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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7234716 | Vehicle step apparatus and method of operation thereof A step apparatus for a vehicle having a door and a rocker panel includes a step disposed at and in operable communication with the door, wherein the step has a retracted position in response to the door being closed and a deployed position in response to the door be... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7152373 | Automotive attachment connector for door window A glass run channel assembly for mounting on the door frame of an automotive vehicle and for accommodating a glass run seal and a glass window comprising a glass run channel upper frame, a glass run guide, and a glass run lower frame frame, each having a bottom wall... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7131655 | Running board, motor vehicle including a running board, and methods for manufacturing and using a running board A running board is provided by the invention. The running board includes a deck and a plurality of attachment members. The deck and the plurality of attachment members are formed from a continuous polymer composition. The deck has a stepping surface and a support st... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6460915 | Integrated bed side step assembly for vehicles An integrated bed side step assembly is provided for a pick-up truck having a bed. The integrated bed side step assembly includes a body opening assembly forming one side of the bed and having an opening extending therethrough above a floor of the bed to ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6412799 | One-piece running board and mounting assembly An integrally formed running board including a plurality of mount projections (24) extending laterally from an inner edge (22) with a pair of parallel side walls (54) extending transversely to the longitudinal axis, a short wall (56) having ends closer to... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6290283 | Drive device for vehicular slide doors An electricity feeding device for a vehicle slide door includes a flexible conductive portion for electrically coupling components in the slide door and the vehicle body. The flexible conductive portion has a curved portion which is fitted in a groove so ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6168176 | Accessing step construction on downwardly curved vehicle bumpers and methods of operating and constructing it An accessing step, mounted on a vehicle having a bumper attached to the vehicle frame, comprises a step part and a mount assembly fixedly supported on the bumper and frame, mounting the step part for swinging movement from a first operative position in wh... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6139089 | Vehicle panel A molded polymeric trim panel has an upper and a lower edge. The upper edge includes a surface for receiving an adhesive for attachment of the upper edge of the panel to a support surface on a vehicle. In some embodiments, the trim panel further includes ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6113177 | Truck cap with rear door tailgate protector A rear door assembly for a truck cap for mounting onto a truck bed is provided with a specially modified plate disposed at a lower edge of the rear door of the truck cap for cooperatively engaging protective ribs that are disposed on upper ends of tailgat... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5806869 | Protected step conversion kit A door and running board conversion kit including a hanger framework capable of mounting beneath several different vehicle chassis configurations. A step device is adapted to be supported longitudinally on the hanger framework, and which carries a step de... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5769484 | Overfender structure on rear door of vehicle An overfender, which is formed on a rear door of a vehicle adjacent to a rocker molding, extends at its lower end downward along a rear end of the rocker molding to cover the rear end of the rocker molding.... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5322338 | Door structure of an automotive vehicle A vehicle door opens and closes a door opening which is defined between a pillar and a fender formed with a wheel arch. The vehicle door and disposed adjacent to the wheel arch has a door extension extending to the wheel arch and shaped so as to conceal p... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5257847 | Shrouded truck step kit A kit including an elongated planar step disposed beneath the lower edge of a truck cab door, mounted from the chassis and shrouded by a skirt attached to such door and projecting downwardly to terminate in a bottom edge disposed in confronting relation o... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5137294 | Step assembly for vehicles A folding step apparatus (38) is provided for vehicles having either a hinged door (26) or a sliding door (26'). The apparatus includes two parallel step supporting members (44) pivotally attached to the underside of the vehicle for adjustably supporting ... | 08/11/1992 |
| 4861096 | Utility vehicle A pickup truck bed with a vertically hinged passenger door mounted in a side panel thereof. The door permits passenger ingress and egress to the bed area, and conceals a gas cap behind the door and under the bed. Access to the gas cap and ingress and egre... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4754997 | Glider doors In a glider door for use in a bus or streetcar with a step within the door, one lower corner of the door panel is cut away so as to clear the step when the door is open, and a subsidiary panel of a size to close the door panel is carried by a lower swing ... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4573546 | Three-wheeled motor vehicle A three-wheeled motor vehicle has a vehicle body on which two front wheels and a single rear wheel are rotatably mounted. The vehicle body includes a front portion covering the two front wheels and having a wide and flat shape, and a rear portion having a... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4162097 | Vehicle cab structure A vehicle construction comprising a vehicle frame, spaced apart wheels on the frame, and an operator cab mounted on the frame between the wheels. The cab has an access door with generally vertically extending sides adjacent to one of the wheels and the do... | 07/24/1979 |
