Patents by Inventor Bhavani Thota

Bhavani Thota 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).

  • DEPLOYABLE LOAD FLOOR
    Publication number: 20130175821
    Abstract: A vehicle load floor assembly having a load floor coupled with a handle. The handle is operable between first and second positions. At least one support leg is coupled to the load floor. The at least one support leg is retracted when the handle is in the first position and deployed when the handle is in the second position. A base wall supports the at least one support leg, when deployed, to maintain the load floor in a substantially lateral position. The base wall supports an underside of the load floor when the at least one support leg is retracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Scott Simon, Eric Jonathan Rifel, Gian Carlo Moriet Ugalde, Bhavani Thota, Jane Maria Aselage, Colleen Maraffino, Michelle Schneider
  • MODULAR GRAB HANDLE WITH INTEGRAL LAMP ATTACHING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130135884
    Abstract: An interior grab handle and lamp assembly for a vehicle including a bracket configured for attachment by fasteners to a structural roof member. The bracket is disposed on an back side surface of a headliner. An elongate handle is operably connected to the bracket via first and second mounting members disposed on an visible surface of the headliner. A light source is operably connected with an intermediate portion of the bracket. The light source is disposed on the visible surface of the headliner between the first and second mounting members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: John Andrew Stakoe, Chi Li, Bhavani Thota, Guillermo Alanis, Jesus Miranda Lujan
  • PANEL END CAP STORAGE
    Publication number: 20130057012
    Abstract: The present invention provides a panel end cap storage unit that is disposed on an instrument panel end cap adjacent a vehicle door and is configured such that the unit is not accessible when the vehicle door is closed. In this way, the present invention provides a nonvisible secure storage unit that is only accessible when the adjacent vehicle door is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kathleen Blackmore, Thomas William Pietila, Anthony Ligi, Bhavani Thota
  • Door trim moving applique
    Patent number: 8141935
    Abstract: A sliding door panel for covering an opening in a trim panel of a sliding door includes a bracket having a first guiding member. The sliding door panel includes is a sliding appliqué having a second guiding member capable of associating with the first guiding member, and wherein the sliding appliqué includes a first end having a protruding configuration extending away from the trim panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bhavani Thota, Kenneth S. Laird, Chris Richardson, Gary D. Mullen, Kevin Murphy, Adrian Nicholas Alexander Elliott
  • DOOR TRIM MOVING APPLIQUE
    Publication number: 20110047882
    Abstract: A sliding door panel for covering an opening in a trim panel of a sliding door includes a bracket having a first guiding member. The sliding door panel includes is a sliding appliqué having a second guiding member capable of associating with the first guiding member, and wherein the sliding appliqué includes a first end having a protruding configuration extending away from the trim panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Bhavani Thota, Kenneth S. Laird, Chris Richardson, Gary D. Mullen, Kevin Murphy, Adrian Nicholas Alexander Elliott