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Land vehicles: bodies and tops July category listing 07/11

20110181066 - One-piece covering element: A covering element for covering an air duct on a dashboard in a motor vehicle is of one-piece design and has two lateral air outflow areas and a loudspeaker area arranged therebetween. Each lateral air outflow area is subdivided into a central area that can be connected to communicate with... Agent: Dr. Ing. H.c.f. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

20110181067 - Liner systems: A system relating to lining heavy-material hauling and processing equipment comprising a plurality of magnetically attached liner panels installed without the need to drill or otherwise alter the truck bed or device being lined.... Agent: Corrosion Engineering, Inc.

20110181068 - Multi-position tailgate support apparatus and method: A method and apparatus for adjusting the location of suspension for a tailgate is disclosed. The method may include selecting a vehicle comprising first and second sides, a tailgate, and at least one tailgate support. The tailgate may be connected to pivot with respect to the first and second sides... Agent:

20110181069 - Active suspension seat floor plate: An active suspension seat is mounted to a floor of a vehicle with a floor plate having a lower portion through which is formed a first plurality of apertures positioned about the lower portion to correspond to the manner in which mounting features are positioned about the floor of the... Agent:

20110181070 - Motorcycle passenger backrest: A motorcycle passenger backrest has a generally U-shaped or V-shaped backrest frame that is configured for connection to a mounting bracket on the motorcycle. The inner surface of the backrest frame is configured with a recessed space having a base surface and a side surface that extends from the base... Agent: Kuryakyn Holdings, Inc.

20110181071 - Glass seal: The present invention relates to a glass seal for attaching an attached part (2) to a glass pane (3) of a motor vehicle, having a mounting profile (1) comprising a mounting arm (4) contacting the surface (5) of the glass pane (3), and a latching profile (7) for receiving an... Agent:

20110181072 - Aerodynamic wing apparatus for a vehicle, trailer or cargo box, vehicle or trailer incorporating same, and method of using same: An aerodynamic wing apparatus for mounting on a top panel portion of a vehicle such as a car, a truck cargo box or trailer portion of a tractor-trailer vehicle, in order to improve the aerodynamic movement of the vehicle through the air, provide lift to the vehicle in order to... Agent:

20110181073 - Pedestrian impact mitigation system and method of use: A system for and method of mitigating pedestrian impact utilizing an energy absorption member, such as an expandable honeycomb celled matrix, and at least one tether disposed within a recessed formation defined by the vehicle and interconnected to the member and a drive mechanism, wherein the member is selectively caused... Agent: Gm Global Technology Operations, Inc.

20110181074 - Cab for construction machine: A cab for a construction machine includes hinges that swingably mount the door to the wall. Each of the hinges includes a first member secured to a first cut-out portion of the wall, a second member secured to a second cut-out portion of the door, an interposed member interposed between... Agent: Komatsu Ltd.

20110181075 - Airflow control device for an automotive vehicle: An airflow control device is mounted to the front end of an automotive vehicle and includes an upper air scoop section having a scoop channel disposed rearward of a bumper assembly and oriented to direct airflow entering a bumper intake opening toward an air-receiving powertrain component. A lower air dam... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20110181076 - Vehicle body: A vehicle body for a motor vehicle has a vehicle rear end with body inner side parts spaced apart from one another and delimiting an engine bay. An assembly support runs in the vehicle transverse direction between the two body-side side parts. The assembly support is formed as a light... Agent: Dr. Ing. H.c.f. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

20110181077 - Roof assembly and method of mounting a sieve member: Aspects of the invention relate to a roof assembly for a vehicle having a roof opening in its fixed roof. It comprises a stationary part having longitudinal guides positioned on either side of the roof opening. A closure is movable at least between a closed position closing the roof opening... Agent: Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.v.

20110175386 - Mounting structure for a pillar garnish: Solution: The grip 4 is integrally molded with the garnish 3 which is attached to a center pillar 2 of a vehicle body, and a bracket 3a for attaching the garnish to a part of the pillar adjacent to the grip by using a threaded bolt is provided on an... Agent: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

20110175387 - Vehicle cargo tailgate enclosure: An improved vehicle cargo tailgate enclosure particularly adapted for ease of installation and removal. The tailgate enclosure comprises two side walls and a rear wall. The rear wall is configured to slope upwardly and rearwardly to provide additional storage space to a cargo bed of a vehicle. The cargo tailgate... Agent: 89908, Inc., Dba Amp Research

20110175388 - Latch assembly for vehicle seat: A latch assembly for a vehicle seat is provided. The latch assembly for the vehicle seat which includes a base plate, a latch which is rotatably coupled to the base plate to rotate between a locking position and an open position, and a pawl and a pawl plate which are... Agent: Austem Co., Ltd.

20110175389 - Fuel door assembly with vibration damper: A fuel door assembly may use a vibration damper made as a single part with a contact surface of the vehicle body or a contact surface of the fuel door.... Agent:

20110175390 - Retractable tarp system with automated opening/closing mechanism: A retractable tarp system having an automated air-operated closing mechanism used in conjunction with a headboard of a truck or vehicle-pulled trailer. The automated system of opening and closing the tarping system uses air cylinders to operate a guide for the front opening/closing mechanism, which can run off a trailer's... Agent: Vti Holdings, Inc.

20110175391 - Removable enclosure for rear of vehicle: The removable enclosure for the rear of a vehicle provides additional storage space or cover for the open rear end of a vehicle, such as an open tailgate of a pickup truck or the open hatch of an SUV. The removable enclosure includes a housing having at least one sidewall... Agent:

20110175392 - Feeder apparatus for a slide panel: There is provided a feeder apparatus for a slide panel so as to reduce the thickness of a panel of a car body the slide panel is attached to. The feeder apparatus 1 includes a wire harness 14 routed between a roof portion 2 and a sunroof 3, and a... Agent: Yazaki Corporation

20110175393 - Aerodynamic boat tail attachment: An aerodynamic boat tailed attachment is disclosed. The attachment is a flexible membrane 2 attached to a frame 3 that is inflated to an aerodynamic shape by the forces of the air pressures flowing past and or into the mechanism. The shape may be further controlled by flexible stays 9... Agent:

20110175394 - Aerodynamic drag reducing apparatus: An aerodynamic drag reducing apparatus for use with vehicles having downstream surfaces that are not streamlined. The apparatus includes folding panels that extend rearward for use in a drag reducing configuration and collapse for use in a space saving configuration.... Agent: Adaptive Aerodynamic, LLC

20110175395 - Drag reduction device for transport vehicles having randomized irregular shaped edge vortex generating channels: A drag reducing device for use on transport vehicles includes a delta wing having variable height and irregularly spaced undulations on an upper surface of each side of the wing. A length of each side of the delta wing is different than the length of the other wing side thereof.... Agent:

20110175396 - Aerodynamic skirt: An aerodynamic skirt adapted to be substantially longitudinally mounted on a trailer is provided, the resilient aerodynamic skirt comprising a skirt panel defining a forward portion and a rear portion, the forward portion being adapted to be mounted toward a forward portion of the trailer and the rear portion being... Agent:

20110175397 - Heavy-duty trailer: A heavy duty wheeled trailer for use in towing the trailer behind a vehicle. The trailer includes an adjustable height tow connection point to adjust and connect to different types of tow vehicles while maintaining the front deck substantially parallel to the trailer main deck. The trailer further includes a... Agent: Altair Engineering, Inc

20110175398 - Modular architecture for combat tactical vehicle: A combat tactical modular vehicle structure including a center frame module comprising a front bulkhead a cab portion and a rear bulkhead where the center frame module includes an integrated armor so that the integrated armor is a part of center frame module or the center frame module has at... Agent: Alcoa Inc.

20110175399 - Structure for side portion of vehicle body: An object of the invention is to provide a structure for a side portion of a vehicle body, in which deformation of a hollow cross-section shape of a side sill, which is caused by a side collision load inputted to a vehicle body, can be suppressed without causing a significant... Agent: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

20110175400 - Vehicle front structure: A vehicle front structure includes a dash panel 20 that is located at a front portion of a vehicle and a floor panel 10 that extends in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The dash panel 20 includes a contact portion 21 which extends in the vehicle width direction and... Agent: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

20110175401 - Lower structure of vehicle body rear portion: A lower structure of a vehicle body rear portion includes: a rear floor panel in a rear portion of a vehicle; a spare tire housing formed on the floor panel in such a manner as to be recessed downward; rear side members extending in a front and rear direction on... Agent: Suzuki Motor Corporation

20110175402 - Convertible having a roof arrangement: A convertible has a roof (8) that can be adjusted between an opened and covered positions and a wind deflector (12) that can be adjusted between a retracted position (RS) and a deployed position (WS). The wind deflector (12) is mounted movably on longitudinal sides (2) of the convertible (1)... Agent: Dr. Ing. H.c.f. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

20110169288 - Sliding guide and arm support provided with such a sliding guide: A sliding guide, for instance for an arm support (A), comprising at least a first (2) and an at least second profile (3), with bearing means (4) and friction means (5) included there between for providing a particular frictional resistance between the profiles (2,3), wherein the profiles (2, 3) are... Agent:

20110169289 - Vehicle having utility bed and locking device: A vehicle includes a vehicular frame, a utility bed, and a locking device. The utility bed is pivotally coupled with the vehicular frame and is pivotable between a hauling position and a dumping position. The locking device is operable between a locked position and an unlocked position and is configured... Agent:

20110169290 - Motor vehicle with extendible vehicle body: A motor vehicle includes a body having an enclosed passenger cell which is accessible by a door and forms a component of a front body part and a rear body part. The front and rear parts are movable in length direction of the motor vehicle relative to one another to... Agent: Benteler Automobiltechnik Gmbh

20110169292 - Automobile glove compartment: An automobile glove compartment includes: a storage space (1) built into a dashboard and accessible through a main opening (2); a movable door (3); a tray (4) placed inside the storage space, the tray being slidable between a first position a), wherein the tray is stored in the storage space,... Agent: Faurecia Interieur Industrie

20110169291 - Closure for a storage compartment of a motor vehicle: A closure for a storage compartment of a motor vehicle including an electromagnet having an armature wherein the armature can by moved by excitation of the electromagnet, and wherein a movement of the armature can be transmitted to a locking element which, due to a restoring force of a spring,... Agent: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme Gmbh

20110169293 - Vehicle for entertainment and method for entertaining: A vehicle includes a cabin defined by a front, a back, a roof, a floor, a first side, and a second side opposite the first side. The vehicle also includes a window having a surface area that covers at least 50% of the first side, and seating in the cabin... Agent: The Ride, Inc.

20110169294 - Vehicle seat easy entry assembly with position memory: An adjustable memory track assembly for a vehicle seat has a lower rail adapted to be secured relative to a vehicle frame, and an upper rail adapted to support the seat for fore/aft sliding movement relative to the lower rail. The adjustable memory track assembly also has a track lock... Agent: Lear Corporation

20110169295 - Adjustable mounting system for vehicular body components: An adjustable mounting system for a vehicular body component includes a base having a number of slide rails, with retainers slidingly engaged with the slide rails. Each retainer has a retention section for mounting the base to a surface within the vehicular body, which is attached to a slidably mounted... Agent:

20110169296 - Tonneau cover assembly for a vehicle: A tonneau cover assembly includes a flexible cover, a rigid cross member connected with the cover, and a tensioning and/or latching mechanism connected with the cross member. The flexible cover includes a first end and a second end. The first end is disposed adjacent a cab of a vehicle to... Agent: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

20110169297 - Vehicle door systems: A vehicle door system comprises: a door (16) formed from a plurality of panels (18, 20) which define a door cavity (22), one of the panels (20) having an aperture (44) therein at a hinged end of the door; and a check mechanism. The check mechanism comprises a check arm... Agent:

20110169298 - Passenger motor vehicle with rear-side air guiding device: An air guiding device (8) is mounted in the rear end (2) of a passenger motor vehicle (1) and a setting-out mechanism (7) is connected to the underside of the air guiding device (8) for moving the air-guiding device (8). A collar (14) with a streamlined profile extends from the... Agent: Dr. Ing. H.c.f. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

20110169299 - Passenger motor vehicle with rear-side air guiding device: A passenger motor vehicle has an air guiding device (8) mounted at a rear end of the vehicle and moveable relative to the rear end by a setting-out mechanism (7). A mounting element (11) connects the setting-out mechanism (7) at a downwardly open depression (12) at an underside region of... Agent: Dr. Ing. H.c.f. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

20110169300 - Van body: A van body including a canopy extending from the rear top of the van body with a camera disposed below the canopy.... Agent: Wise Manufacturing, Inc.

20110169301 - Trailer roof having improved support structure: A trailer includes a pair of vertical, spaced apart opposing sidewalls and a roof sheet extending between and mounted atop the sidewalls. The sidewalls and roof sheet cooperate to define a cargo space. The roof sheet has an interior surface facing the cargo space and an opposing exterior surface. A... Agent:

20110169302 - Door block arrangement for energy absorbing vehicle door: An energy absorbing vehicle door having a door block strategically located within the door. The door block has an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion is wider than the lower portion and is attached to the inner panel of the door. A door beam is provided between... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20110169303 - Vehicular hood structure: A hood lock reinforcement is configured as a result of a thick sheet and a thin sheet whose sheet thicknesses are mutually different being joined, and in this hood lock reinforcement, a bottom portion including a site to which a striker is fixed is configured by the thick sheet and... Agent: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

20110163562 - Continously adaptive fastener clip: A carrier includes a carrier base and at least one channel formed into the carrier base. A locking structure is attached to the at least one channel and is operative to releasably hold captive a fastener clip. A first pair of laterally offset legs and a second pair of laterally... Agent:

20110163563 - Frame molding fastening structure: A frame molding fastening structure is disclosed. The frame molding includes a first molding, a second molding, and a bracket that fastens the first and second molding to each other. The bracket includes a fixed portion fixed to the first molding and an insertion portion inserted into the second molding.... Agent:

20110163564 - Vehicle pillar garnish: Pillar garnish (20) has: a fixation section (52) integrally provided on its rear wall section (51) adjacent to a vehicle occupant's seat (30), the fixation section being mounted to a portion (28) of the pillar (11) facing the occupant's seat; and a swing preventing section (54) provided on a side... Agent: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

20110163565 - Multi-position tailgate adjustment apparatus and method: A method and apparatus for adjusting the location of suspension for a tailgate is disclosed. The method may include selecting a vehicle comprising a first side, a second side, a tailgate, a tailgate support, and an adjustor. The tailgate may be connected to pivot with respect to the first and... Agent:

20110163566 - Storable seat for vehicle: An elongated support hole 52 and a guide hole 53 are formed in a seat cushion frame 50, a rotational support shaft 30 which is rotatably engaged in the elongated support hole 52 to be relatively movable therein and a guide projection 60 which is engaged in the guide hole... Agent: Shiroki Corporation

20110163567 - Seat/flatbed/drop-in-container assembly for cart: A seat/flatbed/drop-in-container assembly for a cart comprises a framework that extends from and is supported by the cart, includes at least one support member, and defines a volume of space interiorly of the support member and a remaining portion of the framework. A seat is supported by the framework within... Agent:

20110163568 - Sun visor: A sun visor assembly includes a sun visor in which the corners associated with one of the longer edges are rotatably mounted to an automotive vehicle, one corner of which is fixed and the other corner being removable from a mount affixed to the vehicle. The removable corner has a... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20110163569 - Terminal mounting structure and method: To provide a terminal mounting structure, the electrical continuation and the joining strength of which are sufficiently high although the structure is simple, further the reliability of which is high even when it is used over a long period of time and to provide a terminal mounting method therefor. A... Agent:

20110163570 - Vehicle undercover: A vehicle undercover is provided with a fixed section fixed to a front body and a rotating section, one end of which is rotatably coupled to the fixed section and the other end of which vertically moves relative to the front body so as to be able to open and... Agent: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

20110163571 - Vehicle side secton structure: A vehicle side section structure that is capable of a required stiffness and enables a reduction in weight of a roof side section is provided. A roof side rail that structures a vehicle side section structure is provided with: a roof outer panel that has length in a vehicle front-rear... Agent: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

20110163572 - Unitary construction of a molded feature: A method for producing a moldable object having a hollow plastic component and a single-piece plastic stanchion is provided. The method includes molding the single-piece plastic stanchion in a first mold. The molded stanchion includes a first substantially-closed end and a second substantially-open end, and a cap joined with the... Agent: Gm Global Technology Operations, Inc.

20110163573 - Motor vehicle having a roof that can be opened: A motor vehicle having a roof that can be opened and a roof closing device that can be adjusted between a position closing a roof opening and a position exposing the roof opening. An opening is provided within the roof closing device and is adapted to be optionally released opened... Agent: Webasto Ag