Land vehicles: bodies and tops inventions 09/09

20090236868 - Rear bumper assembly and tail trim cover for vehicle: A rear bumper assembly and a tail trim cover are disclosed herein. The rear bumper cover comprises a rear bumper cover having an exhaust hole portion, a main tail trim mounted to the exhaust hole portion, and a tail trim cover coupled to the main tail trim. Bent portions defining... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090236869 - Light attenuator for automobile drivers: An automobile light attenuating system mounted above the doors and windshield around both sides and the front of an automobile interior designed to allow a special light-blocking plate to be positioned along a support frame by an automobile driver using simple finger-tip controls mounted on a steering wheel. A carriage... Agent: Garry William Owens

20090236870 - Tailgate storable tonneau cover: The proposed invention is a truck bed cover that has the ability to be folded into a compact shape and then stored inside of, or as part of an associated tailgate.... Agent: Mr. Antonio Duncan

20090236871 - Vehicle door structure: A vehicle door structure comprises an inner panel (4) provided with an upper hinge (7), a lower hinge (8) and a lock portion (9) that are disposed on sides of a perimeter of a door (1) that are different from each other so as to couple the door (1) and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090236872 - Outboard wake stabilization device and method for reducing the aerodynamic drag of ground vehicles: An improved method and device for the reduction of aerodynamic drag and for improved performance of vehicles by increasing the pressure on the base of the trailing vehicle or vehicle component by controlling the boundary layer as it exists the vehicle trailing edge. The subject invention consists of a multiple... Agent: Richard M. Wood

20090236873 - Corner cap assembly for van-style truck body: An enclosed freight body of a van-style cargo vehicle for transporting cargo comprises a side wall assembly, an end wall assembly and a roof assembly, and a multi-piece corner cap assembly interconnecting converging portions of the side wall assembly, the end wall assembly and the roof assembly together. The multi-piece... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20090236874 - Bunk arrangement with partition device: A bunk arrangement including a partition device is providing which is especially suitable for use as a sleeping or storing compartment in a vehicle, especially a truck or a bus. In one alternative, the bunk arrangement includes a partition device with a partition wall with a plurality of wall elements,... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090236875 - Front fender for an automobile: A front fender for an automobile; the fender is provided with an external element; with a supporting trestle, which supports the external element, presents a rigid horizontal supporting bar, and is adapted to be rigidly connected to a frame of the automobile; and with horizontal sword, which on one side... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20090236876 - Tractor: Provided are a vehicle body frame, a support frame that is erected on the vehicle body frame and that supports a hood, a steering wheel, a steering column that is erected on the vehicle body frame and that supports the steering wheel, an instrument panel, an operation panel that is... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090236877 - Vehicle frame assembly and method having flexible modular architecture: A method of constructing vehicle frames of varying lengths from a flexible modular architecture is provided. The method comprises: providing substantially identical front and rear modules, and providing middle modules with constant-section longitudinal rails that are formable to a variety of desired lengths. The components are selected by trimming or... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090236878 - Openable vehicle roof: An openable vehicle roof with a roof opening and a movable cover has a wind deflector which is attached pivotably to a fixed shaft located under an opening edge. A wind deflector mechanism, which can be coupled to a movement mechanism of the cover, is also located under the opening... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090230709 - Home utility management vehicle mini van or hum v mini van: A large utility vehicle featuring a side sliding door and bottom-mounted scuff plate, occupant safety features, capable of high-speed performance, off-road, rough terrain transport, Motion-Pictures-taking, surveillance, pick-up, or/and rescue and other unique advantages for a new type utility vehicle.... Agent: Michael Lawrence Beauchamp

20090230710 - Rear accessible service hatch: A zero tail swing construction vehicle includes a body, a pair of track assemblies for supporting the body for movement over a surface, an engine supported on the body for providing power, a lower attachment pivotably coupled to the body, an upper attachment pivotably coupled to the body, a hydraulic... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090230711 - Cabinet cleat: A vehicle cabinet having cabinet cleats used in conjunction with a vehicle cabin having cabinet cleat receivers is provided for use with a vehicle for operation on the ground. The cabinet cleat receivers cooperate with the cabinet cleats in such a way that locating the receivers with the cleats is... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20090230712 - Seat arrangement with a forced guidance: A seat arrangement is provided for an automobile comprising a vehicle seat, a longitudinal guide for displacement of the vehicle seat in the longitudinal direction, and a transverse guide for displacement of the vehicle seat in the transverse direction. A forced guidance is furthermore provided, this being configured in such... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090230713 - Link system and method therefor: A link system providing a desired spatial relationship in a desired orientation of the link system as well as methods of assembling link systems to obtain the desired spatial relationship. The link system includes at least one rivet deformed during the riveting process to take up the misalignment of apertures... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090230714 - Hinged windshield assembly and method for manufacturing same: A hinge assembly for a vehicle windshield comprises a first holder, a second holder, and a hinge member. The first holder includes a first body and a first receptacle with a first opening and a first closed end, wherein a first axis is defined between the first closed end and... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090230715 - Windshield for a vehicle and a vehicle comprising same: The invention relates to a windshield for a vehicle, such as a motorbike or bicycle, comprising a frame (8) connectable to said vehicle (1), which frame carries a shield (2) comprising a number of shield elements (7) foldably mounted to the frame (8). The invention also relates to a vehicle... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20090230717 - Thermoformed vehicle floor tray with baffle-containing reservoir: A vehicle floor tray is molded from a thermoplastic polymer sheet such that it has high shear and tensile strength, an acceptable degree of stiffness and a high coefficient of friction on its upper surface. The floor tray has first, second, third, and fourth sidewalls integrally formed with the floor,... Agent: Momkus Mccluskey, LLC

20090230716 - Sun visor for vehicle-mounted equipment: A sun visor for vehicle-mounted equipment that blocks light incident on a screen of various vehicle-mounted equipment mounted inside a vehicle is provided. The sun visor for vehicle-mounted equipment includes a visor member blocking light incident on the screen of the vehicle-mounted equipment mounted inside the vehicle, and a fixing... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090230718 - Tonneau cover: A tonneu cover assembly mountable to a open top truck bed of a pick up truck for covering the bed. The cover assembly includes a pair of side rail caps that are attachable to the side rails of the bed by a clamping system. A pair of door panels are... Agent: Maxey Law Offices, PLLC

20090230719 - Trunk lid link assembly for convertible vehicle: A link assembly for opening and closing a trunk lid of a vehicle having a movable roof includes lifting and locking links. The lifting link connects the lid to the vehicle to move the lid between a closed position covering the trunk, an opened position in which the front lid... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090230720 - Openable roof system for a motor car: The openable roof system (R) comprises: a covering element or roof (3) which in the vicinity of its rear end (3b) is mounted rotatably about a horizontal axis (4) between two parallel side uprights (5) of the bodywork of the motor car (1), close to the rear of the passenger... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090230721 - Extended travel sliding door mechanism: A sliding door moves between a closed position and an open position over a vehicle opening. A track is mounted along the vehicle and extends to a remote end. The length of the track is less than the distance traveled by the sliding door. A door bracket mounted to the... Agent: General Motors Company Legal Staff

20090230722 - Extended-travel sliding door with articulating roller bracket: A sliding door for a vehicle has a door bracket. A track is mounted along the vehicle and extends to a remote end. A roller bracket is movable between a first position proximate the opening and a second position at the end of the track. The roller bracket includes an... Agent: General Motors Company Legal Staff

20090230723 - Vehicle closure assembly with shape memory polymer seal: A closure assembly with a shape memory polymer seal is provided for use with a vehicle. The closure assembly includes a frame member configured for attachment to the vehicle body to selectively transition from a closed position to an open position. The seal structure includes a base portion elongated along... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090230724 - Vehicle sliding door travel extension system: A door bracket is mounted to a vehicle sliding door. A primary track is mounted along a side and extends to a remote end. A roller bracket having rollers received by the primary track is movable between a first position proximate the opening and a second position at the remote... Agent: General Motors Company Legal Staff

20090230725 - Systems for reducing form drag on vehicles through a dimpled surface: A drag reducing system is disclosed for reducing drag on a motor vehicle. For some embodiments, the drag reducing apparatus comprises one or more dimpled panels each comprising a sheet with dimples distributed on the surface of the sheet. For such embodiments, the one or more dimpled panels are coupled... Agent: Daniel Juieng

20090230726 - Vehicle fairing structure: A fairing structure for a vehicle having a front vehicular component and a rear vehicular component in tandem and separated by a gap, comprising a top fairing surface adapted to be attached to the rear vehicular component, a first side surface adapted to be attached to a first side of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090230727 - Roof assembly for a storage container: A roof assembly is provided for a storage container having two opposing side walls that together define a length of the storage container. The roof assembly includes a plurality of roof panels arranged atop and between the two opposing side walls along the length of the storage container in side-by-side... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090230728 - Automotive closure panel assembly: An automotive closure panel assembly may include an inner panel and an outer panel. The outer panel may have a flange that protrudes from a body of the outer panel. The outer panel may also have more than one tabs that are each spaced along the flange and that each... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20090230730 - Driver-side floor structure of vehicle: A floor structure on a driver side of a vehicle where a control pedal, such as a brake pedal 5, adapted to be depressedly operated by a driver seated in a driver seat 1 is arranged at a front of a passenger compartment. The floor structure comprises a heel-placement zone... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090230729 - Floor panel for a vehicle: A structural shear panel for forming a floor panel for support by a vehicle frame is formed by a composite of top and bottom sheets and a core with a vacuum infused resin. The core is formed of top and bottom layers each formed from a honeycomb panel defining an... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20090230731 - Frame structure for working vehicle: Production of a working vehicle frame consumes high costs because it requires high rigidity A simple construction improves the rigidity of the frame and reduces costs required for the production. In a structure of a frame (9) for a working vehicle (1), side sections of the frame (9) are constructed... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090230732 - Vehicle roof: A vehicle roof contains a first movable roof part, a guide device for displacing the first roof part relative to a second roof part for optionally at least partially opening and closing a roof opening. The guide device contains first and second lateral guide rails of a lateral guide and... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090230733 - Vehicular roof structure: In a vehicular roof structure, a roof panel has a downwardly-bent roof panel flange formed on an inner edge portion thereof around the peripheral edge of a sunroof opening. Stiffener is disposed inwardly of the roof panel and having a stiffener flange that is welded to the reverse surface of... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090224563 - Automobile front seat gap blocker: An elastomeric blocker adapted to be inserted between the adjacent surfaces of a front seat of an automobile and a central console of an automobile to block the gap between the seat and the console and prevent articles from accumulating in the gap. The block has a central slit extending... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090224565 - Lid device and glove box device for vehicle equipped with it: A lid apparatus including a tubular frame mounted to an interior member of a vehicle at a periphery of an opening which is defined in a wall surface of the interior member; a lid that covers the opening; a hinge that joins the lid to the frame; a securing device... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090224564 - Console: An automotive console is provided including an accessory receiving body or bodies generally located proximate one or more base portions positioned over or secured to a body, such as, for example, a floor pan/panel of an automobile. The accessory receiving body or bodies may each include a closure panel or... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20090224566 - Floor mat for loading platform and vehicle equipped with it: A floor mat for a loading platform placed on an upper surface of a floor of the loading platform of a vehicle. The floor mat is provided with a plurality of retaining holes formed near an edge of the floor surface and through which at least one load securing tool... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090224567 - Baggage compartment structure of vehicle: A trunk lid is provided so as to rotate around a front end portion thereof in such a manner that its back face in an open state faces substantially upward, and there is provided a support mechanism to support the trunk lid in the open state. Accordingly, there can be... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20090224568 - Automotive vehicle convertible roof system: A soft-top convertible roof can extend and retract in a two-phase process. The first phase can correspond to a front portion of the top stack mechanism moving from a first raised position to a second retracted position and can be driven by an actuator which can be disposed in a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090224569 - Vehicle with improved double leafed door system: A vehicle has a door system having at least a front and a rear door leaves which are each movable between an open and a closed position with respect to the cabin structure. The vehicle includes a door locking system which is provided to lock the door leaves in their... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090224570 - Low profile doble deck bus: A double deck bus having an overall height of twelve feet six inches or less configured to provide the maximum number of passenger seats and wherein the passenger aisle of the lower deck is offset the passenger aisle of the upper deck. The aisle of the upper deck is a... Agent: Lathrop & Gage LLP

20090224571 - Dual support pad for a vehicle door: A collision absorption system including a dual support pad for a vehicle door is disclosed. The system includes an integrated dual support pad comprising a first portion and a second portion configured to reduce the force of impact to a shoulder portion and a hip portion, respectively, of a vehicle... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20090224572 - Sliding roof structure and vehicle equipped with the same: Providing a cover storage member 30, which constitutes the rear end of the roof of a vehicle, and a guiding means 40 for transferring the cover storage member 30 between the position at the rear end of the roof and the position inside the vehicle. The cover storage member 30... Agent: Masao Yoshimura, Chen Yoshimura LLP

20090224573 - Functional part holding structure: A functional part holding structure adapted to guide a functional part supporting a movable panel to a guide rail, the functional part holding structure includes a first member including a bottom wall, a second member including a cover wall, first and second side walls extending from one of the bottom... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090224574 - Drive unit for at least two movable parts of a vehicle, in particular a roof assembly thereof: A drive unit for at least two movable parts of a vehicle, in particular closures for selectively opening and closing at least one roof opening in a roof assembly, includes an electric motor having a rotor shaft and transmission assembly. The transmission assembly includes at least two output shafts and... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090224575 - Subassembly for a sliding roof: A subassembly for a sliding roof includes right and left guiderails, which lie opposite each other. A component extends between the left and right guiderails and is guided therein. A cable includes a first section that extends between a right front side of the component and a left rear side... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090218838 - Handle: A interior trim component includes a handle having a cradle portion including a cavity. The handle also includes an insert portion nested within the cavity of the cradle portion. Each of the insert portion and cradle portion includes a first end and a second end. The first ends of the... Agent: Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

20090218840 - Console lid dual latch differentiation: Disclosed herein are a vehicle console and a latching system for a vehicle console with dual latch differentiation. The latching system comprises at least one lid pivotally attached to the console to move between a closed position and an open position relative to the opening. First and second latches are... Agent: Young Basile

20090218839 - Modular storage compartment for vehicle: A modular storage compartment assembly for a vehicle includes a plurality of storage compartments coupled together and arranged in a side-by-side configuration to form a modular assembly. Each storage compartment includes a plurality of frame members coupled together to form a frame structure for the storage compartment, a floor assembly... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090218841 - Machine mount: A mount for a machine includes a mounting member having an insertion portion and a shoulder portion. During assembly, the insertion portion is swaged into an opening in the frame. A mating member attached to a machine structure is seated on the shoulder portion, and a cap may be attached... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20090218842 - Storage compartment for a motor vehicle: a locking element (126), which is mounted in a pivotal fashion, so that, in case of an impact of the motor vehicle, said locking element, due to its mass inertia, will be brought into a locking position for locking the pivoted lever into position, whereby the locking element is mounted... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20090218843 - Longitudinal adjustment apparatus for a vehicle seat: A longitudinal seat adjustment apparatus for a vehicle seat includes a first support member that is attachable to a vehicle, and a second support member that is moveable with respect to the first support member and configured to support the seat such that the seat is movable with the second... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20090218844 - Vehicular seats: One aspect of the present invention can include a vehicular seat having a first member, a cooperatively moving apparatus configured to release a lock apparatus from being locked in cooperation with a movement of the first member, and a second member configured to be adjusted when the lock apparatus is... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090218845 - Visor and method of making a visor: A visor assembly, comprises a first core piece having an aperture and a second core piece coupled to the first core piece. A reflective film is positioned in a tensioned state between the first core piece and the second core piece such that a first portion of the reflective film... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090218846 - Trapping detection seal for opening leaves of vehicles: A trapping detection seal for opening leaves, for example motor vehicle opening leaves, of elongate shape with an elastically deformable cross section including a first cut-out region arranged between a first conducting region and a second conduction region so as to enable the two conducting regions to come into contact... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090218847 - Recreational vehicle mat device: A mat device for a recreational vehicle is disclosed comprising a mat configured to be utilized on a ground surface near the recreational vehicle. The mat device includes a roller unit having a rotatable bar disposed between a first end opposite a second end. The rotatable bar is coupled to... Agent: Tobin, Carberry, O'malley, Riley, Selinger, P.C.

20090218848 - Resilient aerodynamic trailer skirts: A resilient aerodynamic skirt assembly is provided, the aerodynamic skirt assembly comprising a skirt panel adapted to connect to a trailer to route airflow along the trailer, skirt supports adapted to connect the skirt to a trailer are also provided with a plurality of resilient struts providing lateral support to... Agent: Transtex Composite Inc.

20090218849 - Temperature-controlled cargo storage compartment: The object of the present invention pertains to a motor vehicle, a cargo space for a motor vehicle and a cargo storage compartment for a cargo space of a motor vehicle, wherein the cargo storage compartment is closed toward the outside and arranged behind a paneling of the cargo space... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090218850 - Installation structure of resin garnish: A resin garnish installation structure installed to a vehicle body exterior surface, having a resin garnish which extends along a longitudinal direction thereof, the resin garnish including: an exterior surface which is level with the vehicle body exterior surface; a first edge which extends along the longitudinal direction; a second... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090218851 - Motor vehicle with protection for a rear-hinged side door: A motor vehicle is provided that includes, but is not limited to with a front-hinged front door and rear-hinged rear door located on the same vehicle side, and front door and rear door each have an impact block arranged in such a manner that the blocks are pushed against each... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090218852 - Modular vehicle front end with resin overmold bracket and vehicle comprising same: Disclosed herein is a modular vehicle front end comprising a frame, a cooling unit mounted to the frame, a conduit running through the cooling unit, and a bracket for securing the conduit to the frame. The bracket can comprise an attachment portion configured for attachment to the frame and a... Agent: Young Basile