Patents by Inventor Amar Ourchane

Amar Ourchane has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Vehicle frame
    Patent number: 10259501
    Abstract: A vehicle frame for a vehicle includes a rail and an engine cradle. The rail has a front portion, a rear portion spaced from the front portion, and a middle portion between the front portion and the rear portion. The engine cradle is transversely attached to the front portion. The front portion and the rear portion are each welded to the middle portion. The middle portion has a gauge thinner than a gauge of the front portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: John Martin Knittel, Marwan Ahmad Elbkaily, Dan Joseph McCarthy, Jungmao Michael Chang, Amar Ourchane
  • VEHICLE FRAME
    Publication number: 20180201320
    Abstract: A vehicle frame for a vehicle includes a rail and an engine cradle. The rail has a front portion, a rear portion spaced from the front portion, and a middle portion between the front portion and the rear portion. The engine cradle is transversely attached to the front portion. The front portion and the rear portion are each welded to the middle portion. The middle portion has a gauge thinner than a gauge of the front portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Martin Knittel, Marwan Ahmad Elbkaily, Dan Joseph McCarthy, Jungmao Michael Chang, Amar Ourchane
  • Method and apparatus for forming a three piece tailor welded door blank
    Patent number: 6513860
    Abstract: A three-piece tailor welded blank vehicle door structure includes a periphery defined by a bottom portion, a pair of opposing side portions, a top portion, and an inclined portion. A first thickness gage sheet material portion is disposed generally along the door hinge side of the door structure. A second thicker gage sheet material portion is disposed generally along the door latch side of the door structure. A thinner gage sheet material portion is disposed between the first and second thickness gage sheet material portions, whereby the overall weight of the vehicle door is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Amar Ourchane, Ching-Hung Chuang, Ronald Machin, Scott Crane, Xiao Wu
  • Mounting structure with improved stiffness characteristics
    Patent number: 6439653
    Abstract: A mounting structure 10 having improved stiffness characteristics. The mounting structure 10 includes a pillar 14 which forms a portion of a vehicle body 12 and which operatively supports a vehicle door which is selectively attached to the pillar 14 by hinges 16. The structure 10 includes a pair of “closed-loop” beads which are formed around hinges 16, and which increase the stiffness characteristics of the pillar 14 and of the vehicle door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: FOrd Global tech., Inc.
    Inventors: Amar Ourchane, Ching-Hung Chuang, Ronald Machin, Scott Crane, Xiao Wu