Richard Martin Power

US Patent:

59885793, Nov 23, 1999

Filed:

Jan 15, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/007435

Inventors:

Bernard Moner - Wayne MI
Richard E. Power - Rochester Hills MI

Assignee:

Lear Corporation - Southfield MI

International Classification:

A47K 108

US Classification:

2483112

Abstract:

A cupholder assembly is adapted for use in a vehicle for supporting containers. The cupholder assembly includes a housing having a receiving aperture formed therein. A tray is slidably connected within the receiving aperture for sliding movement between storage and use positions. The first and second cupholder arms are pivotally connected to the tray for pivotal movement between fully extended and fully retracted positions. Each cupholder arm includes a side wall for supporting a side of a container. Pivotal movement of each cupholder arm with respect to the tray is sufficiently frictionally inhibited to facilitate infinite adjustment of the cupholder arms between the fully extended and fully retracted positions for supporting containers of various sizes. The frictional inhibition is facilitated by a pinching structure in cooperation with a rubber portion on each cupholder arm. The cupholder arms are frictionally inhibited when the tray is in the extended use position, and are free to rotate as the tray moves from the use position toward a stored position within the housing.

US Patent:

20210107423, Apr 15, 2021

Filed:

Oct 15, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/601689

Inventors:

Michael P Schoemann - Waterford MI, US
Richard Power - Oxford MI, US
Brian Begg - Lake Orion MI, US

International Classification:

B60R 21/215
B60R 21/2338

Abstract:

A vehicle trim piece assembly for an interior of a vehicle includes a mount and a trim piece coupled to the mount. The trim piece has an inboard surface and an outboard surface, at least one projection extending from the outboard surface in a first direction to an outer surface, and a guard extending from the outboard surface in the first direction to a location beyond the outer surface. The projection is received within the at least one opening to secure the trim piece to the mount. In use, an airbag tether engages the guard which directs the tether over the projection so that the tether does not become snagged on the projection.

US Patent:

20210070206, Mar 11, 2021

Filed:

Nov 19, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/952862

Inventors:

Richard E. Power - Oxford MI, US
Flor Elena Quiros Perez - Auburn Hills MI, US
Maurice J. Gisler - Rochester Hills MI, US
Jose Pablo Martinez Acevedo - Rochester Hills MI, US
Mark Herrell - Shelby Township MI, US

International Classification:

B60N 3/04

Abstract:

A grommet apparatus for a vehicle having a first floor and a second floor, and including a pin fixedly attached to a vehicle floor, a post attached to the pin; and a volcano grommet removably coupled to the post and including a volcano-grommet base member and a coupling member attached to each other such that the first floor is positioned therebetween. The pin and the post extend at least partially through the volcano-grommet base member and the coupling member, wherein the volcano-grommet base member and the post are equal in length.

US Patent:

20190366887, Dec 5, 2019

Filed:

Aug 15, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/541820

Inventors:

Raghdan Azzou - Commerce Township MI, US
Thomas E. Drobot - Clarkston MI, US
Michael J. Jarvis - Washington Township MI, US
Meagan D. Atkinson - Detroit MI, US
Richard E. Power - Oxford MI, US
Tim Brush - West Bloomfield MI, US
Whitney Jones - South Lyon MI, US

International Classification:

B60N 2/30

Abstract:

A seat cover assembly, for a stowable vehicle seat having a seat structure extending from a seat bottom to at least a vehicle floor, includes a flexible cover assembly configured to couple to a lateral side of the vehicle seat and, in a concealing position, conceal at least a portion of the seat structure between the seat bottom and the vehicle floor when the seat is in a deployed position. The flexible cover assembly is configured to fold together as the vehicle seat is moved from the deployed position to a stowed position and unfold to the concealing position as the vehicle seat is moved from the stowed position to the deployed position.

US Patent:

20170113579, Apr 27, 2017

Filed:

Oct 26, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/334780

Inventors:

Raghdan Azzou - Commerce Towmship MI, US
Thomas E. Drobot - Clarkston MI, US
Michael J. Jarvis - Washington Township MI, US
Meagan D. Atkinson - Detroit MI, US
Richard E. Power - Oxford MI, US
Tim Brush - West Bloomfield MI, US
Whitney Jones - South Lyon MI, US

International Classification:

B60N 2/30
B60N 2/58

Abstract:

A seat cover assembly, for a stowable vehicle seat having a seat structure extending from a seat bottom to at least a vehicle floor, includes a flexible cover assembly configured to couple to a lateral side of the vehicle seat and, in a concealing position, conceal at least a portion of the seat structure between the seat bottom and the vehicle floor when the seat is in a deployed position. The flexible cover assembly is configured to fold together as the vehicle seat is moved from the deployed position to a stowed position and unfold to the concealing position as the vehicle seat is moved from the stowed position to the deployed position.