Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Charles Paddock
Jeffrey Charles Paddock 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).
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Patent number: 11958435Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seat portion having a frame assembly. A routing mechanism includes a plate member that is operably coupled to the frame assembly. The plate member includes a first portion having first and second raised portions spaced-apart from one another to define a channel therebetween. The routing mechanism further includes a connection assembly having upper and lower tabs spaced-apart from one another with a routing column assembly interconnecting the upper and lower tabs. A tether member includes a body portion that is routed through the routing mechanism, in that the body portion of the tether member is received in the channel of the routing mechanism and is wrapped around the routing column assembly and directed in forward direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Joseph Michael Kish, Macit Aktas, Benjamin Yilma, Derek Board, Kevin Michael Pline, Raed EL-Jawahri, Jeffrey Charles Paddock, James Robert Chascsa, II, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Rachel Demerly, Robyne McBride
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Publication number: 20230406257Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seat portion having a frame assembly, a carrier assembly and a displaceable platform operably coupled to the carrier assembly. The displaceable platform is operable between a use position and a deployed position. A retraction mechanism includes a first bracket operably coupled to the frame assembly, and a second bracket operably coupled to the displaceable platform. The first and second brackets are interconnected by an actuator that is operable between at-rest and actuated positions. The second bracket moves from a first position to a second position as the actuator moves from the at-rest position to the actuated position. At least one tether member is operably coupled to the first bracket and includes a body portion interlaced between the first and second brackets of the retraction mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Joseph Michael Kish, Macit Aktas, Benjamin Yilma, Derek Board, Kevin Michael Pline, Raed EL-Jawahri, Jeffrey Charles Paddock, James Robert Chascsa, II, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Rachel Demerly, Robyne McBride
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Publication number: 20230406177Abstract: A motor vehicle seating assembly includes a conventional common seat back frame, a plurality of forward soft trim carrier assemblies each having a unique configuration, a plurality of corresponding seat back panel and closeout assemblies, and an adapter carrier coupled with the common seat back frame and disposed between the forward soft trim carrier assembly and the corresponding seat back panel and closeout assembly. The adapter carrier includes a composite upper portion and a pair of depending frame attachment brackets coupled with a lower inboard and outboard lateral side of the composite upper portion of the adapter carrier. The pair of depending frame attachment brackets are coupled with a pair of opposed lateral side rails of the common seat back frame. The adapter carrier has a unique configuration corresponding with one of the plurality of forward soft trim carrier assemblies and the seat back panel and closeout assemblies.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: JOHNATHAN ANDREW LINE, Benjamin Yilma, Marcos Silva Kondrad, S M Akbar Berry, Raed Essa El-Jawahri, Kevin Michael Pline, Jeffrey Charles Paddock, Robyne McBride
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Publication number: 20230406258Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seatback having an interior portion with a seatback frame disposed therein. A retraction mechanism includes a first bracket operably coupled to the seatback frame. A second bracket is operably coupled to the first bracket by an actuator that is operable between at-rest and actuated positions. A tether member includes a body portion that is operably coupled between the first and second brackets of the retraction mechanism for movement therewith. The tether member moves from a deployed position to a retracted position when the actuator moves from the at-rest position to the actuated position. A belt member is operably coupled to the tether member. The belt member is operable between a deployed position, wherein the belt member is disposed in front of the back support portion of the seatback, and a stowed position, wherein the belt member is received in the interior portion of the seatback.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Joseph Michael Kish, Macit Aktas, Benjamin Yilma, Derek Board, Kevin Michael Pline, Raed EL-Jawahri, Jeffrey Charles Paddock, James Robert Chascsa, II, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Rachel Demerly, Robyne McBride
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Publication number: 20230406260Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seat portion having a frame assembly. A routing mechanism includes a plate member that is operably coupled to the frame assembly. The plate member includes a first portion having first and second raised portions spaced-apart from one another to define a channel therebetween. The routing mechanism further includes a connection assembly having upper and lower tabs spaced-apart from one another with a routing column assembly interconnecting the upper and lower tabs. A tether member includes a body portion that is routed through the routing mechanism, in that the body portion of the tether member is received in the channel of the routing mechanism and is wrapped around the routing column assembly and directed in forward direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Joseph Michael Kish, Macit Aktas, Benjamin Yilma, Derek Board, Kevin Michael Pline, Raed EL-Jawahri, Jeffrey Charles Paddock, James Robert Chascsa, II, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Rachel Demerly, Robyne McBride
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Patent number: 11084451Abstract: A vehicle includes a door, a seat spaced from the door, and an airbag supported by the seat and inflatable to an inflated position between the door and the seat. The airbag includes a plurality of first threads and a plurality of second threads being a different type of thread than the first threads. The airbag includes a first portion having the first threads interwoven with each other. The airbag includes a second portion having the second threads interwoven with the first threads. The second portion faces the door in the inflated position.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Joseph Edward Abramczyk, Zhibing Deng, Jeffrey Charles Paddock, Deepak Patel
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Publication number: 20200353888Abstract: A vehicle includes a door, a seat spaced from the door, and an airbag supported by the seat and inflatable to an inflated position between the door and the seat. The airbag includes a plurality of first threads and a plurality of second threads being a different type of thread than the first threads. The airbag includes a first portion having the first threads interwoven with each other. The airbag includes a second portion having the second threads interwoven with the first threads. The second portion faces the door in the inflated position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2019Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: JOSEPH EDWARD ABRAMCZYK, ZHIBING DENG, JEFFREY CHARLES PADDOCK, DEEPAK PATEL
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Patent number: 10829077Abstract: A system includes a seat frame member, an airbag disposed outboard of the seat frame member, an inflator disposed inboard of the seat frame member, and a bracket extending through the seat frame member. The bracket includes an upper portion and a lower portion spaced from each other and disposed inboard of the seat frame member, and an intermediate portion extending from the upper portion to the lower portion and disposed outboard of the seat frame member. The bracket supports the inflator and the airbag.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Eric D. Veggian, Jeffrey Charles Paddock
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Patent number: 10807556Abstract: A vehicle includes a roof. The vehicle includes a first row and a second row of airbags supported by the roof and elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis. The vehicle includes a third row and a fourth row of airbags supported by the roof, elongated along a vehicle-lateral axis, and intersecting the first row and the second row of airbags.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Anna Miller Hill, Brian Robert Spahn, Paul Alan Forgette, Jeffrey Charles Paddock, Benjamin Yilma, Robert Ralph Armitage
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Publication number: 20200282938Abstract: A system includes a seat frame member, an airbag disposed outboard of the seat frame member, an inflator disposed inboard of the seat frame member, and a bracket extending through the seat frame member. The bracket includes an upper portion and a lower portion spaced from each other and disposed inboard of the seat frame member, and an intermediate portion extending from the upper portion to the lower portion and disposed outboard of the seat frame member. The bracket supports the inflator and the airbag.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: ERIC D. VEGGIAN, JEFFREY CHARLES PADDOCK
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Patent number: 10703324Abstract: A vehicle includes a floor and a seat supported by the floor. The vehicle includes a roof. The vehicle includes a base supported by the roof and movable relative to the roof. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the base.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Anna Miller Hill, Paul Alan Forgette, Jeffrey Charles Paddock, Benjamin Yilma, Robert Ralph Armitage, Brian Robert Spahn
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Publication number: 20200070763Abstract: A vehicle includes a floor and a seat supported by the floor. The vehicle includes a roof. The vehicle includes a base supported by the roof and movable relative to the roof. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Anna Miller Hill, Paul Alan Forgette, Jeffrey Charles Paddock, Benjamin Yilma, Robert Ralph Armitage, Brian Robert Spahn
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Patent number: 10562460Abstract: This disclosure details accessory rail systems for securing various accessory devices to vehicles that are equipped with either standard roofs or roofs with one or more roof openings. An exemplary accessory rail system includes an accessory rail that is configured to simultaneously mount one or more interior accessories and/or one or more exterior accessories relative to the vehicle. A trim piece may be secured to the accessory rail, and an airbag curtain may be secured to either the accessory rail, the trim piece, or a roof frame rail.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Paul Alan Forgette, Jeffrey Charles Paddock, Robert Ralph Armitage, Anna Miller Hill, Michael Timothy Feiten
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Patent number: 10513206Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat back having a front surface and a rear surface, a panel movable along the rear surface from a stowed position adjacent the rear surface to a deployed position facing the front surface, and an airbag supported on the panel and inflatable toward the front surface to an inflated position in which the airbag contacts the panel.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2017Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Brian Spahn, Benjamin Yilma, Alan George Dry, Johnathan Andrew Line, S. M. Akbar Berry, Jeffrey Charles Paddock
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Publication number: 20190337479Abstract: A vehicle includes a roof. The vehicle includes a first row and a second row of airbags supported by the roof and elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis. The vehicle includes a third row and a fourth row of airbags supported by the roof, elongated along a vehicle-lateral axis, and intersecting the first row and the second row of airbags.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2018Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: ANNA MILLER HILL, BRIAN ROBERT SPAHN, PAUL ALAN FORGETTE, JEFFREY CHARLES PADDOCK, BENJAMIN YILMA, ROBERT RALPH ARMITAGE
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Publication number: 20190283681Abstract: This disclosure details accessory rail systems for securing various accessory devices to vehicles that are equipped with either standard roofs or roofs with one or more roof openings. An exemplary accessory rail system includes an accessory rail that is configured to simultaneously mount one or more interior accessories and/or one or more exterior accessories relative to the vehicle. A trim piece may be secured to the accessory rail, and an airbag curtain may be secured to either the accessory rail, the trim piece, or a roof frame rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2018Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Paul Alan FORGETTE, Jeffrey Charles PADDOCK, Robert Ralph ARMITAGE, Anna Miller HILL, Michael Timothy FEITEN
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Publication number: 20190152359Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat back having a front surface and a rear surface, a panel movable along the rear surface from a stowed position adjacent the rear surface to a deployed position facing the front surface, and an airbag supported on the panel and inflatable toward the front surface to an inflated position in which the airbag contacts the panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Brian Spahn, Benjamin Yilma, Alan George Dry, Johnathan Andrew Line, S.M. Akbar Berry, Jeffrey Charles Paddock
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Patent number: 9889812Abstract: A side-curtain airbag assembly includes a body structure including a roof rail and a pillar extending downwardly from the roof rail. The roof rail has an upwardly extending side portion and a first ramped surface extending inwardly from the side portion at a downward angle. An airbag is mounted to the side portion above the first ramped surface. A trim component is mounted to the pillar below the first ramped surface and has a face, a top, and a second ramped surface extending outwardly from the top at an upward angle towards the side portion. The first and second ramped surfaces are arranged to form a ramp that guides the airbag during deployment of the airbag. The first ramped surface has a higher yield strength than the second ramped surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: William Charles Bauer, Jason Richard Nagy, Jeffrey Charles Paddock, Mahesh Bhattacharyya, Salvatore Joseph Moceri, Kattya Gabriela Miranda Quintana
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Patent number: 9637081Abstract: A curtain airbag for a motor vehicle includes an inflatable cushion and a protective sheet having an attachment edge attached to the airbag and a free-length extending from the attachment edge. The cushion formed into a folded condition from which it is deployable in a deployment direction, and the free-length of the sheet is positioned adjacent to the deployment direction of the cushion. The airbag is installed in the vehicle to deploy adjacent to a daylight opening of the vehicle. Deployment of the cushion during inflation causes the protective sheet to be drawn along with the cushion in the deployment direction so that the sheet overlays the outboard-facing side of the cushion (between the cushion and the daylight opening) and thereby provides a degree of protection against damage to the cushion that may be caused by, for example, broken window glass.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc.Inventors: Sean Timothy Ryan, Joseph Edward Abramczyk, Abdelmonaam Sassi, Michal Jan Swiniarski, Barry Grindle, Jeffrey Charles Paddock, Marcus John Scott Ward, Jay Blackson, Joseph Giaimo
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Patent number: 9604592Abstract: An air curtain unit of a vehicle includes an inflator assembly and an air curtain that is in fluid communication with the inflator assembly. A clip includes a hook that extends at least partially around the air curtain. The clip includes a mounting portion that is fixed to the hook and is engaged with the inflator. The mounting portion of the clip supports the air curtain relative to the inflator assembly, and the hook of the clip supports the air curtain in a desired location.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Manoj Desai, Brian Robert Spahn, Jeffrey Charles Paddock