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Land vehicles May archived by USPTO category 05/09

20090134588 - Suspension system, vehicle comprising such a suspension system and a method for controlling a suspension system: A suspension system for a vehicle (3) comprises a gas spring accumulator (6) pneumatically connected (7) to a system accumulator (8). The suspension system further comprises a gas throttle valve (9) arranged to restrict the pneumatic connection (7) between the gas spring accumulator (6) and the system accumulator (8), such... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090134589 - Roller ski: In-one aspect, a leg activated brake for a foot supporting rolling device, such as a roller ski. Roller skis generally have one wheel mounted to each end of the foot supporting frame which houses a ski binding for the skier's boot. The brake system mounts to the frame of the... Agent: Joseph E. Funk

20090134590 - Snowboard and assembly for the practice of snowboarding: This snowboard comprises a bottom at least partly defined by a base, a top and sides which connect the bottom and top to each other. Part of the top and the sides being part of a visible surface of the snowboard in use. The snowboard comprises a first part of... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090134591 - Flexible skateboard with grinding tube: A skateboard may include a pair of foot support boards connected by a torsion bar connecting element, a torsion bar cover tube mounted to the foot support boards and surrounding at least a portion of the torsion bar connecting element and an outer tube mounted for rotation around the torsion... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20090134592 - Stabiliser bar for a vehicle: A stabiliser bar assembly for a suspension arrangement in a vehicle has a first diameter D1. The stabiliser bar assembly includes a first housing with a resilient first bushing and a second housing with a resilient second bushing allowing pivotal movement of the stabiliser bar about the first and second... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090134593 - mounting system for a v-stay in a large vehicle: A mounting system for securing a first vehicle component to a second vehicle component, where the first vehicle component is provided with first and second mounting bosses and the second vehicle component is provided with corresponding first and second mounting brackets, where the first vehicle component is secured to the... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090134594 - Control arm and knuckle assembly: An assembly including a control arm and a steering knuckle, one of the control arm and the steering knuckle having a first end with a ball, the other of the control arm and the steering knuckle having a socket that includes a bearing structure formed so as to surround a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090134595 - Apparatus comprising a suspension system and method for adjusting a suspension system: An apparatus having a suspension system with a first part which is acted upon by a mass, a second part, and also an air spring arranged between this first part and this second part. At least one supplementary volume device for air is provided, the volume of which can be... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20090134596 - Lower spring seat mounting structure for vehicle suspension: A lower spring seat mounting structure in a suspension of a vehicle, including a spring mounting portion to which a lower end portion of a coil spring is mounted, the spring mounting portion being disposed on a lower link, an elastic lower spring seat including one side surface that is... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090134597 - Vehicle propelled by muscle power, in particular step scooter: Vehicle propelled by muscle power, in particular scooter, with at least one driving wheel and at least one tread surface (5, 5′) which is movable via a tread surface stroke, wherein the force transmission from the at least one tread surface (5, 5′) to the at least one driving wheel... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20090134598 - Bicycle headset assembly: The following method involves a bicycle steering assembly on a steerer member attached to the bicycle's front fork. A threaded top portion of a headset bottom cup is inserted into a threaded bottom end of a head tube and the headset bottom cup is rotated until a bottom portion of... Agent: Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC

20090134599 - Swivel hitch and method of using same: A swivel multi-hitch includes a tongue with a first end adapted to be connected to a vehicle and a second end extending therefrom. The swivel multi-hitch also includes a swivel plate that is configured to be selectively mountable between a work orientation and a storage orientation. Furthermore, a fixation plate... Agent: Vedder Price P.C.

20090134600 - Gooseneck frame for recreational vehicle: Disclosed is a gooseneck frame trailer designed to tow recreational vehicles. Also disclosed is a recreational vehicle combined with a gooseneck frame trailer for easier and advantageous towing. The use of a gooseneck frame trailer for this purpose is beneficial over existing fifth wheel art in many respects. It is... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S C Intellectual Property Department

20090134601 - Vehicle hitch with multi-directional damping: The present invention is directed to a trailer hitch isolation assembly that attaches to the tongue of a fifth wheel trailer and that provides a moveable connection between a tow vehicle and the trailer. The hitch assembly includes a floating hitch attachment member such as a king pin, which is... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20090134602 - Snowboard binding: A snowboard binding (100) having a baseplate (110), a highback (118) attached to the baseplate, and a strap assembly (120) including an instep strap subassembly (124) pivotably attached to the baseplate on one side, and releasably attachable to a mounting strap (132) on the other side. The baseplate includes a... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20090134603 - Collapsible crib: The present invention relates to collapsible cribs. The cribs have one or more of the following characteristics: adjustable length and/or, width and/or height, lightweight, easily collapsed, very compact when collapsed and easily carried, stored and transported. Embodiments disclosed relate to pens, cribs, and play yards with and without wheels.... Agent: Richard J. Harrison

20090134604 - Canopied foldable baby carriage: A baby carriage includes: a pair of front legs; a pair of connecting members; a pair of guide sleeves respectively fixed to intermediate regions of the pair of front legs; a pair of rear legs having their upper ends pivotally connected to the pair of connecting members, respectively; a pair... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20090134605 - Folding trailer: The invention relates to a trailer of the type adapted to be folded from an expanded state to a compact state. The trail includes a central chassis portion (16) with pivot means (42) at longitudinal ends thereof, as well as a front (20) and rear (18) chassis portion pivotally connected... Agent: Hitchcock Evert LLP

20090134606 - Console system suitable for use in an interior cabin of a vehicle: An accessory system suitable for use in an interior cabin of a vehicle includes an attachment element adhesively attached to an interior surface of a windshield of a vehicle, and an accessory module. The accessory module includes structure adapted to attach to the attachment element. The accessory module encompasses an... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20090134607 - Air bag apparatus: According to the air bag apparatus, for example, a side air bag apparatus 20, in a mode in which a portion on a side of a connector portion 33 of an inflator 30 is exposed from a cylindrical portion of a retainer 50, the inflator 30 is contained in the... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090134609 - Airbag cover and airbag apparatus: An airbag cover for maintaining a folded shape of an airbag when the airbag is folded and accommodated within a casing, is designed to bulge from an opening formed on a panel constituting a vehicle inner wall for deploying between the panel and an occupant. The airbag cover includes a... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090134610 - Vehicle airbag device: An airbag device provided in a side of a vehicle seat, which device comprises a case for accommodating a folded airbag. The case has a lid and a wall. The lid has tear lines formed so as to rupture when the airbag deploys and separate the lid into a plurality... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090134608 - Vehicular air bag door: A vehicular air bag door is disclosed. More particularly, a vehicular air bag door for achieving a reduction in the number of constituent elements and a simplified manufacturing process thereof is disclosed. The vehicular air bag door includes a chute provided at an instrument panel to mount an air bag... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090134611 - Knee airbag: A knee airbag apparatus includes a front panel configured to face toward an occupant when the knee airbag deploys and a rear panel configured to face toward an instrument panel when the knee airbag deploys. The rear panel is joined to the front panel to form an inflatable knee cushion... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090134612 - Occupant restraining apparatus: An occupant restraining apparatus that allows for a comfortable seat cushion and does not require an installation space for an inflator along a side of a seat frame is provided. An inflatable seat bag 20is disposed above a seat pan 5. The seat bag 20 extends in a left-right width... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090134613 - Hanging strap: The invention relates to a holding loop for installation into a person conveying means, having a fastening loop (1) for pulling onto a holding rod, and a gripping loop (2) for a person, the two loops comprising a strap or a flat band. The fastening loop (1) is formed by... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090134614 - Debris deflecting lift truck wheel guard: The debris deflecting lift truck wheel guard is comprised of a deflecting material assembly, preferably made of metal, synthetic, and/or natural materials, that is attached to a lift truck via at least one adjustable or fixed mode of attachment. The assembly is positioned so that the deflecting material extends down... Agent: Steven L. Johnson

20090127807 - Mobilized beach trolley: A selectively configurable trolley for transporting articles across a given terrain includes a housing having a top platform and sides that at least partially define an enclosure for mounting internal operating components therein. One or more roller bearings are disposed within the housing and all configured to rotatingly support a... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20090127808 - Brake assembly and control mechanism for a cart, and method: A cart having a frame for conveying cargo. The cart includes at least one brake assembly mounted within the frame of the cart. The brake assembly is configured to provide braking by engaging and disengaging a rear wheel axle. The cart further includes a control mechanism configured to selectively engage... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090127809 - Roll out cart: A roll-out cart includes a bottom wall having front, rear and side walls extending upwardly to define an upper interior. The rear wall is taller than the front wall and each of the side walls has an upper edge angled downwardly from the rear wall to the front wall. At... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090127810 - Stroller assembly and handle: A stroller assembly has a frame assembly with a front and a back. The stroller assembly also has a handle coupled to the frame assembly and positioned near the back of the frame assembly. The handle has a central section between a pair of side sections and the side sections... Agent: Lempia Braidwood LLC

20090127811 - Steering assembly: A steering assembly according to the present invention includes connection parts that are formed in a mounting plate body and fixed to a steering wheel module. Accordingly, when the mounting plate assembly is fixed to a steering wheel module, it is possible to attach or detach the mounting plate assembly... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090127812 - Adjustable-height suspension system: A system for adjusting the height or spacing between the frame and axle of a vehicle. The system may operate by manipulating a suspension system connecting the frame to the axle and comprising shock assemblies. The system may include hydraulic spacers selectively changing in length in unison, thereby manipulating the... Agent: Pate Pierce & Baird

20090127813 - Constant velocity joint rear wheel suspension system for all-terrain vehicle: A rear suspension system for an all-terrain vehicle having a chassis and at least three wheels. Two trailing arms are pivotally connected to a chassis. Each of the trailing arms includes a drive shaft bearing. A CV joint pivot arm is pivotally connected to the chassis. A CV joint housing... Agent: Ross Patent Law Office

20090127814 - Universal fender step: A universal fender step for a boat trailer and the like includes a channel of trapezoidal-shaped cross-section. Longitudinally extending gutters at each of the four corners of the trapezoid shape extend the length of the channel. A slip resistant surface is provided on the top face. The channel is formed... Agent: Paul And Paul

20090127815 - Tractor: The present invention ensures excellent assembly and maintenance of a machine body. A tractor of the present invention includes a prime mover part, a transmission portion interlockingly connected to a rear portion of the prime mover part, a driver portion arranged above the transmission portion, a lifting mechanism mounted on... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20090127816 - Tractor: The present invention provides a tractor which can easily perform maintenance of a pedal interlocking mechanism. In a tractor which includes a driver portion, a stepped portion mounted on the driver portion in an extending manner, and a pedal interlocking mechanism arranged below the stepped portion, a maintenance-use opening portion... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20090127817 - Dual-mode tricycle: An apparatus is provided for rotating a wheel. The apparatus includes a hub, at least one two-way bearing fit in a hub, a shaft inserted through the two-way bearing, a first disc secured to the shaft, a first one-way bearing provided between the first disc and the hub for allowing... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20090127818 - Bicycle damping device that provides a damping effect to the bicycle when the bicycle travels downhill: A bicycle includes a frame, a wheel mounted on the frame, a handlebar mounted on the frame, a damping device mounted on the frame and movable to touch the wheel, a control switch mounted on the handlebar, and a connecting wire mounted on the frame and connected between the control... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090127819 - Bicycle electric cable tensioning assembly: A bicycle electrical cable tensioning assembly that includes a power supply structure for a bicycle. The power supply structure includes a battery configured to be supported on a frame of the bicycle, a junction attachable to the frame of the bicycle and first, second, third and fourth cable portions. The... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090127820 - Pintle hitch adaptor for drawbar or dmi bumper: A pintle hitch adaptor enables a vehicle equipped with a drawbar or DMI bumper to tow trailers having different towing components. The pintle hitch adaptor comprises a sleeve that fits over arid is held to the drawbar. A pintle hitch is mounted to the sleeve. Aligned holes in the sleeve... Agent: Laura A. Dable Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20090127821 - recreational vehicle: A trailer of the type that is intended to be towed with a towing vehicle has a trailer body with an elevated front portion. The towing vehicle has a vehicle hitch assembly, and the trailer body has an elevated front portion, with a mounting arrangement extending downward from beneath the... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20090127823 - Displaceable fifth-wheel hitch assembly: A method and apparatus for providing a displaceable fifth-wheel hitch assembly configured to be mounted in a bed of a truck. The displaceable fifth-wheel hitch assembly includes a platform track, a displaceable platform, and an adjustment assembly. The platform track defines a track space therein and is configured to be... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20090127822 - Displaceable fifth-wheel hitch assembly adaptable for use with multiple vehicle hitch coupling systems: An adaptive displaceable fifth-wheel hitch system operable with a vehicle hitch coupling system comprising a fifth-wheel hitch, a displacement mechanism operable to couple and displace the fifth-wheel hitch in a bi-directional, an adapter configured to operably relate the displacement mechanism to a vehicle hitch coupling system, the displacement mechanism and... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20090127825 - Coupler for towed vehicles: Apparatus, methods, and other examples associated with a hitch ball coupler are described herein. In one example, a coupler includes a body and a cap. The body and cap are pivotally connected on a first end. The body includes a first recess and a shoulder. The cap is selectively moveable... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins LLC

20090127824 - Hitch assistance system: A hitch assistance system including a tow ball position indicator; wherein the tow ball position indicator includes a base member having a gripping member, a bias member, and an extension member. The tow ball position indicator also includes a telescoping staff coupled to the extension member and an indicating member.... Agent: Advantia Law Group

20090127826 - Grip device, particularly for pushchairs, prams and the like: A grip device (1), particularly for pushchairs, prams and the like, comprising a connecting body (2) provided with a plurality of connecting elements (20), which comprise two connecting ends (2d), which are coupled to a respective connecting element (3) formed at a respective side (4) of a frame (10) for... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20090127827 - Stroller and infant carrier system: A stroller system has a stroller with a frame assembly supported by a plurality of wheels. The stroller has a front and a back. A toddler seat is carried on the frame assembly and has a seat bottom and a seat back extending up relative to the seat bottom. The... Agent: Lempia Braidwood LLC

20090127828 - Folding stroller actuating system: An actuating system for a foldable stroller including a foldable stroller frame having left and right front legs and left and right rear legs and a wheel mounted to each leg. The frame includes an operator handle having left and right support rails extending therefrom and connected to the left... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090127829 - Folding cart: A folding cart (20) includes a frame (22) having a first extendable leg and a second extendable leg. A bag support (30) connects the first extendable leg with the second extendable leg and defines a first plate (44) adjacent the first extendable leg. A second plate (46) is defined on... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090127830 - Shopping bag carrier: A shopping bag carrier that in one embodiment has a shaft with a wheel at the lower end, a handle at the upper end and a series of hooks along the shaft. An embodiment is provided with a telescopically collapsible shaft allowing easier transport when the device is not in... Agent: Christopher J. Vandam, P.A.

20090127833 - Air bag module, air bag module arrangement, and method of fastening: An air bag module arrangement is provided for a motor vehicle, which includes, but is not limited to an air bag module a one driver-side dashboard panel that is fastened to an internal transverse support. In order to allow a simply constructed and simple fastening, the air bag module is... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090127834 - Integrated side curtain airbag assembly: An integrated airbag assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a support structure that provides a single, unitary component that is securable to the airbag and other components, such as grab handles and coat hooks. The airbag, the grab handles and the coat hooks secure to the support structure, such s... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins LLC

20090127832 - Occupant restraining device: In an occupant restraining device having a bag whose opposite ends are fixed to a seat pan, an inflated state of a gas chamber of the bag is specified. Both ends of a bag 12 in a left-right direction thereof are provided with stationary sections 12a and 12a that are... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20090127831 - Passenger airbag device without housing: An airbag device. An airbag door is openably attached to an instrument panel. A cushion pad is attached inside the airbag door, and has a stepped separable pad. A cushion bracket is attached to the cushion pad. A cushion is mounted inside the cushion bracket. The cushion separates the separable... Agent: Hyeongho Choi

20090127835 - Wearable airbag system and method: The present invention is related to a wearable airbag system applied for protecting a human on a vehicle. The wearable airbag system may include a wearable airbag module and a measurement module. The wearable airbag module may include an airbag configured to expand the volume of the airbag if the... Agent: Hsiu-ping Lin

20090127837 - Side curtain airbag: An inflatable cushion for a side of a vehicle is disclosed herein, the inflatable cushion having: a first cushion section formed from a first material, the first cushion section having a plurality of separate inflatable cells each of which having an inlet opening for receipt of an inflation gas; an... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090127836 - Vehicle occupant restraint system: There is provided a vehicle-occupant restraint system in which a rear end portion of a curtain airbag is deployed smoothly. A folded unit of an airbag 1 is mounted along a roof side rail 3, and can be inflated by an inflator 4. A rear end portion 1r of the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090127838 - Interior component and airbag apparatus for vehicle: An interior component and an airbag apparatus for a vehicle are provided with less limits in terms of the design and which are able to restrain the appearance thereof from being deteriorated due to an environmental deterioration test or the deterioration with time due to a severe environment of usage.... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20090127839 - Axle-mounted trailer skid plate: Each of a pair of skid plate assemblies attaches by a mounting plate to the axle and leaf springs of a trailer using inverted U-bolt. The steel skid plate mounts to the mounting plate by a vertical steel tube and two welded angled brace tubes. The front end of the... Agent: Donald W. Meeker Patent Agent

20090127840 - Method for controlling a belt hand-over device and belt hand-over device for a motor vehicle: A method for controlling a belt hand-over device during a delivery movement for taking up and delivering a seat belt into a presentation position ergonomically favorable for a user is provided. A belt finger taking up the seat belt is extended into an extended position, substantially oriented transversely to the... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090127841 - Gas-engine-mounted working machine: In a gas-engine-mounted working machine, a gas engine is mounted on a machine body and supplied with fuel gas from a cassette gas canister. The cassette gas canister is detachably attached to a gas canister retainer assembly. Handle column extends rearwardly and upwardly from the machine body and having left... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090121444 - Vehicle suspension: There is provided a vehicle suspension. More specifically, in one or more embodiments, there is provided an apparatus including an actuator system having a combination of actuators including a linear electromagnetic actuator and a rotary electromagnetic actuator, wherein the actuator system provides force between the sprung mass and an unsprung... Agent: Bose Corporation C/o Donna Griffiths

20090121445 - Immobilizer for shopping trolleys: Disclosed is a principle for alternately activating and deactivating a blocking device by means of a magnetic field. A further developed embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the deactivating magnetic field can be smaller than the activating magnetic field.... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090121446 - Device for adjusting the trail of a cycle front wheel assembly, a wheel equipped with such device, and a method of using same: The invention encompasses a device for adjusting the trail of a cycle front wheel assembly including a hub for a wheel, the hub being adapted to receive an arrangement for tightening the wheel on a fork of the cycle and an interposed mechanism for adjusting the position of the fork... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090121447 - Reinforced skateboard deck: A skateboard deck is provided with a first lower layer and an upper layer coupled to an upper surface of the first lower layer. The upper layer includes a top surface provided in part by a fiber-reinforced layer and in part a side barrier. The skateboard deck may further include... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20090121448 - System to control the trim of motorcycles with three or four wheels: It is described a system to control the trim of motorcycles with three or four wheels, including for each couple of wheels a system of levers (1) linking the hubs of the wheels v(7, 8) belonging to the couple, a shock absorber and one or more dampers (5) directly installed... Agent: Sampson & Associates, P.C.

20090121449 - Overmolded magnesium: A method of manufacturing an assembly, including a structural member and an appearance feature formed therealong, is provided utilizing first and second molds. The method includes the steps of: injecting magnesium into the first mold to form the structural member; removing the structural member from the first mold; placing the... Agent: Clark Hill, P.C.

20090121450 - Drive apparatus: A drive apparatus for converting a substantially linear driving force to a rotary propulsive force, the apparatus including a pedal assembly for accepting a substantially linear drive force and fixed structure assembly for converting the substantially linear drive force to a rotary propulsive force.... Agent: Italia Ip

20090121451 - Seat support structure of a bicycle: A seat support structure of a bicycle comprises a seat supporting tube; a seat supporting rod received in the seat supporting tube; a lower lateral side of the seat supporting rod having a first inclined surface; the seat supporting rod being formed with an upper hole and a lower tapered... Agent: Chien-hui Su

20090121452 - Extension coupling with angle adjusting retainer for use with trailers: An extension coupling for interconnecting a trailer to a tow hitch with an angular opening including a mount securable to the trailer and an elongated arm having a proximal end portion rotatably attached to the mount and an opposite distal end portion. A connector pin is disposed on the distal... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20090121453 - Snowboard for rails: A snowboard consisting of a board on which two bindings are mounted on the surface of the board, at a distance apart approximately corresponding to ⅓ of the board's length. The board is designed with inwardly curved edge portions and has upwardly curved tips (3), possibly with a more moderate... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090121454 - Grip device, particulary for pushchairs, prams ans the like: A grip device, particularly for pushchairs, prams and the like, comprising a connecting body provided with a plurality of connecting elements, which comprise two connecting ends, coupled to a respective connecting element formed at a respective side of a frame for pushchairs designed to pass from a closed or collapsed... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20090121455 - Jogger: The invention relates to a jogger, in particular a child's rehabilitation jogger, with a framework (12) which comprises a front frame (14) with at least one front wheel (22) and a rear frame (16) with at least one rear wheel (28), a push rod (30) for pushing or pulling the... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090121456 - Luggage trolley: A luggage trolley comprises a baseboard, a pull handle and running wheels. The running wheels are respectively rotatably fixed at two ends of an underside of the baseboard. The pull handle is fixed on the first baseboard periphery and its extending direction and a running direction of the running wheels... Agent: Eric Chan

20090121457 - Occupant restraining device: An occupant restraining device 10, in which stress applied to a stitch section of a sewn bag can be dispersed at the time of inflation of the bag, includes an inflatable bag 12 disposed above a seat pan 8 and capable of pushing a front portion of a seat cushion... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20090121460 - Airbag and airbag apparatus: An airbag and airbag apparatus in which a venthole is closed or opened by a small amount until an occupant hits the airbag, and the venthole is opened or opened by a large amount when the occupant hits the airbag. Inner panels 22A and 22B are provided inside of an... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090121461 - Airbag and airbag apparatus: An airbag is constructed such that a gas-discharging amount from a venthole becomes largest when an occupant contacts a center portion, in the left and right direction, of an occupant-facing surface of the expanded airbag. In the airbag, a hanging strap couples a center portion of a front panel and... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090121458 - Knee airbag housing assembly: A knee airbag housing assembly including a cover panel, a box case, and a lower panel. The cover panel has an upper support portion and a lower support portion extending transversely from a cantilevered support portion. A tear seam formed between the upper cover and lower cover portion. A lower... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20090121459 - Lighted airbag module: An airbag module includes an airbag cushion, a cover configured to break open to allow the airbag cushion to deploy into a vehicle occupant compartment, an emblem attached to the cover, and a light source connected to the cover and/or the emblem. The light source can provide a safe aesthetic... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090121462 - Restraint system for front vehicle occupants: A restraint system is provided that includes, but is not limited to at least one airbag module having an airbag having at least one chamber for front vehicle occupants in a vehicle, a space at a distance from the windshield between dashboard and front vehicle occupant being fillable using the... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090121463 - Air bag device: A floating type air bag device able to prevent backlash of a module cover and easily position the module cover with respect to a steering wheel without dispersion and a sacrifice of an operation feeling of horn sounding is provided. The air bag device has a retainer (10) to which... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090121464 - Gas generator: f

20090121465 - Gas generator and assembly with a gas generator: A gas generator has an elongated outer housing, the wall of the outer housing surrounding at least one gas carrying inner chamber. An axially extending end section of the wall of the outer housing, which is separated from the inner chamber of the gas generator with regard to flow, is... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20090121466 - Releasable holding mechanism and method of use: The invention relates to a releasable holding mechanism which may be used to hold and release a roll bar in a roll over protection system. The roll bar is often made part of the seat structure of vehicle, or a part of the chassis of the vehicle. The releasable holding... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090121467 - Assembly for supporting generators on truck rigs: An assembly for attaching a generator to a truck chassis with members that define a generator support surface and distal ends with at least one that defines a first opening. An elongated member for each distal end with an opening has a first bearing surface and an offset second bearing... Agent: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Intellectual Property Department

20090115147 - Hydraulic anti-roll system: Anti-roll system especially for a vehicle, comprising system control means, a tank (4) and a pump (3) for a hydraulic fluid, and two or more stabilizers, each stabilizer comprising an actuator (5, 6) which is arranged to control the relevant stabilizer's moment in dependency of the hydraulic pressure at the... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090115148 - Leveling apparatus for excavator and forestry machine equipment: A leveling apparatus for excavator and forestry machine equipment is provided. The leveling apparatus is mounted between an upper swing structure and a lower frame formed on a lower driving structure including a swing bearing, left and right track chassis, and a front arm and a rear arm connected to... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090115149 - Dynamic balancing personal vehicle: A seating system to be easily attached to an existing dynamic balancing personal vehicle is provided. The seating system allows both seated and standing use of the dynamic balancing personal vehicle, and provides for activation of rider present sensors contained in the foot platform of the dynamic balancing personal vehicle... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20090115150 - Multi-position mechanic's creeper with tool tray: A multi-position creeper has multiple seating positions including a supine configuration, an inclined seating configuration and an upright seating configuration. The creeper includes a frame having a first support frame, a second support frame and a third support frame. A locking mechanism is utilized to pivotally lock the first and... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090115151 - Stroller: A stroller comprises a collapsible frame, which frame at least comprises a first frame part provided with at least one front wheel, a second frame part provided with at least one rear wheel, which second frame part is pivotally connected on a side remote from the rear wheel to a... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090115152 - Personal transport device: A skateboard comprising an elongate body extending between a front end and a rear end, the front and rear end of the body each being positioned at a height hb. In addition, the skateboard comprises a front coupling member pivotally coupled to the front end of the body. Further, the... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20090115154 - Independent adjustable axle suspension system: An independent adjustable axle suspension system for mounting a wheel to a frame of a trailer for transport of the trailer over a support surface. The axle suspension system includes a tower adapted to be attached to the frame and an axle unit adapted to receive the wheel. The tower... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090115153 - Upper link mount for truck axle: An upper link mount that is functional. An “A” shaped part is oriented with the point facing towards the center of the vehicle. The base of the “A” is attached to the axle with screws. The tip of the “A” has two holes to mount upper links to. Servo mounting... Agent: Kevin Anton Guhman

20090115155 - Suspension link with integral pivot assembly: A suspension for a motor vehicle having a hollow suspension member including first and second spaced apart sidewalls and a pivot pin. In the preferred embodiment, the pivot pin is a locking assembly that includes a first retainer partially insertable through a first window formed in the first sidewall and... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20090115156 - Method of mounting axle module: An axle module is obtained by coupling an axle member and a pair of leaf springs in the same vertical relationship as in the actual state of use. At such time, when the axle member is disposed on a work stand, pins passing through holes provided in the right and... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090115157 - Leaf spring end mount interface: A leaf spring for a vehicle suspension is formed from a composite material and includes a central portion to be supported by an axle and at least one free end that extends from the central portion in a longitudinal direction. The free end is coupled to a vehicle structure via... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090115158 - Mobility trainer: This is made of 1½″ metal pipe with a seating system. It is open where a physical therapist can easily watch the user's mobility functions. This has a circle top with a 26″ circumference. The Mobility Trainer has 4 vertical 1½″ pipes that attach on the top circle of 26″... Agent: Paul K. Lawrence

20090115159 - Arrangement for telescopic fork leg with parallel damping: A device for telescopic fork legs, preferably for a motorcycle or bicycle. The device is a compact removable unit that comprises parallel medium flow passages that run between upper and lower sides of the piston. This unit that is simple to adapt to different front fork dimensions and to use... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090115160 - Collapsible scooter with tri-footboard: The present invention pertains to a collapsible scooter with tri-footboard providing with a supporting stem attached to the frame body and two steering pivots mounted to both sides thereof for respectively sliding toward a single direction. Further, two auxiliary footboard devices attached their front ends to the steering pivots and... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia Int''l Patent Office Of Bang Shia

20090115161 - Automatic towing vehicle: An automatic towing vehicle includes a self-moving vehicle body for moving along a traveling path, an engaging member, a pressing member and an elevating device for moving up and down the pressing member relative to the vehicle body. The vehicle body is movable under a truck body of the truck.... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20090115162 - Pull-rite: Pull-Rite is an add-on device that makes a tongue ball and hitch type trailer capable of being towed with a gooseneck connection. The preferred embodiment of the invention utilizes a U-shaped base frame having a ball hitch and a lower support crossbar, adjustable vertical rails, an upper crossbar, upper bars,... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20090115163 - Trailer: A trailer may include a connection assembly. The connection assembly may include an arm sized and configured to be connected to a vehicle to allow the vehicle to tow the trailer. The towing arm may be movable between extended and retracted positions. The trailer may also include a handle assembly,... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090115164 - Mobile cleaning units and systems: Mobile restoration vehicles are provided having at least one axle, with the vehicle comprising a base supported by the axle; walls extending vertically from the base of the vehicle; and a roof supported by the walls, the base, walls, and roof defining at least a portion of the perimeter of... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20090115165 - Hitch bar assembly: A hitch assembly is provided having a hitch shank configured to be received within an opening of a hitch receiver of a tow vehicle and a wedge member disposed about the hitch shank. The wedge member has first and second surfaces on opposing sides of the wedge member, angled relative... Agent: Tsircou Intellectual Property Law

20090115166 - Trailer coupler: A new and improved trailer coupler which is spring loaded, and connected to the hitch ball of a towing vehicle is provided. Moreover, the new and improved trailer coupler has a latch activated from the top of the trailer coupler that is connected to a means for grasping and securing... Agent: Rudolf O. Siegesmund Gordon & Rees, LLP

20090115167 - Folding motor scooter: An improved electric motor scooter includes: a front frame; a front wheel assembly coupled to the front frame and residing on a surface; a back frame; a back wheel assembly coupled to the back frame and residing on the surface; and a center pivot mechanism coupled to the front frame... Agent: Gordon E Nelson Patent Attorney, PC

20090115168 - Golf cart collapsible device: A golf cart collapsible device includes a frame including an upper frame and a lower frame, a foldable articulation mounted on a mediate portion of the lower frame for folding the lower frame, two rear wheel frames mounted between the lower frame and two rear wheels, a collapsible articulation mounted... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090115169 - Combination grab handle and airbag bracket: A dual function mounting bracket is affixed to a hydroformed roof side rail to allow the connecting brackets to be located at the same position as previously known despite the use of a hydroformed roof side rail frame member that has a substantially different shape and configuration. The dual function... Agent: Miller Law Group, PLLC And Ford Global Technologies, Inc.

20090115170 - Safety device for the protection of vehicle occupants: A safety device for protection of vehicle occupants is described. The safety device exhibits a curtain airbag (10) located in the area of the roof frame, with an upper edge (10a), which is rolled up in quiescent state and unrolled in the case of an accident. The curtain airbag can... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/ann Arbor

20090115171 - Vehicular instrument panel: Disclosed is a vehicular instrument panel, and more particularly, is a vehicular instrument panel in which a door portion can be easily cut away from an instrument panel for the inflation of an air bag upon a car collision. The vehicular instrument panel includes a door portion provided on the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090115172 - Vehicle knee airbag device and method of deploying vehicle knee airbag: A knee airbag 36 of a knee airbag device 10 is formed of a first inflation portion 38 which extends in a vehicle lateral direction along an instrument panel 12 side, and a second inflation portion 46, which is deployed to a vehicle occupant knee side. A gas supply opening... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090115173 - Air bag apparatus: In an air bag apparatus structured such that an air bag (11) housed in a part of a vehicle in a folded manner is inflated and deployed by a gas supplied from an inflator (14) so as to protect an occupant, the gas supplied from the inflator (14) is dispersed... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090115175 - Gas generator: A gas generator includes a shortened cylindrical housing constituted by a lower lid that is an initiator shell including an ignitor device, and an upper lid which is a closure shell for closing the lower lid. Additionally, in the housing, an ignitor device, gas generants, and a filter material are... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090115174 - Slotted/tapered filter: An inflator may be constructed having a generant chamber. The chamber houses a quantity of gas generant. A wrapped filter is also added to the inflator. The wrapped filter is positioned proximate the generant chamber. The filter includes an outer edge and an inner edge. The filter is also tapered... Agent: Sally J. Brown Autoliv Asp, Inc.

20090115177 - Airbag and airbag apparatus: The area of panels used in an airbag that inflates so that a recess extends in the vertical direction between a left chamber and a right chamber. The airbag 1 includes a front chamber 2 positioned in the forefront when viewed from the position of an occupant, the left chamber... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20090115176 - Safety arrangement: A safety arrangement for a motor vehicle is disclosed which comprises an air-bag module (1) having an inflatable air-bag (5) in fluid communication with an inflator (4). An internal tether (14) is provided having a first end (15) and a second end (16). The first end (15) of the tether... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090115179 - Pretensioner and seat belt apparatus: A pretensioner 10 comprises a housing 12 through which the wire 11 is passed and a cylinder 14 supported to the housing 12. One end of the wire 11 is connected to a seat belt buckle, and the other end of the wire 11 is connected to a piston 15... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090115178 - Tongue plate stopper and seat belt apparatus using the same: A first member (10) provided with pins (12), (15) that penetrate through a seat belt webbing (30), and a second member (20) provided with holes (22), (25) to which the pins (12), (15), which have penetrated through the seat belt webbing (30), penetrate are provided, and a plurality of the... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090115180 - Seat belt apparatus: A seat belt apparatus simplifying an operation of mounting tongues to left and right respective buckles is provided. In the seat belt apparatus, a second tongue is held by a second tongue containing portion provided at a first buckle, and a first tongue is held by a first tongue containing... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20090115181 - Ornament for a sporting board: An ornament is removably mounted to a sporting board. The sporting board can be manufactured with a mount or a mount can be added after the manufacturing process. An ornament can be removably mounted to the sporting board via the mount.... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20090115182 - Compact ski carrier: A ski gear carrier which enables the carrying of the skis and poles in various positions and the dragging of the skis and poles on different surfaces.... Agent: Dr. D. Graeser Ltd.