Patents
US 10858011 B1: Dynamic safe storage of vehicle content
- Granted
- 2020-12-08
- Filed
- 2018-07-13 application 16034873
- Type
- Utility · 21 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for dynamically protecting one or more transportable articles in a vehicle. The system may include an interior data collection component configured to collect transportable article data representing one or more transportable articles in the vehicle, a plurality of article protections components configured to protect the one or more transportable articles when deployed, and one or more processors configured to determine, by processing the transportable data, one or more characteristic(s) and/or trait(s) of the one or more transportable articles; select a subset of the plurality of article protection components to deploy based on the one or more characteristic(s) and/or trait(s) of the one or more transportable articles; and deploy the selected subset of the plurality of article protection components to protect the one or more transportable articles.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg201208.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company 2,604 patents | US company or organization | Bloomington, IL | STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO Form D issuer FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott T. Christensen | Salem, OR | 254 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Brian Mark Fields | Normal, IL | 287 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Stephen R. Prevatt | Normal, IL | 20 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Steve Roberson | Normal, IL | 77 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B60K | Arrangement or mounting of propulsion units or of transmissions in vehicles; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers in vehicles; auxiliary drives for vehicles; instrumentation or dashboards for vehicles; arrangements in connection with cooling, air intake, gas exhaust or fuel supply of propulsion units in vehicles | B60K28/08 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B60W | Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function; control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles; road vehicle drive control systems for purposes not related to the control of a particular sub-unit | B60W50/0098 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B60R | Vehicles, vehicle fittings, or vehicle parts, not otherwise provided for | B60R21/16 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-18 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | PREVATT, STEPHEN R. signed 2018-06-13 ROBERSON, STEVE signed 2018-06-13 CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT T. signed 2018-07-10 FIELDS, BRIAN M. signed 2018-07-12 | STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY BLOOMINGTON, IL | 46382/528 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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