Vehicle fenders inventions

20090284029 - System and method for connecting attachments to a vehicle: The present invention is directed to a system and method for connecting attachments to a vehicle including in a first embodiment a bumper guard that provides a barrier of protection for vehicle bumpers. The bumper guard includes two pieces, a first piece or bumper guard locator and a second piece... Agent: Keith D. Nowak

20090284030 - System and method for connecting attachments to a vehicle: The present invention is directed to a system and method for connecting attachments to a vehicle, which generally includes a first piece and a second piece depending thereon. The first piece is a locator piece connected to the vehicle adjacent the license plate or the trunk of a vehicle. For... Agent: Keith D. Nowak

20090278363 - Active materials based impact management systems: A vehicle includes a vehicle body and a member being mounted with respect to the vehicle body. The member is selectively movable between first and second positions with respect to the vehicle body. An actuator includes an active material that is configured to undergo a change in at least one... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090273196 - Front guard of working vehicle: A front guard (10) is provided for a working vehicle. The front guard (10) is attached to a bracket (11) fixed at the front of a machine body frame and is placed in front of a bonnet (30). The front end of the front guard (10) is located rearward from... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090273197 - Bumper beam: The invention relates to a bumper beam which has a generally U shape with a central flange (12; 12′) and two webs (13, 14; 13′, 14′), which central flange in the longitudinal middle portion of the beam points outwards from a vehicle and has a longitudinal concavity (17; 17′), which... Agent: Mark P Stone Attorney At Law

20090267364 - Vehicle front end assembly: A vehicle front end assembly is provided with a vehicle bumper fascia panel, a headlamp, a headlamp support bracket and a bumper fascia reinforcement bracket. The vehicle bumper fascia panel has an inbound facing surface and an exterior surface. The headlamp is disposed above the vehicle bumper fascia panel. The... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090267365 - Side impact guard device for industrial vehicles, particularly trailers or semi-trailers: An industrial vehicle, in particular a trailer or semi-trailer, comprises on its two sides two side-impact guard devices each comprising at least one bar extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and connected to the frame of the vehicle. Set between the bars of the two side-impact guard devices... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090267368 - Bumper system for vehicle: The bumper system for a vehicle body includes a vehicle body bumper beam of a hollow construction with an impact buffer member arranged in the front side. The impact buffer member is provided with a collision wall part, side wall parts and joint flanges and is integrally formed by a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090267369 - Pedestrian protection apparatus for vehicle: A pedestrian protection apparatus is provided which prevents occurrence of bending deformation resulting from thermal contraction after the molding of a resin base member. The apparatus includes a resin base member that is fixed to a vehicle at a rear portion thereof and a plurality of reinforcing beads that extend... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090267366 - Protection means for road vehicles: A reusable system for cushioning impacts to a vehicle includes a bumper mounted via shock absorbers (18) to the chassis (12) of the vehicle; a remote sensor means for detecting location and relative velocity of objects in proximity of the vehicle; a processor; a primary airbag (20) mounted within the... Agent: Robert G. Lev

20090267367 - Vehicle with energy-absorbing member in the vehicle end portion structure: Thickness T in a vehicle longitudinal direction of a first energy-absorbing member 18, which is disposed at a front portion of a vehicle 10, tapers from a middle portion of a vehicle lateral direction (thickness Tc) toward an end portion (thickness Ts). For at least one (preferably both) of the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP