Robert Lee Day

US Patent:

7441822, Oct 28, 2008

Filed:

Jun 5, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/758447

Inventors:

Robert Christopher Day - Whitmore Lake MI, US

Assignee:

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. - Erlanger KY

International Classification:

B60N 2/12
B60N 2/07

US Classification:

296 6511, 296 6501, 296 6513, 296 6514

Abstract:

A seat assembly movable in both longitudinal and transverse directions in an automotive vehicle. The seat assembly includes a seat cushion and an adjuster mechanism. The seat cushion has an upper surface for supporting a seated occupant above a floor of an automotive vehicle and an opposite bottom surface. The adjuster mechanism is coupled to the bottom surface of the seat cushion. The adjuster mechanism includes a set of first wheels that allows movement of the seat assembly in a longitudinal direction along tracks on the floor of the vehicle. The adjuster mechanism further includes a set of second wheels that are arranged generally orthogonal to the first wheels to allow movement of the seat assembly in a transverse direction across the tracks and the floor of the vehicle.

US Patent:

7452019, Nov 18, 2008

Filed:

Jun 5, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/758461

Inventors:

Robert Christopher Day - Whitmore Lake MI, US

Assignee:

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. - Erlanger KY

International Classification:

B60N 2/12

US Classification:

296 6516, 296 66, 297 15, 29734413

Abstract:

A vehicle includes a seat assembly for supporting an occupant above a floor and an adjustment mechanism providing generally horizontal movement of the seat assembly relative to the floor and substantially vertical movement of the seat assembly through an opening in the floor between a use position extending above the floor and a stowed position disposed in a storage space beneath the floor.

US Patent:

7523985, Apr 28, 2009

Filed:

Dec 1, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/565774

Inventors:

Vikas Bhatia - Canton MI, US
Hamshivraj Singh Dhamrat - Ypsilanti MI, US
Robert Christopher Day - Whitmore Lake MI, US
Masroor Fahim - Canton MI, US
Bill Deming - Fenton MI, US
Michael Anthony Zielinski - Novi MI, US
George Mike Chalhoub - Livonia MI, US

Assignee:

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. - Erlanger KY

International Classification:

A47C 7/62
A47C 7/72

US Classification:

29718804, 29718807, 2971881

Abstract:

A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat cushion and a seat back. The seat back is pivotally coupled to the seat cushion for movement between a generally upright seating position and a folded flat position overlying the seat cushion. The seat back has a front seating surface and an opposite back surface. The back surface has a console with at least one compartment with a hinged lid for storing objects therein.

US Patent:

7530638, May 12, 2009

Filed:

Sep 1, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/217172

Inventors:

Robert Christopher Day - Whitmore Lake MI, US
Vikas Bhatia - Canton MI, US

Assignee:

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. - Erlanger KY

International Classification:

B60N 2/02

US Classification:

29737812, 2973781, 297367

Abstract:

A dual action seat release mechanism for a seat on a vehicle includes a seat assembly having a vertically oriented seat back portion pivotally connected to a horizontally oriented seat cushion portion. A lever is pivotally attached to the seat assembly, and includes an elongated handle extending from a disc-shaped portion, and a center of the disc-shaped portion is pivotally attached to the seat assembly. A cable attachment means is disposed on the disc-shaped portion of the lever, and is positioned radially outboard from the center of the disc-shaped portion. A cable having a first end and a second end is provided and the first end of the cable is attached to the cable attachment means on the lever. A cable support bracket for fixedly supporting the cable is fixedly attached to the seat assembly. A cable routing bracket for routing the cable is fixedly attached to the seat assembly, and includes an elongated channel for receiving the cable.

US Patent:

8038206, Oct 18, 2011

Filed:

Sep 4, 2007

Appl. No.:

12/439891

Inventors:

Makoto Ito - Aichi-ken, JP
Yoshihiro Ooishi - Kariya, JP
Tomohiro Muramatsu - Nagoya, JP
Robert Day - Northfield Township MI, US
Osamu Fujimoto - Nisshin, JP

Assignee:

Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha - Aichi-Ken
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Aichi-Ken

International Classification:

B60N 2/36

US Classification:

297 15, 297331, 297336

Abstract:

An operating lever is provided at one of a front face, an upper face, and a back face of a seat including a seat cushion and a seat back. The operating lever may include a first lever having a first end and a second end, and a second lever having a first end and a second end. The second end of the first lever and the first end of the second lever may be pivotably connected to each other, and the first end of the first lever may be pivotably connected to the seat such that the first lever is configured to change an attitude of the seat. In addition, the second end of the second lever may be formed as an operating portion, and when the operating portion is operated in a direction away from the seat, the first lever and the second lever pivot may away from the seat and the attitude of the seat is adjusted.

US Patent:

46140557, Sep 30, 1986

Filed:

Apr 26, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/604227

Inventors:

Robert E. Day - Bloomfield Hills MI

International Classification:

A01G 1300

US Classification:

47 2

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for servicing trunked plants such as citrus trees in which water, in heated or unheated form, is delivered by a manifold system to the base of each tree, conducted upwardly in a hose helically upwardly encircling the tree to a collar encircling the tree at an intermediate location on the trunk, and discharged from a plurality of circumferentially spaced openings in the collar and allowed to flow by gravity back down the trunk. In unheated form, the water irrigates and nourishes the tree trunk. In heated form, the water warms the tree trunk and protects the tree trunk from frost damage. The heated tree trunk and heated water will also heat the air next to the tree trunk. This heated air will rise upward and outward to heat some major branches and foliage beyond the tree trunk area.

US Patent:

20190084393, Mar 21, 2019

Filed:

Sep 21, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/711010

Inventors:

- Erlanger KY, US
Bryce M. Wassa - Ann Arbor MI, US
Robert C. Day - Canton MI, US

International Classification:

B60J 10/25
B62D 25/04

Abstract:

A vehicle can include an A-pillar water management system. The system can include an inner body member of a vehicle. The system can include a channel member operatively connected to the inner body member. A channel can be defined at least partially by the channel member. The channel can open in a substantially vertically upward direction. The channel can have an open first end and a second end. The second end can be opposite the first end. The first end can be located closer to a front end of the vehicle than the second end. A seal, such as an A-pillar to front fender seal, can operatively engage the inner body member. The seal can extend in a substantially vertical direction. The channel can extend in a direction that is transverse to the seal. The channel can pass between the seal and the inner body member.

US Patent:

20180194312, Jul 12, 2018

Filed:

Feb 16, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/434481

Inventors:

- Erlanger KY, US
Robert C. Day - Canton MI, US

International Classification:

B60R 19/48

Abstract:

A vehicle bumper damage indication system is provided includes a damage indicator structured to be positionable in a space between a bumper of a vehicle and a body of the vehicle. The damage indicator is structured to be movable between a first configuration and a second configuration. An actuation mechanism is operatively coupled to the damage indicator and is structured to control movement of the damage indicator from the first configuration to the second configuration responsive to a predetermined amount of deflection of a portion of the bumper.