Gerald P Gomes

US Patent:

20170066382, Mar 9, 2017

Filed:

Nov 21, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/357535

Inventors:

- Saline MI, US
Gordon MICHIE - LaSalle, CA
Michael J. Presley - Plymouth MI, US
Gerald J. Gomes - Macomb MI, US

International Classification:

B60R 9/04
B60Q 1/26
F21V 8/00
F21S 9/03
F21V 7/00
H05B 37/02
B60R 11/04
B60Q 1/00

Abstract:

A vehicle article carrier system is disclosed for carrying articles above an outer body surface of a vehicle. The system may incorporate at least one support rail secured to the outer body surface. The support rail may have a support foot portion at each of its opposite ends, with each support foot portion secured to the outer body surface of the vehicle. A sensor may be mounted on the at least one support rail or one of the support feet portions for sensing a characteristic within a field of view around the vehicle and providing related information to a subsystem of the vehicle.

US Patent:

20170050579, Feb 23, 2017

Filed:

Aug 4, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/228609

Inventors:

- Saline MI, US
Gerard J. KMITA - Allen Park MI, US
Gerald J. GOMES - Macomb MI, US
Brandon T. MCMAHAN - Pontiac MI, US
Conde M. GONZALEZ - Utica MI, US

International Classification:

B60R 9/06
B62D 33/04
B60R 11/06
B62D 33/02

Abstract:

A cargo management system for use with a motor vehicle cargo area having a floor. The system uses front, center are rear divider panels each configured to lay flat adjacent the floor when in a stowed position, and each is pivotally moveably into an upright, operative position. A first latching mechanism is used to releasably latch the front divider in the upright, operative position. The center divider panel is pivotally moveable from a stowed position to an operative position. The rear divider panel is pivotally moveable from a stowed position resting generally flat on the floor of the cargo area to an upright, operative position. A second latching mechanism is used to releasably hold the rear divider panel in the upright, operative position.