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公开(公告)号：US20230365200A1
公开(公告)日：2023-11-16
申请号：US17742839
申请日：2022-05-12
Inventor： Tarakorn Soonthornwinate , Kevin J. James , James D. Cunningham
IPC: B62D33/027
CPC classification number: B62D33/0273
Abstract: A tailgate support cable assembly includes a cable and a retainer portion attached to an end of the cable. The retainer portion rotatably attaches the end of the cable assembly to a vehicle tailgate. The retainer portion includes a tailgate retention portion, an object contact portion extending from the tailgate retention portion, and a sensor engagement portion extending from the object contact portion. The retainer portion is structured to rotate with respect to the tailgate responsive to contact between the object contact portion and a foreign object positioned in a seam between the tailgate and another portion of the vehicle, during a closing movement of the tailgate. Rotation of the retainer portion brings the sensor engagement portion into contact with (and activates) a touch sensor mounted on the tailgate. Activation of the touch sensor causes a stoppage and/or reversal of tailgate movement, thereby preventing “pinching” of the foreign object.
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公开(公告)号：US20200307427A1
公开(公告)日：2020-10-01
申请号：US16364954
申请日：2019-03-26
Inventor： James D. Cunningham
IPC: B60N2/60
Abstract: A gap blocker assembly for a vehicle is provided. The gap blocker assembly includes a passage extending through an outer wall of a vehicle center console. A gap blocker resides in the passage and is configured to be positionable in an extended position in which the gap blocker extends from the passage past the outer wall to an exterior of the console. The gap blocker is also configured to be positionable in a retracted position in which the gap blocker does not extend past the outer wall.
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公开(公告)号：US20190169883A1
公开(公告)日：2019-06-06
申请号：US15829321
申请日：2017-12-01
Inventor： James D. Cunningham
Abstract: A door latch assembly includes a handle bezel, a rotatable handle coupled to the handle bezel, and a bezel cap. The handle bezel includes a main body portion and a rib extending from the main body portion. The rotatable handle includes a handle lever extending through the main body portion of the handle bezel, wherein the handle lever extends alongside the rib of the handle bezel. The bezel cap is positioned in a first position at an end of the rib so as to provide clearance for the handle lever of the rotatable handle to rotate thereby. The bezel cap is configured to move along the rib toward the main body portion of the handle bezel to interfere with a rotation of the handle lever during a side impact condition.
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公开(公告)号：US20190136583A1
公开(公告)日：2019-05-09
申请号：US15804447
申请日：2017-11-06
Inventor： John K. Gray , James D. Cunningham , Yoshiki Ishikawa , Tarakorn Soonthornwinate , Josh David Fraley
Abstract: A vehicle includes a door with an interior door cavity, as well as a lock rod and another item of a locking system, an impact beam, an attack member and a push member, all housed in the interior door cavity. The impact beam crosses the other item from laterally between the other item and the door. The attack member faces the lock rod from laterally between the door and the lock rod. The push member, along the impact beam, faces the other item from laterally between the other item and the door and laterally beyond the impact beam. When the door collapses when compromised by a side impact event, the door carries the attack member for attacking action on the lock rod. The door additionally carries the push member for counterpart pushing action on the other item. A connection between the lock rod and the other item thus breaks.
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公开(公告)号：US11473350B2
公开(公告)日：2022-10-18
申请号：US16728155
申请日：2019-12-27
Inventor： Paxton S. Williams , Scott Louis Frederick , James D. Cunningham
Abstract: A vehicle hood locking mechanism includes a locking member including a helical portion structured to be insertable into a cavity formed in a vehicle hood. The helical portion is structured to be rotatable with respect to the hood so that contact between the hood and the helical portion during insertion of the helical portion into the cavity causes a rotation of the helical portion from a first rotational position to a second rotational position different from the first rotational position. The locking mechanism is also structured so that the helical portion is rotatable from the second rotational position back to the first rotational position when the helical portion becomes positioned inside the cavity.
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公开(公告)号：US11473345B2
公开(公告)日：2022-10-18
申请号：US16700483
申请日：2019-12-02
Inventor： Paxton S. Williams , Scott Louis Frederick , James D. Cunningham
Abstract: A vehicle hood locking mechanism includes a housing and a hood lock having a locking portion positioned exterior of the housing. The hood lock is coupled to the housing such that the locking portion is rotatable with respect to the housing between a first rotational position and a second rotational position different from the first rotational position. Rotation of the locking portion to the first rotational position enables insertion of the locking portion through a shaped opening formed in the hood. Rotation of the locking portion to the second rotational position after insertion of the locking portion through the opening prevents withdrawal of the locking portion through the opening until the locking portion is rotated back to the first rotational position. This prevents the hood lock from being inadvertently detached from the raised hood, thereby maintaining the hood in the raised condition.
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公开(公告)号：US10920461B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-16
申请号：US15829321
申请日：2017-12-01
Inventor： James D. Cunningham
Abstract: A door latch assembly includes a handle bezel, a rotatable handle coupled to the handle bezel, and a bezel cap. The handle bezel includes a main body portion and a rib extending from the main body portion. The rotatable handle includes a handle lever extending through the main body portion of the handle bezel, wherein the handle lever extends alongside the rib of the handle bezel. The bezel cap is positioned in a first position at an end of the rib so as to provide clearance for the handle lever of the rotatable handle to rotate thereby. The bezel cap is configured to move along the rib toward the main body portion of the handle bezel to interfere with a rotation of the handle lever during a side impact condition.
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公开(公告)号：US09637181B1
公开(公告)日：2017-05-02
申请号：US15203201
申请日：2016-07-06
Inventor： James D. Cunningham
IPC: B62D35/00
CPC classification number: B60R13/06 , B60R2019/1886
Abstract: A vehicle front fascia includes a vehicle panel, a bumper assembly positioned below the vehicle panel in a vehicle vertical direction, and a seal member coupled to the vehicle panel and extending between the vehicle panel and the bumper assembly in the vehicle vertical direction. The seal member includes a seal portion that extends downward from the vehicle panel in the vehicle vertical direction, and a bulb portion spaced apart from the seal portion in a vehicle longitudinal direction, the bulb portion comprising a bulb wall that defines a cavity within the bulb wall.
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公开(公告)号：US20240359749A1
公开(公告)日：2024-10-31
申请号：US18139843
申请日：2023-04-26
Inventor： Tarakorn Soonthornwinate , Jayaprabhu KA Ramaswamy , James D. Cunningham , Eric Archambeau , Yasuhisa Tsuchida , Stefan Hebert
IPC: B62D33/027 , B62D33/03 , B62D63/04
CPC classification number: B62D33/0273 , B62D33/03 , B62D63/04
Abstract: A vehicle includes a tailgate configured to enclose a truck bed, a power tailgate system configured to cause the tailgate to move between a closed position and an open position, at least one sensor disposed on the tailgate, a cable stay configured to couple to the tailgate and a body of the vehicle such that the cable stay is extended between the tailgate and the body of the vehicle when the tailgate is in the open position, and a cable stay ramp assembly disposed on the body of the vehicle and configured to guide the cable stay as the tailgate moves from the open position to the closed position. The sensor is configured to detect an object between the tailgate the body of the vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：US20210198927A1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-01
申请号：US16728155
申请日：2019-12-27
Inventor： Paxton S. Williams , Scott Louis Frederick , James D. Cunningham
Abstract: A vehicle hood locking mechanism includes a locking member including a helical portion structured to be insertable into a cavity formed in a vehicle hood. The helical portion is structured to be rotatable with respect to the hood so that contact between the hood and the helical portion during insertion of the helical portion into the cavity causes a rotation of the helical portion from a first rotational position to a second rotational position different from the first rotational position. The locking mechanism is also structured so that the helical portion is rotatable from the second rotational position back to the first rotational position when the helical portion becomes positioned inside the cavity.
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