Land vehicles: bodies and tops inventions

20090278370 - Vehicle console: A console assembly for a vehicle includes a console body having a first end defining an opening communicating with a storage bin. The storage bin has opposing side walls each having a groove formed therein. A sliding member is slidably mounted within the storage bin. A console cover is pivotally... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090278371 - Automotive structural joint and method of making same: A joint for an automotive vehicle may be formed by applying an adhesive to at least one of a first member and a first surface of a composite member, placing the first member in contact with the first surface of the composite member, applying an adhesive to at least one... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090278372 - Device in a part of a mining or construction vehicle including a wear protection structure and a part including such a device: A device in a part (1, 24) of a mining or construction vehicle including a wear protection structure (3-9,14, 25, 27), which is intended to comprise a portion of the part that is subjected to wear from abrasive material during loading or dumping. Said wear protection structure has grooves (10-12,15,... Agent: Mark P Stone

20090278373 - C-hinge for golf cart folding windshield: A windshield hinge system that hinges a foldable golf cart windshield. The upper and lower portions of the windshield are hingedly joined together at an intermediate level with a hinge mechanism that has two opposing spaced-apart C-shaped members joined together by a flexible and foldable intermediate member. The intermediate member... Agent: Dennis G. Lapointe Lapointe Law Group, Pl

20090278374 - Vehicle sun visor: A vehicle sun visor includes a sun visor main body, an auxiliary visor provided on the sun visor main body, and a support mechanism that is provided between the sun visor main body and the auxiliary visor and supports the auxiliary visor with respect to the sun visor main body... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090278375 - Anti-dazzle sun visor for motor vehicles: The invention relates to an anti-dazzle sun visor (100) for use in the upper part of a windshield of a motor vehicle. The anti-dazzle sun visor (100) is characterized by a screen (110) which is hinged to a suspension (120), mounted so as to be movable to be displaced along... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090278376 - tarping system for open top containers: A relatively lightweight tarping system for use with trailers or other open top containers includes first and second spaced frame members and an elongated flexible member such as a cable or chain connected to and extending therebetween. A tarpaulin may be mounted thereon so that the frame members, flexible member... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20090278377 - Pick-up truck box cover: A cover assembly for a pick-up truck cargo box includes first and second rails attachable at the sides of the box. A cover has a first resilient hinge strip connecting a first panel to a second panel and allowing the first panel to pivot relative to the second panel. A... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090278378 - Convertible: A convertible has a top which can be opened and can be put away and which has a rear window frame and, when the top is closed, at least one surface bow situated in front of said rear window frame in the direction of travel. A coupling linkage for carrying... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090278379 - Glass run channel assembly: A glass run channel assembly is provided. In the glass run channel assembly, after being mounted, an elastic force is generated in a vertical side portion which contacts a vertical frame of a door frame, and an elastic force is generated in an upper side portion which contacts an upper... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090278380 - Leg pusher device for side impact tests: An energy absorbing vehicle door, comprising an inner panel, an outer panel joined to the inner panel, a door trim panel material on the inner panel, and an energy absorbing member mounted on the inner panel. The energy absorbing member has a first surface adjacent the outer member and a... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC Ford Global Technologies, Inc.

20090278381 - Drag reducing devices for stacked intermodal rail cars: Disclosed is a series of stacked intermodal containers, being pulled by a locomotive of a train, with aerodynamic drag reducing devices. The series includes at least a first, leading set of containers and a second, trailing set of containers. The first, leading set of containers has an aerodynamic drag reducing... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090278382 - Mounting of drag reducing devices for stacked intermodal rail cars: Disclosed is a series of stacked intermodal containers, being pulled by a locomotive of a train, with aerodynamic drag reducing devices. A first set of containers has an aerodynamic drag reducing device with a drag reducing fairing and an attachment frame attached thereto. The attachment frame includes first and second... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090278383 - Pedestrian safety hood stop: A vehicle hood stop arranged to collapse if the vehicle hood is struck by an object with an impact force exceeding a predetermined limit. The hood stop includes an upper section arranged below a lower surface of the hood, a lower section arranged to be attached to the vehicle, and... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090278384 - Rear structure of a vehicle body: A rear structure of a vehicle body includes a first rear side member and a second rear side member, the first and second rear side members generally extending in a front-to-rear direction of the vehicle body, a first rear cross member extending between the first rear side member and the... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090278385 - Vehicle body: A vehicle body of a motor vehicle has a central tunnel which is connected on its open lower side to at least one transverse bridge support. The bridge support is mounted to the lower side of bent limb portions of the central tunnel and is connected via at least two... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090278386 - Fused thermoplastic scuff and wall plate: The scuff and wall plate is formed by fusing a thermoplastic fiberglass-reinforced plastic scuff plate to a thermoplastic fiberglass-reinforced plastic wall liner by glass fiber blooming. The fusion blooming can be accomplished by vibration welding or high frequency welding. Because the scuff plate and wall liner are fused, a small... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20090273202 - Integrated ratcheting tailgate extender: A vehicle tailgate extender mechanism including a tailgate frame having a tailgate bed extender guide, and a bed extender assembly coupled to the tailgate frame and including an extender cross member. An extender guide may be secured to the extender cross member, and an extender support member may be secured... Agent: Price, Heneveld, Cooper, Dewitt & Litton, LLP Fgtl

20090273203 - Trailer flooring system: A trailer includes a floor engageable with a load and a longitudinally extending support member. The support member has an upper portion connected to the floor, a lower portion connectable to a suspension system, and a web extending between the upper and lower portions and transverse to the floor. The... Agent: Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne P.C.

20090273204 - Trailer side rail: An improved side rail structure is used to form a portion of a flat bed trailer. The side rail structure is integrally formed as one piece. The side rail structure includes an outer side rail wall which is integrally formed as one piece with a rub rail. A flooring section... Agent: Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne P.C.

20090273205 - Sidewall assembly having composite panels for trailers and vans: A sidewall assembly for a trailer or van having a plurality of composite panels interconnected along the length of the trailer. The composite panels have a polyurethane core sandwiched between inner and outer metal panels in bonded relationship. The composite panels are affixed to a respective hat-shaped inner side post... Agent: Edward D. Gilhooly

20090273206 - Reinforcement structure for pipe and cab structure for construction machine having the same: A reinforcement structure for a pipe includes a hole section and a plate member. The hole section is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the pipe along a longitudinal direction of the pipe to pass through a peripheral wall of the pipe to reach an interior portion of the... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090273207 - Closure system for a vehicle: A closure system with a reduced out-swing reach for an opening in a body of a vehicle. The closure system has an upper portion arranged to expose at least a section of the body opening, and a lower portion which is guided by a track to an open position when... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20090273208 - Windshield frame with integrated side and rearview mirrors: A frame for supporting a windshield, a rearview mirror and at least one side-view mirror of a vehicle. The frame comprises first and second side pillars, each side pillar having a lower end for attachment to the body of a vehicle, an upwardly extending body, and an upper end. A... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20090273209 - Retractable roof system for vehicles: The present invention is directed to a retractable roof system that provides slidable roof sections for vehicles and truck bed shells/caps, where the cargo area roof panels and rear window panel (hatch above tailgate) may be moved forward and above the seating area roof section, by means of a telescoping... Agent: Richard D. Clarke Law Office Of Richard D. Clarke

20090273210 - Convertible vehicle with a roof that is capable of opening separately: The invention relates to a convertible vehicle with at least two roof sections that, when the roof is closed, are situated one behind the other with regard to the direction of travel (F), of which, when roof section that is situated behind the other section when the roof is closed,... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090267373 - Trim part for a motor vehicle: A trim part for a vehicle comprises a base part (1) and a design part (2). To improve such trim part, the design part (2) includes a bulge (16) adjacent to a rim (15).... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20090267374 - Running board with storage compartment: A vehicle includes a vehicle body and a step assembly having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is mounted with respect to the vehicle body and defines a cavity having an opening. The second portion is mounted with respect to the first portion and is selectively... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090267375 - Spine member and accessory module apparatus: A console apparatus for use in a vehicle that secures additional optional accessories that function to provide storage space for personal items, food and liquids, and/or and armrest, the apparatus including one or more accessory modules and a spine member for receiving, securing and reducing the jostling or shifting of... Agent: Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20090267376 - Removable power seat connector: A vehicle seat assembly adapted to be removably coupled to a floor in a vehicle is provided. An electrical component is mounted to the seat assembly. A riser assembly is also mounted to the seat assembly. A first electrical connector is mounted to the riser assembly and electrically coupled to... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20090267379 - Sun visor device for the window of a motor vehicle and motor vehicle with such a sun visor device: A sun visor device is provided for the window of a motor vehicle with a cover that can be moved in a first direction and in an opposite second direction. A locking mechanism is also provided for locking the cover in different positions.... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090267380 - Fuel filler housing and quarter inner panel for vehicle: A fuel filler housing and quarter inner panel for a vehicle may include a quarter inner panel portion including an opening hole for filling fuel and at least an inserting hole formed to be spaced outwardly from the opening hole, and a fuel filler housing portion including a filling hole... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090267377 - Sun shade operation device: The sun shade operation device 100 of the present invention includes a drive unit M; at least one shaft 1 directly or indirectly transmitted with a rotary torque generated by the drive unit M; a plurality of gears 2 integrally rotating with the shaft 1 with the one shaft 1... Agent: Rahman LLC

20090267378 - Protective sunshade arrangement for the windowpane of a motor vehicle and motor vehicle with such a protective sunshade arrangement: A protective sunshade arrangement is provided for the windowpane of a motor vehicle with a frame that features two opposing longitudinal struts for guiding a cover that can be extracted in an extracting direction from a cover roller arranged between the longitudinal struts. The frame furthermore features at least one... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090267381 - Trailer assembly with cover and lift mechanism: A trailer assembly includes a cover assembly having a cover and a frame assembly engaged with the cover assembly. The frame assembly includes a frame and a lifting arm having a first end engaged to the frame and a second end engaged to the cover. The lifting arm is selectively... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090267382 - Flush-closing window for motor vehicles and method, guide track system and pin assembly therefor: A multi-pane flush closing window assembly for a vehicle includes any one of a combination of fixed sub-assemblies and/or sliding sub-assemblies supported by a frame. The sub-assemblies may be conveniently assembled and disassembled from the frame without removing the frame or window securing structure from the vehicle. Man hours, tooling,... Agent: Botkin & Hall, LLP

20090267383 - Sliding door roller bracket track extension with interlock: A motor vehicle has a sliding door supported by front and rear roller brackets that move through corresponding roller tracks. By extending the length of the rear roller track supporting the sliding door to beyond the rear end of the vehicle when the sliding door itself is opened beyond a... Agent: General Motors Company Legal Staff

20090267385 - Platform for a vehicle-mounted box: A platform for climbing and/or standing on a vehicle-mounted box by a person having a greater than average girth is provided. In one embodiment, the platform includes a tread, an arm, and a bracket. The tread has a surface area sufficiently sized so that a person of greater than average... Agent: Knox Patents

20090267384 - Vehicle body of a motor vehicle with a front-end module: A transversely aligned support part is arranged between an assembly support of a vehicle body and a front part. The support part is connected to the assembly support via bolt and clip elements, and the front part is fastenable to the support part by bolts in a manner such that... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090267386 - Vehicle structure arrangement provided with pressurizable reinforcement element: A vehicle structure arrangement includes a pressurizable reinforcement element that may be arranged interiorly a beam, such as an A-pillar to reinforce the beam. The reinforcement element may be a tubular element having a flexible wall portion, The tubular element may be adapted to be self-stiffened when in a pressurized... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090267387 - Vehicle roof: A vehicle roof for a passenger car, the vehicle roof having a modular, multishell structure, the vehicle roof including a variably configurable functional shell for providing stiffness to the vehicle roof and configured to be directly attached to a body shell of the vehicle and for variable accommodation of functional... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20090261610 - Control of a slide-out room: A control system for a slide-out room of a recreational vehicle includes a number of room slides which move the slide-out room between retracted and extended positions. If multiple room slides are used, a controller synchronizes the movement of the room slides to prevent damage to the components of the... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090261611 - Buffering structure for cargo box gate of truck: A buffering structure for the side gates of a cargo box of a truck is disclosed. The buffering structure includes front and rear side gates pivotally mounted on each side of the cargo box, and a middle column interposed between the front side gate and the rear side gate. Buffer... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090261612 - Instrument panel device: An instrument panel device comprises an instrument panel body, a meter cluster portion, a display indication portion, an instrument-panel recess portion comprising a bottom face portion extending from a central portion of the recess portion to a driver's-seat-side end portion of the recess portion and a portion of difference in... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20090261613 - Trim component with retention tabs: A trim component such as a bezel for attachment to a trim panel, such as an instrument panel of a vehicle, is disclosed and includes one or more retention tabs for securing the trim component to the trim panel. The retention tabs provide for a plurality of limiting features that... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. Intl. Automotive Components Group

20090261614 - Cover for windshields, windshield wipers, and air intake manifolds: An improved cover made of opaque, reflective, snow-and-ice-repellent material that shields windshields, windshield wipers, and air intake manifolds of vehicles from the accumulation of snow, ice, and frost; and it also prevents the sun's rays from penetrating the interior of vehicles through windshields.... Agent: Theodore O. Haas

20090261615 - Injection molded magnesium link and method of making an injection molded magnesium link: In one embodiment, an operational link of a top stack linkage for a convertible top of a vehicle is presented. The link has a spine having a main body portion and an offset portion and one or more lateral structural members including at least one reinforcing rib. The spine and... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090261616 - Recreational vehicle slide out roof block: A recreational vehicle slide out roof block prevents foreign material such as water, dirt, or debris from accumulating on a recreational vehicle slide out roof. A slide out roof block has a size and shape selected to fill a gap between a slide out roof and an awning sheet extending... Agent: Phillip M. Wagner

20090261618 - Car with innovative front door opening: A car provided with: a chassis supporting a pair of front wheels which turn about a first horizontal rotation axis and a pair of rear wheels which turn about a second horizontal rotation axis; a passenger compartment obtained between the front wheels and the rear wheels; and at least one... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20090261617 - Seal for a hole: A seal is provided for a hole in a sheet. The clamped hole surface has an articulated line, which divides the hole surface into a first partial surface and a second partial surface inclined relative thereto, exhibiting the following features: a sealing surface for the hole, the geometry of which... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090261619 - Air-directing component and body front end of a motor vehicle: An air-directing component (10) of a motor vehicle has an installation surface (18) that bears against an outer side (20) of the front end (12) of the motor vehicle. Hook-shaped projections (14.1, 14.2) protrude from the installation surface (18) and have dimensions which are matched to dimensions of the recesses... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090261620 - Energy absorbing system for a vehicle: A system for absorbing energy in a vehicle includes a pair of laterally spaced upper and lower side rails which extend along a longitudinal axis. The lower side rails are disposed below the upper side rails. An upper member extends transverse to the longitudinal axis and interconnects the upper side... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090261621 - Vehicle cowl structure: A vehicle cowl structure is provided. A cowl part is disposed between a lower end of a front glass of a vehicle and a rear end of a front hood. The cowl part has a tow-layer structure which has a metallic cowl panel having a design surface and a resinous... Agent: Stein Mcewen, LLP

20090261622 - Side sill of a vehicle body: A side sill of a body of a motor vehicle of sheet metal shell construction is composed of a sheet metal outer shell and a sheet metal inner shell which are welded to one another. A rolled profile for stiffening can be inserted into the side sill from an open... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090261623 - Body extension for a motor vehicle: In a body extension for a motor vehicle, a transverse profile of a roof frame has a central profile section and retaining profile sections arranged at the ends of the central profile section. The retaining profile sections have an embossed area for securing a sun roller blind, and border a... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090261624 - Ceiling decorative panel: There is provided a ceiling decorative panel that can be carried easily and reliably even if a dome lamp is disposed in an opening portion. The ceiling decorative panel of the present invention is disposed on an inside of a roof panel of a vehicle body. The ceiling decorative panel... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090261625 - Device for locking a retractable roof, and vehicle equipped with such a system: The invention relates to a device (9) for locking a retractable roof of a motor vehicle (2), comprising: a strike (11) fixed to a lateral roof element (7a, 7b); a locking finger (12) pivotally mounted on a support (13) fixed to the front roof element (3) between an unlocked position... Agent: Arent Fox LLP