soft storage apparatus with hinged support members for ease of loading roof panels, furthermore separated by a spacer of a semi-soft panel for protecting each panel, and additionally having a plurality... Agent: Doug Misch

20090096241 - Storage structure for storing a cover member of a sliding roof type vehicle and vehicle having the same: A storage structure for a cover member of a sliding roof type vehicle is equipped with a cover member (20) capable of open and close for covering the opening section formed in the roof of the vehicle, the first rails (13R, 13L) for guiding the opening or closing of the... Agent: Masao Yoshimura, Chen Yoshimura LLP

20090096239 - Vehicle utility deck and storage: A vehicle utility deck and storage system provides improved storage for bedded vehicles. In one embodiment, the deck system (104a) is positioned within the bed (108) of a pickup (102). The system (104a) includes a deck (114a) that substantially matches the dimensions and contours of the bed (108) and support... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20090096240 - Vehicle trash management apparatus: A trash management apparatus in a vehicle includes a recessed portion, a moveable upper drawer, and a stationary lower bin. The drawer moves in one direction within the recessed portion to direct trash into the stationary lower bin. The drawer has a through-opening allowing trash to pass into the lower... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090096242 - Barrier mechanism: A barrier mechanism for vehicles arranged to receive containers comprising dispensable content comprises a bracket arranged to be moveably mounted at a dispensing side of the vehicle and an activation device. The activation device is operable to move the bracket between a non-deployed state, to accommodate loading of the container... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20090096243 - Impact absorbing tailgate: A vehicle tailgate includes a lower section carrying pivots adapted to be mounted to a vehicle bed; an upper section slidingly mounted to the lower section, so as to be able to move between an extended position and a retracted position relative to the lower section; and a biasing device... Agent: Trego, Hines & Ladenheim, PLLC

20090096244 - Seat arrangement for a motor vehicle and motor vehicle with such a seat arrangement: A seat arrangement is provided for a motor vehicle with a first vehicle seat and a second vehicle seat that is arranged adjacent to the first vehicle seat in the transverse direction. The vehicle seats include, but are not are not limited to a seat part and a back rest.... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090096245 - Spray cast mixed-material vehicle closure panels: Unitary closure panels for automotive vehicles may be formed to have regions of different materials by a spray casting process. Separate sprays of different materials, for example two different metal alloys, are applied to touching regions of a spray application surface. The separate sprays may be applied sequentially or simultaneously... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20090096246 - Hinge with a viscous rotary damper: An assembly to pivotally connect an external vehicle closure panel to a vehicle body includes a first hinge member that is constructed to be mounted to one of the external vehicle closure panel and the vehicle body, a second hinge member that is constructed to be mounted to the other... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090096247 - Wire attachment device for vehicle: A wire attachment device for a vehicle includes a strap having an intermediate partition, a flap extended at one side portion and spaced from the intermediate partition for forming a space between the intermediate partition and the flap and for receiving an edge portion of the vehicle, and a panel... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20090096249 - Attachment assembly for aerodynamic performance improvement cover: An attachment assembly for an aerodynamic cover includes a substantially flattened aerodynamic cover adapted to be located on a body panel with a predetermined height (H) form the body panel; a first clip; and a second clip. The first clip comprises a flange and a shank adapted to engage with... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20090096248 - System for reducing fuel consumption in vehicles: The invention relates to a system for reducing fuel consumption in vehicles. According to the invention, fuel consumption is reduced by minimizing the aerodynamic resistances generated as the vehicle moves forward. The inventive system consists in conveying air to the rear or stern of the vehicle whereat a depression is... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090096250 - Aerodynamic device and method of use: An aerodynamic device is disclosed for limiting aerodynamic drag on the rear surface of various types of trucks with trailers. The aerodynamic device includes a plurality of rigid members and a flexible sheet designed to create a pyramid-shaped projection pointing away from the rear surface of the trailer. The device... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20090096251 - Securing mechanism: A mechanism suitable for assisting in the securing of expansible material to a carrier is disclosed.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090096252 - Vehicle closure assembly with sealed split between independently selectable closure panels: A split vehicle closure assembly for a vehicle utilizes a novel seal assembly, latching mechanism and hinges, all of which cooperate to permit the vehicle closure assembly to selectively seal an opening to a vehicle compartment, preventing, dirt, liquid and fumes from entering through the vehicle closure assembly, or to... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090096253 - Front vehicle body structure: Triangular left and right load transmission members each have a first arm interconnecting a front sub frame and a left or right rear frame, a second arm interconnecting the front sub frame and a left or right side sill, and a third arm interconnecting the left or right side sill... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090096254 - Vehicle headliner and method of manufacture: Disclosed is a headliner for preventing an assist grip located proximate a curtain side airbag (CSA) from detaching from a motor vehicle frame during deployment of the CSA. The headliner can include a substrate layer with an assist grip aperture dimensioned such that an assist grip attachment end can extend... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20090091153 - Tension-member automotive door trim pull: A pull cup in a vehicle door is fitted to a door trim panel substrate and is connected to the inner door panel of the vehicle door by way of a bracket. The bracket is oriented to resist vertical loads and tension loads such that the bracket is allowed to... Agent: Ford Global C/o Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

20090091152 - Storage device for vehicle: A vehicular storage device provided in opposed relation to a passenger seat. A convex part, protruding from a rear surface of a lid in a direction opposite from a vehicle occupant, has a deformation allowance part that deforms when an impact is applied to the convex part.... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090091154 - Positioning structure of sunshade: A positioning structure of a sunshade has upper positioning blocks each having a surface attached to a flexible sheet via a double-sided adhesive and another surface with an opening having a width smaller than that of a flexible member wound in a peripheral edge of the sunshade, and lower positioning... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090091155 - Convertible roof with openable rear window: A convertible top for a vehicle is disclosed that includes an inverted U-shaped rear window frame that defines an opening for a rear window. The rear window may be connected on its upper edge by a hinge to a rear window frame. Alternatively, a rear window may be retracted into... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090091156 - Latch mechanism for convertible tops: A latch mechanism for releasably locking at least a portion of a convertible top of a motor vehicle in the closed position. The latch mechanism has a locked position in which the latch mechanism is lockingly engaged with the receiver to lock at least a portion of the top in... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090091157 - Reinforcement device: Reinforcement components for structural members are disclosed. The reinforcement components have expansible reinforcement material that adheres to and reinforces structural members following activation. Methods of reinforcing are disclosed. Reinforced structural members are described.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090091158 - Engine compartment hood latch structure for a motor vehicle: A hood latch structure (1) for a motor vehicle body having a soft-nose outer skin panel (2) and a hood (3) providing an overlying structure for a grille opening reinforcing front cross member (4). The grille opening reinforcing front cross member (4) supports at least one hood latch (5) carried... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090091159 - Structural chassis system: A rigidifying stabilizer device for installation against a floor pan of an automotive vehicle of a corresponding type with the device having a mating side substantially matching at least a substantial portion of a surface of the floor pan except at locations at which any interfering structures occur with the... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090091160 - Open roof construction: An open roof construction for a vehicle comprises a roof opening in a fixed roof part and a roof assembly having a movable panel for opening and closing said roof opening. At opposite sides of the panel flexible cover members are provided for covering lateral gaps created when the panel... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090091161 - Car with a sun roof: A car including a frame, a passenger compartment, a sun roof supported by the frame that can be set to an open position or a closed position with respect to the passenger compartment, a housing for housing the sun roof when the sun roof is in the open position, and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090085366 - Device holder and storage drawer: Disclosed is a device holder and storage compartment for use in a motor vehicle. The device holder and storage compartment are in the form of a slidable drawer that is concealed within a dashboard when in a closed position and extended from the dashboard when in an open position. The... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20090085367 - Apparatus and methods to integrally form lever operated cables with vehicle seats: Apparatus and methods to integrally form lever operated cables with vehicle seats are described. An example apparatus includes a channel integrally formed in a portion of a vehicle seat and a seat position control integrally coupled to the vehicle seat. A cable assembly slidably movable within the channel and has... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090085368 - Tactical truck system dashboard: A dashboard for a tactical vehicle having a driver position and a passenger position. The dashboard includes a plurality of panels removably attached together to form a dashboard having a plurality of displays and warning lights viewable from the driver position to provide information for the driver of a vehicle.... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20090085369 - Compactly stored tri-fold convertible top: A tri-fold convertible top is disclosed that is stowed in a storage compartment with a five bow oriented at an angle of between 30° and 60° relative to the vehicle belt line. The top may be tensioned by a power cylinder and linkage that raises both a one bow and... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090085370 - Mass transit vehicle: A mass transit vehicle includes one or a combination of the following: floor portions that are angled for creating an incline of a floor of the buss; a door or entranceway that is angle relative to a fore-aft axis of the vehicle; and/or an entranceway that opens a relatively low... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20090085371 - Vehicle body underside air flow controller: There is provided a vehicle-body underside airflow controller capable of obtaining an optimum aerodynamic performance by detecting vehicle speed and by controlling a rise angle of an under-cover (10) corresponding to the vehicle speed by driving actuators (14) so that a road clearance of the under-cover (10) becomes H2 and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090085372 - Arrangement for vehicle cabs: An arrangement for a vehicle having a so-called front-built vehicle cab of the type which incorporates a cab bottom part supporting at least one driver's seat is provided. The cab bottom part has a floor section having a front section, a rear section and side sections extending between the front... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090085374 - Cover for front compartment of vehicle body and front section structure of vehicle body: A cover is provided between a front hood and a vehicle component. The cover includes a cover main portion, a lid, a supporting portion, a supported portion, and a contacting portion. An opening is formed on the cover main portion. The supporting portion is integrally provided on the cover main... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090085373 - Front end structure for automobile: A front end structure for an automobile includes a resin-made shroud panel supporting a heat exchanger. The front end structure further includes: a panel support part supporting the shroud panel against car body members; and a rearward movement allowing part allowing the heat exchanger to move rearward of the automobile... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20090085375 - Side impact crash event body structure improvement: A vehicle or automotive body includes a floor panel, first and second side sills, connected to, respectively, to opposite side of the floor panel, a cross member extending between the side sills and connected to each side sill, a rear door panel, a first reinforcing structure connected to the rear... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090085376 - Motor vehicle, in particular a cabriolet, having a rollover protection device arranged behind the seats: A motor vehicle, in particular cabriolet, has a rollover protection device disposed behind the seats. The rollover protection device has a supporting frame, which extends in a vehicle transverse direction and which is fastened to the adjoining vehicle supporting structure, and at least one rollover protection cassette which contains a... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090085377 - Structure and a system for connecting a machine cab to a supporting frame: A system is disclosed for connecting a cab to a machine supporting frame. A sub-frame is secured to the machine supporting frame and is configured to tilt relative to the machine supporting frame. A plurality of vibration damping mechanisms is configured to at least partially inhibit transmission of shocks and... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090085378 - Molded and shaped acoustical insulating vehicle panel and method of making the same: A molded and shaped acoustical insulating vehicle panel having a dry-laid needled fibrous composite composed of a first portion of about 50 to 80 percent meltable binder fibers and about 20 to 50 percent stable fibers and having a second portion of about 20 to 50 percent meltable binder fibers... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090085379 - Reinforcement system for an automotive vehicle: A reinforcement member and reinforcement system for an article of manufacture (e.g., an automotive vehicle) are disclosed. The reinforcement member includes a carrier member and a reinforcement material and the carrier member includes one or multiple portions. The one portion or at least one of the multiples portions includes a... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20090085380 - Rear structure for vehicle: A rear structure (10) of a vehicle is provided in which a lower back reinforcement (16) is provided longitudinally forward of a lower back panel (12). A gusset (34) connects the lower back reinforcement (16) and a rear floor side member (20) in a longitudinally and laterally oblique direction. Accordingly,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090085381 - Roof construction for motor vehicles: The invention relates, amongst other things, to a roof construction (10) for motor vehicles (11), comprising at least one roof element (14b), connected to the chassis of the motor vehicle and having a headlining (20) which may be displaced from an idle position into a use position (FIG. 1) by... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20090085382 - Vehicle roof: The invention relates to a vehicle roof with a roof opening with a flange surrounding the roof opening, on which a roof module with a roof frame comprising at least one frame member can be inserted through the roof opening from above, with guide rails arranged on the roof frame... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC