Brock J Stull

US Patent:

7837251, Nov 23, 2010

Filed:

Sep 18, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/212993

Inventors:

Stewart Rich - Powell OH, US
Brock Stull - Columbus OH, US
Akihiko Kuribayashi - Dublin OH, US

Assignee:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Tokyo

International Classification:

B60J 1/10
E06B 7/16
E06B 7/22

US Classification:

29614615, 296201, 494981, 494901, 494751

Abstract:

A seal assembly for an automotive vehicle is provided that includes a seal and a molding whereby the seal is attached to the molding and the molding is attached to a rear-quarter window. The seal includes a pair of perpendicular bases and a resilient arc portion joining the perpendicular bases. The molding includes a U-shaped base, which receives the rear-quarter window and a support member. The support member is attached to the seal in such a manner to prevent excessive deformation of the seal when the door is in a closed position.

US Patent:

7887126, Feb 15, 2011

Filed:

Jun 5, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/479358

Inventors:

David B. Grummett - Dublin OH, US
Brent Nathaniel Gaertner - Columbus OH, US
Akihiko Kuribayashi - Dublin OH, US
Kenneth M. Hartlaub - Powell OH, US
Brock Jared Stull - Columbus OH, US

Assignee:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Tokyo

International Classification:

B60J 10/12

US Classification:

29621606, 29621607, 495001

Abstract:

A seal assembly includes a vehicle frame, a moveable panel connected with and moveable with respect to the vehicle frame, and a seal connected with the vehicle frame. The moveable panel is moveable between an open position and a closed position. The seal includes a seal body having an external surface including an ambient-contacting section that is in contact with ambient when the moveable panel is in the closed position. The external surface of the seal body also includes a moveable-panel-contacting section that is in contact with the moveable panel when the moveable panel is in the closed position. The ambient-contacting section can move from a first orientation when the moveable panel is in the closed position toward a second orientation as the moveable panel contacts the moveable-panel-contacting section and moves toward the closed position. A seal for a vehicle and a roof assembly are also described.

US Patent:

8215700, Jul 10, 2012

Filed:

Mar 31, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/750803

Inventors:

Jorge L. Alvarez - Dublin OH, US
Michael N Peterson - Columbus OH, US
Brock Jared Stull - Columbus OH, US
Takuji Ohara - Dublin OH, US
Kenneth M. Hartlaub - Powell OH, US

Assignee:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Tokyo

International Classification:

B60J 5/00

US Classification:

2961469, 296 108, 29614615

Abstract:

A vehicle window/garnish structure is described including a window/garnish and a trim structure, as well as a cost effective seal that covers body colored structures in the door cut line to maintain a consistent unbroken styling appearance.

US Patent:

8226871, Jul 24, 2012

Filed:

Dec 26, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/964204

Inventors:

Christopher Salvador - Raymond OH, US
Oscar Caraan - Raymond OH, US
Brock Stull - Raymond OH, US
Takuji Ohara - Raymond OH, US
Stewart Rich - Raymond OH, US

Assignee:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Tokyo

International Classification:

B29C 45/14

US Classification:

264249, 264296, 264273, 264275

Abstract:

A heat staking method and apparatus is provided for use in deforming a heat-stake so that it becomes mechanically coupled to an encapsulate. The deformed portion of the heat-stake contacts a retention component that provides additional composition strength and fastening surface to the encapsulate.

US Patent:

20080155777, Jul 3, 2008

Filed:

Dec 31, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/649037

Inventors:

Brock Stull - Raymond OH, US

International Classification:

B60S 1/40

US Classification:

15250202, 15250351, 15250352

Abstract:

A windshield wiper for clearing environmental debris from a windscreen provided to a motor vehicle. The windshield wiper comprises an arm support to be coupled to a rotatable pivot head provided to the motor vehicle for oscillating the windshield wiper during operation thereof, and a wiper arm coupled to the arm support and supporting a wiper blade that contacts the windscreen with a desired bearing force. A first spring fastener is provided to the arm support and a second spring fastener is provided to the wiper arm and separated from the first spring fastener by a first distance when the windshield wiper is assembled. At least one additional spring fastener is provided to the wiper arm, the arm support, or both the wiper arm and the arm support. A spring is coupled at a first end to one of the first spring fastener or the second spring fastener and a second end that is coupled to another of the first spring fastener, the second spring fastener or an additional spring fastener to establish the desired bearing force with which the wiper blade contacts the windscreen.

US Patent:

20090072577, Mar 19, 2009

Filed:

Sep 11, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/208580

Inventors:

Stewart Rich - Powell OH, US
Brock Stull - Columbus OH, US
Akihiko Kuribayashi - Dublin OH, US

Assignee:

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. - Tokyo

International Classification:

B60J 10/12

US Classification:

29610704

Abstract:

A seal assembly for a sunroof of an automotive vehicle is provided that includes a seal and a bracket. The seal includes a front base and a separate rear base, both of which are attached to a bottom surface of the sunroof. The front base includes a lip integrally joined to a front portion of the front base that extends at an angle in the forward and downward direction. The bracket part is attached to both the front base and the rear base and includes a flange that extends in the angled forward and downward direction similar to that of the lip. The vertical length of the lip is longer than the vertical length of the flange such that the flange is adjacent to and behind the lip.

US Patent:

20220234418, Jul 28, 2022

Filed:

Jan 28, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/161283

Inventors:

- Tokyo, JP
Nigel Wynne WILLIAMS - Raymond OH, US
Kyle E. CHRISTMAN - Columbus OH, US
Daniel R. YELLES - Marysville OH, US
Derek S. ADELMAN - Hilliard OH, US
Jason C. D. CHUANG - Hilliard OH, US
Trevor F. BURNS - Milford Center OH, US
Hiroshi NAKAGAWA - Dublin OH, US
Veronick MARTINUZZI - Raymond OH, US
Brock J. STULL - Columbus OH, US

International Classification:

B60H 1/00

Abstract:

An HVAC system for a vehicle includes a control unit for controlling the HVAC system and an air recirculation unit controlled by the control unit that is operable in an automatic mode and a manual mode. In the automatic mode, the air control unit is operable to determine if a sunroof is applied to the vehicle, determine if the control unit can determine whether the sunroof is open or closed, determine if the sunroof is open or closed, and change an operating condition of the air recirculation unit in the automatic mode from a first operating level to a second operating level if the sunroof is determined to be open.

US Patent:

20190299549, Oct 3, 2019

Filed:

Mar 28, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/938298

Inventors:

- Tokyo, JP
Brock J. STULL - Columbus OH, US

International Classification:

B29C 73/06

Abstract:

A tire patch clamp assembly for sealing a cut in a pneumatic tire may include an inner plate inserted through the cut and placed on an inside surface of the pneumatic tire. An outer plate is placed on an outside surface of the pneumatic tire. The outer plate is coupled to the inner plate with a threaded rod and a secondary pin. A nut is coupled to the inner plate for receiving the threaded rod. A cam handle assembly is attached to the threaded rod and extends from the outer plate. The cam handle assembly turns the threaded rod in the nut to adjust the distance between the inner plate and the outer plate until the cut is sealed between the inner plate and the outer plate.